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By
Sophie Coghill
An "eight armed robber" was on the loose in Jervis Bay waters on the NSW south
coast on Wednesday, with a young diver almost losing a camera but gain- ing an epic under-
water tale.
Jesse, 15, was filming an octopus with his GoPro "at a safe distance" when the animal decided it wanted the camera for itself.
"It slowly reached out a tentacle and
grabbed
the selfie stick, pulling the cam- era in," Jesse's mum Karen Johnson told Yahoo News Australia. "A tug of war ensued and the octopus won."
Perplexed by the sudden turn of
events,
Jesse stayed close by and "occasionally tugged" on the camera to no avail. Eventually he had to ask for help.
Jesse approached two snorkellers in the
water for assis- tance, with one admitting he had "all sorts of dilem- mas" go through his mind when considering what the young diver could possibly need assistance with.
However, hearing Jesse say, "an octopus took my camera", had not been a situation the snorkeller had considered.
"He took us to where he last saw his camera and sure enough there was the eight armed rob- ber with each of them [tentacles] tightly wrapped around the GoPro," the snorkeller wrote online.
After attempting to free the cam- era from the octo- pus' grip, he "had no choice" but to pick up the GoPro with the "heavy" animal attached, moving the cam- era slowly before finally freeing the GoPro.
"I wiggled the camera sideways a few times and he reluctantly let go," the snorkeller said.
Karen has since shared the GoPro footage online which shows the moment the octo- pus snatched the camera from her son.
"What an amaz- ing capture!" one woman comment- ed on the video.
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Octopus Steals Aussie Boy's GoPro In Underwater ‘Tug Of War'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS9EHcwa25M