Repair Of Iconic '60s Era Synthesizer Turns Into Long, Strange Trip For Engineer

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San Francisco engineer Eliot Curtis got more than he bargained for when he agreed to clean a synthesizer and found a strange substance inside.

At one point, the device was likely augmented with additional modules, including a red-colored module on the top row. During his repair work, Curtis opened the module and saw something stuck under a knob.

“There was like a residue … a crust or a crystalline residue on it,” said Curtis.

He sprayed a cleaning solvent on it and started to push the dissolving crystal with his finger as he attempted to dislodge the residue and clean the area.

About 45 minutes later, Curtis began to feel a little strange. He described it as a weird, tingling sensation. He discovered this was the feeling of the beginnings of an LSD experience or trip.

Tests showed it was LSD.