Every so often you will hear about an alien skull being found somewhere. Usually you will hear about it or see it on the cover of some publication you see at the supermarket check-out line. Sometimes you will discover some "alien skull found" story on the internet. One such, very well known story, is called "starchild".
Very often these types of sensationalized stories will originate from Central or South American countries and wind up on the cover of a tabloid, of sorts.
These purported alien skulls found, are usually skeletal remains that would appear much different than normal human remains. Oftentimes they are the skeletal remains of children, which in my opinion opens the door for a conclusion of them being alien. They usually have a very large skull, but they are on a small skeletal frame or body. This is the typical descriptions of aliens that we find on TV and in the movies: large alien heads on small alien bodies.These "alien skull found" stories are just sensationalism of a real medical condition called hydrocephalus, in my opinion. Our brains are naturally surrounded by what is called: cerebrospinal fluid. Hydrocephalus is a medical condition where cerebrospinal fluid continuously builds up in the skull surrounding the brain. Because a child's skull is still in development at those early stages, the bones in the skull itself have yet to fuse, so when a child suffers from hydrocephalus, the buildup of cerebrospinal fluid causes the skull to become unusually enlarged.
Today hydrocephalus is treated using what is called cerebral shunts, which basically drain the excess accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the brain. But centuries ago and left untreated, hydrocephalus could be fatal for children. A real medical condition such as hydrocephalus logically explains these types of skeletal remains being found e.g. large skulls on small childlike frames, is more indicative of a child that succumbed to hydrocephalus than an alien skull or some hybrid of human and alien beings.
Hydrocephalus is a real and serious medical affliction. The month of September is the official or national awareness month in the United States for hydrocephalus. Please consider donating the same amount of the price of a tabloid, with a sensationalized story, to help those that suffer from hydrocephalus.
