https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PfoMvgDY8hk&pp=ygUPTWV0aCBmdWVsZWQgZmlu
Aimo Koivonen was a soldier in the Finnish Army. During the continuation while on patrol he and his company were being tracked by the Soviets. In desperation Aimo took Pervitin. A German wonder drug to increase endurance and performance. But taking too many, he found himself abandoned by his comrades due to his erratic behavior and on a 2 week long "trip". Hallucinating and skiing all the time, he somehow managed to evade capture, despite skiing right through the middle of a Soviet camp. After 2 weeks he was eventually found weighing only 43 kilograms and with a heart rate of 200 beats per minute.
by Particular-Star-9928
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Yes, the famous “man who became the meth elemental” who is almost as famous as Simo Häyhä in the social media about the Finnish war efforts during the second world war. His picture does not help with this reputation.
It’s quite a story, and that’s what I consider it to be for some parts. It is based on his own account and as far as I know there is no eyewitnesses or any concrete proof about the ordeals of this guy when he was skiing here and there. But he sure had some rough time out there.
The Pervitin drug in question was an early form of methamphetamine widely used during WW2 by both the Axis-countries and Allied forces. After German army noticed that the soldiers suffered from hallucination, they banned it and dumped their storages to Finnish army. After the war, the leftover drugs from the war were used as a doping by many athletes. Pervitin was also sold in pharmacies to consumers, but it did not contain methamphetamine.