"Buckle up for a little morbid story time: In the winter of 1874, Alfred Packer led an ill-fated expedition through Colorado's San Juan mountains. His credentials were fabricated, the crew was unprepared, and countless warnings to wait until spring went ignored. While it is unclear if he murdered his crew or if they died of natural causes, Packer was the sole survivor. He eventually confessed to cannibalism."
"This wasn't uncommon, unfortunately-there was a time when people who got snowed in while traveling through Colorado turned their fellow travelers into meals beside Saguache Creek. Today, people dine on Michelin-recommended food from more than 30 of Denver's finest restaurants inside Denver International Airport: by far the biggest, among the busiest, and definitely the most interesting airport in America. Do you know any others that have had to confirm that there are no lizard people living inside?"
Alfred Packer survived an 1874 Colorado expedition and later confessed to cannibalism after his companions died or were killed during a snowy ordeal. Denver International Airport occupies 53 square miles of prairie, far from downtown, requiring a 24-mile drive through multiple suburbs and offering farmland views instead of a skyline. The airport has six runways with room to expand to twelve and can physically contain entire cities such as Boston or San Francisco. The site was chosen to avoid noise disputes and allow future growth. The airport's scale and oddities have inspired fringe theories and public curiosity.
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