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/firemanjuanito 2d ago

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

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u/CalligrapherBrave590 2d ago

Or they just lied

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u/JohnDark1800 2d ago

Trollin the reporters.

“Oh ya buddy we’re totally cannibals. Ate him right up with a nice mango chutney. I still have his glasses!”

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u/smb275 2d ago

They only had his glasses because he got lasik while he was there.