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Expensive Santa Cruz Mountains search finds stoned teen

A mother’s frantic 911 plea for help finding her injured teen son lost in the Santa Cruz Mountains led to an expensive search that ended with rescuers locating the youth stoned on drugs.

Eighteen-year-old Matthew Rosenberg had used his cellular telephone Monday night to call his mom and tell her he tripped, broke his leg and was lost.

But Cal Fire Capt. Bill Finch says the Los Gatos High School senior didn’t break his leg, adding the teen had apparently swallowed hallucinogenic mushrooms, possibly dropped some acid and just “thought” his leg was broken.

Finch says the teen “was really gorked” when rescuers found him standing at the bottom of a ravine. The cost of the search was estimated at up to $10,000.

The teen’s father Mark Rosenberg says the boy will be punished, adding “he probably won’t get to use the car for a while.”

Yeah, take the car keys away for awhile, that’ll teach him. Cripes!




  1. Quasi says:

    At least he was being honest when he said he tripped!

    (Har)

  2. John Paradox says:

    Sounds like a variation on the old security system commercial:
    I’m tripping, and I can’t get found!

    J/P=?

  3. every time says:

    Well, yes, every time someone “gets stoned” in the Santa Cruz mountains, an expensive search and rescue effort has to be mounted. That’s why, whenever McCoullough’s girlfriend (or boyfriend) doesn’t put out, he can just post here and rail against “stoners” and feel better.

  4. Elwood Pleebus says:

    I guess he wasn’t so “gorked” that he couldn’t call mommy for help.

  5. Jon Richards says:

    Weirdos like him give a bad name to drugs.



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