Paul the Octopus dies

[Spidey 1923]

So farewell then, Paul. The world's most famous octopus, the underwater Nostradamus, the eight-armed cephalopod prophet of the football pitch, has died in his German aquarium.

The good news, though, is that foul play is not suspected and that he died of natural causes.

Death threats had rained down on the Weymouth-born mollusc as he consistently predicted the outcome of the World Cup matches.

By correctly tipping Serbia to beat Germany, Germany to beat England, Spain to beat Germany in the semi-final and Spain to beat Holland in the final, he succeeded in making enemies in England, Germany and Holland.

A documentary is now apparently in the works.

[Webber3000]

Meh... Coincidence is coincidence. RIP Paul.

[Caveboy0]

HE'S A PROPHET! DON'T LET THE OCTOGODS RAIN DOWN HELL ON EARTH!

[Spidey 1923]

He may have gone to the great aquarium in the sky, but Paul the psychic octopus is continuing to make headlines even in death.

The creature, famous for accurately predicting the results of this summer’s World Cup matches, is at the centre of a conspiracy theory after his keepers said he had passed away on Monday night.

While the world took in the news of his demise in his German water tank, a Chinese film-maker came forward to claim that he had actually died three months ago – only two days before the final in which British-born Paul once again correctly called the winner.

Jiang Xiao accused bosses at the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen of subterfuge in secretly replacing the octopus with a body double.
She said she was ‘60 to 70 per cent sure’ Paul had died in July – before the World Cup final – and been replaced. And she hinted darkly that his predictive powers might not have been quite as claimed.

‘Octopuses all look the same,’ she said when asked how staff could have got away with a switch. ‘It is impossible to tell the difference.’

Others, however, have a conspiracy theory of their own.

They suspect Jiang is seeking publicity for her forthcoming thriller – which happens to be called "Who Killed Paul The Octopus?"

Last night a spokesman for the aquarium insisted Paul had died overnight on Monday and added: ‘It’s certainly not true that Paul died in the summer. He was about two-and-a-half, which is the average age for an octopus.

‘He died a simple and straightforward death of natural causes.’

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i found the world cup thing too accurate to be a coincidence... he must have been a mayan prophet transformed into an octopus due to punishment of letting the secrets of 2012 falling into our hands

and now he told us the world cup results to see if someone would recognize him and turn him into a human again... but the old mayan prophet council found out about his treachary and killed him leading us to believe is was natural causes

bullshit

[aliensuit1495]

I'm telling you, that octopus was jesus. It's the prelude to the second coming. REPENT!