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Background:
I was walking along the beach in Geographe Bay outside Ramada resort in Dunsborough, Western Australia, on 18th March with my two year old daughter. We were preparing to go for a swim. I saw the arms of an octopus come out of the water and lash out at a seagull. I initially thought it was a stingray, which are common in the area and quite friendly. I walked with my daughter in my arms up to the octopus and took this video. The octopus lashed out at us, which was a huge shock!
Further information:
20 minutes later we had set up a tent further along the beach and I went for a swim while my wife and daughter stayed on the shore. I had assumed the octopus would have gone out to deeper water. I was wearing goggles, and saw a pile of crab shells. The water was around 1.5m deep. I swam over the crab shells to see what they were and felt a sudden whip across my arm. My goggles became fogged, the water was suddenly murky and I remember being shocked and confused. I was then struck a second time, more forcefully, across my neck and upper back. I can only describe it as a "whipping" sensation followed by a stinging (and a rapid rush to shore!). When I got back to shore I began to see the raised imprints across my arm, over my neck and upper back. I got my wife to take a photo of my neck so that I could see it, and we decided to quickly pack up and go back to the resort. The pain was not as bad as a blue bottle or other sting that I've had before, and went away within a day or so.
