Alferd Packer's Grave

Colorado's only convicted cannibal is buried in plain sight in a front row of Littleton Cemetery, marked with a plain government-issued veteran's headstone for his 1862 Civil War regiment, no mention of the five companions he ate to survive the winter of 1874 in the San Juans. He did his time, got paroled to Jefferson County, and reportedly lived out his last years as a vegetarian. The grave sits a couple of rows in from S. Prince St, almost no signage, and you'll walk right past it unless you know the row.

The move: Bring a thermos of coffee and find the headstone together, then walk five minutes up Prince Street into Historic Downtown Littleton for lunch and trade your favorite morbid-history facts.

• 📍 Littleton
• 💸 Free
• ⚡ Low-key
• 🌗 Outdoors

Where: Littleton Cemetery, 6155 S Prince St, Littleton, CO 80120 — front rows near the road just west of where S Prince St meets W Parkhill Ave; look in the closest row to the road, roughly second from the gate

Hours: Open during cemetery daylight hours; free, self-guided, no ticket. Be respectful — it's an active cemetery.

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Verified 2026-06-07.