Almost drowned by an octopus 
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My brother who by the way is actually a very bright guy, told me this story quite a few years ago. He must have been drinking when he related his tale, otherwise he never would have given me such "ammunition" (hee hee).
He was wading in the ocean and checking out the wildlife, he loves fish and the like, and spotten an octopus on the ocean bottom. Bending over, he grabbed the octopus and tried to pick it up. However, the octopus had other ideas; wrapping half his tentacles around my brother's wrist and half around a good sized rock! As a result my brother found himself in the unfortunate position of having his head underwater and unable to stand. He said he was forced to carry the very heavy rock towards shore until he was (finally) able to get his head above water and breathe. He really had thought he was going to die. The worst of it, he said, is that when he finally was able to catch his breath he realized that at some point the octopus had actually let go and swam away. He could have drowned for nothing, and noone would have ever known why.
This is only one of the incredibly stupid things he's done, thank god he's never had any kids. (I love ya bro') Just goes to show, even geniuses can do dumb things. Submitted on 10/25/2003
Submitted by:
Linda Page
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