Jon Krakauer Solves Mystery of Chris McCandless’ Death | “Into the Wild” Jon Krakauer, author of the best selling book “Into the Wild,” recently wrote a piece for the New Yorker detailing how it is believed that Chris McCandless, in fact, died. It is now understood that the wild potato seeds he’d been eating contained a nuerotoxin that causes paralysis in humans. Therefore, Chris McCandless died of poisoning that left him unable […] SnowBrains | September 16, 2013 10 Comments