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News & Current Events Apr 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM

Human skull discovered during Easter egg hunt in California

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Human skull discovered during Easter egg hunt in California
NBC News
Human skull discovered during Easter egg hunt in California
The remains were found Sunday afternoon in Long Beach’s De Forest Park.

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fireeight 4 days ago +1544
I feel like that kid wins by default.
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WriterDave 4 days ago +593
Free therapy for life.
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PlateNo4868 4 days ago +159
Or maybe a free skull drinking cup?
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LorderNile 4 days ago +47
Only if he didn't report it
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stevenmoreso 4 days ago +42
The road to vanquishing all your enemies has to start somewhere.
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sickfiend 4 days ago +3
Why isn't it working for trump? You know that guy's favorite cup is a human skull for sure
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MichaelJahrling 4 days ago +17
That sounds more Hegseth’s style, Trump’s favorite cup is a large McDonald’s.
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Hamrave 4 days ago +5
Yeah but it's a child's skull so it doesnt work.
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cobaltjacket 4 days ago +3
[Obligatory](https://youtu.be/ToKcmnrE5oY?si=94CxnpanaIDZc2rV)
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Gettles 4 days ago +3
If you didn't slay the person yourself then that's just some poser shit.
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TroublesomeTurnip 4 days ago +4
Off to Goat Valley Campgrounds I gooooo
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its_mabus 4 days ago +31
Hahahaha no, this is USA, you gotta pay, for life
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bedrooms-ds 4 days ago +5
Buy one, get two!
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waitthissucks 3 days ago +2
Can confirm. I was legitimately in a mass shooting at my workplace and nobody pays for anything. I was told I get a trial of two weeks for emotional assistance therapy, but that's it. The anxiety, depression, and other mental disorders? All of my coworkers had to pay for that themselves.
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cooliusjeezer 4 days ago +38
*free trauma for life This is America.
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KimJongFunk 4 days ago +10
Terms and conditions may still apply.
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yohosse 4 days ago +2
This is why I'm not having kids. 
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meatball77 4 days ago +2
Eeh, if it was a clean scull it's a fun story. If it's still got an eyeball in it it's horrible.
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Lexinoz 4 days ago +3
Not in California.
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DonktorDonkenstein 4 days ago +67
I grew up in a wilderness area, searching for bones and bringing them home was one of my favorite past times as a child. If I had found a human skull as a kid I would've felt like I won the l******. 
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ArtShare 4 days ago +7
A human skull? 😭
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Fallouttgrrl 4 days ago +47
Yeah they're much harder to find in the woods than bird skulls and the authorities get tetchy if you go hunting for them in cities
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EgoistHedonist 4 days ago +12
wondering if he checked inside for chocolate
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WontArnett 4 days ago +14
When I was growing up, down the street a kid found a human skull in the park creek while playing frisbee golf. It was big news! Turns out it was an ancient Native American skull that presumably had been washed down from another location.
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laplongejr 3 days ago +6
That sounds like the opening of a Bones episode.
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RobCarls33 4 days ago +5
I’ve heard of egg heads but this is ridiculous
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MultiGeometry 4 days ago +3
I wouldn’t want to be the person who tells them they can’t keep it.
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breakfastburrito24 4 days ago +5
It’s like an episode of Bones
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Fair_Blood3176 4 days ago +574
Ominous message from the Easter Bunny
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El_Peregrine 4 days ago +59
He’s the Skull Bunny now 
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ensalys 4 days ago +4
Must be Khorne's favorite.
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Friendo_Marx 3 days ago +3
Frank: "28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds—that is when the world will end." Ominous message indeed...
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xlews_ther1nx 4 days ago +20
Jeez. Santa just leaves coal. Calm down bunny.
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Remarkable-Shirt5696 4 days ago +64
F*cked around, found out Edit: Jesus forgive me, this joke was on bad taste and posted before verifying with you. I'll do better
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dont_shoot_jr 4 days ago +7
I thought things were supposed to come back to life on Easter
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thegoodnamesrgone123 4 days ago +6
Wake up Donnie 
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Sludgehammer 4 days ago +3
It fits with the times though.
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Fair_Blood3176 4 days ago +2
*Death become us*
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epidemicsaints 4 days ago +213
Morel season is starting. Thousands of people combing the forest for hours. Always a few gruesome discoveries.
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2_Spicy_2_Impeach 4 days ago +132
Buddy cleaned up lots as part of a beautification effort in Detroit forever ago. Basically his parent company would buy them and his group would get rid of trash/debris and maintain it. They’d also do parks and play equipment. Found skulls numerous times. Had to drop everything and wait for police that took forever.
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Fallouttgrrl 4 days ago +17
That's not an episode of Parks & Rec I remember, damn!
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notfork 4 days ago +9
There was an episode where they planted bones....
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Fallouttgrrl 4 days ago +4
Damnit Jerry
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Realistic-Lime7842 4 days ago +2
I believe it was Native American artifacts, but yeah.
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slaughterfodder 3 days ago +3
Someone I know who forages in my area found a body wrapped in tarps and carpet in the woods. She still likes to tell the story and show pictures. I’m honestly amazed it only happened once to her
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Skadoosh_it 4 days ago +14
I found morels growing in the gravel next to my trash cans last week. Nature is beautiful.
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weinerwayne 4 days ago +258
Halo 3 Easter egg hunt
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PumpkinPieIsGreat 4 days ago +30
Hopefully the kids aren't fighting the covenant
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IMOBY_Edmonton 4 days ago +23
Well canonically...
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LordHayati 4 days ago +10
So which one did they find? The grunt birthday party? IWHBYD? Blind?
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lacegem 4 days ago +12
One does not simply *find* IWHBYD. Blind, though, easy. You'd have to be blind to miss it.
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Hurricaneshand 4 days ago +5
It still blows my mind that ever got figured out honestly
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lacegem 4 days ago +5
To my recollection, Halo 2's IWHBYD was found through the massive egg-hunting effors by the community on Halo.Bungie.Org and HighImpactHalo. To outdo themselves, Bungie made Halo 3's version even harder to find, while rooted in the same general principles of Halo 2's skull: All the clues are present in-game, but only a truly dedicated and observant player would ever be able to find it. When Halo 3 released, someone cracked the game files and spread the solution everywhere while the community was still hunting, so it never got solved the normal way. They came close, though, and had narrowed it down to the rings on The Covenant and the notes they made. I wager it would've been found within the week if the solution hadn't been leaked.
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Hurricaneshand 4 days ago +3
Yeah I remember when people found it. Was pretty crazy because everyone had been trying to figure it out. I really miss the halo 3 days. Logging in to Bungie and seeing all the cool forge maps and clips they were posting for the top 5 plays to get people the Hayabusa armor. Great memories
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PrettyYoungTiger 4 days ago +2
Nah this comment got it. 25 & under wont appreciate it but this comment is goated ! SLAYERRRR. 💀⚔️
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waitmyhonor 4 days ago +2
The new Xbox director is really turning things around
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buzzw0rd 4 days ago +188
how’d they fit it in one of those plastic eggs?!
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Addy_Rose 4 days ago +64
Don't mess with the Easter Bunny
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das_slash 4 days ago +3
And he still had to push that egg out of his ass, must have really wanted that person dead
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[deleted] 4 days ago +12
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VanessaAlexis 4 days ago +4
I just filled up like 400 eggs earlier on the weekend and this was my first thought. 
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pfeifits 4 days ago +75
Sounds like the beginning of an episode of Bones.
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ranhalt 4 days ago +2
The guy in the garden The boy in the bushes
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Necromartian 4 days ago +6
"What is that... OH GOD!" \-Dun dun dun du duuu dudduddu- (Theme music playing)
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Hailsabrina 4 days ago +7
It does
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Matman161 4 days ago +2
Dam, mine was similar
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SomewhereNo8378 4 days ago +65
and even worse, there was a Heath bar inside
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KimJongFunk 4 days ago +12
Or worse, *expelled*.
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claimticket 4 days ago +33
This feels so very 2026.
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Bigger_moss 4 days ago +8
When I was a kid my neighbour had an Easter egg hunt in their backyard, I ended up finding these giant blue eggs under the deck, squeezing one curiously it exploded. Turns out they were robin eggs. Still traumatized from that one, poor birds.
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FillMySoupDumpling 4 days ago +11
Was there a toy inside
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MaximumSyrup3099 4 days ago +33
Turn around, turn around There's a thing there that can be found
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Electronic-Clock5867 4 days ago +6
Was not expecting a TMBG reference today.
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BadHombreSinNombre 4 days ago +8
Really makes me feel older than I’ve ever been. And now even older.
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tehAwesomer 4 days ago +7
Just be you. Be what you’re like. Be like yourself.
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panzerboye 4 days ago +3
your time has been well spent :(
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MaximumSyrup3099 4 days ago +4
I'm so sorry. Did it get on your keyboard too?
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Salty-Pack-4165 4 days ago +9
This is one of the reasons we never did Easter egg hunts in Poland (or this part of Europe in general). Skulls,bones,UXOs,drunks,moonshine makers plus few more that escape me now.
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Matman161 4 days ago +8
That kid initiated a detective show like bones or CSI. I guarantee you after the fun pleasant opening of him looking for eggs and finding the skull he slowly stood up and in a nervous voice yelled "mooom mom I found something" as the music builds. Then the intro played
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campelm 4 days ago +18
Well it was only a matter of time before the easter bunny went rabid.
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Zardotab 4 days ago +19
If they had watched Python's *Holy Grail* they would have anticipated this.
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bagofdicks69 3 days ago +6
Probably wasn't even any candy in it. :(
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RebelRey 4 days ago +9
That kid was cheating, skulls aren't hunt-approved eggs!
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lawlesstoast 4 days ago +3
This kid has bragging rights for the rest of their lives... After a lifetime of therapy
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Abystract-ism 4 days ago +3
Hey, they hid that for the goth kids to find.
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iceicebebe73 3 days ago +2
If the kid who found it wasn’t goth before, they are now.
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behold-frostillicus 3 days ago +5
This sounds like the first two minutes of a Law & Order episode.
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Captnlunch 3 days ago +4
The Easter bunny is trying to send a message
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IntegralIntegrity 3 days ago +4
How good was the prize inside?
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Living-Rip-4333 4 days ago +7
The killer rabbit strikes again
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patrickhenrypdx 4 days ago +4
Kid needs the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
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the__ghola__hayt 4 days ago +2
And needs to count to five.
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patrickhenrypdx 3 days ago +2
Three sir!
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ViolettaQueso 4 days ago +9
Well, you’ll be glad to know it wasn’t mine. Just checked my neck here in California and it’s still attached. Whew!
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mr_jim_lahey 4 days ago +8
I had a skullectomy and highly recommend. My head is its own fleshy pillow now, I rest in comfort anywhere.
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winterbird 4 days ago +7
This is why I put jellybeans in my ears.
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matwet 4 days ago +7
Sounds like the beginning of a Bones openings
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tims1979 4 days ago +3
After 2000 years did we finally find him?
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Good_Nyborg 3 days ago +3
Fuckin' Uncle Greg again. I said not to invite him, but "Nooooo, how could he screw up an Easter Egg hunt?" you said. Well, here we are Jane.
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dmont89 3 days ago +3
There is a start or end of an Easter horror movie.
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n_mcrae_1982 3 days ago +3
Reportedly, the individual was a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.
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Ranger7381 3 days ago +3
That’s what you get when the Rabbit of Caerbannog subs in for the Easter bunny
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Coroner13 3 days ago +3
Easter Bunny is a serial killer
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NovaSteam 4 days ago +4
Sounds like the opening of an episode of Bones
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Jiggly1984 4 days ago +9
**cue theme music from *Bones*.**
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Ok-Stranger-7072 4 days ago +3
Dr. Bones, bone call! It’s someone on the phone asking about, a bone?
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ICreatedThisForU 4 days ago +2
Was it filled with chocolate?
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GfunkWarrior28 4 days ago +2
Annual Temple of Doom Easter Egg Hunt
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2enty4 4 days ago +2
Poor kid they are never going easter egg hunting after that
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helzinki 4 days ago +2
Start of a CSI episode Yeaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh.......
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RiseDelicious3556 4 days ago +2
If you put candy corn and jelly beans in it, you can call it 'HallowEaster'
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Admirable_Bus5827 4 days ago +2
Did it have chocolate eggs it?
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JohnnyQTruant 4 days ago +2
Was it full of jelly beans?
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BeginningPlastic3747 4 days ago +2
The Easter Bunny said find the eggs but nobody said anything about **finding** finding things.
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ExactPickle2629 4 days ago +2
The article doesn't say who discovered it, but I really hope it wasn't a kid... Poor thing. 
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Nos2002 4 days ago +2
Reminds me of Dr klopek in the burbs - "I let you keep the femur, but now, now I want my skull.  Or perhaps, I might just take yours..."
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kingsandwhich24 4 days ago +2
Get that kid free crystal head vodka for life
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Kitchen-Wish5994 4 days ago +2
Lmao 😞 thought you'd say Cambodia.
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kvngk3n 4 days ago +2
So the skull came before the egg
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TheKingOfDub 4 days ago +2
Put it in the basket and stop crying
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Farseer2_Tha_Warsong 4 days ago +2
Hey, Happy Ishtar, Kid.
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QuantumQuillbilly 4 days ago +2
Easter Bunny is getting weird y’all.
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xqqq_me 3 days ago +2
That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! That rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!
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iKnowRobbie 3 days ago +2
Mommy, I can't get this one open to get the candy!
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RobotDragonFireSword 4 days ago +4
Gives a whole new meaning to “egghead”.
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IveHadEnoughThankYou 4 days ago +4
This happens sometimes. It was probably freshly boiled last year but no one found it.
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ges13 4 days ago +3
Easter Bunny is DONE playing games.
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Shadowthron8 4 days ago +2
But did it have money in it?
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Initial_Ad_9250 4 days ago +2
I hope they let him keep it
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co_rv0 4 days ago +2
This feels like the cold open to an episode of Bones
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bluehawk232 4 days ago +4
and the skull has malware
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co_rv0 3 days ago +2
Goddamn Pelant reference 😅
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MarleysGhost2024 4 days ago +2
Are we sure it wasn't in Florida?
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DRHAX34 4 days ago +1
Oh wow, so the ridiculous plots from The Rookie/911 ARE true to life /s
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blinkycosmocat 4 days ago +1
Can't imagine there are many listings on NamUs (the federal database for missing and unidentified people) that involve Easter egg hunts.
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DeltaShadowSquat 4 days ago +1
Deep thoughts by Jack Handey…
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Cynical_Classicist 4 days ago +1
Well... that's certainly a find.
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GreyhoundOne 4 days ago +1
Oh can you imagine how awkward it would be if it was Jesus's
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All-the-pizza 4 days ago +1
I mean, you can’t make an omelette…
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BooCreepyFootDr 4 days ago +1
What was the dye pattern?
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TheOriginalKrampus 4 days ago +1
Eggs for the Egg Hunt Skulls for the Skull Throne
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RetroSwamp 4 days ago +1
"Yeah, that's pretty metal."
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Zhig17 4 days ago +1
But was there candy inside it?
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cecilivan 4 days ago +1
I...I don't think he's coming back this time.
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GrubyBuckmore 4 days ago +1
Could have kept it. If anyone ever said anything about it he could have said he thought it was fake. Very few folks have a real human skull in their bedroom.
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fradonkin 4 days ago +1
“Well, it’s definitely not Jesus”
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Faserip 4 days ago +1
Welp, that game of Hide and Seek is one step closer to being over
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SuppressiveFire 4 days ago +1
Ah, so that’s where I left it.
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jramos037 4 days ago +1
Turns out Jesus did not rise.
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Ok_Database_8426 4 days ago +1
“and it was brimming… with jelly beans.”
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cantproveidid 4 days ago +1
They found the hunting grounds of the Rabbit of Caerbannog. Flee!
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FateUnusual 4 days ago +1
So was there candy in the skull or no? Keeping me hanging here.
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super_fly 4 days ago +1
Have you heard the good news?
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AmazingChicken 4 days ago +1
This is so fucked up; reporters telling people the territory so they can avoid it or what not
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Joranthalus 4 days ago +1
Turn around, turn around, it’s a human skull on the ground…
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SoDavonair 4 days ago +1
Hang on, I'll poke it with a stick. "Come on, Jesus. Do something."
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Beebons 4 days ago +1
This is the plot for a bones episode
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TOflat 4 days ago +1
"Looks like we have Halloween on Easter" (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) YEEEEAAAHHH
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flickerdown 4 days ago +1
That’s … a different kind of egg…
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Broad-Abroad5455 4 days ago +1
My greatest fear isn't if, it's what my kids are going to find, pickup, and bring to me. It's a used chapstick yesterday, a cigarette butt today, a human finger tomorrow.
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ShiftNStabilize 4 days ago +1
Did they have candy in them??
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