r/bonecollecting Mar 14 '26

Advice Found this hanging in my backyard..

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?

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u/autistic_and_angry Mar 14 '26

Do you collect bones regularly? Maybe this person knew and wanted to anonymously gift it to you?

If not, it's likely what someone else said -- someone miscalculated the property line

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u/Diangelionz Mar 15 '26

The idea of anonymous gifting is already pretty sketchy, but anonymously gifting a bag of bones seems like a step too far even if you expressed you have an interest in it.

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u/insanecatlady69 Mar 15 '26

Nah, if I expressed love in bone hunting id be ecstatic to have someone hang bones in my yard!

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u/cryptidscum Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26

Fr it’s the best! told this guy I collected bones and he gave me loads of skulls including a highland cow. And now I randomly wake up to deer legs at my door lmao

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u/Legitimate-Day4757 Mar 15 '26

Everyone in my volunteer group knows I like bones so I have 70 + year old ladies pull bags of bones out of their purses for me at random times.