Unusual Wildlife Finds
On August 7, 2006 a man fishing for catfish at the Falls caught an octopus that measured six feet from the tips of its tentacles. This odd occurrence was reported in the Louisville Courier-Journal that noted that other strange and out of place animals like alligators, crocodiles and piranha-like tropical fish had also been found at the Falls of the Ohio. Zachary Treitz, a 21-year-old Louisville college student, admitted he had put the octopus there after purchasing it dead from a local seafood shop for a film project.
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