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About those strange closing alerts on 9NEWS.com this week...

If you happened to get on 9NEWS.com Wednesday, you may have been wondering why the Quidditch game over at Hogwarts Athletics was on a two-hour delay.
The alernate universe was in peril on Wednesday.

If you happened to get on 9NEWS.com Wednesday, you may have been wondering about the odd closing alerts on our website.

9NEWS' parent company, TEGNA, was doing a little site maintenance work, and someone put in hilarious placeholders for their own amusement. That led to a handful of bizarre school closures appearing on our site, and about 20 other sites throughout the company.

We know at least a few eagle-eyed viewers did spot them, but in case you missed it yourself, they're too funny not to share:

There's Empire State University: closed for skrull invasion.

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Gotham Middle School, delayed two hours.

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The Quidditch tournament over at Hogwarts Athletics - two-hour delay.

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Poor Miami-Dade Elementary School - closed for a Sharknado Crisis; there are no drills for that one.

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Classic Pawnee; The high school was closed for a "raccoon problem."

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Smallville High School was closed for a Mxyzptlk prank.

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Sunnydale High School had to close for some "rabies-like" stuff.

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And finally, we had another two-hour delay over at Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters.

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Fear not, Denver. Our alternate universe is safe and sound, for now. Quidditch will proceed as scheduled.

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