Human skull found on Los Angeles beach once ruled by feared Bay Boys surf gang

“I kind of like pirates.”

A beachcomber stumbled upon a grisly find whilst enjoying an afternoon stroll on Rat Beach, which tucks right into Rancho Palos Verdes Estates. A skull and some bones. The wanderer called 9-1-1 immediately, the Palos Verdes Estates Police responded, directly, which in turn called in the Los Angeles Medical Examiner and confirmation was made.

Human remains.

While there was information available on age or gender, surfers immediately began wondering if they perhaps belonged to a interloper who dared paddle Southern California’s one-time most terrifyingly localized waves.

Lunada Bay.

But you have, of course, long followed the story of the notorious Bay Boys. How they sat in a stone fort down on the beach and made visitors feel extremely uncomfortable by changing into wetsuits with less-than-appropriate care, throwing rocks near people and yelling.

Months ago, a case was brought against two Bay Boys including Sang Lee who had been busted for sending a rambling email to other Bay Boys in which he called himself a pirate and said he would “die by these rules.”

According to reporting:

The honorable plaintiffs attorney Vic Otten asked Lee, “Is it true that you believe Lunada Bay belongs to you and a select group of people?” Lee responded, “No, I don’t think so. It has a special place in my heart. We try to clean up the area…” then said the wave was not “world-class” merely “better than average.”

Next, Otten asked him about the “rules.” Lee answered, “What are the rules? There’s no rules. I don’t know why I said that…” before adding “I don’t know, maybe I was drinking.”

In regards to the “pirate” reference, Lee replied he called himself one because, “I kind of like pirates.”

Pirates?

Skull and bones?

Could the Bay Boys have been up to more than half-frontal exposure and rock missing?

More as the story develops.