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It's salacious. The report said police sources said that after the food aboard the plane ran out, the exhausted survivors ate one body every five days. And other sources told journalists the rescuers, quote, found six cut up human bodies at the crash site. Which is like, yeah, that's true. That is what happened.

It's salacious. The report said police sources said that after the food aboard the plane ran out, the exhausted survivors ate one body every five days. And other sources told journalists the rescuers, quote, found six cut up human bodies at the crash site. Which is like, yeah, that's true. That is what happened.

And of course, reporting on it would be priority because that's a very fascinating and horrifying part of it. Yeah. Because obviously cannibalism has been the subject of like horror and also fascination to the public for literal centuries. So like you understand why this is like a massive part of this. And obviously it's like one of the biggest taboos you can conjure. Of course.

And of course, reporting on it would be priority because that's a very fascinating and horrifying part of it. Yeah. Because obviously cannibalism has been the subject of like horror and also fascination to the public for literal centuries. So like you understand why this is like a massive part of this. And obviously it's like one of the biggest taboos you can conjure. Of course.

And again, they had good reason to keep that to themselves because of that. In Alive, which, again, is the book that you guys should definitely read by Piers Paul Reed, he said they thought they would be stoned in the streets. Like, they were scared. But fortunately, while understandable, that feeling didn't. They were wrong. That's not what they received.

And again, they had good reason to keep that to themselves because of that. In Alive, which, again, is the book that you guys should definitely read by Piers Paul Reed, he said they thought they would be stoned in the streets. Like, they were scared. But fortunately, while understandable, that feeling didn't. They were wrong. That's not what they received.

They still claim they had a significant amount of food on board the plane. One survivor said that they thought they could survive if they rationed for another few weeks. But the reality of their surviving on chocolate and other snacks for two months was just not reality. Not going to happen.

They still claim they had a significant amount of food on board the plane. One survivor said that they thought they could survive if they rationed for another few weeks. But the reality of their surviving on chocolate and other snacks for two months was just not reality. Not going to happen.

In the end, most people understood that under the circumstances, they had no other choice but to resort to eating meat. In his speeches about the experience, Ramon Sabella always asked the audience, would any of you not have done the same thing? And he has yet to have anyone raise their hand. Yeah, that would be such a fucking dick move. Imagine looking at that man and being like, nah, I wouldn't.

In the end, most people understood that under the circumstances, they had no other choice but to resort to eating meat. In his speeches about the experience, Ramon Sabella always asked the audience, would any of you not have done the same thing? And he has yet to have anyone raise their hand. Yeah, that would be such a fucking dick move. Imagine looking at that man and being like, nah, I wouldn't.

You know somebody would, but... In the years that followed, the survivors' story became honestly like a beacon of hope.

You know somebody would, but... In the years that followed, the survivors' story became honestly like a beacon of hope.

And like the ability to triumph over the most extreme circumstances and challenges you can imagine. In 1974, Reid's book about the experience, Alive! The Stories of the Andes Survivors, was released. Much acclaimed. To this day, people know that book. And this is, it kind of like reignited the interest in learning more about this story and what they went through. Oh, yeah.

And like the ability to triumph over the most extreme circumstances and challenges you can imagine. In 1974, Reid's book about the experience, Alive! The Stories of the Andes Survivors, was released. Much acclaimed. To this day, people know that book. And this is, it kind of like reignited the interest in learning more about this story and what they went through. Oh, yeah.

Outside of just the cannibalism kind of thing. Right. Canessa said of the whole like fame that came with this story, he said, there's a difference in how you feel you are and how others see you. And he said he was surprised at how little judgment they had received for their actions.

Outside of just the cannibalism kind of thing. Right. Canessa said of the whole like fame that came with this story, he said, there's a difference in how you feel you are and how others see you. And he said he was surprised at how little judgment they had received for their actions.

And he was also kind of shocked by the attention they were getting for surviving the whole thing, which I was like, dude. Yeah. The fact that you don't know what you've done. Now in the decades since the crash, the survivors have all gone on to live very productive lives. None of them want to waste their good fortune. All of them looked at it as like, this is a gift and I need not waste it.

And he was also kind of shocked by the attention they were getting for surviving the whole thing, which I was like, dude. Yeah. The fact that you don't know what you've done. Now in the decades since the crash, the survivors have all gone on to live very productive lives. None of them want to waste their good fortune. All of them looked at it as like, this is a gift and I need not waste it.

Nando Parada became a motivational speaker and has written a book and several articles about the whole thing. Canessa went on to finish medical school. Yes. Yep. And became a pediatric cardiologist. Wow.

Nando Parada became a motivational speaker and has written a book and several articles about the whole thing. Canessa went on to finish medical school. Yes. Yep. And became a pediatric cardiologist. Wow.