The Cannibal Killing of Michael Rockefeller

I was just about to commit cannibalism but since you said you don’t condone it, I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Thank you so much.

I’m glad that you cleared up the fact that you do not condone cannibalism, thank you for your transparency.

"where's rockefeller?" suscipiciously rockefeller shaped tribe: i dont know

I can see Micheal hiding in a hut and one of the villagers being like "Mike, the spirits are here looking for you!" and he goes "just tell them you ate me!" 😂

"either way he became a part of them" Dad no!

-Successfully swims 12 miles through a raging storm to get to safety. -Fucking dies 5 minutes later.

Honestly big michael theory makes sense considering everytime people showed up to ask the natives about michael they just happened to hear some natives saying "oh don't tell them we ate him" and "well now that you ask yeah we ate him" like surely these dudes could lie better than that

Old Man: Never saw him. Investigator: Aren't you wearing glasses? Old Man: Yes. Investigator: Where did you get them? Old Man: Internet.

"Either they ate him or he joined their tribe either way he became a part of them". There's always a silver lining

"You can say what you want about the cannibal tribe, but wasteful they were not".... thank you sir

Man, I still just find it hard to believe this dude did 12 miles (swimming)in a storm with shark and crocodile infested waters. Like wtf. Regardless of what happened to him, if he pulled that off alone, that dude is a f’en legend.

As a Papuan, it's weird hearing these things from the perspective of an outsider. I'm well aware that my ancestors could have been cannibals but I've never heard about this Rockefeller case. It's insane but then again I'm from the smaller outer Islands not the main island of Papua New Guinea, so of course such things wouldn't be common knowledge with my background. Papua New Guinea has become very modernised over the past hundred years but you'd only see this modernization in the capital and towns. There are still hundreds of various tribes and provinces speaking over 800 different languages, many of whom remain isolated. It's this strange mix of modernization and tradition. I'm sorry for rambling, this case has just really made me think.

Imagine swimming 12 miles to safety only to find out that the capsized boat in the ocean was actually the better option

“Either way, he became a part of them” has to be the best and most poetic conclusion statement I’ve heard in a while.

I find the hardest part to believe is that he actually made it through that storm to the island alive. I think he was basically dead when he washed to shore, and as you said- wasteful, they were not.

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Village elder wearing Michael's face as a hat and his fingers on a necklace: "No sir, I don't believe I've ever seen that young man in my life."

We didn’t kill him. Ok, we killed him. But no, we didn’t. Ok, we did.

I actually love the theory that he decided he wanted to join the tribe and his new friends covering for him so that he doesn't get dragged back to his old life.

Savages is such an outdated and offensive term. Anyway after they cracked open his skull and ate his brain....