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He also draws parallels with flying reindeer: reindeer had been reported to consume the mushroom and prance around in an intoxicated manner afterwards.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-129"><A title="" href="#cite_note-129"><SPAN>[</SPAN>130<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP> American ethnopharmacologist Scott Hajicek-Dobberstein, researching possible links between religious myths and the red mushroom, notes, "If Santa Claus had but one eye [like <A title="Odin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin">Odin</A>], or if <A title="Amanita muscaria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria#Psychoactive_use">magic urine</A> had been a part of his legend, his connection to the <I>Amanita muscaria</I> would be much easier to believe."<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-siddhas_130-0"><A title="" href="#cite_note-siddhas-130"><SPAN></SPAN></A></SUP></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); 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