LemonShark
Reality Von Tease
Mr. Karlson, a 34-year-old geologist from Perth, returned to his wife and set up a tent before putting on his goggles and returning to the water about 20 minutes later.
About 30 meters out, he noticed a pile of crab shells piled neatly together. He dove underwater to take a look, and he remembered a documentary that he had watched in which he learned octopuses tended to pile up crab shells.
And then: thwhack. Whipped right across the arm.
Thwhack again. This one got him on the neck and down the upper back.
The water became murky, and his glasses fogged up. He was in a state of shock but made his way back to the beach, he said. He believed he had been smacked by the octopus.
The pain wasn’t too bad, he said. The whipping sensation felt like a wet towel, and he has experienced worse stings from Bluebottle jellyfish, he said.