"It is entirely conceivable – given the known effects of Ibogaine – that Muskie’s brain was almost paralyzed by hallucinations at the time; that he looked out at that crowd and saw Gila monsters instead of people, and that his mind snapped completely when he felt something large and apparently vicious clawing at his legs."

• Hunter S. Thompson, a satirical fabrication from his 1972 campaign coverage, suggesting Senator Edmund Muskie was under the influence of ibogaine. Thompson later admitted he invented the rumor.