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	Alferd Packer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alferd Packer is one of the few people in the US to ever be jailed for cannibalism, having allegedly killed and eaten five of his travelling companions while trapped in the Rocky Mountains during fierce winter weather.
		Packer managed to temporarily avoid punishment again: in October 1885, the sentence was reversed by the Colorado Supreme Court on a grandfather clause.
		On June 19, 1899, Packer's sentence was upheld by the Colorado Supreme Court.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alferd_Packer (902 words)

	Alferd Packer, Colorado Cannibal
		Packer later claimed that it was cannibalism that sent him to jail not murder charges.
		However, in 1901, Packer was paroled after sixteen years in prison due to the public outcry that he was convicted on flimsy circumstantial evidence.
		After the pistol was found at the Alferd Packer massacre on Cannibal Mesa, near Lake City, Colorado, it was brought to Jim Harris, then a member of the Uncompahgre Archaeology Society, to be photographed and studied.
	www.wcmuseum.org /packer.htm (1841 words)

	alfred packer the san juan cannibal
		Two months earlier, Packer had appeared at the Los Pinos Indian Agency looking fit and well fed. His primary interest was in obtaining some whiskey, not food, and he had a large roll of money to pay for it.
		Packer was jailed in Saguache and later escaped to Wyoming, and for 9 years lived under an assumed name until his capture.
		Packer was buried at Littleton's Prince Avenue Cemetery near Denver.
	www.ellensplace.net /hcg_fac5.html (529 words)

	Photograph of Alferd Packer Memorial, Colorado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Alferd Packer Memorial marks the place where Alferd Packer is said to have cannibalized his companions during a winter journey into the San Juan Mountains that turned disasterous.
		Alferd was guiding five men through the mountains in 1874 when they ran out of food and energy in shoulder-deep snows.
		Packer was released from prison in 1901 and died in 1907.
	homepage.mac.com /cxs/photos/packer.html (234 words)

	Alferd Packer - Another View
		Alferd Packer (and that is believed to be the way he usually spelled it), like the bad penny, turned up often enough in his day to satisfy a lot of people.
		Packer said he tried to eat a piece of the one man's hip, but it made him deathly sick and he never did it again.
		In 1940 Bishop Frank Hamilton Rice led six of his followers plus a goat to the Packer gravesite in the Littleton Cemetery, and in a macabre ceremony absolved Packer and his victims of sin, transferring those sins to the goat, who, according to record, was unimpressed.
	www.du.edu /~kmurcray/packer.html (927 words)

	Things To Learn From The Life and Crimes of Alferd Packer
		Alfred Packer was born, a nephew of Asa Packer.
		He forced Packer to return to the San Juans to look for the other men and Packer led him on a "wild goose chase." When the snow had melted in the summer, the remains of the five men were found.
		In 1883 Packer was brought to trial at Lake City, Colorado, and Nutter was the prosecution's chief witness during the trial of "Alfred Packer the Man-Eater" whose notoriety spread throughout the West.
	www.spscriptorium.com /Treats/Cannibalfacts.htm (5397 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| Strange Tale of Alferd Packer \| Alferd Packer Alfred cannibal ...
		The Alferd Packer case is one of the most infamous episodes of the Wild West, and a case that is far from resolved.
		In 1874, sometime between February 9 and April 6, Packer was embroiled in a massacre and the eating of human flesh in the snow-bound San Juan mountains (in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado).
		Alferd Packer is widely rumoured to have become a vegetarian before his death of reputed "Senility – trouble and worry" in 1907 at the age of 64.
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /alferd_packer.html (1352 words)

	Alfred Packer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Packer escaped from jail after he was arrested for murder in 1874 and was not re-captured until 1883.
		The scientific team concluded Packer's innocence or guilt could not be determined from the remains, although they were limited by the time allotted on their grant before they had to re-bury the remains.
		Packer's guilt or innocence will probably never be known for sure, but his case remains one of the most fascinating in history for most Americans.
	ccpl.lib.co.us /Prisons/PackerAlfred.html (1076 words)

	Cannibal! The Musical Real Story
		Packer had never actually been to Colorado Territory, but he did (falsely) claim to be familiar with the area to earn some extra cash by leading the men on their expedition.
		Packer did, however, say in first confession that Swan was the first to die and the others did partake in his flesh.
		According to Packer and in the movie, while the men were "on their last legs," he went up the mountain while the others stayed at their small fire.
	www.cannibalthemusical.net /realstory.shtml (662 words)

	Alferd Packer Cannibal Treats. Roadside America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alferd, on the other hand, was far from famished and preferred a hot lunch.
		Included is a skull fragment from one of his victims, a pair of shackles used on Alferd when he was in the Lake City jail, and a number of buttons from the clothes of the five men he eventually ate.
		The tattooist misspelled his name "Alferd" and Packer sort of took to it, and used it except for on official documents and such.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /set/MEATpacker.html (637 words)

	Retying Alfred G (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alferd E. Packer, who is one of the most infamous or famous characters of Colorado's history, went to his grave about ninety years ago, having been accused of eating five of his traveling companions on the snowbound Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
		Packer claimed that he had lost his companions on top of the mountain in a snowstorm, but his conduct invited suspicion and questions because he was fat and also had plenty of money in his pocket.
		Packer's claim was apparently false because none of bodies except one had bullet wounds and the body which had a bullet wound received the shot years before his death (Miniclier B1).
	www.colorado.edu /iec/SUMMER99RW/packer.html (2508 words)

	The Story of Alferd Packer
		Packer was next seen on April 16, 1874, straggling into the Los Pinos Indian Agency with little more than a rifle and a skinning knife belonging to members of his party.
		Packer was transported back to Saguache and jailed outside of town, not in the town's jail house as some have told.
		Packer was charged with the murder of Israel Swan, the first to die, and was taken to Lake City for trial.
	www.museumtrail.org /AlferdPacker.asp (714 words)

	The Guest Stars of "Cannibal! The Musical"
		Alferd Packer told the other miners that he could lead them to the gold mines at Breckenridge, but he lead them instead to disaster.
		Packer was charged with murdering his fellow miners, but he claimed that it was Shannon Bell who killed the other miners.
		Wall is suspicious of Packer because Packer came alone, without the rest of his party, and rumors about their fate have begun circulating.
	www.spscriptorium.com /Treats/Cannibalguests.htm (917 words)

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		Alferd Packer was born January 21, 1842 in Pennsylvania and was a shoemaker by trade.
		Packer also seemed more interested in drinking rather than eating which was unusual for someone who had suffered severe hardships and a shortage of food (Dickerson 1993).
		Packer did admit that he lived off the flesh of his companions but that he only resorted to cannibalism as a means of survival during the unusually harsh winter conditions (Curtis 1997).
	www.utexas.edu /courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects98/mcilwainp/alferdp.html (717 words)

	Alferd Packer, The Cannibal of Lake City, Colorado
		Alferd Packer and five other men ventured into the San Juan Mountains from Chief Ouray's camp at the mouth of Dry Creek, 2 miles south of Delta on February 9, 1874.
		Packer claimed quite the opposite: George Bell killed the other four while Packer was out scouting and Packer killed Bell in self-defense when he returned to camp.
		Packer eventually staggered 50 miles to the Los Pinos Indian Agency, arriving there on April 16, 1874 and looking pretty good for someone who'd been struggling in heavy snow for ten weeks.
	www.sangres.com /history/alferdpacker.htm (434 words)

	Gunnison and Curecanti National Recreation Area : In Depth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When strips of what appeared to be human flesh were discovered along the path Packer had taken he changed his story, claiming that others in the party had killed their companions one by one, until only he and fellow miner Wilson Bell remained.
		Packer escaped from jail that August, at just about the time that five partially decomposed bodies were discovered along the northeast side of Lake San Cristobal, a few miles south of the present town of Lake City.
		Packer died of natural causes in the Denver area in 1907, at the age of 64, and was buried in the Littleton Cemetery.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=1480&catID=1480010012 (621 words)

	Alferd Packer - Story
		In the winter of 1874, Packer led a group of five men on a quest for gold in the Colorado Rockies.
		Packer denied that he killed the men and placed the blame on one of the other party members, Wilson Shannon Bell.
		Packer claimed to have killed Bell in self-defence, and only resorted to cannibalism as a means of survival during the unusually harsh winter conditions.
	www.state51.co.uk /screen/packer/story.html (198 words)

	COG Ride the Divide 'color'
		Alferd Packer, a Cannibal, was born in Allegheny County, PA., January 21st, 1842.
		Packer was placed in a dungeon in Saguache, but made good his escape through the aid of an accomplice on August 8th, 1874.
		Packer died April 23rd, 1907 and is buried in Littleton, Colorado.
	www.concours.org /rtd-color.html (927 words)

	National Geographic Society to Film at Mesa State College's Center for Microscopy
		The Center for Microscopy first became involved in the Alferd Packer case in 2001 when it was asked to investigate evidence, several small buttons and cloth remnants, collected from the burial site of Packer's five alleged victims.
		Legend has it that the men were murdered in 1874 by Packer, who then ate their flesh to survive after becoming snowbound in the San Juan Mountains.
		Packer later admitted to eating his companions, but claimed he shot and killed only Shannon Bell in self-defense after Bell had killed the other four men with a hatchet while they were sleeping.
	www.mesastate.edu /info/media/releases/04/alferd_packer_project.htm (393 words)

	Solving the American West's Greatest Mystery
		After the pistol was found at the Packer massacre on Cannibal Mesa, near Lake City, Colorado, it was brought to Jim Harris, then a member of the Uncompahgre Archaeology Society, to be photographed and studied.
		My case to prove Packer was innocent came to a stand still in the spring of 1999.
		Alferd Packer T-shirts are available at the Museum of Western Colorado and may be available soon at Mesa State's campus book store.
	www.mesastate.edu /alum/alferdpacker.htm (1741 words)

	Case of the Colorado Cannibal
		Though Packer was convicted of murdering his five companions in 1873, he claimed till his dying day that another member of the party, Shannon Bell, went crazy and killed the others with an ax.
		Packer then shot the ax wielder in self-defense and ate all five--not a crime in desperate circumstances.
		Students at the University of Colorado at Boulder have been eating at the Alferd Packer Grill since the 1960s--the El Canibal burrito is a favorite--and in 1982 a bust of the prospector was installed in the Colorado State Capitol.
	www.archaeology.org /0205/abstracts/cannibal.html (410 words)

	April 13 - Alferd Packer
		The most compelling, if not the most important, event that has ever happened on an April 13th occurred in 1883 when Alferd* Packer was convicted of cannibalism--the only person ever to be convicted of that crime in the United States.
		Packer apparently was a prospector who left Bingham Canyon, Utah, in November of 1873 with five other prospectors.
		Packer was really named Alfred but was only semi-literate and spelled his own name as Alferd.
	www.goatview.com /april13alfredpacker.htm (218 words)

	Bits of suspected finger-bones found at 'Alferd' Packer massacre site -
		Packer and his fellow prospectors had been traveling from Salt Lake City to an Indian agency south of Gunnison when they became lost and stranded in a fierce winter storm early in 1874.
		Packer was the only one to walk out several months later, and he was charged with killing the others when their filleted bodies were found.
		Packer admitted eating their flesh but claimed he killed only one of the men in self-defense after that man went berserk and killed the others.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1208610/posts (993 words)

	LutherOutLoud - Luther's writings
		Unfortunately, territorial law frowned on such pragmatism, and when the remains of the feast were discovered, (Alferd apparently had an aversion to cleanliness which was almost as large as his appetite,) he was arrested and tried for murder.
		Alferd's judge declared, "There was only six Democrats in all of Hinsdale County, an you et five of 'em!" and sentenced poor Alferd to hang.
		In 1977, fearing that the name of Alferd Packer would be lost in the mists of history, the Department of Agriculture dedicated it's Washington D.C. cafeteria to him.
	www.lutheroutloud.com /writ02AP.htm (341 words)

	News Services \| University of Colorado at Boulder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From 1968 to 1995, when the last one occurred, Alferd Packer Day grew from a simple naming ceremony its inaugural year to a day’s worth of activities with several food-eating contests, bands and parties.
		A Packer look-alike contest was a major attraction and in 1994, 23 CU film students made a feature-length movie based on the life of Packer titled "Alferd Packer: The Musical." They went on to develop the Comedy Central program South Park, which spawned a movie and South Park merchandise (see "South Park" Fever).
		Packer, by the way, was convicted on five counts of manslaughter in connection with the infamous 1874 cannibalism incident near Lake City, Colo. Paul Danish is now on the board of the Boulder County Commissioners and Paul Talmey is part owner of the well known Talmey-Drake polling firm based in Boulder.
	www.colorado.edu /sacs/test/newsservices/boulderbytes.html (1273 words)

	So What If It Isn't True?
		Packer shot him, built a rude shelter and stayed two months, until the snow allowed travel.
		It turned out that Packer had been convicted of murder at a time when, on account of an oversight by the legislature, murder was not illegal in Colorado.
		Packer's notoriety is hard to explain, since cannibalism was not uncommon in the West.
	www.custerguide.com /quillen/eqcols/19897268.htm (641 words)

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