Tree arrested in Portland for blocking traffic

  • 25/10/2016
(Curt Fletcher/ Twitter)
(Curt Fletcher/ Twitter)

When police officers in Portland, Maine were called out to reports of a man dressed as a shrub, they must have thought that the person making the call was barking up the wrong tree.

But upon arrival they did indeed find a man in a tree costume, standing in the middle of a busy intersection and blocking traffic.

The man, who appeared to be dressed as a pine tree or other type of evergreen, did not respond to police officers when informed that he was obstructing the public.

He was charged with obstructing the public way, and police removed his tree outfit.

The man was taken to the county jail and later released on bail.

Newshub.