Clairvius Narcisse
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Clairvius Narcisse was a Haitian man said to have been turned into a living zombie. According to reports he was poisoned with a mixture of toad skin and puffer fish to simulate death. After his "death" on May 2, 1962 his body was recovered and he was given a paste made from datura which at certain doses has a hallucinogenic effect and can cause memory loss. His "master" then forced him to work on a sugar plantation until the master's death in 1964.
Narcisse's story was popularized in the book The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis, though many are critical and suspicious of his work.
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