'Silence of the Lambs' House Sold to PETA? Animal Rights Group's Plans for Buffalo Bill Home

The house owned by serial killer Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs has found an unlikely prospective buyer – animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, best known as PETA. The organization has gotten in contact with the real estate agents behind the home and they want to do something entirely different with the place: turn it into a museum.

In a recent press release, Pamela Anderson's favorite organization said they were thinking of turning the Layton, Pennsylvania, home into an empathy museum. Why? Comparing the suffering of Buffalo Bill's victims in the movie to that of animals who are killed for their fur or skin, PETA said the iconic film site would be the perfect location for this kind of museum.

"Turning the Silence of the Lambs house into an empathy museum for these victims would serve as a way to point out that all animals are made of flesh, blood, and bone and that just like us, they, too, experience fear and suffering and are capable of joy and love," the animal rights group writes on its site, announcing their decision to bid for the house featured in the Hannibal Lecter film.

They added they want to focus on finding creative ways of showing people that animals are sentient and also suffer when their skins are taken.

As CBC reports, owners Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the home last summer, but they haven't been able to make a sale since. Originally asking $300,000 for the house, earlier this month they dropped the price to $250,000 hoping to finally sell it.

The exteriors of the house as well as its foyer and living room were used in the 1991 Oscar-winning film, although the heaviest parts, including the bits with the well, were done in sound stages, so there's been no torture in the house, neither staged nor real.