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In 1961, Michael Clark Rockefeller embarked on a six-month expedition to film a movie and collect art from Papua New Guinea. One day he ventured out on his own and never came back. His father, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, funded an expensive campaign to find him, but his attempts were fruitless. Researchers have theorized for decades about Michael’s disappearance, but a new video uncovered in 2014 might have finally shed some light on his whereabouts...
After graduating from Harvard, adventurer Michael Rockefeller traveled to Papua New Guinea with a documentary crew and a desire to collect native artifacts for a museum funded by his father.
However, during a catamaran excursion on his own, Michael suddenly disappeared.
Future Vice President Nelson Rockefeller immediately funded an extensive search for his son. Michael was not found, and officials determined that he likely drowned or was attacked by an animal when his boat capsized.
The case made waves across the nation, and several theories have surfaced around Michael's disappearance.
Some experts claimed that he had been kidnapped by Asmat headhunters. Known for their cannibal practices, the Rockefeller family feared the worst.
Others believed that he had orchestrated his own disappearance, as he was obsessed with the Asmat tribes. There were claims that he was hiding in the jungle, being treated as a white God.
Another theory, vehemently denied by the Dutch government, stated that he had swum upstream after capsizing, but was attacked by natives as an act of revenge for a previous strike against the villagers by a Dutch colonial patrol.
Still, there has never been evidence to prove any of these theories. Michael seemed to disappear without a trace.
It was in 2014 that the makers of the documentary feature, “The Search for Michael Rockefeller,” uncovered revealing footage that pointed to yet another theory.
The video, captured in 1969, showed a bearded, Caucasian man who somewhat resembled Rockefeller, paddling in a canoe full of naked Asmat warriors.
The footage was shot near Rockefeller's last known location, which led many people to believe that the lost explorer had probably joined the Asmat tribe and simply gone native…
In 1961, Michael Clark Rockefeller embarked on a six-month expedition to film a movie and collect art from Papua New Guinea. One day he ventured out on his own and never came back. His father, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, funded an expensive campaign to find him, but his attempts were fruitless. Researchers have theorized for decades about Michael’s disappearance, but a new video uncovered in 2014 might have finally shed some light on his whereabouts...
After graduating from Harvard, adventurer Michael Rockefeller traveled to Papua New Guinea with a documentary crew and a desire to collect native artifacts for a museum funded by his father.
However, during a catamaran excursion on his own, Michael suddenly disappeared.
Future Vice President Nelson Rockefeller immediately funded an extensive search for his son. Michael was not found, and officials determined that he likely drowned or was attacked by an animal when his boat capsized.
The case made waves across the nation, and several theories have surfaced around Michael's disappearance.
Some experts claimed that he had been kidnapped by Asmat headhunters. Known for their cannibal practices, the Rockefeller family feared the worst.
Others believed that he had orchestrated his own disappearance, as he was obsessed with the Asmat tribes. There were claims that he was hiding in the jungle, being treated as a white God.
Another theory, vehemently denied by the Dutch government, stated that he had swum upstream after capsizing, but was attacked by natives as an act of revenge for a previous strike against the villagers by a Dutch colonial patrol.
Still, there has never been evidence to prove any of these theories. Michael seemed to disappear without a trace.
It was in 2014 that the makers of the documentary feature, “The Search for Michael Rockefeller,” uncovered revealing footage that pointed to yet another theory.
The video, captured in 1969, showed a bearded, Caucasian man who somewhat resembled Rockefeller, paddling in a canoe full of naked Asmat warriors.
The footage was shot near Rockefeller's last known location, which led many people to believe that the lost explorer had probably joined the Asmat tribe and simply gone native…
