Was the octopus seal slap a montage?

It seemed that Stapler knew where the seal-octopus battles would probably take place. Had he guided Mulinder in his path? I called him and he acknowledged that he was hoping to have a fight during his trip with the GoPro team.

"I could not guarantee that I would go there and find the seals feeding, but I had it in my head that it was what I wanted to find and meet."

I asked if Mulinder had seen the octopus attack and had gone into the fray in the hope of being slapped by an octopus or approaching one of them. Octopus slap.

"I think Kyle was definitely trying to get closer, but I really do not think he was trying to get closer … [He] certainly was not trying to create the octopus slap. It was really an abnormal accident. "

There was only one person who knew the whole truth about this situation: Mulinder himself. I called him hoping for answers. He denied having hoped to be at the center of a seal strike when he left with Kaikoura Kayaks, saying that he did not know that he had had a previous octopus encounter with Stapler.

"I was hoping for dolphins or killer whales or something fresh.It's Kaikoura, anything that's cool can happen, especially wildlife."

He said that the octopus strike had occurred after spotting the fight from 10 to 15 meters. I told him that he had gone near the seal-cephalopod battle in an attempt to capture viral content.

"No, not at all The guide was good enough to keep us at bay, we sat watching a great show in front of us, I do a lot of work with the wildlife and want to be this tourist who goes up and spoils them. day by being close. "

Without getting discouraged, I continued my series of questions. Had he tried to organize an octopus strike in any way? Had he thought, "I would like to be hit in the face by an octopus"? He paused uncomfortably long.

"I do not even know how to respond to this companion," he finally said. "Do you want to be hit in the face by an octopus?" He continued. "I think there are better things to do on the planet than being hit in the face by an octopus."

Look, he has a point. But these are the facts:

Mulinder was taken to an area where seals are known to feed on octopus, by someone who had already guided kayakers in seals against octopus.

They saw a seal fight against an octopus and approached the battle.

Both of these factors have helped increase the chances of Mulinder being hit by an octopus. Rather than trying to win a lotto ticket in the gutter, it's instead earning $ 20 on Instant Kiwi or seeing 3.33 when looking at the clock.

That said, this is another fact: a man was hit in the face with an octopus, and no matter the circumstances, it's still an amazing thing. To be honest, this survey left me ashamed. This modern world is often dark and terrifying. It takes more wonder, more laughs, more octopus shots. And if the images are provided by influencers who make announcements for GoPro, does that interest anyone?

As Mulinder said it before hanging up rightly: "Dude, we went sea kayaking. We saw a seal fight against an octopus. The seal then came and he hit me in the face. at random and that's what happened. And if you want to do more, it's up to you. "

The spin-off