The Savage Harvest of Michael Rockefeller

 

The text provides an extensive narrative, sourced from a MrBallen video transcript, detailing the 1961 disappearance of Michael Rockefeller off the coast of New Guinea. It explains that Rockefeller, an heir to a wealthy American family and an art enthusiast, was traveling by catamaran to trade for Asmat tribal art when his boat sank, forcing him to attempt a long swim to shore for help. The story contrasts the initial widely accepted belief that Michael drowned with persistent rumors and later evidence, including found footage and an investigation by a National Geographic journalist, suggesting a more sinister fate. The core of the narrative focuses on the shocking account, revealed decades later by the Asmat tribe, that they ritualistically killed and cannibalized Rockefeller to avenge past attacks by white men.