Alayna

Now, it was Nando Parado who first suggested that they consider eating the meat from the bodies of the dead. He later said, I didn't have any doubts. I had arrived at the conclusion of my thoughts very clearly. No doubt. This is the only way out. I mean, what else are you going to eat? I get it, man. And if you're determined to survive at that point?

Now, it was Nando Parado who first suggested that they consider eating the meat from the bodies of the dead. He later said, I didn't have any doubts. I had arrived at the conclusion of my thoughts very clearly. No doubt. This is the only way out. I mean, what else are you going to eat? I get it, man. And if you're determined to survive at that point?

There is no part of my dumb ass that's going to sit here and say to you that after weeks, after a fucking plane crash that I survived on the fucking Andes, that I'm not going to think about eating a dead body. I'm not going to sit here with any kind of fucking...

There is no part of my dumb ass that's going to sit here and say to you that after weeks, after a fucking plane crash that I survived on the fucking Andes, that I'm not going to think about eating a dead body. I'm not going to sit here with any kind of fucking...

And what else do you do? What do you do at this point? Like, I get it. I get what they did. It's totally fine if, you know, if you don't, but yeah. I just can't presume to say that I would... Oh, I would certainly not do that. Like, I don't fucking know. I hope I never have to know that. None of us know because we weren't there and we haven't been. Sounds like an awful experience. Yeah.

And what else do you do? What do you do at this point? Like, I get it. I get what they did. It's totally fine if, you know, if you don't, but yeah. I just can't presume to say that I would... Oh, I would certainly not do that. Like, I don't fucking know. I hope I never have to know that. None of us know because we weren't there and we haven't been. Sounds like an awful experience. Yeah.

The worst kind of experience I can possibly conjure and can't even in my brain.

The worst kind of experience I can possibly conjure and can't even in my brain.

Literally. Like... You have to eat. You're going to lose your fucking mind otherwise. Exactly. And like you said, they had not begun to decompose because they were laying out. And other than, you know, there being quite a strong social taboo around cannibalism, there was really no other argument that everybody had.

Literally. Like... You have to eat. You're going to lose your fucking mind otherwise. Exactly. And like you said, they had not begun to decompose because they were laying out. And other than, you know, there being quite a strong social taboo around cannibalism, there was really no other argument that everybody had.

Like everybody was like, that's really, it's all really just like ethical kind of thing, like moral stuff. Which would be hard, I'm sure, to get through. Of course, I can't even fathom this discussion. To find yourself in that situation. I can't even fathom this discussion, but I get why it got brought up. And again, not a lot, and this decision was not made lightly. No, of course.

Like everybody was like, that's really, it's all really just like ethical kind of thing, like moral stuff. Which would be hard, I'm sure, to get through. Of course, I can't even fathom this discussion. To find yourself in that situation. I can't even fathom this discussion, but I get why it got brought up. And again, not a lot, and this decision was not made lightly. No, of course.

These people did not just go like, oh, shit, why don't we eat our friends? That's not what they did. It's everybody's family members and friends. They did not come to this as just like, whatever, we might as well. This is desperation. Yeah, and self-preservation. And Roberto Canessa led the discussion, and he very much argued his point from his position as a medical student.

These people did not just go like, oh, shit, why don't we eat our friends? That's not what they did. It's everybody's family members and friends. They did not come to this as just like, whatever, we might as well. This is desperation. Yeah, and self-preservation. And Roberto Canessa led the discussion, and he very much argued his point from his position as a medical student.

He said to them, it is meat. That's all it is. The souls have left their bodies are in heaven with God. All that is left here are the carcasses, which are no more human beings than the dead flesh of the cattle we eat at home.

He said to them, it is meat. That's all it is. The souls have left their bodies are in heaven with God. All that is left here are the carcasses, which are no more human beings than the dead flesh of the cattle we eat at home.

I mean, he's just coming from like a very clinical, logical point of view and being like, these are not your loved ones. Yeah. Your loved ones aren't in these shells anymore. Right. Now, once the suggestion was raised to the rest of the survivors, the group spent nearly an entire day discussing it amongst themselves before doing anything.

I mean, he's just coming from like a very clinical, logical point of view and being like, these are not your loved ones. Yeah. Your loved ones aren't in these shells anymore. Right. Now, once the suggestion was raised to the rest of the survivors, the group spent nearly an entire day discussing it amongst themselves before doing anything.

And then finally, after several, several hours, all remaining survivors agreed that they had little other choice if they wanted to live. Because what else are they going to do?

And then finally, after several, several hours, all remaining survivors agreed that they had little other choice if they wanted to live. Because what else are they going to do?