Humboldt County Coroner’s Office press release:

On March 9, 2015 at about 12:00 PM the Coroner’s Office received a report of a found human skull on the river bar near Ferndale. A Deputy Coroner responded to the location and met with the citizen who found the remains. The Deputy Coroner confirmed that it was a human skull and searched the area for additional remains/bones. No other human remains were located during the search.

The skull appeared to have been exposed to the elements for an extended period of time. How the skull ended up where it was located and who it belongs to is unknown.

Anyone with information regarding this case is requested to contact the Coroner’s Office at (707) 445-7242.

The North Coast Journal has a picture of said skull and spoke with the ATV-riding man who found it. See below: