Alfred Packer
Convicted of cannibalism after killing and eating five companions in the Colorado Territory.
Evidently Packer was amused when a dyslexic tattoo artist misspelled his name as "ALFERD" and it became sort of an in-joke.
Packer was the subject of the movie Cannibal! The Musical, the first live-action film by the creators of South Park.
timeline
| Nov 1873 |
Alfred Packer and 20 others depart Provo, UT for the San Juan Mountains in the Colorado Territory. |
| 9 Feb 1874 |
Alfred Packer and five other men break away from the rest of their group and head for Gunnison. |
| 6 Apr 1874 |
Alfred Packer emerges from the woods alone. |
| 8 May 1874 |
Alfred Packer signs his first confession. |
| 8 Aug 1874 |
The corpses of Alfred Packer's five missing companions are found, two miles outside Lake City, CO. |
| 8 Aug 1874 |
Alfred Packer escapes from jail. |
| 11 Mar 1883 |
Fugitive Alfred Packer captured in Cheyenne, WY. Packer had been living under the alias John Schwartze. |
| 16 Mar 1883 |
Alfred Packer signs his second confession. |
| 7 Aug 1897 |
Alfred Packer signs his third confession. |
| 7 Jan 1901 |
Alfred Packer paroled by the governor of Colorado. |
| 23 Apr 1907 |
Alfred Packer dies and is buried in Littleton, CO. |
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