- Date
- 1964-11
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- French Bay
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagedisastercommunity
- Within
- French Bay
Summary
During the 1964 deer season, Glenn Ingalls and Robert Somerville found the upper half of a human skull about a mile north of French Bay. The December Beaver Beacon says the sheriff, coroner, and State Police investigated but found no identifying clues.
Evidence and limits
The newspaper explicitly leaves the skull’s age and identity unresolved. This record does not infer a victim, shipwreck connection, crime, or archaeological context.
Sources
- Reports an upper skull half found about a mile north of French Bay and investigations by the sheriff, coroner, and State Police that produced no identification; the source explicitly leaves its age and identity unresolved.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1964-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Human skull fragment found north of French Bay, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mystery-skull-found-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1964, “Mystery Skull.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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