Lyle Zapato invented the Tree Octopus. It's fake.
The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus was an internet hoax created in 1998 by Lyle Zapato.
To let people know that not everything on the web is true, plus he has ALOT of free time.
Its actually "Zapato", without the pi. Anyway, he's the guy who made up the "Tree Octopus" and "Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie" theories.
Images of a tree octopus can be found at various websites. The most popular websites with images of a tree octopus are Zapato Productions Intradimensional and Wikipedia.
Oh, dude, Lyle Zapato made the fake website about the tree octopus because he clearly had a deep passion for spreading awareness about the endangered species of the Pacific Northwest. Or maybe he just really wanted to mess with people's heads and see how gullible they could be. Who knows, man, the internet is a weird place.
He is very dumb enough to make a fake website, and the pictures looked like they were all stuffed animals or photo shopped. I think that Lyle just wanted to get the money from people, and the poeple thinking that they are saving the speices of the tree octopus. This website is really silly; he shouldnt have made that just to make money. HE COULD JUST GET A JOB, to get money.
it is not
0 Additional Info: The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, isn't really a living creature. It is an internet hoax that was created by Lyle Zapato in 1998. He claimed it was a creature that lived in both the ocean, and on land near streams and rivers. For more details see sites listed below. Also..This might be referring to the Octopus Tree, which is a living tree Sitka Spruce, also (Picea Sitchensis). They can be found at Cape Meares Lighthouse, Wildlife Refuge, and State Scenic Viewpoint, in Orgeon. It is a traditional Indian burial tree, that has been shaped from the time it was young to hold the canoes of a chief's family. Evidence found along the shores indicate Indians lived there for 3,000 years. The tree which the Indians held in reverence was called "The Council Tree". For more information see site listed.
The tree octopus is an internet hoax made in 1999
There is no such thing as a tree octopus. It is not endangered. It was all just an internet hoax.
The tree octopus does not exist. There are no octopi that are amphibians.The "Pacific tree octopus" (pseudo-classification Octopus paxarboria) was a 1998 internet hoax that was intended as a parody of actual ecological awareness groups.
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