ATTACKED BY AN OCTOPUS.
TIMELY HELP V Per Press Association. Auckland, January 27. A young man, son of Mr. John McNeil, of Waimate Island, was the other day gathering mussels in the sea close to the shore on one of the islands in the gulf when his father was attracted by the boy's cries for help. On arriving to see what was the. matter, Mr. McNeil found that an octopus had one of its tentacles, which was as big as a man's wrist, wound round the boy's leg. The creature had so strong a hold of the lad that it drew blood before they could be separated. But for the timely arrival of the father it would have gone hard '.vith the boy.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 215, 30 January 1913, Page 5
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123ATTACKED BY AN OCTOPUS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 215, 30 January 1913, Page 5
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