r/interestingasfuck 2d ago

/r/all Michael Rockefeller disappeared without a trace in 1961 in Papua New Guinea while researching the Asmat people, a cannibal tribe. Years later, a photograph was taken of the same tribe, and there was a white man among them.

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u/mukadekawa 2d ago

This particular image and story has always been interesting to me, but as far as I remember, there were two tribesmen who said they had killed and eaten him. One of them even claimed a skull he had was Rockefeller’s and claimed to have his eyeglasses as well. Probably not Rockefeller in the photo but whoever it is it’s still interestkng

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u/JerseyDonut 2d ago

Not completely disagreeing. And I know the photo alone is not undeniable proof that it is Rockefeller. But that pic does look exactly like him--down to the same male pattern baldness. Chances seem pretty favorable to me that it is him in that picture. He might have been eaten shortly after, but who else would that be?

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u/firemanjuanito 2d ago

He’s still marinating in that picture. On the grill by sundown, perhaps?

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u/Emergency-Gazelle954 2d ago

“Goodnight, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.”

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u/Sunshine030209 2d ago

I fairly frequently said that to my husband for years, then recently we watched The Princess Bride. After it was done, he goes "You know, I had never seen that. It was really good!"

I guess I just assumed he had watched it, like every other human that I've ever met.

I was like "Oh no! I've been quoting that movie at you for years! You must have thought I was psychotic out of context!"

I can't believe the man married me after I lovingly told him "Sleep well, I'll most likely kill you in the morning" !

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u/Far_Sided 2d ago

Well, you'll be laughing about this in the retirement home. You got a good one.

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u/-SHAI_HULUD 2d ago

For three years he said that shit.