Gigantic octopus comes up to women’s feet on Oregon Coast [Video]

CANNON BEACH, Oregon — A Seaside woman was able to capture video of a giant octopus on Thursday, after encountering the sea creature in a tide pool by Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach. 

Angela Whitlock, a marine program coordinator with an environmental nonprofit, was walking through the area around 8 a.m., when the unexpected run-in took place. 

“I was coming about in one direction and the octopus was coming towards me under the water, and I gasped,” Whitlock said. “I think the octopus did, too, because it was like a speckled white all of a sudden. I think we both gasped at each other.”

As soon as it happened, Whitlock frantically reached for her phone and hit record. 

“I finally got my camera working and that’s when the octopus came out. It had turned its maroon color again,” …