Essex

The men of the ship Essex (the true event that inspires the story “Moby Dick”) avoided islands after being shipwrecked for fear of cannibals. The islands were settled and landing there would have brought salvation to the survivors. Ironically because of this bypass, the men ran out of food and were forced to eat each other for survival. Do you know what's even creepier? Two of the sailors were later rescued by an American ship. When they saw their rescuers, they immediately stashed the bones of their crewmates they had cannibalized in their pockets. They didn't seem to care that they were rescued. They were obsessed with the bones of their fallen crewmates, so that they could suck on the bone marrows. Even after they were on board the ship, they refused to depart from the bones and would even attack anyone who would come close.