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| URL: http://www.theboneman.com Boneman Last Update: April 23, 2010 copyright 2005 by Lee Post illustrations by Lee post |
| site created and maintained by Merry Web Designs copyright 2005 |
| The Boneman.com |
| UNSOLICITED (BUT APPRECIATED) FEEDBACK & REVIEWS |
| It's been half a decade since The Boneman.com first went online. I never expected to reach so many people! I knew I had a passionate interest in bones, but then I always was the nature nerd who never fit in easily with others who didn't share my interests. What I didn't expect to find was how many other people shared that same interest. Many of these people found their way to the Skull Club http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skullclub/. Hundreds of people joined from all walks of life, like a pilgrimage of souls seeking their Devil's Tower (movie-Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind). Many of these seekers over the years expressed great thanks that they finally found a place where they could share their passion for bones without feeling like they would be ostracized like someone with an abnormal fetish. As further confirmation of how widespread this interest is, I was invited to be a bone identifier for the little Marine Science Center in Port Townsend, Washington (Pop. 8000). This was a two hour event in which the public was invited to come and bring their salvaged bones to show us. This was a mid-winter day when the center was otherwise closed for the season. We set some skulls and bones out and the local veterinarian and I sat behind a table and waited to see who might show up. I expected 8 or 10 people to come and Dr. Tony and I could talk bones the rest of the time. 160 people poured through the doors!!! Most of them with bones in their hands they either wanted identified or just wanted to show us. It looked like Antiques Road Show with two lines of people waiting to see us the entire time. The following year "Bone Day" as we called it, was extended to 5 hours and at least that many people came, spread out over a longer time period. This confirmed what I have experienced on The Boneman.com website. There are lots of us who are interested in bones. We are not alone. You and the biology student, the museum worker, the welder, the housewife, the teacher, the kid with his/her bone collection, the single mom, the volunteer at the local nature center - it goes on and on. And to all of you who have come out of the closet with your skeletons and your beach finds and your skull collections,keep them coming and thanks for sharing. Many of you have obtained volumes of the Bone Building Book Series during this half decade. As a result the manuals have been sent to all but 4 of the United States and to 30 other countries. (For those who are curious the missing States are: Connecticut, South Carolina, South Dakota, and West Virgina.) I'm not sure what that means. Below are some very unsolicited comments I culled from e-mails and letters since the website began in 2005. Thank you for your encouragement and feedback. |
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