This season I have been quite sucessful at catching octopus (more sucessful than my good friend Jacob) and the word has gone out in the octopus community. I think my mistake was going back to the same bay where I cought two octopus last time (yes Jacob two in one day) because this time they were waiting for me.
One minute I was swimming along and the next minute it was like that scene from The Matrix where the multi-armed killer robots are attacking the people in their underground hideout. Luckily Amanda noticed the commotion under the water and within moments had dived down armed with a can of fly spray. It it a little known fact that flies and octopus are closely related genetically and so the spray soon send the octopus into retreat. Cleverly Amanda grabbed me as she released the spray and its force jet propelled us away and to safety. When we got back to the boat there was still one octopus clinging to me and Amanda managed to take a couple of photos to prove beyond any doubt that every word of this story is completely true. Thanks Amanda, you're my hero.
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Dave Glanville
18/9/2017 02:55:26 pm
Before Amanda's intervention, were you catching the octopus or was it catching you?
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Paul
18/9/2017 05:03:26 pm
I was hunting them until.......
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deb
18/9/2017 04:28:43 pm
That's scary!!!
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Paul
18/9/2017 05:04:05 pm
Yes it was!
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Jim Gregory
20/9/2017 01:21:44 pm
Clearly, the time has come for you two to return to the real world.
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