After 30 Years Missing Scientist Is Found Alive In Basement LSD Lab

A missing scientist has finally been found after 30 years – living in the basement of a couple’s home. Dr. Winston Corrigan, a former chemistry professor from the University of Minnesota, was found after police were called to the Morgan family’s property following shouting from the basement. A long-term neighbour stated that the previous residents had moved out of the house because they thought it was haunted. Well, close but not 100% accurate.

The residents of the house in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, initially heard suspicious noises from their basement and instantly got in touch with the police. When they arrived on the scene, the Morgans had already fled the house. Captain Bruce Normans of the Warrington County Sheriff’s Office recounts that “They ran up to us and said they heard a man shouting inside their basement and that’s when they called it in to 911″.

It was initially treated as a possible break-in but it transpired that the individual making all the noise had just as much right to be there as the people who had called the police. The officers entered the basement which initially appeared to be clear. But they soon heard sounds coming from the north wall of the basement – in particular from behind a large storage unit.

“It was a very odd situation. We assumed the possibility that a vagrant may have been trapped behind the cabinet and needed help,” Officer Jim Catelli explains. When officers moved a heavy metal cabinet they uncovered a three-decade secret. Through an opening in the way, they discovered a hidden room containing an array of science equipment – and a missing 83 year old man.

Identified as Dr. Winston Corrigan, the man had been hiding in the basement of his own home for more than 30 years. He was missing since Autumn of 1984, the man was understandably terrified of the police and had to be treated with extreme caution.

Police recovered more than half a million dollars worth of lab equipment, which had been stolen from the University of Minnesota. Other items included three handguns, an assault rifle and twelve 55-gallon barrels of what the DEA has now confirmed is pure liquid Lysergic acid diethylamide – otherwise known as LSD.

Currently under observation at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Dr. Corrigan will receive extensive psychiatric care – not lease because he’s been deprived of any human contact since the mid eighties. That said, he probably met plenty of characters on his acid-induced travels. If the colour of his beard is anything to go by it was quite a party down there. Or maybe that’s just discolouration from the fumes?

It is not currently known if Dr. Corrigan will face any charges. However, what is known is that three of those 55-gallon barrels of LSD were almost empty. I for one would always finish one 55-gallon barrel of LSD before moving onto the next. But then, you’ve got to wonder what was going on in this man’s head.

Perhaps Dr. Corrigan just wanted to escape this stupid world and spend the rest of his days in the company of three magic letters. Well, Dr. Corrigan, a lot’s happened in the past 30 years, but I’m afraid we’re even stupider now than we ever were.