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The Rockefeller Consumed By Cannibals: A Chat With Author Carl Hoffman

Rich Juzwiak · 04/01/14 12:15PM

The story goes like this: In 1961, the 23-year-old Michael Rockefeller (son of Nelson), was in the Asmat region of New Guinea, collecting local relics for his father's Museum of Primitive Art. His boat overturned a few miles from shore and he decided to swim back. After doing so for some 20 hours, he was greeted by locals on the shore, who speared and then ate him.