Cannibalism is a Dish Served Pipin’ Hot in Papua New Guinea
- Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:29pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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“Here’s a topic you can feast on,” Megyn Kelly jokes, “cannibalism!”
But that’s no laughing matter to members of a New Guinea tribe.
Especially the ones who have been eaten by other tribe members.
In a special set to air on National Geographic on Sunday called “Eating With Cannibals,” explorer Piers Gibbon seeks to explain to viewers what motivates members of a Papua New Guinea tribe to kill and eat other human beings. After living among tribal members for a month, he found out that justice is what drives these people to cannibalism. He spoke to Megyn Kelly today about his experience:
Here’s Mediaite‘s take on it:
He discussed a tribe in Papua New Guinea that eat other human beings as a form of justice. He explains that this group kills, and then consumes, those whom they believe have caused harm on their village in the form of, say, “causing” an illness. According to Gibbs, this happens because the tribes people no longer see the suspected culprit as being human, but a witch who much be destroyed.
“How often does this happen?” asked a visibly concerned Kelly. “This is not something that happens all the time,” Gibbon responded. “And, for them, it would be something maybe once every six months, they would…” Kelly interrupted him with the rather emphatic observation that “That’s often enough!”
Ok, ok, but let’s get down to the morbid, sensational, chilling nitty gritty: What do people taste like? Are we more filet mignon or filet o’fish? According to Gibbon, the tribe claims people meat is “rather delicious.”
Delicious and illegal, kids, so don’t get any ideas.
Yikes.
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Comments (144)
hootyhoot
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:19pmFINALLY ! Darwin is allowed to work.The strong survive. Unlike here where we have to “save” every idiot from the consequences of stupidity. We need to allow cyclists to ride w/o helmets (just don’t pay for their closed head injuries treatment), smokers to smoke (killing themselves), boaters not to wear life jackets, etc,etc,etc. This would also apply on Wallstreet- no more bailouts for failures.
Report Post »Hungry_i
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:19pmOn special occasions they eat twins.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:13pmHow dare we try to impose our restrictive morals on other cultures. Just because these people enjoy dinning on other people a couple times of year who are we to condemn them for it? Maybe this is their answer to global over population. This are simple people just following there natural and time honored traditions and like colonial powers of old we condemn them. We need to demonstrate what an open minded and understanding society we have become. I suggest that to demonstrate this we send BBQ sauce for their special meals. Nothing goes better with people then BBQ sauce.
Report Post »Tango Sucka
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:10pmCould round up all the illegals and send them to New Guinea, winner takes all, or eats all.
Report Post »1956Danelectro
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:07pmNow I feel bad cuz I missed the Soylent Green IS People joke!!!
Report Post »commentkazi
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:06pmIt doesn’t get any greener than cannibalism.
Report Post »Hungry_i
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:11pmLOL @ commentkazi
Report Post »1956Danelectro
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:05pmI’ll take some ribs, a side of baked beans and a PBR.!
Report Post »{ I know its a cultural thing but c’mon, tell me that at least one of em has a Twitter account! Chief Nosebone tweets Flashmob and dinner after who’s in?}
TJexcite
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:02pmThis has to be in Obamacare to end hunger. Why does the Government care what one eats if it was not to be used at a future BBQ.
Obligatory
Solent Green is People.
Report Post »Julio
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:01pmGod I wish this custom was practiced in our sub human animal ghettos. It would cut down on food stamps.
Report Post »Chicago Ray
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:00pmToo bad the ******* and Hoodies aren’t cannibals. :(
Report Post »Hungry_i
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:57pmThe drumsticks are huge!
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:06pmMake SURE to cook to a temperature of 190 degrees. Use different utensils for raw and cooked people. Refridgerate leftovers PROMPTLY!
Report Post »alaskajohn
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:53pmIt’s their cultural right, we may have to go to war to protect their freedom to eat eachother.
Report Post »TPaine
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:45pmThey taste just like chicken, I understand. I think this is the roots of PETA!
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:11pmTP: Very stringy and too gamey.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:42pmPETA where are you? People are animals with rights too, right?
Report Post »xoke
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:49pmLol!
Thats good, lol!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:21pmSomehow I think we can figure where the PETA represenative went to soon after coming into the village…(can anyone say “BELCH!!!”)
Report Post »earthrise
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 4:16pmPeople
Report Post »Eating
Tasty
…………. wait for it…………..
People.
(i blame the beer…. :D )
Bronco II
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:42pmI’am so thankful to GOD he BLESSED ME to be born in the AMERICA. ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:13pmat least for the moment
Report Post »ginsberg
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 5:25amYeah you are more likely to be shot here, but at least you wont be eaten…oh yeah unless some dahmer wannabe gets you.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:42pmICK.. gross and ewwww
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:41pmWaiting for the troll birther joke…
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:41pmI didn’t see any pigs, only one dog. Here was with the tribe for one month. He‘s lucky he wasn’t on the menu.
Report Post »Tomfang
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:41pmTHAT’S justice ?
Report Post »Cherynn
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:58pmThe appeals process has to be difficult!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:19pmCherynn:
Somehow I think there are very few repeat offenders in the area…
Report Post »reckless
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 10:52amHey Tom,
Report Post »I’m willing to bet they have no repeat offenders.
xoke
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:40pmNom nom nom…
Report Post »obama_binpharteen
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:38pmAhhhh, I’ll have a side of brains with a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon. And for desert, fava beans. YUMMY!!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:18pmA Mime is a terrible thing to waste…
We will have no Mime before it is time…and with the appropriate Wine…
Report Post »didymus
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:37pmyum, yum
Report Post »Echad
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:36pmBut they won’t eat clowns because they taste funny!
Report Post »randy
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:39pmI hate clowns!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:17pmDo they eat Mime’s?
After all a Mime is a terrible thing to waste…
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:10pmSpeaking of clowns. New Guinea…….. isn’t that where Obama was born?
Report Post »earthrise
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 4:11pmOy Flippin’ Vey….. Y‘all are a bunch o’ nuts. XD
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:36pmBring some of these folks to Madison,Wi. Lots of delicious people there!
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:50pmWhy not send them some emergency rations, say members of congress and MSNBC (More Sauce Now Baking for Cannibals channel)?
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:56pmI’m IN!
Report Post »brickmoon
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:57pmOr send Michael Moore to New Guinea. “We’re not broke, we have plenty of food!”
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:01pmMr Moore would be like wagu human…….
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:14pmMichael Moore would be turning on the spit (tied to it) over the fire while complaining…
“Once again we see the desperation caused by the bandits of the Bush era policies…Hey stop that with the Wasabi…”
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:34pmHeathens!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:49pmThere are stories from the first european explorers who came to the islands of New Guinia that the natives loved them, as supper, and found them delicious…wonder if any asked for A1 sauce or to pass the gray pupon mustard.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:51pmI can see how they fare in businesses…the competition is devoured, literally.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:54pmIs it boneless. Thats what i wanna know
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:05pmI refuse to watch this. I can’t believe someone would make a program out of this.
This would be right up there with following gangs around and documenting the rapes they commit and then surmising about their “culture”.
This is so wrong, it makes me sick.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:09pmOnce you get the taste for human flesh, or “long pig”, it’s hard to stop. Evil is addictive.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:09pmStay away from the so called fried oysters
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:14pm“Ah, Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? “~ Khan Noonien Singh
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:18pm@Dealer678
Indeed, stay away from the oysters; like my grandpa always said about mountain oysters.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:21pmDo they gut em first or serve em whole (except for the oysters )
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:23pmImagine how government elections must go…the loser literally is the victory feast.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:28pmDo you think our politicians would behave differently if we punished the bad ones by having them as the centerpiece of a luau?
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:29pmSure hope the libs/progressives in DC don’t get any ideas from this. We all know how much they are pushing ‘social justice’. No doubt conservatives would become entrees.
Report Post »redneck
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:41pmLet’s send them samples of Al-qaeda, if they like it, please let them know where to find more.
Report Post »ManThong
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:48pmStep right up! Get em’ while they’re hot!
Bar B Que Hezbola Hocks, served with a side of sizzling Al Qaeda Krisps, chased down with a 32 oz super sized mug of iced Jihadi Juice.
Who needs Gitmo when you’ve got delicious justice just a’ waiting in New Guinea?
Report Post »shotzie
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:05pmWatch the Smithsonian documentary on the Kuru. Find the connection to the disease Kuru that cannibalism spreads and mad cow disease and your trip to a local fast food restaurant. PRIONS. Not a good thing. It is also not (like is shown on many dictionaries on the web) a virus or a bacteria but an entirely new disease. It also can lie dormant for up to 100 years. Occurs spontaneously in about 1 in a million people. Also in cows. We eat cows. Could be a potentially huge future global problem.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:08pmTime to send our resident witchdoctor (BHO) and wife down to Papua New Guinea for a taste test.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:18pm@SavingtheRepublic.com
“I am and always will be your Friend”…Spock, Star Trek, Wrath of Khan
“KHHHAAAAAAANNNNNNNN”…..Kirk, same movie
Great reference, thanks.
Report Post »ginsberg
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:48pmso now ancient tribal behavior cannot be studied because to do so is somehow liberal? How many people have whites in the supposedly civilized world murdered…a whole lot more per capita than these tribesmen I would wager. Hey blazers you like ben franklin right? Guess what he was smart enough to realize that the evil found among “savages” who live a more natural life is smaller in scale than the evil found among “civilized” people. But I guess it is just fun to laugh at the silly dark people and learn absolutely nothing about human behavior.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:50pmEeeewwwww!
Report Post »snidley-whiplash
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:26amwhen is obama going to visit????????
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 2:48amDR…I’m with you man…didn’t read about..didn’t want to hear about…can‘t believe I’m commenting on it…but just plain gross!
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 3:21amLet’s send the cannibals to Detroit, we can call it “crime control” after a few months then move the tribe to the next toilet of diversity city.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 4:53amI read some where that they used to call humans “long pig” in the sense that we tasted kinda like pork.
Chicken = White meat
Report Post »Pork = The other white meat
Human = The other other white meat
(And when I did this joke before, one of my black friends (yes I said black not African-American) looked at me, “I do not see no white meat on this human,” while pointing at himself. Which was good for a laugh around our general group.)
Polwatcher
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 5:42amI suppose that sometime soon, our government will start an immigration program for these natives in the name of multiculturism. They will eat big in the USA.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 6:45amDarmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Report Post »Exactly what I was thinking. Diversity should be celibrated, right?
avenger
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:25amsavages…the ultimate radical libs….
Report Post »sawbino
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 11:44amThey won’t eat democrats! They are too bitter.
Report Post »Happy Killmore
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:00pm“Soylent Green! It’s made from people!!!”
-Charlton Heston
Check out that 1970′s classic about how libs thought the world was going to be by now due to overpopulation and pollution.
Report Post »KOCHLEFFEL
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 5:48pmMy grandmother told me that during World War II people had nothing to eat and would
Report Post »marinate their new born babies and make Sauerbraten with that meat.
She told me it was delicious.
superbyelich
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 11:36pm“I refuse to watch this. I can’t believe someone would make a program out of this.
This would be right up there with following gangs around and documenting the rapes they commit and then surmising about their “culture”.
This is so wrong, it makes me sick.”
I totally agree.
Report Post »lankness
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:36pmthey live in horrible place without the light of god. take pity. your disgust is worhtless and breeds hate. it is important to know these things, it is no use to judge unless you want to drop your life and move there and try to help them. We know it is wrong. You want to mock, insult them and the people bringing some humanity to the region it’s sinfull unless you take the advice of jesus and sit with them and try to save them through love.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 7:46pmIt‘s a low day for humanity when such is ’entertainment.’ But, I guess that was the case for the “Faces of Death” series of tapes, also. Wasn’t it?
New lows in depravity are being sought out daily by ‘people’ who actually look to become ‘known’ for such things.
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