Welcome!
Hi, I’m Will, I’m nineteen and I’m a bone collector…
With interests like mine, archaeology, militaria, forensics and taxidermy, bone and skull collecting has always been a hobby I have enjoyed, with me instinctively picking up loose bones from the age of about five whilst on family walks and picnics.
However, I didn’t really start keeping or studying skulls until one day in summer, 2005. My family took a mushroom collecting event day on local heathland, and I stepped off the path in pursuit of fungi but instead stumbled over the skeleton of what at the time I thought was a small fox.
I picked up the skull as it was completely clean, no dried on hair skin or mud, and slipped it in my bag as a curio… once I returned home, I got onto Google and discovered I had in fact stumbled upon a large male badger..
It was this thrill of discovery and hunt for identification that got me hooked on bones.
This would have probably have been an isolated incident except that the very next day, whilst visiting a friend I found another skull on the edge of the river at the bottom of his garden.
Again, to the Google! This time, it really was a fox, and the obsession began to expand. So suddenly, I had two large skulls on my desk, and I began to wonder…
Now, seven years later, I have a huge collection of skulls and skeletons I would like to share with you, so if you’re interested in bones, wildlife or just want something to do in the evenings, take a peek, subscribe and check back regularly, as I have over one hundred items to post, a community to build, projects to document, and most importantly of all, never be shy to comment, ask, correct and wonder.
Until tomorrow night…
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