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Stranded Siberian Fishermen Suspected Of Turning Cannibal And Eating Their Friends

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Dec. 6 2012, Published 5:00 a.m. ET

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By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

In a tale that is reminiscent of a Hollywood disaster story, two fisherman lost in the freezing tundra of Siberia are suspected of killing and eating

their friends in order to survive.

Four friends headed off for a fishing trip along the remote Sutam River in August, but only two were plucked from the Sakha Republic months later in a dramatic helicopter rescue by the the Russian Emergencies Ministry, reported the Siberian Times.

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Alexander Abdullaev, 37, and Alexei Gradulenko, 35, were found alive – but only just – an astounding three months after they ventured out to one of the most remote regions in the world where temperatures drop below –22 Fahrenheit.

One body was found and one is still missing, however police are not certain if the corpse is that of Viktor Komarov, 47, or Andrei Kurochkin, 44, but they do suspect the dead man was murdered – most likely for his flesh if grisly knife wounds are any indication.

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Near the ravaged body, investigators reportedly found a wooden stake or ax that could have been used