How do you know that didn't happen?In another grandpa has gone around the bend moment, Joe Biden claimed his uncle was eaten by cannibals in New Guinea in WWII. 330,000,000 people in this country and these two are what we get to choose from in November.
"Biden’s claim differs from the account provided by the Defense Department, as CNN’s Donald Judd reported Wednesday. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s page on Finnegan says this about the 1944 incident: “For unknown reasons, this plane was forced to ditch in the ocean off the north coast of New Guinea. Both engines failed at low altitude, and the aircraft’s nose hit the water hard. Three men failed to emerge from the sinking wreck and were lost in the crash.” This official account, which notes that an additional crew member survived the crash, makes no mention of the plane being shot down or of possible cannibalism; while Biden said the crash happened “in” New Guinea, where there was indeed some cannibalism at the time, the official account notes the men went down in the nearby ocean."
I definitely only have 100% accurate stories about historical family members within the lore of my life. The great grandfather x 8 who died by drowning in a vat of beer at a local brewery 100% happened and I would be scandalised if there was anything different about the account that has been told to me. In fact, the fact that I believe oral traditions of my family and tell them as if they're entirely accurate should probably discount me from ever holding any position of power over anyone, because that's how awful it is that I might be wrong about it.
What's awful is your great grandfather x 8 ruined a vat of beer for the whole village.
Which apparently was not unheard of at that time, but in fairness does not match the official theory.In another grandpa has gone around the bend moment, Joe Biden claimed his uncle was eaten by cannibals in New Guinea in WWII. 330,000,000 people in this country and these two are what we get to choose from in November.
I know you're joking, but it very easily could have been the game of telephone with family lore.
