LOS ANGELES–28 year-old Jeremy O’Connell says he flew across Los Angeles on Friday night after ingesting 500 milligrams of mescaline. The drug, he says, allowed him to transcend the traditional laws of physics using only his mind. His friend, Dustin Sanders, who was also high, corroborated the story.
“I fucking saw him do it, man! I saw it. That mother fucker got all the way on top of our apartment building and just fucking jumps, only he didn’t go down. He flew man! He flew straight the fuck up until I couldn’t fucking see him anymore!”
Dustin Sanders, Musician
O’Connell said he could feel his flying abilities generating within the first few hours of taking the psychedelic earlier that day.
“It’s all perception, man. And perception is reality. That’s what cactus does. It changes your reality. And then you’re on a different wavelength and can interact with shit in a way you couldn’t do before.”
He claims the power of flight became so intuitive he didn’t understand how he hadn’t been doing it all his life. And that’s when he decided to go for it.
“We were already on the rooftop partying later that night. I stepped over to the ledge, and I just started floating up a little. Then I was pulled back down. Then I started concentrating, and I realized I could make myself float up if I got into this groove. Then I just fucking jumped dude, and before I knew it I was speeding across the sky. It was hard to control at first, but I got the hang of it.”
Sky High
O’Connell says he felt like Superman as he soared across Los Angeles. He flew to the Hollywood Hills, where he tried to spot some of his favorite celebrities socializing. From there, he flew into the clouds and admired the skyline before moving out into the Pacific Ocean.
“It was so beautiful hovering over the water, seeing the city lights in the distance. There’s so much more to everything than I ever imagined,” he said.
O’Connell believes the brain’s perception can create new realities, an ability humans have lost touch with.
“You have to forget your old reality. If you start to remember it you’ll fall straight down, so you have to stay in this altered state.”
O’Connell remembered losing altitude when the drug began to wear off, but he was enjoying the experience so much he ignored his body’s warnings. This, he said, was his big mistake.
“I was losing my power but I couldn’t let it go. I felt so alive and so free, so I tried to force it, and that’s when I crashed.”
The young man found his apartment building and aimed for the rooftop but was unable to control the speed of his descent.
“I realized I’d have to land, and then I remembered I’d never landed before, and I was like ‘Oh, shit.'”
O’Connell crashed onto the pavement, just below the ledge where he had jumped earlier in the evening. His friends found him a few minutes later, screaming in pain, and called an ambulance. He was taken to UCLA Medical Center, where doctors treated him for multiple injuries, including fractures of the left arm, the left leg, and several ribs. He has also lost sight in the right eye and is still recovering from a brain aneurysm.
While he says his injuries were regrettable, O’Connell plans to fly again once he heals.
“I made the mistake of staying in the air too long. I got greedy. Next time I won’t be an idiot.”
