The giant octopus “communicated” with an Australian diver and “held her hand” to lead her to the grave of a young man lying on the seabed.
The octopus led the diver to an underwater grave. (Photo: Jules Casey).
On April 18, News.com.au reported that Australian diver Jules Casey experienced surprising and spine-chilling moments when a giant octopus wrapped around her hand to guide her to the grave of a young man on the ocean floor.
Footage capturing these incredible moments shows an octopus with tentacles reaching up to 3 meters wrapping around the diver’s hand and leading her to a hidden grave. Initially, she thought the octopus was merely curious about her, as it extended a long tentacle to wrap around her hand.
The diver was startled when the octopus pulled her hand toward the grave on the ocean floor.
But when it started to pull her away, the diver became the curious one, wondering where it was leading her.
“It swam for a bit, then stopped and turned to look at me, as if to make sure I was still following. It felt like it was encouraging me, so I thought, okay, I’ll follow and see what happens,” Casey recounted.
After a few minutes of swimming together in the frigid waters off the Mornington Peninsula (Australia), the new friends finally reached their destination. Casey was astonished to realize she had been led to a secret grave on the seabed.
The grave featured an image of a young man holding a white dog and the name Lorenz. The octopus swam around, clinging tightly to the grave, seemingly celebrating its successful guidance of Casey to this site.
This astonishing encounter provided her with answers to the mystery she had been seeking since discovering several statues in the area, anchored to the ocean floor with metal rods.
The local diving community is quite close-knit, and she shared her experience with them. Eventually, she met a man who revealed that he was the one who had created the grave and placed the statues underwater in memory of his late friend Lorenz.
Interactions between divers and octopuses are not uncommon due to their curious nature. The Maori octopus is one of the largest and strongest species found throughout southern Australia and New Zealand. They are dark red with white mottled skin and have unevenly long tentacles, some reaching up to 3 meters in length.
