I found this to be a pretty interesting story and reminded me of the time I hugged an elephant in Thailand. Well, the elephant wasn't in the wild but it was an amazing experience all the same.
I'm not sure I could have remained calm in an encounter with an octopus...yikes!
"B.C. scuba diver Andrea Humphreys’ new acquaintance greeted her more like a long-lost friend, with extended arms, then a full-body hug, and finally a kiss, lip to tentacle.
Humphreys’ “mind-blowing” encounter was with a giant Pacific octopus.
The schoolteacher’s video of the rare moment with the creature, in three-metre-deep water off Campbell River on Vancouver Island, has gone viral.
“I’ve been diving for 12 years. I have never had that. It was just mind-blowing, and it was so incredible,” said Humphreys, who has done more than 675 dives around the world but describes her interaction with the octopus as the experience of a lifetime."
