Key facts
- A Chinese man surnamed Xue consumed hallucinogenic mushrooms.
- He climbed out of his 27th-floor apartment window.
- Xue believed he was training to attain immortality.
- He was rescued by a neighbor and hospitalized.
- Xue fell into a coma after the incident.
A man in China, identified as Xue, climbed out of his 27th-floor apartment window after consuming self-cooked jianshouqing mushrooms. He reportedly experienced hallucinations, believing he was undergoing training to achieve immortality, a concept often found in Chinese fantasy literature. Xue descended the building using a water pipe before a neighbor on the 26th floor heard him and managed to pull him to safety. Following the incident, Xue was transported to a local hospital where he remained unconscious and fell into a coma.