Motorists stunned as 16ft boat is abandoned on main road – 80 miles from sea

DRIVERS and cops were baffled by a boat abandoned on a main road 80 miles from sea.

The 16ft cabin cruiser and trailer were parked in the dark with no lights and no owner.

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Police had it moved off the A420 at Shrivenham, Oxon.

They said: “XRB14 were patrolling near the new roundabout tonight when they located this abandoned boat!

“If you recognise this or it belongs to you, please contact us so we can return it.”

Joker Alan H tweeted: “It could be Captain Haddock’s or Birdseye’s.”

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Bri wrote: "Paint some checkers down the side and stick a blue light on it."

It's a mystery how the boat was stranded at Shrivenham, almost 80 miles from the nearest beach at Lepe, near Southampton.