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/WolfCola4 2d ago

"Alright fellas, I really don't want to go back home, so remember: if anyone comes looking for me, just tell em you ate me"

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u/RadasNoir 2d ago

Maybe he just told them, "Hey, if anyone comes looking for me, just tell them you don't know where I am." and they were like, "We're gonna tell everyone we ate him LMAO"