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'Witch doctor' fed blind motorcyclist LSD-laced gherkins
metro.co.uk ^
| March 25, 2010
Posted on 03/25/2010 7:47:54 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A ‘witch doctor’ has been jailed for eight months after claiming he could cure a blind man – by feeding him gherkins laced with LSD.
Jobless hairdresser Patrick Baecker, 35, posed as a mystic healer and told Axel Pfeffer he would make him see for £20,000.
The court in Fehmarn, Germany, heard how the former motorcyclist had tried everything to restore his sight after losing it in a crash.
But instead Baecker fed him pickles laced with powerful mind-bending hallucinogenic drugs to induce visions.
‘You are a hairdresser, not a shaman,’ Judge Markus Faerber told Baecker in court.
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alternativemedicine; junkscience; lsd; napl; selfmedication
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To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
03/25/2010 7:48:44 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
(Does not play well with others.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Has to be a finalist for title of the year.
To: Free ThinkerNY
Jobless hairdresser Patrick Baecker, 35, posed as a mystic healer and told Axel Pfeffer he would make him see for £20,000. Sounds like he's well on his way to running for high office as a Democrat.
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posted on
03/25/2010 7:52:36 PM PDT
by
Starboard
To: Free ThinkerNY
...”Shamans Blues”. Any contact info for Magic Alex???
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posted on
03/25/2010 7:53:39 PM PDT
by
gargoyle
(..."I have not yet begun to fight" John Paul Jones...)
To: Free ThinkerNY
A Witch doctor/hair dresser, a blind motorcyclist and LSD laced gherkins ping.
This otta be good.
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posted on
03/25/2010 7:53:40 PM PDT
by
Semper Mark
(Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. - Aristotle)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Okay the phrase “hide the pickle” takes on a meaning I never would have thought of...
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posted on
03/25/2010 7:55:37 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Free ThinkerNY; shibumi; Salamander; Slings and Arrows
A Witch doctor/hair dresser, a blind motorcyclist and LSD laced gherkins ping.
This otta be good.
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posted on
03/25/2010 7:56:01 PM PDT
by
Semper Mark
(Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. - Aristotle)
To: Markos33
pickles laced with powerful mind-bending hallucinogenic drugs to induce visions Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. LOL.
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posted on
03/25/2010 7:58:00 PM PDT
by
Starboard
To: windcliff; onedoug
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posted on
03/25/2010 7:58:55 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: martin_fierro
Oh this has your name all over it :O
PING
To: Free ThinkerNY
“You are a hairdresser, not a shaman”
That’s tagline material right there.
To: Free ThinkerNY
I think it’s safe to say the title of this article is in the “never been used before” category.
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posted on
03/25/2010 8:11:54 PM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Voters who thought their ship came in with 0bama are on their own Titanic.)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
“I think it’s safe to say the title of this article is in the “never been used before” category.”
You gotta admit, it was a real attention getter! A great hook. LOL.
To: Starboard
It’s true, it really has a lot going for it!
The whole article almost seems like someone with a bowl of those random-word refrigerator magnets bumped into a guy working a “mad-libs” puzzle.
I like the name “Axel Pfeffer”, too.
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posted on
03/25/2010 8:20:19 PM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Voters who thought their ship came in with 0bama are on their own Titanic.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
This may be the tamest article on the page. Check out "The Weird Files" if you dare.
Thanks for posting. I needed a good laugh after watching all the healthcare crap.
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
03/25/2010 8:23:52 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Yeahhhh, so this blind guy goes to the Shaman, who promises him the gift of sight. “All you have to do is eat these pickles...”
You’d think at about this time in the conversation a guy would’ve questioned his ‘Shaman skills’...
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posted on
03/25/2010 8:41:44 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Free ThinkerNY
classic thread comment bump
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posted on
03/25/2010 9:11:07 PM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
To: Grizzled Bear; Markos33; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
You had me at "Witch Doctor."
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