3 dead octopuses found at Boyd Lake

Allison Sylte | 9News

KUSA – Let’s get this out of the way: No, Colorado Parks and Wildlife does not stock lakes in the Centennial State with any sort of cephalopod — and they can’t survive in freshwater anyway.

So it’s kind of a mystery why three octopuses were found on the beach at Boyd Lake State Park in Loveland on July 14.

“This is a first for me,” said Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson Lauren Truitt, who is no stranger to answering weird questions about animals in Colorado.

Samantha Sweetman said her 5-year-old son was the one who first found an octopus at the beach at Boyd Lake.

“We were just letting up on the beach like we do every weekend,” she said, adding that she didn’t believe her son at first.

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