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Angry fellow divers from the shore of Seattle took photographs of Dylan Meyer proudly standing with the large octopus and then watched in disbelief as he and his friend tossed the still live 30 pound female onto the bed of his truck before driving off.
Their shock turned to horror as a grinned Mayer posted images of himself measuring the now dead octopus onto his Facebook accoun.
'It's just not done. It's bad form. Even if you can do it, you shouldn't do it.'
The wannabe rescue diver has said that he has been demonised by the local scuba community and has had to deny claims that the octopus was sitting on eggs when he captured her.
'That's not true. There were no eggs under it, and we checked,' said Mayer.
'I even had a game warden come over and look at it, and even they said there was no problem with it.'
'I think the timing, manner, and place where the harvest occurred may be the issue. It could have been done at a better time,' send Wendy Willette.
Indeed, Mayer told Komo News that he has now been banned from several diver shops in the Seattle area because of the octopus hunt.
He said that his dream of becoming a rescue-diver is in jeopardy because he has been banned from several diving schools because of his actions.