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Friday, 18 May 2018 - 10:40

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Animal skull left at small town bush shelter

An animal skull was found hanging at a bus stop in the Utrecht town of Abcoude on Thursday night. The skull was hanging on a string over a trash can on Burgemeester des Tombeweg, AD reports.

Due to the strange nature of the situation, the police were called. Officers removed the skull - a cow skull - and took it to a police station.

Who hung the skull at the bus shelter, and why, is not clear.

Een bizar tafereel: Abcoudenaren hebben gisternacht een schedel aangetroffen bij een bushalte in Abcoude https://t.co/uYfuine36D pic.twitter.com/KlXt7YNmGX

— AD.nl (@ADnl) May 18, 2018

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