ATTACK BY OCTOPUS.
LADY BATHERS' ESCAPE. DASH MADE FOR SAFETY. INCIDENT AT WELLINGTON. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] WELLINGTON. Friday. Two Seatoun residents, Mrs. Elsie M. Creighton and Mrs. Petty, while bathing off the Marine Parade this week, had the terrifying experience of being attacked by an octopus. ■ "Mrs. Petty and I," stated Mrs. Creighton, "were bathing in front of my house at Seatoun when Mrs. Petty felt a touch on the thigh a.nd shortly afterwards saw a peculiar object in the water. I also felt something wrap round my ankle, but thought it was seaweed, so we moved a little further on. Then a huge octopus came suddenly at us and we dashed out just in time, as the octopus actually came right out of the water after us. "Our screams brought a man to our aid, and he picked up a good-sized piece of rock and threw it at the octopus which, however, just slithered back into the water £igain, apparently not in the least hurt. "Its feelers, or arms, were five feet or more in length, and its head was as big as a man's, with horrible black bulging eyes. "Both of us were ill after the shock we received. The water was very calm and clear or we should not have seen the octopus in time."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20229, 13 April 1929, Page 10
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