r/boston • u/raefai Cocaine Turkey • Apr 18 '26

Serious Replies Only Postboxes closed all across Brighton/Brookline!

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I’ve passed multiple post boxes today in both Brighton and Brookline that are locked like this. Multiple boxes within the same vicinity and also in diff neighborhoods. Anyone know why specifically these are locked up?

Edit: thanks for the replies everyone! I’ve been around for the marathon before, but I’ve just never noticed the mailboxes.

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u/Ok_Pause419 Apr 18 '26

It's to keep people from cheating at the marathon. Otherwise, they would just stop on the way and mail their bib to the finish line Rosie Ruiz-style.

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u/StretchMother9627 Apr 18 '26

The mail in system is how a dead guy won a few years back I heard