Motorists in Bolinas, California have been baffled and sometimes scared by coyotes on a local highway this winter, and psychedelic fungus may be to blame. According to various news reports, the “terrifying, yet beautiful” encounters happen at night when a coyote stands in the middle of the road and “stares down” or even runs toward an approaching car, forcing the driver to stop. The coyote then circles and sniffs the automobile before fleeing. Traffic is generally light on this section of the road during late night hours, so the incidents have been one-on-one coyote-car confrontations, so far. Local witnesses think that two different coyotes may be perpetrating the “attacks.” They also have a theory that the coyotes are tripping on hallucinogenic mushrooms. Lisa Bloch, who works for the local humane society, told the pacific sun that she’s recently warned dog owners about poisonous mushrooms in the area, including a psychoactive one called the fly agaric mushroom.