【Bawdy Tales of Edo: Octopus & Sea Shell】

A human tree spotted blocking traffic at an intersection Monday afternoon is Bawdy Tales of Edo: Octopus & Sea Shellkilling it in the costume department.

A local TV editor posted a video on Twitter Monday afternoon of what appears to be a man dressed convincingly as a tree on a crosswalk in Portland, Maine. The video documented the tree's slow-moving take-down by police.

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Apparently police arrested the man after the human-tree hybrid continued to block traffic. Another local TV producer at the scene reported on Twitter that the #humantree wouldn't speak to reporters.

Locals were quick to join in online on the arboreal fun.

A tree grows in Portland! pic.twitter.com/wWzTpB21u0

— Bill Green (@billgreensmaine) October 24, 2016

I have no idea what is coming at me in the crosswalk. #Portland #Maine #Tree #Human pic.twitter.com/aRyPB6mBJe

— Curt Fletcher (@CurtFletcher) October 24, 2016

A motive for the tree's appearance in downtown Portland is not clear.

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