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Human skull found in Halloween section of thrift store, Florida sheriff says

The “not-so-humerous” encounter happened in North Fort Myers, Florida

Human skull found in Halloween section of thrift store in North Fort Myers, Florida. (Lee County Sheriff's Office)

NORTH FORT MYERS, Florida – Spooky season is over, and many stores are clearing their Halloween decorations at a bargain. But, one Florida shopper found much more when encountering a human skull at a thrift store.

On Saturday, an anthropologist shopping on North Cleveland Avenue in North Fort Myers noticed the skull and its human identifiers in the Halloween section of the store.

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Lee County Sheriff’s Office detectives said they recovered the skull and, after further observation, believed it to be a human skull.

District 21 Medical Examiners will be facilitating further testing on the skull.

The store owner told detectives they got the skull from a storage unit sale years prior.

Deputies said the case “is not suspicious in nature.”