By Shauna Jemmott

A HUNTER looking for iguana and labba in the Bee Hive farmlands stumbled upon a human skull and a quantity of bones in the backlands of the East Coast Demerara village on Sunday.

And the Guyana Police Force has since visited the area to investigate the find.‘C’ Division Commander Assistant Commissioner Marlon Chapman told the Guyana Chronicle on Monday that a single skull and bones of a human body were discovered in the backlands, some eight miles into Bee Hive.

Villagers told the Guyana Chronicle Sunday night that a farmer made the find some days ago, as he went on his daily hunting trip.

Commander Chapman said the Guyana Police Force is investigating the matter and a post-mortem examination will be done on the remains to determine the cause of death.

He told the Guyana Chronicle that while there were no reports of anyone missing in the community, the remains appear to have been there “a long, long time ago”.