Police in Oakland, CA recently received a disturbing tip from several hikers in Tilden Regional Park, who reported stumbling upon a human skull laying on a paper plate.
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According to CBS News San Francisco, authorities said the grisly discovery was made, appropriately enough, near Grizzly Peak. The skull was “out in the open,” according to Officer Johnna Watson, which is spooky enough... but police also report that the plate was “surrounded by beads,” suggesting some kind of occult ritual (or maybe just a macabre prank).
As of this writing, the investigation is still ongoing, and police have not provided any further details from the case.