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CIA caused French village to go mad in the Fifties by spiking baguettes with LSD' By Ian Sparks Last updated at 5:42 PM on 13th March 2010 The CIA caused an entire French village to go mad nearly 60 years ago by spiking their baguettes with the mind-bending drug LSD, a new investigation claims. Hundreds of residents in Pont-Saint-Esprit, southern France, were driven to mass hysteria and hallucinations in the 'cursed bread' incident in August 1951. Five people died and dozens were sent to mental asylums in strait jackets in one of the most bizarre mysteries in France. Pont-Saint-Esprit: Villagers here were driven to mass hysteria and hallucinations One man tried to drown himself, screaming that his belly was being eaten by snakes. An 11-year-old boy tried to strangle his grandmother. A man shouted 'I am a plane' before jumping out of a second-floor window and breaking his legs. Another saw his heart escaping through his feet and begged a doctor to put it back. Baffled villagers had always blamed the incident on a local baker whose bread could have been tainted with mercury or psychedelic mould. French staple: A woman with baguettes But U.S. journalist H P Albarelli says he has now uncovered CIA documents revealing the agency caused the madness to test the effects of LSD in a secret mind-control experiment. The incident, which took place at the height of the Cold War, was initially investigated by a Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz who have been revealed as the same people who secretly supplied the CIA with LSD. One note uncovered by Albarelli is a transcript of a conversation between a CIA agent and a Sandoz official who mentions the 'secret of Pont-Saint-Esprit' and explains it was caused by diethylamide the D in LSD. Mr Albarelli added: The real smoking gun was a White House document sent to members of the Rockefeller Commission formed in 1975 to investigate CIA abuses. It contained the names of a number of French nationals who had been secretly employed by the CIA and made direct reference to the Pont St. Esprit incident.¹ Locals in Pont-Saint-Esprit still want to know what caused the mass insanity Villager Charles Granjoh, 71, was one those affected. He said: At the time people brought up the theory of an experiment aimed at controlling a popular revolt. I almost kicked the bucket and I'd like to know why.¹ Comments (14) Newest Oldest Best rated Worst rated View all The USA & it's Central Intelligence Agency is the evil of the World. - BlastarrbxIII, Birmingham, England., 13/3/2010 14:29 Click to rate Rating 126 Report abuse Horrible, but not surprising. They've done some truly evil things. It makes you wonder what the CIA is up to now, doesn't it? - Christine, San Diego, USA, 13/3/2010 14:19 Click to rate Rating 204 Report abuse This and more yet there's still people naive enough to think that there couldn't possibly be another explanation for 9/11. - Jack Tar, Liverpool. England, 13/3/2010 14:09 Click to rate Rating 89 Report abuse How much more of the CIA doings are still hiding. Isn't compensation called for? Shouldn't someone be jailed for this crime against innocent people, or do they have carte blanche to do as they please. Really, nothing much has changed. Covertly a law unto themselves. - eva, Wellington, New Zealand, 13/3/2010 13:57 Click to rate Rating 144 Report abuse In the picture - which is "the French staple" - the baguettes or the great-looking blonde? I think we should be told. - Grumpyoldman, Europe, 13/3/2010 13:42 Click to rate Rating 108 Report abuse nothing suprises me what the ones in power will do they are vermin - dave, safe distance from hull, 13/3/2010 13:29 Click to rate Rating 123 Report abuse Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group © Associated Newspapers Ltd
