 American clinical neurologist Steven Novella has said the skull belongs to a child who suffered from hydrocephalus.In 2009, Pye took a replica of the skull on a lecture tour of Europe, including an appearance at the Leeds Exopolitics Expo.Pye was born in Houma, Louisiana, to Lloyd A. Pye Sr., an optometrist (1922–2007), and Nina Jo Pye (née Boyles); Lloyd Pye had two brothers and a sister.