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There is a market for this stuff. Taxidermy, various occult inspired artwork and altarpieces, jewelry, it’s very niche, and suppliers are supposed to go through the proper channels of paperwork etc. You can buy human bones and skulls online, often they do cost an arm and a leg.
I'm a forensic scientist, there's always an innocent explanation...but it's rare. >

My ex wife was a dentist, and had one with the oral nerves drawn on, as a medical device. >

I'm from the US but where I'm going to grad school, the country (South Africa) has insane laws regarding private possession of human remains, it's straight up illegal without a permit, there are like five in the whole country. It's only given to people like my supervisor, a working forensic anthropologist, who may have to pick up remains in the field and transport them to our lab. We can't even take photos of our collection of cadaver and forensic bones without specific permission from the University. All remains are supposed to be treated as living persons. >

My friend worked at a very small museum as her undergraduate. She was cataloging or inventorying a back room and found an unrecorded human skull. I begged her for it.  She said no. >

Good for your friend. >

They’ve been in the mail for 7 years. >

North Houston USPS strikes again. >

Lol.  Texas mail was silly.   I’d order a package, and it’d travel from CA or NY in a day or two, then sit at the USPS store for days before delivery.  I found out which one it was at and it had 1 star on google maps with a TON of people complaining stuff just goes there and doesn’t get delivered for days afterward.
This was in Austin
The thing that surprised me was all of the Christian sermon stations.  Some were really good and I’d sit in my car in front of my apartment listening to them until they’d finish before going inside.  But one I’ll never forget.  Some pastor was just raging about adultery.  It seemed pretty obvious to me that pastor’s wife must be running around on him and he was taking it out on the church goers, haha. >

Had a friend try to send me a Mr Coffee from El Paso for Xmas. Never arrived at my place in Los Angeles, but she did get it back the next Xmas... >


The transfer of human remains requires a special permit from a competent health authority, which was not obtained, it said.

lol, yeah, I'm sure it's just a case of someone forgetting some paperwork. >

You can just straight up buy a human skull, in the US at least. There’s a pretty big oddities trade in human remains. I’d genuinely not be surprised if this was just someone adding to their collection who bought from someone who was unfamiliar with international laws. >

Lifelike cast skulls have been around a while . Hydrostone Skull
Had one on my desk for a while;  it held my reading glasses. >

That’s pretty dope, and a very reasonable price too. I love the reading glasses idea. >

Shit, where'd the fifth one go? >

Amazon has everything. >

If you don't want to find skulls in the mail, then stop going through peoples mail. >

Well someone isn't going to get .."The Message" >

My Halloween  decorations got lost in the mail.