Most of us have heard at least one or two big fish stories in our time.
You know the ones, where the fisher is caught in an epic battle with a mighty beast. There may be hours of reeling the massive fish in, only to have it run out the line and battle on, seemingly with the power of something not from this world. In the end, the triumphant fisher finally brings his catch to the surface and thinks he's got it in the bag and snap! The fishing line suddenly breaks, or the fish flops out of the boat, or a rogue wave hits the dock and washes the prize away.
Well, there was one fisherman who probably hoped his "big one" got away earlier this month when he reeled in his line to find a part of a severed skull.
Long Beach Police Department Harbor Patrol officers were called to Island Freeman on June 7 at about 5:10 p.m. when the fisherman reported finding part of a human head, said Officer Jackie Bezart.
Bezart said it appeared to be part of a skull and did not appear to have any other material attached to the bone.
Once LBPD was on scene the officers took the chunk of skull into police custody, then transferred the remains to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Department, which will try to determine who the skull once belonged to, she said.
However, it was not clear if there was enough material to make such a determination and there were no other clues in the area to suggest how the portion of skull ended up in the water, Bezart said.
You know the ones, where the fisher is caught in an epic battle with a mighty beast. There may be hours of reeling the massive fish in, only to have it run out the line and battle on, seemingly with the power of something not from this world. In the end, the triumphant fisher finally brings his catch to the surface and thinks he's got it in the bag and snap! The fishing line suddenly breaks, or the fish flops out of the boat, or a rogue wave hits the dock and washes the prize away.
Well, there was one fisherman who probably hoped his "big one" got away earlier this month when he reeled in his line to find a part of a severed skull.
Long Beach Police Department Harbor Patrol officers were called to Island Freeman on June 7 at about 5:10 p.m. when the fisherman reported finding part of a human head, said Officer Jackie Bezart.
Bezart said it appeared to be part of a skull and did not appear to have any other material attached to the bone.
Once LBPD was on scene the officers took the chunk of skull into police custody, then transferred the remains to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Department, which will try to determine who the skull once belonged to, she said.
However, it was not clear if there was enough material to make such a determination and there were no other clues in the area to suggest how the portion of skull ended up in the water, Bezart said.
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