Alfred Packer - American Cannibal

Summary: <p>Alfred Packer was an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">American</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospecting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">prospector</a> who confessed to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cannibalism</a> during the winter of 1873–1874. He and 5 other men attempted to travel through the high mountains of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colorado</a> during the peak of a harsh winter. They ran out of food when the snow became too deep for travel. Alfred confessed to eating some of his companions and using their flesh to survive his trek out of the mountains two months later.</p>  <br><hr><p style="color: grey;">See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>