We’re expecting a storm tonight. I’ll have to wait until tomorrow night to see if the stars are right.
But one thing is sure- the Old Ones were! The Old Ones are! The Old Ones Will yet be!
He waits and dreams in the deep, and the cities of man shall fall before him!
Hmm. My son’s science teacher sometimes wears a t-shirt that says, “Hail Squid Overlords”. I’ve got to pay closer attention to him during parent/teacher meetings.
Now, y’see I though R’lyeh was on the other side of South America. That’s fighting ignorance for ya.
There is but one R’lyeh. But many are the cities built by the true rulers of this world. Do not the Deep Ones dwell in Yha Nthlei off the coast of Insmouth? Do not the Elder Things, who created life on this planet as a jest, still raise up their strange cities in the lightless depths where men dare not go? Are not there shrines to Father Dagon and Mother Hydra in every ocean and do not supplicants still swim to do blasphemous worship?
Man is adrift in a sea of ignorance, and it is not meant that he should voyage far. If you could perceive but the smallest fraction of ancient and obscene things that swim and wait, and hunger to destroy us- then your mind would shatter. You know nothing, less than nothing. Be glad it is so.
Ok, now you really are beginning to scare me.
{{Shudder}}
Jim
Is this some kind of running joke? A new version of a snipe hunt? A search shows several sites with info on this thing.
What’s the Straight Dope on this?
Just be greatful you live in Central New Jersey. The Jersey Devil? A charming myth and nothing more. Real monsters wait not in the Barrens, but in the sea. Now, the Jersey shore is a vacation spot. Every summer families come to enjoy the sea and the sun. But not far down, closer than you’d like to think, it is endless night. Elders, nearly as old as the very sea, rule from the abysses. They wait, with endless patience. When the stars are right, the gates shall open again. They shall rise up and drag man, a tresspasser, an infection, down into the sea. We are like insects feeding on a sleaping beast. When the beast wakes, we will not only cease to exist, there will be no sign we had ever been.
Well if they try coming on a Friday in the Summer, the traffic will stop them at least. 
OK, I’m calling Conan the Barbarian Spell Checker. He whacks giant squid and can spell “calamari”. Extra garlic butter for Cuthulu.
The tree octopus is real. The site is not.
The evolution of an octopus species which exploits trees has long been predicted. Dougal Dickson included “squibbons” in The Future Is Wild. It seems he erred only in saying that such a species was billions of years in the future rather than a mere score.
The following are all documented, non-controversial facts-
Many species of octopus can survive for long periods out of water. Their primary problem is drying out.
Many species are highly inteligent. There is a noted case of an octopus opening the lid of its tank, climbing out, opening another tank, eating the fish, then climbing back into its own tank and closing the lid. There is an octopus in a Japanese aquarium who learned how to open jars. He is now routinely given jars of fish so that crowds can observe.
Those tentacles are strong. They can easily hold the octopus’ weight.
Some species of octopus are extremely compressible. They can pass through small holes, and get into small cracks. The only limit is their beak.
Octopi are VERY shy. Octopi must be very carefully introduced to a new tank. Otherwise, they will hide somewhere and starve to death. If they have no place to hide, they die from stress.
Finally, many species are able to change color just like the squids in the articles linked above.
The following are controversial
The findings of numerous octopus beaks, octopus droppings, and other evidence in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Skeptics say that either these were planted by pranksters, or are merely evidence of birds taking a catch inland before eating.
Eye witness sightings of tree octopi. (Even though I believe the species does exist, I don’t hold these sightings as credible either)
There are some photographs of tree octopi. Skeptics say that the ones clearly showing an octopus are faked, and claim that photos of camouflaged octopi show blurs, leaves etc.
Rather than face scorn and ridicule for stating their belief in the Tree Octopus, many people post exaggerated joke sites like the ones you’ve seen. I find it disgusting. I said I believed in giant squid. It took years, but we have plenty of proof they exist. The Goblin Shark was just a legend once. We have specimens now.
I believe that the Tree Octopus exists. I know science will prove me right.
I was reading with some interest until I got to Save The Mountain Walrus. The part about them running down and feeding on elk and horses really got me. 
But, do not forget the other Eldrich Text:
Doc, you’re on a roll here but…um…octopodes.
Jim
EEEEEK! He’s one of THEM!!! My mind is melting!!!
Waaaaaaaahhhhh…buubba buubba buubba buubba buubba buubba buubba buubba buubba …
Man is a adrift in a sea of ignorance on a cruise ship for a three hour tour.
Someone else here probably has the video linkie goodness to the Squid in the Aquarium VS a shark. Squid:1 Shark: Zero.
Good times.
I want to see that more than the two episodes of 24 season 2 I’m missing.
Song: What If Cthulhu Was One Of Us Lyrics
If Cthulhu had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to its octupusian face?
If you were faced with it
In all its horror
What would you scream if you had just one breath left?
*And yeah, yeah, Cthulhu is great
Yeah, yeah, Cthulhu is evil
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
What if Cthulhu was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the train
Trying to take over our home
If Cthulhu had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that
you would have to believe
in things like R’lyeh and Cheney and the Great Old Ones
and all the cultists
Trying to make its way home
Back up to R’lyeh all alone
Nobody calling on the phone
'cept for Hastur, maybe in Hyades
Just trying to make its way home
Like a unholy rolling stone
Back down to R’lyeh all alone
Just trying to make its way home
Nobody calling on the phone
'cept for Hastur, maybe in Hyades
Jim
Is this it, Shirley?
Awesome link, but whoever is hosting the video screwed up and called it Giant squid eating a shark. They narrator definitely says Giants Octopus and it sure looks like a Giant Octopus.
Jim