WI Remember the 2022 disappearance of the Cirigliano family, and they turned up safe a few days later? This explanation is a doozy.

[airportwoman]

It looks like a thread existed here and was taken down at some point. Many of you may remember the story of the family who abruptly left their home, leaving a disabled elderly relative unattended, and they turned up alive and safe hundreds of miles away?

The father had eaten raw honey, with a label in Cyrillic (Russian) that probably came from bees that had pollinated a certain species of rhododendron plants, and it was possibly hallucinogenic! Is that one of the weirdest things you've ever heard, or what? He later had psychiatric care, and has recovered. The honey was never fully analyzed.

Here's a story from the time.

Missing family of 4 found safe in Wisconsin after they 'unexpectedly' left home last week

Sunday's news follows a confirmed sighting that last placed them in Michigan's Upper Peninsula earlier this week, though police said they have no indication of where they might be traveling.

abc7.com

And an update.

 

[LadyL]

I would like to know why the wife went along with it if she was fine. Is she/are they capable of parenting two autistic teenagers and taking care of her mother who they essentially previously abandoned?

The honey has nothing to do with it IMO.

 

[Laura456]

As a Russian I'm doubtful the honey is to blame, GOST (The standards for food and other things) is pretty strict.

 

[azure]

Interesting. I'm skeptical, but I was recently talking to the sommelier at a local restaurant, who I consider an accurate reporter of the human experience, about a type of honey with ambien-like effects. The "ambien honey" was not from Russia, though.

 

[acutename]

It looks like a thread existed here and was taken down at some point. Many of you may remember the story of the family who abruptly left their home, leaving a disabled elderly relative unattended, and they turned up alive and safe hundreds of miles away?

The father had eaten raw honey, with a label in Cyrillic (Russian) that probably came from bees that had pollinated a certain species of rhododendron plants, and it was possibly hallucinogenic! Is that one of the weirdest things you've ever heard, or what? He later had psychiatric care, and has recovered. The honey was never fully analyzed.

Here's a story from the time.

Missing family of 4 found safe in Wisconsin after they 'unexpectedly' left home last week

Sunday's news follows a confirmed sighting that last placed them in Michigan's Upper Peninsula earlier this week, though police said they have no indication of where they might be traveling.

abc7.com

And an update.

should have kept the honey; some one would have tested it

 

[vls12345]

I didn't expect to hear more about this. And even if I had, I wouldn't have expected this explanation.