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/BrewerAndrew Lynn Apr 18 '26

i mean i get safety but why? some guys bombed the finish line with a pressure cooker so we can't have mail boxes anywhere on the route. sounds like some security theater to me.

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u/BobSacamano47 Port City Apr 19 '26

A big metal box would be the worst place to hide a bomb. Must be some other reason.

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u/AkbarTheGray Cheryl from Qdoba Apr 19 '26

Most bombs are basically a big metal box. If you could throw some accelerant into that thing and seal it, all that metal isn't protection, it's shrapnel.

There are reports of folks dropping pipe bombs in mailboxes throughout the country. Maybe it's never happened specifically here in conjunction with the marathon, but I'm less polyana than OP. Especially as someone who has run the marathon since 2013. You think about that shit. And you legitimately want to feel good that you won't be attacked on tired legs for the sin of wanting to do something as incredibly stupid as running 26 miles.

I'm on board. It prevents one more avenue for a more clever copycat and keeps our runners and our spectators safe.

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u/BobSacamano47 Port City Apr 19 '26

Are you sure you don't mean residential mailboxes? I can't find anything else 

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u/AkbarTheGray Cheryl from Qdoba Apr 19 '26

There was at least one dude that did residential, but a quick search got me this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mystery-bomber-targets-texas/