{"id":11082,"date":"2015-01-29T05:20:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T23:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/?p=11082"},"modified":"2018-08-12T13:43:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T07:43:19","slug":"octo-squatch-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2015\/01\/octo-squatch-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"OCTO-SQUATCH: (SPAIN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6187291\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/000000\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/lovers-lane\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/lovers-lane.gif?resize=100%2C99\" alt=\"lovers-lane\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>Late at night on a desolate stretch of mountainous road, a pair of truckers had a confrontation with one of the most bizarre beasts ever to ever to emerge from the annals of cryptozoology.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>During the summer of 1961, at approximately 11:00 pm., a 29 year-old truck driver by the name of Arquimedes Sanchez was negotiating the steep roads that wound their way over the treacherous Basque mountains, which are nestled in the northern Spanish province of Vizcaya. It&#8217;s a route that he&#8217;d likely traveled many times before, but on this fateful eve he&#8217;s encounter something that he could never have imagined.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11085\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/foggy_road5.jpg?resize=300%2C158\" alt=\"foggy_road5\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" \/>Sanchez and his riding partner (who chose not to reveal his name) were nearing Puerto de Barazar &#8212; no doubt eager to unload the goods in truck and call it a night &#8212; when their high beams illuminated a fantastic creature perched at the base of a sharp embankment on the opposite side of the road.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez instantly slammed on the brakes and he and his co-worker stared in what must have been stunned silence at the inexplicable entity frozen before them. Sanchez would later described this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/unclassified\/\" target=\"_\">UNCLASSIFIED<\/a> anomaly of nature as a \u201c<em>hairy octopus<\/em>\u201d that was approximately 3 to 4-feet tall and covered with a shaggy coat of \u201c<em>rust-colored hair<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11088 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Puerto-Barazar-Vizcaya-Spain-1961.jpg?resize=254%2C300\" alt=\"Puerto Barazar, Vizcaya, Spain 1961\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Puerto-Barazar-Vizcaya-Spain-1961.jpg?resize=254%2C300&amp;ssl=1 254w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Puerto-Barazar-Vizcaya-Spain-1961.jpg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/>The creature hastily covered its \u201c<em>round glowing eyes<\/em>\u201d with one of its four \u201c<em>tentacle-like arms<\/em>,\u201d but remained immobile; seemingly caught in the glare of the truck\u2019s headlights. It seems probable that &#8212; much like in the notable 1977, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2010\/03\/dover-demon-massachusetts-usa\/\" target=\"_\">DOVER DEMON<\/a> case &#8212; the thing\u2019s eyes were likely not aglow with self-luminescence, but merely reflecting the lights from the truck.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the truckers nor the creature moved for what the men estimated to be several minutes. Fear finally got the best of Sanchez and he ordered his comrade to take the jackhammer out of the back of the truck and assault the hirsute critter. His associate sagaciously refused to get out of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>It was then that Sanchez made his move. He threw the truck into reverse, creating some space between them and the creature, then drove straight towards the bushy beast; stopping mere feet away from this enigmatic and potentially extraterrestrial entity.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11098\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/truckers_vs_aliens.jpg?resize=257%2C300\" alt=\"truckers_vs_aliens\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/truckers_vs_aliens.jpg?resize=257%2C300&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/truckers_vs_aliens.jpg?resize=359%2C420&amp;ssl=1 359w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/truckers_vs_aliens.jpg?w=431&amp;ssl=1 431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>The (presumably frightened) creature was evidently unable to climb up the nearly vertical embankment behind it, so all it could do was shuffle back slightly as the truck advanced. For reasons one can only speculate, Sanchez proceeded to back up, then charge the unidentified animal a few more times, but refused to exit the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>At that moment another truck barreled past the Octo-squatch and company, but whether or not driver even saw this seemingly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/hybrid-beasts\/\" target=\"_\">HYBRID BEAST<\/a> remains a mystery as he didn\u2018t even slow down for a second glance.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez and his anonymous partner at last reached an impasse. Understandably, neither man was willing to get out of the truck to confront this furry freak of nature and it &#8212; whatever it may have been &#8212; was either unwilling or unable to escape.<\/p>\n<p>As the clock crawled closer to midnight, Sanchez and his colleague realized that there was nothing more they could do. The men decided to finish their run and left the beast behind them, never to be seen again. Unfortunately, it would be some time before Arquimedes Sanchez revealed this weird encounter to the world and by then any trace of the varmint was long gone.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11089\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sigmund2.jpg?resize=220%2C300\" alt=\"sigmund2\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sigmund2.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sigmund2.jpg?w=340&amp;ssl=1 340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sigmund2.jpg?resize=308%2C420&amp;ssl=1 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/>With the incredible biodiversity of Earth it seems, sometimes, as if almost any organic combination is possible\u2026 at least in theory. But how can one rationally explain this peculiar combination of \u201cSigmund the Sea Monster\u201d and \u201cCousin It\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Was it an alien from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/out-of-this-world\/\" target=\"_\">OUT OF THIS WORLD<\/a>? A biological experiment gone unspeakably awry? An amphibious oddity that crawled out of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/sea-monsters\/\" target=\"_\">SEA<\/a>? A rogue explorer from another dimension? The product of an unnatural coupling between a lusty cephalopod and a lonely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/hairy-hominids\/\" target=\"_\">HAIRY HOMINID<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, unless the Octo-squatch decides to rear its furry head again, all we can do is speculate\u2026 and keep our cameras ready, our jackhammers handy and our eyes peeled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/robmorphy.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11686\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rob-morphy.jpg?resize=100%2C100\" alt=\"rob_morphy\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>\u00a9 Copyright Rob Morphy 2002 \u2014 2015<\/p>\n<p>Rob Morphy is an artist \/ journalist \/ filmmaker \/ designer \/ crypto chronicler \/ pod host \/ cult movie lover and co-founder of American Monsters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late at night on a desolate stretch of mountainous road, a pair of truckers had a confrontation with one of the most bizarre beasts ever to ever to emerge from the annals of cryptozoology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2504,"featured_media":11968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3],"tags":[65,134,797,799,37,382,796,798],"class_list":{"0":"post-11082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lovers-lane","8":"category-monsters","9":"tag-alien","10":"tag-dover-demon","11":"tag-hairy","12":"tag-hairy-octopus","13":"tag-monster","14":"tag-octopus-monster","15":"tag-octosquatch","16":"tag-spain"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Puerto-Barazar-Vizcaya-Spain-19611.jpg?fit=333%2C393&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11082"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13373,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11082\/revisions\/13373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}