A professor at Texas A&M University shared a photo of a dead cockroach which had been laying in the Anthropology building's stairwell for two weeks because no one wanted to clear it up. An enterprising person had made the roach a small shrine

The next day, the professor returned to find some small additions made to the shrine.

Later that day, there were even more tributes...

"There is a candle now and a little coffin for the carcass... And for the record, I had nothing to do with the genesis of this memorial," the professor wrote.

...then the coffin became a funeral pyre.

The memorial had grown huge by the next week

The sign above reads: "Rosie the Roach will be with us until Tuesday, December 14th when a celebration of her life will be conducted. Food and drinks will be served in the main office during the afternoon."

Rosie's popularity grew, and college officials let her lay in state for longer than expected.

Rosie finally had to be put to rest.