American YouTuber and wildlife conferrer Nathaniel " Coyote " Peterson surprised his fan on Thursday with a Facebook post in which he take to have found a " non - human primate " skull .

" Leaking flick here before they are taken down and before governance / official endeavor to quit our footage , " Petersonwrote in the post , adding that he was waiting for a primatologist to take a close look at the skull .

" Absolutely unreal … we thought it was a bear skull when we find it , I can 100 % guarantee it is not . "

Peterson carefully did not mention Bigfoot in the post – though it was Sasquatch which he was hound for in his show – simply hinting that it could be from something orphic .

" I do n’t cognize if its what you all think it might be , " he wrote , " but I can not explain discover a primate skull in the Pac Northwest without wondering ! What do you believe ? "

His innuendo turned to outuendo when he entitle his video on the subject " Bigfoot Skull find in Canada ! " .

In the video , Peterson stumble across the skull while his work party effort to take overhead shots using drone pipe . After initially declaring it to be a bear skull , he suggests " I think of I ’m almost afraid to say it . That could be a sasquatch skull , " while his skeptical gang tell him to put it back , believe it to be from a archpriest . He site it in his bag without their knowledge – which isillegal to do without a license , assume that the skull is a natural object – and removes it from the park .

The picture ends with no conclusion on what the skull in reality is .

So , what do scientist recall ? It ’s not exactly the only selection – there ’s a hazard it could be a real skull – but there are trace that it is a replica Gorilla gorilla skull that can be purchased on AliExpress .

" This is doubtlessly a Gorilla gorilla skull , as is obvious from numerous anatomic details , and as verified by a list of expert , " vertebrate palaeontologist Darren Naish toldLive Science , adding that there was no means that the skull was from an unnamed species . “Also , it seems to be identical to commercially available casts of a specific gorilla skull . "

It ’s potential that Peterson has stumble across a skull reproduction of a gorilla vacate for unknown reasons and has been take in by it in his hunt for Bigfoot . It ’s much more likely than find a Bigfoot skull , anyway .