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 miners said some of their friends had disappeared after trying to escape through Shaft 10, while others were too weak and sick to move. “Our parents, it’s hard down here. People are dying. They tried to leave through Shaft 10, and they disappeared,” the letter said.
The miners explained that food supplies had run out, and they were living in constant fear of death. “We are asking for food. It’s hard down here, people are dying. We don’t know why, but we think it’s hunger,” they wrote.
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