Has there been any record of self cannibalism, as a means of survival?

Question

...maybe with this person's situation being similar to the Donner party, except that the person is traveling alone?

Answer 1

perhaps u can write a book about that and interest survivalists. Remember the guy that got caught in a craggy ledge and had to hack a body part to freedom? Unless there is no vegetation what else is there?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Like with cannibalism, a lot of allegations :

"Allegations of forced self-cannibalism as a form of torture or war crime are not uncommon. It had been alleged that the infamous Erzsébet Báthory forced some of her servants to eat their own flesh. It has also been alleged that in the 16th Century, Spanish colonizers forced natives to eat their own testicles. Allegations were also made in the years following the 1991 coup in Haiti. In the 1990s it had been alleged that young people in Sudan were forced to eat their own ears."

"One famous case of self-cannibalism is the Armin Meiwes trial. One of the persons involved, Bernd Jürgen Armando Brandes, had hoped to engage in self-cannibalism before being cannibalized himself, although it is unclear if he actually did so."

"Self-cannibalism" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-cannibalism