Divers outraged over killing of octopus
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SEATTLE -- People come to Cove Two in West Seattle for the view, both above and below water. But a round of online pictures went viral and turned diver against diver.
Bob Bailey says he saw two young men carrying a live octopus from the water.
"As they were coming in you could tell the octopus was alive. It was writhing around and they were wrestling with it," he said.
Scott Lundy saw them toss it in a pickup truck.
"Sitting in the back of this truck, it was just squirming and writhing almost. It was really just a sad thing to see," he said.
According to the state, the man in his 20s has a license to fish. He was allowed to take the octopus from the water with his hands, and octopus are not protected in these specific waters. Everything that happened was legal. But Bailey says that doesn't make it right.
"It's just not done," he said. "It's bad form. Even if you can do it, you shouldn't do it."
The divers didn't like the young men's attitude, saying they had a disregard for the water. Bailey says the men referred to the animal as a "he," but Bailey noted they were wrong.
"I said, 'That's a she and she's probably here to lay eggs.' At which point he looked at me and said 'She was on eggs and now she's not,'" he said.
Bailey hopes it was all talk and a full generation of octopus hasn't been lost.
The man and his family declined to comment on the record, saying there have been threats made because of the online postings.
Bob Bailey says he saw two young men carrying a live octopus from the water.
"As they were coming in you could tell the octopus was alive. It was writhing around and they were wrestling with it," he said.
Scott Lundy saw them toss it in a pickup truck.
"Sitting in the back of this truck, it was just squirming and writhing almost. It was really just a sad thing to see," he said.
According to the state, the man in his 20s has a license to fish. He was allowed to take the octopus from the water with his hands, and octopus are not protected in these specific waters. Everything that happened was legal. But Bailey says that doesn't make it right.
"It's just not done," he said. "It's bad form. Even if you can do it, you shouldn't do it."
The divers didn't like the young men's attitude, saying they had a disregard for the water. Bailey says the men referred to the animal as a "he," but Bailey noted they were wrong.
"I said, 'That's a she and she's probably here to lay eggs.' At which point he looked at me and said 'She was on eggs and now she's not,'" he said.
Bailey hopes it was all talk and a full generation of octopus hasn't been lost.
The man and his family declined to comment on the record, saying there have been threats made because of the online postings.
Do flor3nc3 and Ritual99 sit online all day and whine about decent people? I'm new here.
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Alright you "animals-are-people-too" folks.
POINT 1;Â What he did is legal
POINT 2;Â He is going to eat it
POINT 3; YOU are guilty of the same if you buy beef/chicken/fish at your supermarket. Just where do you think meat comes from??? It's from animals...damn
Now I'm off to fire up the barby and cook me up some animal flesh...mmmm chicken.
 @flor3nc3 after reading all these nosy comments the only thing i can think of is "i didnt realize they had the internet in nursing homes. Where else would you find this many ignorant busy bodies.Â
Unfortunately we live in a culture that protects sociopaths while failing to separate them from legitimate sports men and women. The individual needs to learn a lesson in whats it's like to suffocate to death , or at least close to it. poaching and violence towards animals is rampant and not properly controlled or punished when discovered.When this kid kills his wife and kids someday there will be people there to tell us how good he was and wouldn't act like that.
I'd like to have a long conversation with their employers....they may end up having to eat that octopus while standing in the unemployment line
 @Arcanobacter Hemolyticum Dont forget about that time you ate a McDonalds Hamburger since thats made with a cow. I bet your boss had strict words with you on that day.....
 @Ritual99  @Arcanobacter Hemolyticum I don't think cows are going extinct just yet...
I'd like to talk to their landlord...let's make people like this UNWELCOME in the Northwest
What would you say to their landlord?
excuse me, does anyone know the names of the young men who killed the octopus?
 @Arcanobacter Hemolyticum Yea it was "Mind " "Your" "own" "business". Really go sponsor a kid in another country if you have nothing else to do than bother other people.  Â
does anyone know the names of the divers?
How very sad. Killing just for the sake of killing:( WHY?
@SwiftlyJust   Because they are psychopaths....just like the people that trap for fur and kill any other animal for their ego or profit.
 @Judith Salyer Yea just like those people who kill vegetables just to eat them OMG vegetables are people to You guy,s WTF!!!