Florida shopper finds human skull at antique shop

Human skull found at Lee County antique shop (Courtesy: Lee County Sheriff's Office)

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – Antique store shoppers can come across all kinds of curiosities, but one person came across an especially eerie find at a Florida antique store.

Lee County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a store in North Fort Myers when they said a shopper, who happened to be an anthropologist, noticed a human skull in the Halloween section.

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Detectives said the store owner told them the skull was in a storage unit purchased a few years ago.

Deputies are working with the local medical examiner to test the skull and said the case is not suspicious.


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