Chew on this: A photo of a freeway exit is going viral because of its apparent connection to cannibalism. On Wednesday, the Placerville office of the California Highway Patrol posted a photo on Facebook of the Donner Lake exit on Interstate 80. AdvertisementThe lake just happens to be named after the Donner Party, a group of Midwestern pioneers who were forced to spend the winter of 1846–47 in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Legend has it that some of the members survived by eating others in their party, though a more recent archeological study turned up no physical evidence of cannibalism. AdvertisementStill, for some Facebook commenters, the cannibal connection was enough to provide food for thought.

Source: Huffington Post July 01, 2023 00:02 UTC