![]() Lance Karlson was with his 2-year-old daughter at Geographe Bay in Dunsborough when the. Courtesy Lance Karlson CNN Considered by. Now footage of his aggressive encounter with the animal has gone viral, with his 30 second Instagram video receiving over 264,300 views. Lance Karlson was left with the imprint of an octopus tentacle after being attacked in Geographe Bay in Western Australia on March 18. “I am worried that people will view octopuses in a different light. A former lifeguard was attacked by an octopus while he was swimming at a beach in Western Australia. Lance Karlson was on holiday and walking along the beach in Georgraphe Bay, Western Australia when he came across a seemingly very irritated octopus. “This was clearly the octopus's domain,” he said. Lance Karlson was on holiday and walking along the beach in Geographe Bay, Western Australia when he came across a seemingly very irritated octopus. The footage Karlson posted - with the comment, “The angriest octopus in Geographe Bay!” - was widely shared, but he said he felt apprehension but no animosity towards the animal. Since he did not have vinegar, his preferred treatment for sea animal stings, he poured cola over the affected area, which worked well to stop the stinging. Lance Karlson, 34, first saw the marine creature when it lashed out at a seagull near Ramada resort at Geographe Bay in Dunsborough, Western Australia, while walking with his two-year-old daughter. Karlson said he raced back to shore and saw raised imprints of tentacles across his arm, neck and upper back. “My goggles became fogged, the water was suddenly murky and I remember being shocked and confused,” Karlson added in the e-mail. “The octopus lashed out at us, which was a real shock,” Karlson said in e-mailed comments to Reuters.Īfter setting up a sun protection tent for his family on the beach, Karlson put on goggles and went in the water alone to explore a collection of crab shells, which he believed were left by dead sea creatures.Īs he was swimming, he felt another whip across his arm - followed by a more forceful sting across his neck and upper back.
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