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Horse Whisperer Author Poisoned by Mushrooms
Tuesday September 2, 2008

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Nicholas Evans poses while in Paris to promote a book on March 26, 2002.
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Nicholas Evans, author of the best-selling 1995 novel The Horse Whisperer, is ill after eating poisonous mushrooms while vacationing in Scotland.

The 58-year-old Evans, his wife, her sister and the sister's husband became sick after cooking and eating the mushrooms – which included the highly toxic variety Cortinarius speciosissimus — which they had picked in the woods August 23.

Cortinarius speciosissimus is known to attack the kidneys.

All four had received dialysis treatment at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and are responding well, the AP reports.

Evans' 1995 novel about a trainer's rapport with a wounded, traumatized horse was made into a 1998 film, directed by Robert Redford and starring Scarlett Johansson.

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PagePosted by Mandi Illuzzi at 2:05 pm ET     Permanent Link | 16 Comments
Categories: Nicholas Evans | Hospitalized


9:38 PM sam Says:

are all shrooms that grow in cow pies the good ones how do i fined out, without getting sick

9:31 PM denisa Says:

got to ask what does salt do to them, want to fined out if they are no good without eating them

8:42 PM Wendy T Farris Says:

Were they growing in cow pies? Dude, I think those are called "shrooms".

3:32 AM Anonymous Says:

ROFL

10:31 PM Anonymous Says:

How stupid of them! You teach kids not to pick stuff and eat it, and then they go and do it themselves. What morons! I guess they never heard of that lesson before. Duh.

6:43 PM Anonymous Says:

he is recovering in SCOTLAND - thats right, Scotland, not england! God, such a massive mistake to make!!!

6:31 PM Anonymous Says:

Apparently, they forgot to sprinkle salt to check out whether it's poisonous mushroom or not.

5:43 PM Scottish Lass Says:

He is recovering in Scotland not England - to us its a big difference! I wish them well but I would'nt have eaten them.

5:29 PM Anonymous Says:

Nicholas and his family are recovring at a hospital in England! I wish them all a speedy recovery!

5:28 PM Anonymous Says:

This is a shame that Horse Whisperer Author, Nicholas Evans and his family memebers were poisoned by eating Mushrooms, but I'm glad they're recovering and responding well to treatment! Also, I'm sorry to hear that Jerry Reed has passed away due to complications with Emphysema! My thoughts & prayers are with his family & friends during this really difficult time!

4:50 PM Anonymous Says:

what kind of idiot would eat mushrooms picked from a forest? like seriously. Hope he recovers though

4:17 PM Anonymous Says:

That's a lovely 6 yr old picture you guys put up there

4:10 PM Anonymous Says:

Oh sad. Don't eat food overseas

3:57 PM Anonymous Says:

OK, so I loved "The Horse Whisperer," love mushrooms and love to travel (Scotland is one of my favorite destinations). But how dumb is it to travel to a foreign country and eat unrecognized fungus that you found in a forest? If he'd been served the mushrooms in a restaurant, that's different - but this just wasn't very smart. All the same, hope he and his family are ok. That had to be scary.

3:17 PM dee Says:

hmm were they magic

2:54 PM hllll Says:

Gotta love those mushrooms.

*WINK*

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