Posted on 08/07/2019 7:10:38 AM PDT by Rebelbase
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. (KIRO/CNN) – What a Washington woman thought would be a fun and unusual photo op turned into a painful situation when an octopus bit her on the face and injured her with its venom.
Jamie Bisceglia says she intended to enter a photo contest during a fishing derby near Tacoma, Wash., so she met up Friday to take a picture with some fishermen who had hooked an octopus.
“So, crazy me. Hindsight now and looking back, I probably made a big mistake,” she said.
Bisceglia put the small octopus, believed to be either a juvenile version of a giant Pacific octopus or a Pacific red octopus, on her face and posed.
At first, the animal grabbed her with its suckers. Then, it did something she didn’t expect: the octopus bit Bisceglia’s face.
“It had barreled its beak into my chin and then let go a little bit and did it again,” the victim said. “It was a really intense pain when it went inside, and it just bled, dripping blood for a long time.”
Both types of octopi the creature could have been have a powerful beak to break and eat crabs, clams and mussels. Their bites also contain venom to immobilize prey.
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“Bisceglia says the venom left her in incredible pain, but she kept fishing for two more days before she finally went to the emergency room.
“And I’m still in pain,” Bisceglia said. “I’m on three different antibiotics. This can come and go, the swelling, for months, they say.”
All said, she’s tough.
Not smart, but tough.
That beak looks painful1.
Who would have thought a soft creature like an octopus would have hard lips.
Thanks for the photos.
Learned something today although the thought of placing an octopus anywhere anyplace near my body never occurred to me.
I’m glad there are “special” people out there. hee hee hee
And it doesn't help that young people have been dummied down beyond anything resembling normal, common sense.
I’m with the octopus on this.
Octopuses are considerably smarter than a significant percentage of human females.
So did she win the photo contest??
I’ve always told my kids, when they screw up, I can fix a lot of things with brains and money, but I can’t fix stupid.
Probably a dumb leftist thinking she was being “at one with nature” and the octopus would show his gratitude for her kindness to animals. The octopus was probably a MAGA supporter!
My Dad used to smear bacon grease on me in the summer and we’d play Find The Grizzly Bear.
The amazing thing is that this didn’t happen in Floriduh.
There ain’t no cure for stupid.
He was just hungry. He thought you wanted him to bite you, idiot. Just watch a bird hopping around sometime. They check out everything with their beak. See if its edible. Next time tell the Octopus it is just a picture lol.
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
And they wonder why there are mass shootings....Godfrey Daniel!
Maybe the octopus wasn’t a lesbian?
With a surname of Bisceglia I would guess that she has Italian heritage. Italians put octopi in boiling water not on their faces.
I have not gone to the source, but there was a similar thing posted several months back, an Asian woman. Now I will go to the source.
IIRC, one of the bad guys ended up with an octopus on his face in that movie.
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