Lane closures on My Mothers Friend 5the road sure are annoying, but imagine your road-rage if you found out the traffic jam you'd been stuck in had been caused by... a Halloween toy.
SEE ALSO: Policeman stops traffic to rescue a tiny kitten trying to cross the roadThe Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit (UK) were called out to the A19 and shut down a lane after a report from a concerned citizen about a "suspicious looking item". They supplied a photo of said item on their official Facebook page, you can judge for yourself why a passing motorist might have considered it "suspicious".
The Cleveland and Durham police found that the hand was not an actual morsel of human anatomy but "a realistic looking 'severed hand'".
Cue the PUNdits.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable 
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable 
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable If you're hungry for more punning have a scroll through the hundreds that have piled up in the photo's comment section.
Props to the police for having a sense of humour about it all and gifting us with some laughter to brighten our sad, road-rage filled lives.
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