Achtung! Participants of the ethnographic expedition "Ring of Africa" found a tribe of cannibals who speak Russian in the wild forests of Tanzania.
The expedition was carried out on three KamAZ off-road vehicles across the territory of 27 African countries. During the research work, the participants collected and documented information about the most significant values of the peoples of Africa - traditions, rituals, customs and other features of the indigenous population of the “dark continent”.
Researchers have found a tribe of Russian-speaking black cannibals in East Africa, near the border of Tanzania in difficult terrain. The primitive tribe is quite aggressive; the customs of the natives include eating human flesh. The most amazing thing is that these cruel savages, as it turns out, not only speak Russian, but use its purest example of the 19th century. As Alexander Zheltov, a representative of St. Petersburg University, reported, “the tribe speaks the purest, beautiful Russian language of the 19th century nobles, which was spoken by Pushkin and Tolstoy.”
The men of the tribe are very dangerous because they perceive all people solely as food. During contact with Russian-speaking cannibals, members of the expedition kept weapons ready for self-defense. However, the head of the tribe understood that the conflict with white people was not beneficial for him. The tribe was armed with primitive weapons, and each member of the expedition had a hunting rifle. Obviously, in the event of a commotion, the already shrinking tribe (only 72 people) would all be killed.
The leader of the expedition, Alexander Zheltov, also said that when the tribe of cannibals invited guests to try their signature dish, “Enemy meat fried at the stake,” they asked, “Would you like to eat, dear guests?” When the expedition members refused, the cannibals lamented: “Oh, how sorry we are, really.”
In total, members of the expedition spent half a day visiting a tribe of Russian-speaking cannibals. All the questions of astonished scientists about why primitive savages speak Russian in the 19th century have never been answered. The leader of the tribe only modestly noted that “from time immemorial, our tribe has been speaking this powerful, beautiful and great language,” A. Zheltov reports the words of the tribe leader.
It is likely that the Cossacks, led by Ataman Ashinov, who landed together with the intelligentsia and a religious mission on the coast of Africa in 1889, left their cultural heritage and descendants. Or maybe the Russians visited there before and left a legacy. Indeed, in those wild lands there, even one King of Africa looked like Alexander Sergeevich, which is how he earned the nickname “Pushkin”.
7 countries where you can be eaten.
Guidebooks warn of many dangers that may await travelers in a particular country. But no one warns about cannibalism. Surprise! Cannibalism is still practiced in some tribes such as India, Cambodia and West Africa. And here are 7 countries where tribes are still not averse to feasting on people.
South East Papua New Guinea
The Korowai tribe is one of the last on Earth that regularly eats human flesh. They live along the river, and there have been cases when they killed random tourists. Healers also considered warm brains a real delicacy.
Why do they eat people? When someone in the tribe dies for no apparent reason (illness or old age), they consider it an act of black magic and, in order to protect others from harm, must eat the person.
Interesting fact: In 1961, Michael Rockefeller (son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller) disappeared while collecting artifacts about the tribe. His body was never found.
India
The North Indian Hindu sect of Aghori eats volunteers who bequeath their entrails. However, in 2005, Indian television crews conducted an investigation and learned that they also eat decaying corpses from the Ganges (a local tradition), and also steal organs from crematoria.
Why do they eat people?
Aghori believe that this prevents aging of the body.
Interesting fact: They make really nice jewelry out of human bone and skulls.
Fiji
Formerly known as "Cannibal Island". Until now, local residents cannot restore order, and there are still those who eat human flesh, but not all, but only those of enemy tribes.
Why do they eat people? This is a ritual of revenge.
Interesting fact: Fijian cannibals are not animals at all - they eat with cutlery and collect rare things left over from their victims. You can find examples of such collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology.
Brazil
The Wari tribe ate pious and religious dead until 1960, and after that some government missionaries slaughtered almost the entire tribe. However, poverty levels in Olinda's slums have been prohibitively high since 1994, and outbreaks of cannibalism still occur.
Why do they eat people? Poverty and hunger.
Interesting fact: In 2012, information appeared from researchers who interviewed local residents, and they claimed that they heard voices that told them to kill this or that person.
West Africa
The Leopard Society of Active Cannibals has been eating people since the last century. Until the 80s, human remains were found in the vicinity of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. The tribe is usually dressed in leopard skins and armed with their tusks.
Why do they eat people? The tribe believes that eating people makes them stronger and faster.
Interesting fact: They have a following - the Human Alligator community, which does similar things.
Cambodia
Journalist Neil Davis reported that cannibalism in these regions gained momentum during the wars in Southeast Asia (in the 1960s and 1970s). Nowadays, manifestations of cannibalism are occasionally observed.
Why do they eat people? The Cambodian troops had a ritual - eating the liver of the enemy.
Interesting fact: Many people in cities and villages were under the control of the Khmer Rouge organization, which strictly controlled all food in the area and artificially created famine in the country.
Congo
There are known cases of cannibalism in the Congo, and the latest were recorded not so long ago - in 2012. They reached their maximum during the Congolese civil war (from 1998 to 2002).
Why do they eat people? During the war, rebel groups believed that enemies should be eaten, especially the heart, which was cooked using special herbs.
Interesting fact: Congolese still believe that the human heart gives special strength, and if there are people, this will scare away enemies.
Have a nice adventure! 🙂
Cannibalism (or anthropophagy) is the eating of human flesh by people. If in ancient times the main cause of cannibalism was hunger, today it is a terrible mental disorder. According to psychiatrists, no one is safe from meeting a cannibal.
A seemingly ordinary married couple has been eating people for 20 years - this shocking news came from the Krasnodar Territory.
As police officers, the husband and wife abducted people, drugged them with ether and Corvalol, then killed them and ate them piece by piece. What they didn't eat was turned into canned food.
It was possible to reveal the cruelty of the couple only after the husband lost his phone on the street - numerous photographs of mutilated corpses were found there. And at home, the cannibals kept recipes for cooking human flesh and the very canned food into which the killed people turned.
Presumably, the family of cannibals has 30 victims. Law enforcement officials have already been able to prove the involvement of cannibals in the deaths of seven people. There is no separate article for cannibalism in Russian legislation, but, probably, the crimes of the Krasnodar cannibals fit under the articles “Murder” and “Desecration of the bodies of the dead.”
If all 30 episodes are proven, then the crimes will be classified as murders with aggravating circumstances: preliminary conspiracy, premeditated murder, murder with extreme cruelty and, possibly, something else, explains lawyer Konstantin Trapaidze. - These people will be assigned a psychiatric examination. If she shows that they are sane, then the prosecutor's office will definitely request the highest penalty for them - life imprisonment. If the examination finds them insane, then they will face lifelong compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
Now this story is being dealt with by the Investigative Committee. Life found out whether it was possible to figure out in advance the cannibals hiding under the guise of a happy married couple.
Charming ogre
Cannibalism comes in different forms. This can be a way of survival (saving from hunger) or a ritual (sacrifice). All this was common in the ancient world and in the Middle Ages. Nowadays, cannibalism is most often a form of mental disorder.
In 2016, scientists from Altai state university released a study on cannibals (available to Life). The work says that most cannibals had difficult childhoods and were subjected to psychological, physical or sexual abuse. Often the cause of cannibalism is a mental illness, most often schizophrenia.
Schizophrenics cannibals are very aggressive. " The suffering the cannibal endured as a child allows him to inflict suffering on other people; Trying to assert himself, he begins to kill and dismember people and feed on human flesh,” write the authors of the study.
As an example, scientists cite the story of one of the cannibals discovered already in modern Russia, - Igor Kuzikov. This is “a typical representative of homo anthropofagus - “human-eating man”.
Kuzikov was born into a dysfunctional family in 1961, suffered from schizophrenia, mental retardation, and, in addition, alcoholism. Despite his outward appearance of harmlessness, he was prone to aggression from his youth. He was treated, but in the early 1990s there was a collapse in psychiatry.
As a result, Kuzikov did not receive treatment in the hospital and did not take medication on his own. The criminal met homeless people and tramps on the street, brought them to his one-room apartment, killed and ate them. At the trial, the facts of murder by Kuzikov in 1994–1995 were proven. at least three people. The case materials record horrific details - the body of the last of the killed Kuzikov was dismembered and cooked into jellied meat.
There is a more perverted “direction” of cannibalism - these are cannibals who want to eat their victim because of sexual fantasies. The cannibal is tormented by a painful passion and desire to possess others. Cannibals claim that by eating their prey, they make it a part of themselves, thereby keeping it for themselves. As stated in the study, the most striking example of sexual cannibalism were the crimes of the most famous Russian maniac, Andrei Chikatilo.
Chikatilo's cannibalism had a purely sexual meaning and was generated by his pathetic and unsuccessful attempts to gain biological male status, at least on a psychological level. Andrei Chikatilo has about 65 murders to his name, 36 of which involved cannibalistic tendencies. Chikatilo admitted that he disemboweled his victims in order to gain some kind of sexual pleasure. He did not do this out of revenge or hatred, it brought him peace of mind, the study says.
The study lists some signs of cannibals:
- IQ is below average - 65–80.
- Cannot have a university education.
- Non-standard sexual hobbies (perversion, fetishism).
- Aggressive within his family, he behaves with restraint in society.
- Closed
- Outwardly, a cannibal may look like a happy family man.
- Can seduce the victim, play with her, and easily gains trust.
- The cannibal has a predetermined image of the victim (age restrictions, gender, etc.).
- Returns to the crime scene to monitor the work of the police.
According to psychiatrist-criminologist Mikhail Vinogradov, it is impossible to calculate a cannibal using such a list of signs, just like any other.
- It is extremely difficult to recognize a cannibal from the outside. It will not be possible to identify obvious signs - we have many patients with schizophrenia or other mental disorders, but this does not mean that they are all cannibals, the expert noted.
The psychiatrist gave an example from his practice: in Soviet times, the police caught a man who fed human flesh to his neighbors in a communal apartment. He killed people, brought home the meat and gave part of the spoils to his neighbors. He said that he works as a butcher at the market and these are leftovers that can be eaten. He ate most of it himself. And outwardly he was a very sympathetic, kind, somewhat reserved person. The neighbors were horrified when the crimes were revealed - the cannibal was caught red-handed while murdering one of his victims. As a result, he was shot.
As you can see, it was extremely difficult to recognize a cruel person in the killer based on external signs,” added Vinogradov.
According to the psychiatrist, cannibalism cannot be treated.
It is impossible to cure a cannibal - he will never voluntarily seek help because he does not believe that he is doing anything wrong. The patient’s condition can be maintained with sedatives and isolation, but the craving for cannibalism, if it has already arisen, cannot be eliminated. If such people are released after serving their sentence, they will continue their atrocities,- he explained.
Cannibal subculture
In Soviet times, they tried not to cover stories about cannibals so as not to sow panic, said Mikhail Vinogradov. Now all these shocking stories are easily leaked to the media. Some people abroad are even trying to make money from this.
For example, in 2010, the media wrote about the opening of a “restaurant for cannibals” in Berlin.According to the owners, food will be supplied to it by volunteers who want to donate their organs.
There are also those who are not averse to turning into a cannibal for a while for the sake of the show. In 2016, British television presenter Greg Foot intended to live try human meat (your own). He turned to doctors, who cut off a piece of muscle from him. The idea failed - according to British law, eating human flesh is prohibited.
In our country, there are known cases where cannibalism was associated with a passion for one or another youth subculture. In 2009, in St. Petersburg, two young men killed and ate their 16-year-old girlfriend. When the crime was solved, information leaked to the media that the killers considered themselves “goths” and “emos.” This caused a real explosion in the press and the Internet - people were sure that all “goths” and “emo” devour human flesh, they need to be isolated from society and treated.
Later, the investigation proved that the cruelty of the killers had nothing to do with these subcultures. It is unknown how many “emos” and “goths” suffered from the resulting bullying.
On the one hand, it’s good that the media began to cover this topic. Cannibalism is very dangerous, people must be protected. But you need to be careful with this topic - it can cause people’s unhealthy interest in this topic and provoke new crimes,” said Mikhail Vinogradov.
The Yali tribe lives in New Guinea - these are the most terrible cannibals of our time. A wild and incredibly dangerous group of people number twenty thousand. For them, cannibalism is an absolutely familiar and commonplace thing, and eating their enemy is considered the highest peak of valor, because the strongest survive. The leader of a terrifying tribe believes that eating human flesh is a mystical ritual, during which you can get extraordinary strength.
Of course, the government of New Guinea is dissatisfied with such, to put it mildly, inhumane preferences of the tribe and is trying in every possible way to eradicate the tradition. The number of cases of cannibalism decreased significantly after the Yali adopted Christianity, but it was not possible to completely get rid of it. Experienced warriors of the tribe will easily share with you recipes for “exotic” cooking. It is believed that the most delicious dishes from the buttocks of the enemy, a real delicacy! Surprisingly, Yali sincerely believe that in this way they become connected to the spiritual.
Recently, an interesting trend in the faith of the tribe has been that since Christ appeared in their lives, the Yali have refused to eat white-skinned people. If you have fair skin, you can safely visit this hospitable place. Since the ancient times of colonization, the everyday life of the people has not changed at all. They still walk almost naked, covering “interesting” places with leaves.
Yali are very fond of jewelry, especially beads. They are made mainly from shells. The most attractive ladies can be easily distinguished from others; their front teeth are missing, they are knocked out deliberately. This is the concept of beauty, right?
Men hunt. This is their main, and by the way, favorite activity. Sometimes some families have chickens or pigs, but they are not as tasty as human meat. A local popular drug is batel nut pulp. Because of him, all the inhabitants of the tribe have red teeth.
Yali love holidays; they celebrate various events by gathering in several clans, eating and giving each other gifts. If you want to please them, give the guys some bright clothes, for example, a shirt. Be that as it may, at first glance they are very nice people, but in reality they are uncompromising and cruel. Only the most fearless person with a completely absent instinct of self-preservation can go to those lands. So, if you don’t want to turn into a delicious lunch, you should think several times before deciding on such a trip.
Cannibalism (from French cannibale, Spanish canibal) is the eating of human flesh by people (the term anthropophagy is also used). In a broader sense, it is the eating of animals of their own species. The name “cannibals” comes from “canib” - the name that before Columbus the inhabitants of the Bahamas called the inhabitants of Haiti, terrible cannibals. Subsequently, the name “cannibal” became equivalent to anthropophagus.
There is everyday and religious cannibalism.
Household farming was practiced under the primitive communal system, due to a lack of food, and was preserved as an exception during widespread famine. In contrast to religious cannibalism, which includes a variety of sacrifices, eating enemies or various body parts, dead relatives. Such eating is justified by the belief that strength and all abilities, skills and character traits will pass to the eater. In part, the cannibalism of maniacs can be attributed to religious.
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Congo
In the Congo, cannibalism has reached the largest number during the Congolese civil war of 1999-2003. The last case was recorded in 2012. They eat people to scare away enemies, believing that a source of enormous power is hidden in the human heart and by eating it the cannibal receives this power.
West Africa
In West Africa there was a group of cannibals called "Leopards". They were called so by their appearance, since they dressed in leopard skins and were armed with the fangs of these animals. Here and in the 80s of the last century, human remains were found. They explain their passion for human flesh by the fact that this action gives them energy, making them stronger.
Brazil
Brazil is home to the Huari tribe, which is distinguished by its refined taste. Until 1960, their diet included only religious personalities and all kinds of educators. Only recently has the need forced them to eat not only the righteous and God's chosen ones, but also ordinary sinners. To this day, outbreaks of cannibalism often occur here.
It is officially recognized that cannibalism flourishes among them due to their need and high level of poverty. But local residents claim that they hear an inner voice of someone to kill and eat.
Papua New Guinea
The last nationality that constantly consumes human flesh in the 21st century is the Korowai tribe that lives in this area. There is such a scenario that it was here that Michael Rockefeller, the son of a well-known family and the then governor of New York, Nepeson Rockefeller, was eaten. In fact, Michael Rockefeller went on an expedition to Papua New Guinea in 1961 to study the life of this tribe, but he never returned and a number of search expeditions did not produce results.
People eat after the death of a fellow tribesman who died in the absence of any cause or disease, and in order to avoid future deaths, they eat the deceased. Since death without a reason, in their worldview, is black magic.
Cambodia
Cannibalism in this area reached its greatest scale during the wars in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s. Their warriors had a ritual of eating the liver of the enemy. The reasons why local residents consume human flesh are: religious beliefs and the Khmer Rouge famine.
India
In the Indian sect, "Aghori" eat volunteers who bequeathed their bodies to the sect after death. After being eaten, various decorations are made from the bones and skull. In 2005, media investigations conducted here revealed that this religious group was eating corpses from the Ganges River. "Aghori" believe that human flesh is the best elixir of youth.