In a chilling story from South Africa, illegal miners trapped underground in Stilfontein have claimed they’ve resorted to eating human flesh in order to survive. The miners, who have been stuck in abandoned gold mines, wrote a desperate letter pleading for help. The letter, which was sent to the surface on Christmas Eve, told of the extreme hunger and suffering they are enduring.

The letter was written in broken isiZulu and a mix of isiXhosa, and it revealed a frightening situation. The ...