^ I've never heard of the journalist you're talking about, but Tobias Schneebaum (an anthropologist) was also famous for living with cannibal tribes in New Guinea and Peru during the 50's-70's. He wrote a book about it, good stuff. He even unknowningly went on a hunt for other people and freaked when they started killing people. He ate humans to try it out too, I think he said it tasted like chicken.
Sorry for going OT, you just reminded me of that.
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