Animal pelts

Another tale from the life of Hermit:
I was on le bus today coming home from rehearsal and on stepped this individual (along with many others, the bus was crowded) whom I paid little attention to (actually that is a bit of a lie, but what I did pay attention to has no bearing on the story- she had bangs, then a headband and then a head full of dreadlocks so I was trying to figure out how she managed that, but I digress...) until she turned around a bit and I noticed a furry tale and two limp legs hanging over her shoulder. Then she began to stroke the tail and I realised it was some kind of grotesque scarf, that was basically the skin of some dead animal sewn up. This was/is entirely repulsing to me and a moment later when someone left their seat and she ended up sitting facing me I am sure I had a charming look of disgust on my face. At this point I could also see the other end of it, which had a head!! I don't understand how people sell things like this, or purchase them for that matter. It was some kind of fox, and the face/head was all intact; ears, snout etc. Which kind of made me get teary. Ha, I am pathetic! Basically the entire time she was stroking the tail, fondling the legs, rubbing the feet against her face/mouth etc. and I had to majorly restrain myself from having some kind of outburst. But honestly, how can you be fondling and rubbing the de-boned skin of a dead animal!?
Ok, end rant.
Hermit out.