Sailor possibly eaten by cannibals

Herman Melville



It seemed the journey to paradise, but the dream trip of the German sailor Stefan Ramin and his wife Heike Dorsch ended in a nightmare.On Nuku Hiva, a remote island in French Polynesia, are the remains of Ramins body found. Australian media report that he was chopped into pieces and eaten by cannibals.


The German couple was since 2008 with their sailing boat in the world and was planning to spend a few months in French Polynesia. They wanted to experience a traditional goat hunt in the 2,800 inhabitants island.
Last week, the 40-year-old Ramin had gone on a hunting trip, but the local guide would have returned without him to the shore, with the story that the German was injured.


When his wife Heike followed the guide, she was in his own words molested by him. She would be tied to a tree, but managed to escape. Alarmed police discovered not long after human remains in the ashes of a fire.


Through a dental reconstruction, the identity of Stefan Ramin was determined. The other remains are now sent to a forensic institute in Paris for further DNA research.The prosecutor in Tahiti, José Thorel, request that the German is eaten. According to him, his body was thrown into the fire to make it disappear. Guide Henri Haiti is still a fugitive.

The police with 22 men and a dog team is looking for him. Also, the help of the army is invoked. Nuku Hiva is twice as large as Texel( small island in The Netherlands), but is sparsely populated and has thick forests and steep cliffs. Nuku Hiva is part of French Polynesia and is located in the Pacific Ocean.The most famous island of French Polynesia Tahiti, about 1,500 kilometers to the southwest.


Cannibalism was once widespread on the islands of Polynesia and came to the 19th century. Fiji Islands were once known as the Cannibal Isles.

The American Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick, didNuku Hiva in 1842, but left the island in his own words  when he suspected that the islanders fatten for a feastmeal.


Love & Kiss 

Shavida

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Goelong Goelong Surinamese pancakes

Image
A recipe that I'd like to share with you Goelong Goelong also known as the colored pancakes (crepes) filled with tasty shredded coconut. The original Javanese name is    Dadr Gulung or  Dadar gulung.  and popular among Surinamese parties and celebrations Ingredients filling: - 5 tablespoons brown sugar - 100 grams of fresh grated coconut - 1 cup of water Ingredients batter: - 2 cups of coconut milk - 6 drops of red food coloring - 2 eggs - 150 grams of flour - Pinch of salt - butter Preparation of the filling: Put a saucepan over heat and add 1 cup of water in it and the brown sugar and stir regularly until the brown sugar is completely dissolved. Then add fresh grated coconut and keep stirring continuously. If the coconut and the sugar dissolved in the water. remove the saucepan from the heat. Setting the coconut mixture aside and allow to cool. Preparation of the batter: First mixing the red food coloring with...
Read more

African Fashion Week Amsterdam 2015

Image
Last year,  last weekend of August, a new event  started  in the Netherlands: Africa Fashion Week Amsterdam. For three days the Amsterdam World Fashion Centre was dedicated to African culture and fashion. This year's Africa Fashion Week Amsterdam is for the second time, from 28 to 30 of August, this time in the Royal Tropical Institute at the Mauritskade. Three days of African designers the opportunity to show their latest collection of our renowned international audience coming from different continents. The three days this year a different theme so that we diverse talent the opportunity to showcase the latest designs. The first day provides platform for emerging talent. Six designers get the opportunity to present themselves to the public. The second day is dedicated to the man, often underexposed sex during fashion shows. The last day is fully dedicated to gala evening wear for ladies. Diana Tambe Black Pearl, the founder of Africa Fashion Week Amst...
Read more

For the second time in history, scientists are transmitting communications to extraterrestrials.

Image
NASA scientists hope to communicate with extraterrestrials. They've drafted a message that they want to launch into space soon. That message is more than a simple 'hi, how are you?' The goal is to give the aliens as much knowledge about our civilization as possible. "The message incorporates basic mathematical and physical ideas to construct a universal means of communication, followed by information regarding the biochemical makeup of life on Earth," said Jonathan Jiang, the primary author. The so-called Beacon In The Galaxy (BITG) is written in binary code and concludes with a digital image of a man and a woman, as well as an invitation to reply. It's delivered from China's FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope), the world's largest radio telescope. This is only the second time a message like this has been sent into space. This happened for the first time in 1974. Not everyone, incidentally, is ecstatic. Experts are concerned th...
Read more