An anthropologist made a surprising discovery in a Florida thrift shop’s Halloween section on Saturday, officials said.
The North Fort Myers shopper spotted a skull and recognized it as a human skull, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Responding detectives also determined the skull belonged to a human.
The store owner said the skull had been in a storage unit that was purchased years ago, authorities said.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is working with the local medical examiner to run further tests on the skull. Officials do not believe the case is suspicious in nature.
There is a trade of human bones for both medical reasons and to collectors. They almost always come from international sources and are generally legal. Once the hit the US market that is. Before that it can be very hard to tell for sure.
Taking them from donated bodies is mixed depending on the context of donation and taking them from archeology sites is 100% illegal.