A false alarm story from a beach in California / myLot

Plastic prop skull found in a beach in Long Beach California

Lake Charles, Louisiana

August 25, 2024 2:35pm CST

Lifeguards that saw what appeared to be a human skull that washed up on a beach in Long Beach California on Monday morning caused the lifeguards to call the Long Beach Police Department to report what they thought was a criminal act. When the police arrived at the beach and examined the human skull that was seen with some its face missing in the sand, the medical examiner did find out that the human skull that was found on the sand was a plastic prop skull that looked real from a distance. Thank goodness that the plastic human skull was a false alarm in this case. Link is upi.com/7361724174252 via @upi

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382329)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Aug 24

I would hate to come across a human skull on a beach. It would save a lot of angst and work if it were a prop.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122232)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

26 Aug 24

I can relate to what you are saying if I did see a human skull on a beach myself,

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (98026)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

25 Aug 24

Glad to know it was fake. Boy, I can imagine it being real and the police digging up the entire beach, Most have been leftover from last Halloween,

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122232)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

25 Aug 24

I know what you mean if the skull was indeed real instead of a prop.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (209045)

• United States

25 Aug 24

Funny story

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122232)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

25 Aug 24

It is kind of a funny story.

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much2say

@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

25 Aug 24

I didn't see this in our local news. The thing is Long Beach is high in violent crimes . . . so it would almost be believable that something like this could happen there. But thank goodness it didn't - no real victim (except the prop)!!

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122232)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

25 Aug 24

I am in agreement with you that the skull found on the beach was a prop,

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

26 Aug 24

I'm glad it was a false alarm.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122232)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

26 Aug 24

I am in agreement with you that the skull found on the beach was a prop.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112864)

• United States

8 Oct 24

Good it was only a fake skull, but that would have scared the bejesus out of me had I come upon something like that. lol

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122232)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

8 Oct 24

I also would be scared if I saw a skull on the beach myself even though I like the horror television show "Thriller" that was hosted by the late Boris Karloff.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122232)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

9 Oct 24

@porwest I like the old school horror movies myself.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112864)

• United States

9 Oct 24

@Deepizzaguy Oh, horror is my FAVORITE genre. Of course, I much prefer fiction over reality. lol