# Advice Needed - What do I do with the human skull in my garage? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-what-do-i-do-with-the-human-skull-in-my-garage/467832 "2008-10-14T04:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-what-do-i-do-with-the-human-skull-in-my-garage/467832/41 "2008-10-15T12:25:42Z")
I own one. It’s on a shelf in my den. Got it from a retired dentist friend of the family. It’s been in every halloween display I’ve had for over 20 years. When I was active in the SCA, I’d dress viking and put it on top of my banner pole. It was fun to watch big, tough guys freak out when I’d convince them it was real. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-what-do-i-do-with-the-human-skull-in-my-garage/467832/42 "2008-10-16T18:49:31Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > How would you know if the skull was Native American? Palate dimensions, probably. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-what-do-i-do-with-the-human-skull-in-my-garage/467832/43 "2008-10-16T20:58:09Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > There is nothing illegal about owning a skull. Cool! Can I have yours when you’re done? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-what-do-i-do-with-the-human-skull-in-my-garage/467832/44 "2008-10-16T21:06:48Z")
**mamakat** , was there something about these graves (apparent age or some such) that ruled out the possibility that these were missing murder victims? 😕 Even if possession of the skull is not illegal, it seems like it might be reasonable to run these bones past law enforcement just to make sure that they’re not evidence of a crime. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-what-do-i-do-with-the-human-skull-in-my-garage/467832/45 "2008-10-17T02:13:48Z")
So, now that you got the skull situation all figured out, you should check to make sure your house is not built on Indian burial grounds. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-what-do-i-do-with-the-human-skull-in-my-garage/467832/46 "2008-10-17T02:46:12Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > There’s always the [Tibetan solution](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapala) You can occasionally buy a kapala in antique stores. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-what-do-i-do-with-the-human-skull-in-my-garage/467832/47 "2008-10-17T02:59:07Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Cool! Can I have yours when you’re done? I don’t know, maybe. I don’t give my skull to just anyone. I’m sure lots of other deserving people want it. Or, in case you happen to be a science teacher, I do know a professor of archaeology who intends to have his skeleton made into a teaching specimen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-what-do-i-do-with-the-human-skull-in-my-garage/467832.md?page=2)