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"Explanation" cooked up by unbelievers whenever something that contradicts the Masquerade is very, very public. Hallucinations don't work that way, even if multiple people were exposed to the same hallucinogen, they wouldn't see the same thing. The only time it's remotely plausible is if the people were already expecting to see whatever it was they believed they saw (which, in fact, is a very large part of how Stage Magic is performed) - and even then, they probably wouldn't share the particular details of the hallucination. Examples of Shared Mass Hallucination include:

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  • "Explanation" cooked up by unbelievers whenever something that contradicts the Masquerade is very, very public. Hallucinations don't work that way, even if multiple people were exposed to the same hallucinogen, they wouldn't see the same thing. The only time it's remotely plausible is if the people were already expecting to see whatever it was they believed they saw (which, in fact, is a very large part of how Stage Magic is performed) - and even then, they probably wouldn't share the particular details of the hallucination. Examples of Shared Mass Hallucination include:
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  • "Explanation" cooked up by unbelievers whenever something that contradicts the Masquerade is very, very public. Hallucinations don't work that way, even if multiple people were exposed to the same hallucinogen, they wouldn't see the same thing. The only time it's remotely plausible is if the people were already expecting to see whatever it was they believed they saw (which, in fact, is a very large part of how Stage Magic is performed) - and even then, they probably wouldn't share the particular details of the hallucination. It's up there on the Stupid Explanations Chart with "it was a weather balloon" except that it's said with a straight face. See also Gas Leak Coverup. Note that mass hallucination and mass hysteria are two different things. Examples of Shared Mass Hallucination include:
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