What is the weirdest reason for a closure you have ever seen or heard?

@AmbiePam (101705)
United States
May 28, 2025 12:00pm CST
So this morning there was a closure of road in the city my sister lives in. It might be a first. There was a huge fake octopus in the middle of the road, and apparently it was not easy to move. What is the weirdest reason you’ve ever heard for the closure of anything? *Photo courtesy of Owasso Police Department
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14141)
• Ireland
28 May
@ambiepam Id love to have my road closed because of an octopus. Can you imagine going onto work/school/church late and giving that as an excuse!!!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (101705)
• United States
28 May
It would be original at least.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14141)
• Ireland
29 May
@AmbiePam Better than ‘traffic was heavy’.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (194570)
• United States
28 May
That is fairly hilarious, but I am sure those that encountered it did not feel the same. Haven't heard about any weird road closures.
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Fishmomma
@Fishmomma (11573)
• United States
29 May
I laughed so hard was crying with that photo. Nobody would believe me and think its April Fools Day.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (101705)
• United States
29 May
I’m glad it made you laugh!
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luisadannointed
@luisadannointed (8154)
• Philippines
29 May
Is that a big octopus with tentacles that look like snakes? That's weird, funny, and scary.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (101705)
• United States
29 May
I didn’t even notice the tentacles kind of look like snakes, but I don’t think it was supposed to.
luisadannointed
@luisadannointed (8154)
• Philippines
29 May
@AmbiePam Heheheh sorry, sometimes on your first time you see things it makes you delusional. But it looks like one.
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Kimberley
@mom210 (9174)
• United States
28 May
Love it! I'm sure most people would not have liked it at all, but that makes me laugh.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (101705)
• United States
28 May
I would have gotten a kick out of it too.
Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (65605)
• Centralia, Washington
28 May
That's wild and kind of on the hilarious side.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (101705)
• United States
28 May
I like the way someone’s mind works.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (54382)
• Canada
28 May
That is just too funny. I remember there was a road closure near where our son used to live, down a side road where there was an Alpaca Farm, it was closed because some of the alpaca llamas got out of their pasture.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (101705)
• United States
28 May
Oh, that would have given me a giggle.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (481739)
• Italy
29 May
For sure this is something unexpected and weird, I cannot imagine seeing something like this here.
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rakski
@rakski (146187)
• Philippines
29 May
awesome and too cute! as long as the octopus is fake
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (85848)
• United States
2 Jun
I can't think of anything werid offhand but that certainly is something I never would have expected to find in the middle of the road. Imagine the first person coming down that road and probably thinking they were seeing things
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (360955)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
That is weird indeed! I wonder what the story is behind it?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (101705)
• United States
29 May
I guess some wise guys decided to have some fun. But I’d like to know whomever’s motivation too!
Shiva
@Shiva49 (27473)
• Singapore
29 May
Even a fake octopus can be a handful to tackle!
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Thelma
@thelme55 (77694)
• Germany
29 May
That’s weird. I wonder who put that fake octopus on the road.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (197923)
• United States
29 May
That's the weirdest I've ever heard.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (165388)
• United States
29 May
I think you just hit it with this story. Strange people in Oklahoma, and I am very fond of some of them.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (151745)
• India
29 May
Some major work is going on here and one has to detour
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Stacey
@xstitcher (35196)
• Petaluma, California
31 May
!?!? O-kay....
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (120878)
• Marion, Ohio
28 May
That's the best I have heard
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (88032)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 May
I don't remember my driving and riding days in car are too long in the past,
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (47274)
•
28 May
Oh, the things some people can think up! Yes, it might cause inconvenience and of course I am more than sure it's illegal to park your octopus in the middle of a road...however, I bet it brought some smiles!
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