Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges  (1882-1959) is famous for a number of matters, including the alleged discovery of the most perfect of crystal skulls ever found and the removal without permission of three boxes of pirate booty from Roatan Island, off Honduras, and its sale in New York for $6,000,000^(a).

Mitchell-Hedges promoted the idea that Roatan Island was a remnant of Atlantis and that its original inhabitants were survivors of its destruction. His daughter Anna, went even further, with a claim that the crystal skull, which she owned until her death in 2007, had an extraterrestrial origin from where it was brought to Atlantis and from there to Belize where it was finally unearthed. However, it must be pointed out that the provenance of the skull is not clear-cut with claims that it was in fact purchased by Mitchell-Hedges in the 1940’s at a Sotheby’s auction in London^(b).

^(a) http://larryduke.com/history.htm   

^(b) http://badassofteweek.com/hedges.html