13172_10317_seacreature
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Underwater giant octopus creature waves its tentacles. Swimmer tries to escape but is caught in creature’s grasp. Onlookers watch from a submarine. Man in diving suit leaves from hatch in submarine to rescue swimmer. He chops at octopus’s arm with an axe. In another scene, man is frightened by small comically fake octopus and tip-toes by it.