Actually, the pishtacos were said to be European/American strangers who used the human fat to strengthen bridges and roads, and for mining. Folk tales also has them kidnapping and eating babies (they used to say that visitors carried those big wheeled bags so they could hide children in there....)

And, huh? I REALLY have not been watching the news, that I didn't find out about this, huh?

I need an 'ew!' icon....

One thing I don't get... if they were killing people to get their fat, wouldn't it have been a LOT easier to buy dead bodies from their families? It sounds worse, but they could have gotten many a body that way.... *shrug*




also... poor Cmdt. Angel Toledo. He's a 'comandante', and the way they put it in the article makes his title sound more like 'commodore'. tsk.