http://mindhacks.com/2011/02/10/getting-high-from-snakebites/ "Two months before contacting our center, the patient learned of the intoxicating effects of snake venom through some of his friends and, as reasoned by the patient, he decided to try it in order “to experience the kick the other substances now lacked.” With the help of the nomadic snake charmers common in India, the patient subjected himself twice to the snake bite over his left forearm over a period of 15 days. There was no local tissue injury at the site of the bite apart from the bite marks."
Interesting.. though it seems pretty stupid. Sort of like you can get dizzy and rushing from holding your breath for too long. The wikipedia article on snake bites is enough to put me off of the thought of doing anything of the like.
What a shame he didn't get in touch with me. I'd have highly recommended the bite of our Inland Taipan to him.
i've actually posted a thread about possibly getting high or tripping from snakebites and other poisons. i imagine that dying is sort of a trip, and doing so from massive amounts of venom in your bloodstream...could very well be a hell of a "trip" gotta read the article now
The new combo I look forward to trying is having a hallucinogenic snake clamped onto my arm while licking a bufo alvaris toad.
there are psychedelic fish too man. i can't recall where i saw it, but some cold water fish makes you trip if you eat it
I've gotten high from scorpion stings before, so I can see this. But it's not like I intentionally piss scorpions off, somehow our paths cross and I inevitably get venom injected somewhere... The crazy thing about that is sometimes if I'm particularly active and my heart is beating fairly fast, I'll start feeling the brain numbing thing and tingling sensation that happens from a scorpion sting. I'm not sure if there are still neurotoxins left in the sites where I was stung or if I just have nerve damage as a result. But yeah...I don't see myself intentionally going after scorpions to get high. It's a nice surprise after the initial searing pain, but man...that's all it is, just a nice surprise.
^^^Scorpion stings hurt like a bitch. There was one in my bed once, and it stung me when I got in bed. Best believe I smeared that motherfucker all over the wall. Bastard.
Haha, after a few, though, it's almost like I've built somewhat of a resistance. It still hurts, but not nearly as much as the first time (which was about equal to holding a burning cigarette to my toe for about 10 minutes). And so far I've been stung by 4. The third one didn't hurt at all, the 4th was a little unpleasant, however. lol
y'all are really adventrous about gettin' a buzz :mickey: the only way i want to be bitten by anything is if i'm visiting a nuclear power station and i see a radioactive spider ... then i'll torment the fooker till it wears it's teeth out on me.. till then, i'll stick to weed :sunny:
maybe it was, but that's not where i saw it. there was a thread on here about it, complete with a link to an article
When I lived in Florida,we had a huge amount of rain over a couple of days. Forced critters to invade the mobile home I was living in. I got up in the dark to prepare for work and when I put my pants on--it felt like someone was stubbing a cigarette out on my ass. Did'nt take long to get'em off and there it was-big scorpion. That hurt!! I guess I should say big-ass scorpion.
Homer tripped on Guatemalan insanity peppers in the simpsons, the 10-15 minutes after he eats them is the best animated trip ever in my opinion, especially considering the fact its a primetime show and he talks to a spirit coyote narrated by Johnny Cash. One of the early episodes he eats a toxic 3 eyed fish but I don't recall him hallucinating, he was falsely diagnosed with an terminal disease caused by the fish tho.
i've seen the hallucinating one - i agree, best animated trip. beavis and butthead one is close though
