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Police say "tree guy" is 30 year old Asher Woodworth? He told police he wanted to see how his act affected "people's natural choreography." pic.twitter.com/ZHauVGI4mL — TVTEDDY (@TVTEDDY) October 24, 2016

A man decided to dress up as a tree and block a road and no-one quite knows why.

Some people thought Asher Woodworth, 30, was taking part in an art project in Portland, Maine.

Others claimed he was inspecting traffic patterns.

Woodworth himself told police he was curious how his experiment would ‘affect people’s natural choreography’ (whatever that means).


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Police asked the man his name and motivation. They gave him a warning. He then blocked traffic again and was arrested. pic.twitter.com/TLS6l2Ezt6 — TVTEDDY (@TVTEDDY) October 24, 2016

But everyone could agree the stunt was really strange (and somewhat hilarious).

And most couldn’t resist a pun.

Here's the man behind the branches. Asher Woodworth was released on $60 bail tonight. ?#WGME pic.twitter.com/4WvIZWF34W — Dan Lampariello (@DanWGME) October 25, 2016

Asher Woodworth is off to the peniten-tree. — Ed O'Meara (@edfomeara) October 25, 2016

ahhh the guy who dressed up as a tree in maine is named ASHer WOODworth, that's two plant references in one name, the goat! — Negative Dunks (@negativedunks) October 25, 2016

@chirpyKT the guy's name for Pete's sake… ASHer WOODworth. Too good. — Lew Turner (@LewTurner) October 25, 2016

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Police eventually arrested Woodworth after he refused to move.

They charged him with obstructing a public way.

He is currently out on police bail.

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