Watch a man dressed as a tree get arrested for blocking traffic

A man dressed as a tree was arrested yesterday afternoon in downtown Portland, Oregon, and charged with obstructing a public way.

Police have arrested a man dressed as tree for blocking traffic on Congress Street…as God is my witness. pic.twitter.com/VUFQY6Vyv0

— TVTEDDY (@TVTEDDY) October 24, 2016

“His motivation was to see how people would react to what he called his ‘performance’ and how he might impact ‘people’s natural choreography,’ Assistant Police Chief Vern Malloch told the Portland Press Herald.

“It happens from time to time,” Malloch said of Woodworth’s performance. “People do bizarre things because they want to get arrested. We’re still not sure if he was trying to make a statement.”