'All things odd and weird': Oddities and records shop now open in Grayson

Austin Johnson, The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky.
Updated ·2 min read

Nov. 12—GRAYSON — A different kind of business opened its doors this October, featuring items that you wouldn't find at just any store.

From a human skeleton to a bison shoulder mount, and from turntables to an old medical bone saw, Luna Corvus Oddities and Broken Drum Records at 113 E. Main St. In Grayson has a plethora of rare things to offer.

Shadow Skaggs, owner of the store, said he has "all things odd and weird."

"I own other businesses, but this is my hobby more than anything," Skaggs said. "I'm really doing this to bring people to Main Street." He said revitalization coming to Main Street sparked the idea.

The shop is open Thursday and Friday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. He said it's all about fun and bringing something different to the area.

"I am hopeful that it has made Main Street a tad bit more interesting. I've got to meet a lot of people I haven't met before," Skaggs said. He is seeing a lot of folks from Boyd County arriving at his store.

He added, "Even people from Huntington and Morehead are coming."

Skaggs said he is a business owner of several other places and with this new shop it gives him a chance to talk to people, do something different and be on the front line.

"All my other businesses, I am not the general public guy," he said. "It's neat to have a business where I am running the desk and being that public guy."

He said the public is typically shocked when they appear in the store and see a human skeleton.

"They are shocked and I think that is the cool part about it. Mostly everything in here is for sale," he said. "People coming in and saying 'I've never seen that before' is what excites me.

"We have dolls with gator heads on them, baby ducks, which are real baby ducks with witches' heads."

Inside the shop on a shelf sat air plants in a makeshift cow vertebrae pot.

"I actually had a full cow spine and it would not come apart — I couldn't break it. So I pulled out the bone saw and cut the vertebrae apart and it worked."

Skaggs said he is seeing a resurgence in records, turntables and cassette players.

"Records are making a resurgence and it is huge," Skaggs said. "I would say 60% of my customers are the records guys; I didn't expect it but records have made a huge comeback."

He said, "What is interesting now is I'm getting high school kids checking out my cassettes."

For more information about this business, you can visit the following link: https://www.facebook.com/lunacorvusoddities.