Strange 'Prehistoric' Creature Pulled From Russian Pond Baffles Locals
Genome Sequence Deepens Mystery Of Inconspicuous Sea Creature; 'The Original Proto-animal'
Study: Agriculture Changing Chemistry Of Mississippi River; 'New Large River' From The Corn Belt
Lifeguard: No Grudge Against Shark That Bit Off His Foot; 'He Got My Foot, I Got His Tooth'
Research Reveals Arctic Octopus; 'It Looks Like Dumbo'
San Francisco Conservation Groups Collaborate And Hold Events To Save Sharks
Shark Attack Study Announced: Politics Of Bite Incidents Under Review
Whale Wars: Japanese Whalers Claim Antiwhaling Ship Bob Barker Rammed The Yushin Maru No. 3
A Scientific Milestone: Mexico’s First Artificial Insemination Dolphin Birth
A Sea Lion Goes Back To The Ocean: Happy Ending After Being Entangled In Fishing Line Then Rescued
Great White Shark Attacks Aussie Bait Boat; 'It was Bloody Huge'
Chinese Fisherman Serve Up World's Largest Shark Steak
Surfer's Shark Attack Story: A Biting Tale at Florida's 'Shark Bite Capital of the World'
Underwater Nude Model Bitten by Shark on Photo Shoot; 'We Push the Envelope'
Angler Pulls In Texas State Record Bull Shark: 512 Pounds, 9 Feet Long
Freak! Malaysian Fisherman Reels in Shark with 'Webbed Feet'
Strange Creature Found On Russian Coastline Baffles Locals
1063-pound, 12-foot 6-inch Mako Shark Hooked off Florida Coast May Be World Record
Florida Student Recounts Shark Attack, Shows Off Her Wound; 'There was blood'
Aussie Teen Hooks Record Black Marlin, Feeds it to Sharks; 'It was Pretty Cool'
Saltwater octopus found in the Ohio river
JEFFERSONVILLE, Indiana -- A fisherman pulled a 6-foot octopus out of the Ohio River while fishing at an Indiana State Park.
David Stepp was using a net when he found the creature on Monday. The octopus was dead. The fisherman was a little shaken.
"He thought it was a squid. He was pretty surprised," said Jeremy Beavin, a state aquarium specialist for the Falls of the Ohio State Park, where the catch was made.
Beavin said the octopus may have been purchased at a fresh fish market and dumped into the river in order to scare someone. Because it appeared to be a Pacific Coast octopus, it was unlikely to have been transported from the sea - which often occurs when strange creatures like sharks and snakes are pulled from Midwestern waterways.
Officials are not sure how it died.
"It's a salt water creature so it was not going to live long anyway," said Beavin. "It looked pretty fresh. There were no signs of any biting from other fish."
"My guess is it was probably put there deliberately. Someone could have gotten it at a Wal Mart."
In 1999, a smaller octopus was pulled out of the same river. And a few years ago, a South American crocodile was found (alive) in the river.
Reader Comments
3 people have commented so far.wow, from the way i read it, it sounds like people like to dump animals into that river...why cant they dump all those animals into my big fish tank! i would SO drop my enemies into there so the creatures could have their fun and mimic their Hollywood ancestors... O.o
- Matt Feher · Pittsburgh USA · Jan 3, 2007 @ 3:18pm
i think that is reality if you don't believe it you can dive into the river and see that the creature is true or prank..
- ryan · indonesia · Nov 28, 2007 @ 11:34pm
wow i just got done watching a show called last tapes! and these kids hade on more week tell there last year was over so the went to the ohio river! and the were on in the center of the river and one dude was mad so he took the boat back to shoor and he was trying to scare them and pretend like he was dronding and he never came back up so anthor friend went after him and he never showed up so there was only 3 people left it was dark now but something was moving the big pice of wood that they were on so one girl fell in and died! and the other one swam really fast back to shoor ! and the 3 bodies were never found!~ ture story!
- kayla · oregon · Mar 6, 2009 @ 9:48pm