Lloyd Pye

Lloyd Pye is perhaps best known as the caretaker of the Starchild skull. Since 1999 he has been shepherding this mysterious skull through a battery of scientific testing in an attempt to prove whether the skull is entirely human...or something else.

The "Starchild" is a real, true bone skull independently dated by Carbon-14 to be 900 years old (+/- 40 years). It is unlike any human skull ever seen before. The name "Starchild" is the result of early X-rays taken of the skull and maxilla fragment found with it, which showed unerupted teeth that, combined with the smaller-than-normal-adult size of the skull, indicated a child of 5 or 6. However, subsequent examination by experts have led to the suggestion that this age is not necessarily accurate.
From its extremely shallow eye sockets to the total lack of frontal sinuses, the Starchild skull's morphology cannot be accounted for by any known combination of deformities. The bone is half as thick, weighs half as much, and is at least double the strength of normal human bone--unlike anything currently on the scientific record. Furthermore, inside that unusual bone are microscopic fibers and a reddish residue that so far defy any explanation.

For more information, visit www.starchildproject.com