According to an affidavit filed by prosecutors, Emerson told investigators he “had consumed ‘magic mushrooms’ approximately 48 hours prior” to the incident. The pilot said he never took mushrooms before and ingested them at the insistence of an attendee of the getaway. “I started to have this feeling that this wasn’t real,” Emerson told the New York Times. On the day of the flight, which departed from Everett, Washington, his dreamlike state persisted aboard the plane, Emerson told the Times. Emerson told the Times he wants to be transparent and he never intended to hurt anyone.

Source: New York Times November 11, 2023 13:14 UTC