Share article to In one of Colorado's most grisly episodes, prospector Alferd Packer confessed to eating the bodies of his dead companions after the group got lost in the snowy San Juan Mountains in 1874. Map: Image by: Colorado State ArchivesDate: c. 1873Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Alferd_Packer.JPGCopyright Notes: Public domain