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LEGEND

THIS ONE GUY WAS SORT OF A HIPPIE-TYPE GOD.
HIS NAME WAS OWSLING. HE WAS THIS MAN WHO WAS
UP IN CANADA AND MADE ALL THIS LSD BY HIMSELF.
THIS WAS ABOUT EARLY 1964. AND HE TRAVELLED
ALL THE WAY FROM NEW YORK TO THE WEST COAST
TURNING ON PEOPLE. AT ONE POINT HE WAS AT THIS
PARTY, I THINK IT WAS IN BUFFALO AT A COLLEGE,
AND HE POURED ALL THIS LSD INTO THE PUNCHBOWL.
AND ALL THE STRAIGHT PEOPLE GOT TURNED ON,
AND SO DID ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE. AND HE WENT
AROUND--HE WAS SORT OF LIKE THE JOHNNY APPLESEED
OF ACID. AND HE MADE ALL THIS STUFF. IT WAS
VERY GOOD ACID. AND PEOPLE TO THIS DAY--AND
THIS IS THREE YEARS AFTER HE WAS IN PRODUCTION--
HE WAS SINCE ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA, AND PEOPLE
STILL INSIST THAT THERE IS OWSLING ACID GOING
AROUND, THAT YOU CAN BUY IT, WHICH IS QUITE
RIDICULOUS, HE DIDN'T MAKE THAT MUCH.
PEOPLE ALSO INSIST THAT YOU CAN BUY SANDOS
ACID WHICH IS ALSO QUITE--SANDOS IS A
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY IN SWITZERLAND--ALSO
QUITE RIDICULOUS, BECAUSE SANDOS CEASED
PRODUCTION IN 1962, SO I'M SURE IT'S ALL USED UP.

James Callow comment: DID THIS GIRL TAKE SOME?

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero

Date learned: 07-22-1968

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