An octopus wrapped itself around a young boy at an aquarium in Texas and wouldn’t let go, leaving the terrified child with bruises along his arm and frighteningly staring at him.
Britney Taryn said her son Leo, 6, was ambushed by the creature on July 14 at the San Antonio Aquarium, where visitors are allowed to interact with various animals.
The mother told KSAT that employees would encourage guests to play with the octopus in its tank, but that none were present when the incident occurred.
Taryn and a friend who was there at the time panicked when the octopus suddenly gripped onto Leo.
‘It was suctioned onto him and so I tried to help him get down and away from the glass,’ the mom told KSAT.
The women began to yell for help while Taryn tried to the animal to free her son.
When an employee eventually arrived, he said ‘oh – she’s super playful today’ before struggling to get the octopus off the boy, Taryn recalled.
The worker called for back-up and more staffers showed up to try to pry the creature away.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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