What are thr worst instances of this happening throughout history

  • Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    Uruguayan Air Force flight 571.

    I’m headed out the door for some errands so no time to give an explanation, but it’s worth searching on the net.

    Edit - apparently this is not technically cannibalism since there was no rituals, no murder for eating of humans. This is technically called anthropophagy. Donner Party is an actual example of survival cannibalism.

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        Footie team crashes in the Andes. They eat their crash mates to survive. Tons of reading material, podcasts, and even a movie (Alive!) about it. Despite it being a Hollywood thing the movie is pretty accurate to what happened. 40 something in the plane, something like 15 survived to rescue. Like 10k foot elevation in the Chilean Andes for 70+ days.

        Fucking harrowing. I am doing it zero justice, and not doing justice to the survivors stories. It’s worth the rabbit hole.

        ETA - I think Last Podcast On The Left did something about it. It’s worth the listen.