The death and destruction from the earthquake has a lot to do with the horribly built (by Chinese and sadly not so honest contractors) cost most of them their lives aside from NASA poopoo-ing the 27 minute warning.
So it cant possibly be New. I took some mushrooms about 37 years ago when i was 25 and i saw gnomes, fairies etc, the most amazing trip i ever had. Never had one like it again. Someone had given the the dust from mushrooms they had but it wasnt much but it was one of the most powerful trips ever and funnest. And i had done them before and many times after that and never experienced that again.