An Octopus on Mt. Everest?

There is some thrilling news going around. Last night some young adventurous people claim to have seen an octopus, who says his name is Fitzgerald, on their climb up Mt. Everest. When the emergency department arrived on helicopters, there he was, relating his tales in ENGLISH. Here is the story, the way Fitzgerald told it.
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Fitzgerald says -though it is highly doubtful, coming from an English speaking octopus- that he was in his bed of seaweed out in the ocean when it happened. He was sleeping, in his neighborhood when he closed his eyes, but when he opened them, he couldn't see anything. Where was he? In enemy territory? He was even afraid to move in case he was surrounded by jellyfish. After shakily greeting whoever might have been lurking about, he realized he was alone. After he was glad because it meant no enemies could possibly be there, he then realized it also meant no one else was there either. He felt waves crashing over him. That could only mean 2 things: either he was in a storm, or less likely, be near shore. Or maybe both. Whatever it was, it was bad. Then he blacked out.
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When he came to he was cold. He couldn't see anything. Then he remembered that he was blind and couldn't see. However, he could still feel, and he felt uncomfortably cold, and in a strange way wet. He was on snowy Mt. Everest, though he didn't know what it was at the time, or even know he was there. And that was where our little hiking party found him.
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March 2, 2011

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