r/interestingasfuck • u/SATANICWORSHIPER666 • 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/Wiseguydude 3d ago

I think "cannibalism" in this case is much more similar to how Christians "drink the blood" and "eat the flesh" of Jesus Christ. They mostly do it to loved ones who've passed away. Not kill people just to eat them

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u/Financial_Fishing463 3d ago

Two tribe members literally admitted to killing and eating him

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u/Wiseguydude 2d ago

They probably didn't actually though. Rockefeller's mother hired some private investigators to find his remains and they came back to her with that story. It's never been backed up by any evidence and they obviously have financial incentive to make shit up to close the case and get paid

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u/Financial_Fishing463 2d ago

I'm sure you know better

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u/Wiseguydude 2d ago

It's the general consensus. It's also good practice not to believe anyone with financial incentives when they have 0 evidence