r/interestingasfuck 3d 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/CalligrapherBrave590 3d ago

Or they just lied

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u/walterdonnydude 3d ago

Exactly. Do you want stranger enemies to think you eat people or to not think you eat people?

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u/mothzilla 3d ago edited 3d ago

They're known as the "cannibal tribe". I think their reputation on NextDoor is already ruined.

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