Police confiscated a "mummified human skeleton" that Lynn Sterling of Port Huron, Michigan was trying to sell off on eBay. She said she acquired the curiosity from a friend in the demolition industry who snagged them at a school he was tearing down decades ago. eBay removed the posting on Wednesday after an a browser on the site tipped off police. Skeletons for medical use can be auctioned on the eBay but apparently "human remains" are a violation of policy. From the Associated Press:
Sterling likely won't face charges, Port Huron Police Capt. Don Porrett said, though officials said the remains will be sent to an anthropologist at Michigan State University for further examination…
Curiosity did attract at least one bid before the posting was removed.
"There was a bid on it for $500 from `Satan's Child,'" Porrett said.
