Image credit: KPIX 5
Eliot Curtis, the Broadcast Operations Manager for KPIX Television, offered to repair a vintage synthesizer owned by the music department at Cal State University East Bay. There appeared to be a crusty residue underneath a knob, so he got some cleaning solution out and used his finger to try to remove it. Fast forward 45 minutes, and he was starting to feel weird.
Turns out, it was the beginning of a 9 hour LSD trip.
An LSD expert (who knew there was such a thing?) tested and confirmed that the substance was indeed Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, aka LSD. He also told KPIX “that one can ingest the chemical through the skin under the right conditions”.
After coming down, he finished repairing the vintage synthesizer…but wearing gloves this time.
