Loads of cars in Oklahoma wrapped in red plastic bags and there's a big secret under covers you’re not allowed to remove

A YouTuber found a car graveyard in Oklahoma packed with cars wrapped in red plastic bags.

The wraps look a little strange, but they’re there for a reason.

Obviously, you’re not allowed to remove them.

And if you do, you won’t get away with just a slap on the wrist.

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Why these cars were wrapped

The man behind the Auto Auction Rebuilds YouTube channel traveled to Oklahoma to investigate why there are so many cars wrapped in red plastic bags in this car graveyard.

The first thing he noted is that when we see a ‘red bagged’ car, it often belongs to or is being processed by the Insurance Auto Auctions (IAA).

Identifying the exact models of these vehicles is challenging, but that’s actually the point.

These cars aren’t supposed to be easily identifiable, which is why red bags are used.

This ties to the second reason, because the red wrap means the car is generally under some form of investigation, and only police officials and sometimes insurance inspectors are allowed to see what’s going on.

Interestingly, somebody in the comment section of the video also gave a third reason.

“I’ve transported a few red bag IAA cars; sometimes they’re bagged because the biohazard is beyond just slapping a sticker on the window,” one commenter wrote.

This is more common than we think

There are a million situations that can lead to a vehicle needing to be investigated.

And there are also plenty more ways a car can get trapped in bureaucratic limbo.

Whenever that happens, the car remains available to relevant authorities for as long as they see fit, which is sometimes virtually forever.

Especially in countries where the legal system is not exactly speedy.

This is often the reason why some cars end up in a legal maze that keeps them unusable and unsellable for ages, which is what happened with abandoned Teslas bought by a company that went bust.

It is also what happened to a Mercedes SLR that sat abandoned in a field in Europe for years.