Bone appétit: The story of Alferd Packer, Colorado’s most infamous, yet beloved, cannibal

As the first fingers of spring started to peel back winter’s hold in 1874, a man staggered out of the mountains and into Lake City, ready to spill a story — or two, or three — that few would believe. On the eve of a Halloween unlike any other, meet Alferd Packer, the Colorado Cannibal.