A veteran diver in B.C. is sharing her story about an “unbelievable” encounter she had recently with a giant Pacific octopus near Campbell River last weekend.
Andrea Humphreys says while diving with friends, the octopus approached them and spent about 40 minutes climbing on her mask and camera. Much of the encounter was caught on video.
“It was just unbelievable. I’ve been diving for so long and never had an encounter like this,” she said.
Kylie Stanton reports on Humphreys experience and what advice she’d share to others thinking about getting into diving.
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السلام عليكم هذا 👆🏻رقمي
ساعدني يااخي الله يحفظك ويوفقك ويرزقك ويسعدك تصدق علينا بااللي يكتبها الله جزاك الله خير ربي يغنيك ويفتح عليك ويسهل امورك افعل خير يااخي احنا ايتام نازحين جاوعين فقراء مساكين ماعندنا الأكل وعلينا ايجار البيت صاحب البيت كل يوم واقف على الباب يشتي الايجار ولا بيخرجنا في الشارع ونحن حالتنا صعبه والله العظيم ماعندنا حق اكلنا ولقمه عيشنا ارحمنا لوجه الله ربي يرحمك ويرحم والديك في الدنيا والآخرة ولايحيجك لأي مخلوق يارب الله يقضي حاجتك ويفرج همك ويبني لك قصر في الجنه بكل ريال تساعدنا به يارب الله يعزك ويكرمك ويعلي مراتبك ويطول بعمرك ويجبر بخاطرك ويرفع قدرك وشانك ويعوضك كل خير ويسهل عليك افعل خير الله يخليك ويبارك فيك وفي صحتك واهلك واولادك ورزقك وعملك الله يكتب اجرك ويجعلها في ميزان حسناتك ويجزاك كل خير يارب…
Disgusting.
Awesome Thank you Global News
Very cool. There is a documentary on-line about an octopus. They are very smart.
Yeah just keep going until some creature bite your head off
Don't watch Global. They are broke and begging blackface for more money. Let these liars sink.
Didn't panic, I'm impressed
I would’ve been super scared that I would’ve got bit by the beak inside the octopus 🐙
Lucky !!
I snorkel
Most certainly every corner is different
Imagine how many plates of Calamari of that thing is? 😁
Nerves of steel, well done.
Are we seeing her scuba ALONE? Both times you showed her going down and coming up from the water it appears she does not have a dive partner. I dive in portal cove and see massive octopus and 10 foot jelly fish patches all the time- right off the shore and they hangout and will chill and show you how they catch crabs and sit and eat them in front of you. Anyone that dives off the B.C. shore knows this isn’t an uncommon sight. Sorry to burst your bubble. Most divers make more of an effort to keep a distance though……
Are we going to get a breaking story about the multicoloured starfish wall at Wycliff park? If she’s been diving these waters for 12 years and only saw a giant octopus once that starfish wall that’s been there for decades is really going to blow her mind lol
Anyone watching this please do not attempt to scuba dive alone. Especially in B.C. waters where you can get stuck in massive kelp beds and die simply from being stuck. Our currents are intense at times. Scuba alone has to be the dumbest thing to ever do. You are asking for death.
She was scared.
I love coldwater diving, I went in BC once it was quite pretty below the thermocline
the news must be running out of stories
I HATE THESE THINGS
Can octopuses see color? Maybe she/he was curious about her head gear?
More intelligent below the waves than in Vancouver.
That wood just be cool.
very lucky its didnt get aggressive
Wow…that's just amazing
In Korea we eat this alive 😅
He appreciated your pink bright colors. Unusual. Maybe pink attracts.
My Octopus Teacher on Netflix is absolutely fantastic!
Amazing
WOW! This needs to be in a nature documentary!
Only thing ‘newsworthy’ I’ve seen in months.
Be kind to all beings❤
honesty tk b hun y jhuthi h jhuthi ji7 tllmm ko yo p koi m kl lop
Amazing thank you
Beautiful
Sometimes I wonder if intelligent creatures like octopi and dolphins would like to have tanks-on-wheels for exploring the world above the waves for themselves…?
More and more the sentience of all creatures is being made aware to us. What a lovely story
I think it was asking for a set of the pink frilly stuff on her headgear. Lol.
The white things on her head look like suckers in this film. I wonder if these attracted the octopus?
Im a diver since 1978…..ocean and fresh water… you darlin are a rockstar…..
I think it was the pink accents
Octopuses are always welcoming creatures