A 28-Year-Old Is Locking Himself In A Cage Across College Campuses And No One Knows Why

When I first saw a man locked himself in a cage on Oklahoma State's campus, I thought it was fraternity hazing. If not that, then maybe a fantasy football punishment? A man inspired by philosophy was not high on my list....but that's exactly the story of Kilty O’Connor-Box:

I was also shocked to learn that Kilty is not an Oklahoma State student. He's 28 and works at Costco.

The O'Colly - His answers: He does not play Fantasy Football, he does not go to OSU, he is from Springfield, Missouri, he is 28 and he locked himself in the cage. 

Inside the cage, which he sits in for 10+ hours for each of his performances (is it okay to call it that? a performance?), he wears duct tape on his sunglasses so when people ask him questions he can connect with them more? This guy is a real piece of work, but he may have life figured out more than me.

O’Connor-Box answered the same series of questions each time a new audience surrounded his cage, though he had no idea who was asking them. The lenses of his sunglasses were covered with duct tape. He said this helped him focus and communicate with others better than if he could see.

After reading this, I was not surprised to hear that O'Connor-Box is huge on philosophy:

O’Connor-Box said he is not in the cage for any of those reasons. He said he came up with the idea to lock himself in a cage in public places two years ago while listening to philosophy at a gas station.

My internet antennas went up when I read about the gas station. Is this guy trolling us? Is this a YouTube video? If it is, he's been at it for a while. I got messages from people on TikTok saying they saw him on Missouri State's campus in 2022.

He said he was kicked in the head at the University of Arkansas, spent five days at the University of Colorado, and once let a woman crawl in the cage with him. The first time O’Connor-Box crawled in the cage, a woman loved his idea so much she left and returned with her own cage and sat with him for six of his twelve-hour stay.

Talk about RIZZ from the man in the cage! The girl spent 6 hours with him? Need to see what she looks like. O'Connor-Box probably was thinking the same thing…or maybe he's one of these "I get turned on by intellectual conversations, not looks" type guys. 

O'Connor-Box is not letting anyone know why he is doing what he is doing, very artistic of him:

“Now, I have reasons for being in here, I just don’t share ’em,” O’Connor-Box said. 

Probably has something to do with colleges locking you in a cage, or the system of college loans puts everyone in a cage. That is my guess.

P.s. Remember the girl with the mattress? Total fraud.