Whatever the niggling scientific detail, the whole concept hopped into my imagination, rattled around in there for five minutes, and this thing popped out:
I'm now wondering whether a similar principle could be applied to explain other strange phenomena. Is the Bermuda Triangle all down to jellyfish on crystal meth? Is the Abominable Snowman really a yak in an opium haze? Is 99 percent of bad fanfiction written by crack-smoking weasels? Just find the right combination of wildlife and mind-altering substance, and let's see how many global mysteries we can resolve...