17 Haunting Photos Of People Moments Before Their Death

11. Christopher McCandless

The story of Christopher McCandless will be familiar to anyone who watched the 2007 film Into the Wild, which was a biographical dramatisation of the events preceding his death.

McCandless had grown tired of modern life, and decided to spend some time alone in the Alaskan wilderness. The recluse chronicled his time in the wilderness using photographs and diary entries, all the way until his death from a possible mixture of accidental poisoning and starvation.

This photo taken by McCandless on a timer shows him holding a sign that read "I have had a happy life and thank the lord. Goodbye and may god bless all!" McCandless died only a few days afterwards.