5 Story Of People Who Become Cannibals To Survive

This is the incredible stories about a group of people who do practice cannibalism to sustain life.

The disaster made ​​people no longer able to think normally. Why not, stranded in a remote mountain in winter, without food, what to do to survive?

One of the most famous is the story of Uruguay Force crash in the Andes mountains in 1972. For the surviving passengers were forced to eat the corpses of his friends. Here are stories of cannibalism that occurred because of the famous disaster.

1. The fall of Uruguay Force Aircraft Flight in the Andes:

This is the most famous cases of cannibalism in the history, occur in the mountains of Chile, the Andes, the border of Argentina and Chili in the winter of 1972.

This event begins with the crash Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 carrying 45 passengers, including the rugby team and their families, in the mountains of Chile, the Andes, October 13, 1972.

Of the accident, 29 passengers survived, but the field is heavy made ​​one by one the victims fell. Eight people died buried by the avalanche, several others followed into the afterlife because of various reasons, among them, temperature is extremely cold and injury.

Practically the only remaining 16 people, they managed to be saved on December 23, 1972. Because the rescue operation had been discontinued long ago. they are struggling to seek help themselves,

Local authorities have considered them as victims lost not found, until the victims came alone to report their location. Fabulous!

Imagine, being at an altitude of 3,600 meters above sea level during the winter. Heavy snowfall, freezing almost everything.

Well, these victims, only wearing modest clothing, no food, anyone could not think normally. How did he survive, that's the only thing they have in mind.

The only way to survive is by eating their friends who have been killed. This is not an easy decision, even too heavy, but it must be done if you want to live.

Typically, in a tight corner like that, people just know how precious a life. And they fought to defend it somehow.

Painful, they monitor the radio when they stopped the search because of the crash site was not found.

Their rescue operation was stopped after eight days of searching, or 11 days they fall on the mountain. Authorities must consider all the victims there were no survivors.

Understandably, location of the mountains it is very difficult to access, while from the air looks all white because of snow. Unfortunately, the plane was white.

Nando Parrado, Roberto Canessa and Sergio Catalan

(standing behind: the people who help them)

Exactly, they survived 72 days before the rescue team finally found. And that's after two of the victims, Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa, struggling to find help.

They descended the mountain, finding a way to 'life'. During the 12 days both on the road tough, locals, Sergio Catalan, find them.

Eventually, all victims (16 people) were taken to hospital and treated for altitude sickness, dehydration, frostbite, broken bones, mange and malnutrition.

This incredible experience, filmed in 1993, and has since become one of the most famous miraculous stories of all time.

In 2006, Nando Parrado, one of the survivors, recorded a dramatic pengalamnya it in a book called Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home.

2. Franklin expedition

This is the expedition of the most lamentable of all time is popularly known as the Franklin expedition.

A naval officer who is experienced and many times leading the expedition, and this time it's 1845, he ordered Sir John Barrow led the expedition, which completed the mapping of the northwestern tip of Canada and sailed the North Pole.

The expedition itself is made ​​of two ships, Erebus and HMS Terror, two advanced ships of their day.

But the sophistication of technology, unable to conquer nature. It is said that two ships are besieged the ice in Victoria Strait near King William Island in Arctic Canada. Franklin and 128 crew and researchers, is lost.

This Franklin expedition was revealed centuries later. During that search continues, even with the lure of reward.

A search led by Francis Leopold McClintock in 1859 discovered a note left on King William Island on the details of the expedition. Then the search is continued until the 19th century

It was only in 1981, by the research team of scientists led by Prof. Owen Beattie, an anthropologist from the University of Alberta, managed to uncover some of their findings on Beechey Island and King William Island.

On Beechey Island where some of the crew were buried, it was found that they died of pneumonia and possibly TB and lead poisoning.

But the findings are also surprising in King Williams Island where the occurrence of cannibalism because of starvation so that eventually all killed.

3. Essex Ship, Ship Whale Hunters

The story of cannibalism to survive among the sailors actually not new. Even in the early 19th-century maritime world accustomed to gruesome stories like that. One example is the Ship Essex, the ship whalers, in 1820.

The story begins with a shipwreck in 1820, where crashing whales Essex, which caused the ship sank in 2000 nautical miles (3,700 km) north west coast of South America.

A total of 21 crew managed to escape on Henderson Island, Pitcairn Islands region. On Henderson Island they survive by eating fish, birds, plants are also available, also found a small fountain for a drink. 

Unfortunately, the natural resources of the island was just big enough for a week, then nothing left to eat. They are still trying to survive by drinking their own urine, but not for long. So, can guess what crossed their minds to survive. 

This is where the applicable law of the jungle, the strong who he wins. They slaughter each other, eat each other. No friends, even brothers, killing each other. Tragically, the ship's captain, joined Pollard takes his cousin, Owen Coffin, who previously slaughtered by his own men. 

The new aid comes nearly a year later by a fishing boat Nantucket Dauphin 95. When the two survivors, Captain Pollard and Ramsdell, the person who killed Coffin cousin Pollard. In a separate place other crew were rescued India merchant ship. 

Eight people were rescued. Their recognition, they managed to survive by eating the bodies of seven friends. 

4. Siege of Leningrad 

This is the story of the siege of the longest and most victims throughout history. Siege of Leningrad or popular as well as the blockade of Leningrad, is a prolonged military operation conducted by the German and Finnish defense forces, to blockade Leningrad September 8, 1941. The siege lasted for two years.

Siege of Leningrad caused 1.5 million casualties.

The city is completely isolated, both on land and sea. For months, the residents ate from the lake was there, but when winter came, the lake freezes. Soviet troops had difficulty supplying the food. People began to starve.

To address the needs of food, bakers in the city was ordered to make bread mixed with sawdust. This is simply to survive.

The rest, birds, mice, and other food-eating in normal conditions disgust for food, forced to be a meal. This is all for the sake of the stomach, and the after life. When nothing left to eat, then start going cannibalism.

This practice is happening more and more widespread throughout the city, Leningrad police felt the need to patrol the anti-cannibalism, to prevent the condition from getting wild and uncontrollable.

And that's what Germany and Finland to bring down the Soviets. Even later acknowledged that the cannibalism is saving the lives of many people, but by then the police still forbade the deed.

Even so cannibalism still occurs although underground. It is estimated, the tragedy led to the deaths of 1.5 million people.

Based on the record, this is not the first time that the Soviet people to cannibalism. Previously, in 1932-1933 there is widespread famine in Ukraine that led to the practice of cannibalism occurred in the region.

5. Holocaust

Until now the event is still a source of debate. The Holocaust was the systematic genocide of Nazi Germany committed against various ethnic groups, religious, national, and secular during World War II.

The Jews in Europe is the main victims in the Holocaust, the Nazis called the "Last Completion Problems Against the Jews".

The number of Jewish victims are generally said to reach 6 million. Genocide was created by Adolf Hitler, among others, by gunfire, torture, and poison gas, in the village of Jews and concentration camps.

In addition to Jews, other groups which the Nazis deemed "undesirable", among others, the Polish, Russian, other Slavic tribes, Roman Catholics, the disabled, mentally handicapped people, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, people communists, ethnic Gypsies (Rom and Sinti people) and political opponents. They also arrested and killed.

If the share count these groups and Jews as well, then the number of Holocaust victims could reach 9-11 million.

German sadism treat prisoners has become a story of life for decades until now. What and how they are treated to a story that endlessly invite tears and anger.

That said, this German prisoners of war were starved in concentration camps set up Germany. The impact, in order to survive the prisoners were mutually devouring each other.

6. Alferd Packer

Alferd Packer (21 November 1842-23 April 1907) often known as the only American ever convicted of cannibalism with the demand, although demand is murder, not cannibalism.

Members of the famous Donner Party was not convicted of cannibalism in California, because legally cannibalism is not a crime in the United States.

On February 9, 1874, he with five others on an expedition in the mountains of Colorado. Two months later Packer returned from the expedition alone.

When asked where people who have gone with him, Packer said that he had killed them all to survive were forced to eat the bodies of his friends.
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