As some of their number succumbed to methanol poisoning, other guests at the Laotian hostel at the centre of the probe tried to warn others to stay away - and the hostel reportedly deleted their warning. Australia’s ABC is reporting that online reviewers desperately tried to get the word out before news of the first deaths were made public. “Do not go here!! They have methanol in their drinks and me and three others have been hospitalised because of this,” one message shared by the ABC read.
“I stayed at this hostel for five days. Myself and friends were sick from consuming the free vodka here,” another tourist said. “People we know were taken to hospital, some even in intensive care with serious problems.
The ones in hospital have all had traces of methanol in their bloodstream which is incredibly dangerous..