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

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 (14804)

• Ireland

28 May 25

@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 (121147)

• United States

28 May 25

It would be original at least.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14804)

• Ireland

29 May 25

@AmbiePam Better than ‘traffic was heavy’.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (209177)

• United States

28 May 25

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 (11658)

• United States

29 May 25

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 (121147)

• United States

29 May 25

I’m glad it made you laugh!

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luisadannointed

@luisadannointed (11886)

• Philippines

29 May 25

Is that a big octopus with tentacles that look like snakes? That's weird, funny, and scary.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (121147)

• United States

29 May 25

I didn’t even notice the tentacles kind of look like snakes, but I don’t think it was supposed to.

luisadannointed

@luisadannointed (11886)

• Philippines

29 May 25

@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 (9170)

• United States

28 May 25

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 (121147)

• United States

28 May 25

I would have gotten a kick out of it too.

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69245)

• Centralia, Washington

28 May 25

That's wild and kind of on the hilarious side.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (121147)

• United States

28 May 25

I like the way someone’s mind works.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (56396)

• Canada

28 May 25

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 (121147)

• United States

28 May 25

Oh, that would have given me a giggle.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502812)

• Italy

29 May 25

For sure this is something unexpected and weird, I cannot imagine seeing something like this here.

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rakski

@rakski (156775)

• Philippines

29 May 25

awesome and too cute! as long as the octopus is fake

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91169)

• United States

2 Jun 25

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 (382566)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 25

That is weird indeed! I wonder what the story is behind it?

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Amber

@AmbiePam (121147)

• United States

29 May 25

I guess some wise guys decided to have some fun. But I’d like to know whomever’s motivation too!

Shiva

@Shiva49 (28397)

• Singapore

29 May 25

Even a fake octopus can be a handful to tackle!

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Thelma

@thelme55 (79352)

• Germany

29 May 25

That’s weird. I wonder who put that fake octopus on the road.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222806)

• United States

29 May 25

That's the weirdest I've ever heard.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169585)

• United States

29 May 25

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 (153529)

• India

29 May 25

Some major work is going on here and one has to detour

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Stacey

@xstitcher (39073)

• Petaluma, California

31 May 25

!?!? O-kay....

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (136008)

• Marion, Ohio

28 May 25

That's the best I have heard

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (98129)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

28 May 25

I don't remember my driving and riding days in car are too long in the past,

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (59370)

•

28 May 25

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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