[tgerhard]

Simply based on the victims' experiences, this seems more in line with ergot poisoning than a mass LSD experiment.

Acid trips are different for everyone, and the experience is heavily influenced by environment: physical, mental, and spiritual. In such a quiet, rural village, it is hard to believe everyone would have such similarly terrifying experiences. A few, perhaps, but the majority would be non-threatening.

Ergot poisoning, on the other hand, carries all the symptoms the villagers had, mania as well as convulsions.

Perhaps Mr. Albarelli gives the CIA a little too much credit.