However, certain “lurid details of cannibalistic practices may have been provided by the Batak themselves in an effort to prevent outsiders from penetrating into their lands, ” says Leonard Y.
Tegelikult võisid aga batakid ise mõne sellise „õõvastava kannibaliloo liikvele lasta, et oma maavaldustest sissetungijaid eemale peletada ”, ütleb ajalooprofessor Leonard Andaya.