Haha! Be careful what you eat in the woods. Don't know what it is? Might be Jimsonweed... A historical account for your reading pleasure, found online but available from multiple sources:
In 1676, British soldiers were sent to stop the Rebellion of Bacon, a protest led by a resident of Jamestown, Nathaniel Bacon, against policies of the governor of Virginia. The soldiers failed in their mission because of the hallucinogenic properties of the Jamestown weed (Jimson weed), which was boiled for inclusion in a salad the soldiers readily ate. Robert Beverly describes their resulting behavior in The History and Present State of Virginia (1705): "...some of the soldiers sent thither to quell the rebillion of Bacon (1676); and some of them ate plentifully of it, the effect of which was a very pleasant comedy, for they turned natural fools upon it for several days: one would blow up a feather in the air; another would dart straws at it with much fury; and another, stark naked, was sitting up in a corner like a monkey, grinning and making mows at them; a fourth would fondly kiss and paw his companions, and sneer in their faces with a countenance more antic than any in a Dutch droll.
In this frantic condition they were confined, lest they should, in their folly, destroy themselves - though it was observed that all their actions were full of innocence and good nature. Indeed they were not very cleanly; for they would have wallowed in their own excrements, if they had not been prevented. A thousand such simple tricks they played, and after 11 days returned themselves again, not remembering anything that had passed."
