A Canadian family vacationing in Cornwall stumbled upon some remarkable remains—a skull resembling that of a unicorn. John Goodwin and his family were exploring the mystical St. Nectan's Glen near Tintagel, a site steeped in Arthurian legend, when his daughter spotted something unusual sticking out from a mossy bank. Initially mistaking it for a root, Goodwin was surprised to uncover a heavy skull with a bony protrusion. "I thought it might be a deer or something at first, but then I realized it only had one horn," he explained.

His grandmother, however, wasn't as excited as the rest, saying she felt they had disturbed something sacred. "My gran started feeling uneasy right away. She said it didn't feel right to take it," Goodwin said. Prompted by curiosity, the family transported the skull to the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle for more answers. To their disappointment, the skull was dismissed as a "freak animal" by museum staff. "The man there was a bit pompous," Goodwin recalled. "Took one glance and scowled, 'not a magical item.'"

While he acknowledged the possibility of a prankster placing the skull, he said his grandmother believes it could belong to the unicorn that Merlin famously rode during the Battle of Badon. In an interview with Cornwall Live, Goodwin revealed that he traded the skull at a local pub for unlimited ale. "I decided that I probably couldn't take it through customs," he admitted.

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