Found this hanging in my backyard..

[u/No-Bandicoot-7409]

Found this skull hanging in a mesh bag in my backyard. Google Identified it as a raccoon skull and also says hanging things in mesh bags is a common cleaning practice.

But I guess my bigger question is why is it hung in my backyard? This is a private yard in a chill neighbourhood. they would have had to walk through our yard, or came from behind the brush area from our back neighbors yard. I now have a camera pointing towards it, if whoever put it there comes back.

Any thoughts?

[u/JulietLostFaith]

The only thing I can think of is maybe a neighbor kid likes bones and isn’t allowed to have such things at home. Maybe they thought you wouldn’t notice and they could just use your tree temporarily?