Some lodges use a skeleton
as a prop for the third degree ceremony.

Nothing sinister really, it was probably just plastic. Robes and swords are used by side chapters e.g. The Royal Arc and the Knights Templar.

Don't tell anyone though or you'll spoil the surprise (which is what freemasony basically boils down to - nothing more)
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 10 Jul 2008, 0:39, Reply)