Cannibalism in Russia

I know this seems like a strange topic and trust me it didn't just pop into my mind. Yesterday during my Adolescent Literature class, we were discussing the Grimms brother fairy tales and what moral or warning they wanted to convey to children. One of the guys shouted out "stranger danger", the teacher laughed and then went on to say that the fairy tales are telling children not only to watch out for strangers, but not to take food from them, lie in bed with them, etc.

My teacher is a pretty creative mind and her thoughts dash from one topic to another. For some reason, one of the fairy tales we were reading reminded her of an article that she read.

Earlier in January a young teenage schoolgirl went missing. It was later found out that she was lured into the apartment of two boys she knew. The boys were only a couple years older than the girl. After bringing her inside they somehow drowned her in their bathtub and then cut out her organs and ate them. The only reason the boys are giving for murdering the girl is that they were simply hungry. As if they couldn't walk to a grocery store?

My teacher went on to say that she believes one of the boys was a butcher and the other was a florist. Word-of-mouth stories get mixed up a lot, and I cannot guarantee factuality of the story, but what is important to take from this is that cannibalism is not against the law in Russia.

My teacher ended our discussion by saying that it is not only stranger danger that one needs to be aware of, but also be cautious of friends that might eat you because they are hungry.