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To: Red Badger

John Johnston, the mountain man, better known as Liver-Eating Johnson, or the Crow Killer. Robert Redford’s character Jeremiah Johnson was VERY loosely based on him, unfortunately the movie people left out the eating-human-livers-raw part. Too bad, it would have improved the movie a lot IMO.

In answer to your other post, no, I don’t think he generally had any fava beans or Chianti to go with the livers.

(There is some historical dispute as to whether Johnston ever actually ate anybody’s liver, but I prefer to believe the legend.)


110 posted on 05/18/2026 3:42:44 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Jeremiah Johnson was a good movie.........


112 posted on 05/18/2026 3:44:13 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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