"Reality is Merely and Illusion... albeit a very persistant one" Albert Einstein"Never let TRUTH get in the way of a good story" ~ Mark TwainA giant octopus attacked the Staten Island Ferry in 1963(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/47c5c94a7ea2049dd6cdee98f761a5f0a3bd27ed/0_76_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?w=1225&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=3fd542bc012663bace771eaf1070a203)
QuoteNew York commemorates the attack of the Staten Island Ferry by a Giant octopus in 1963 by erecting this memorial statue
It reads:
Dedicated in loving memory to the passengers and crew of the Cornelius G Kloff who lost their lives on Nov. 22, 1963 in one of the most mysterious and tragic maritime disasters in American History.
Erected by the Staten Island Ferry Memorial Foundation and Chemical Bank
Below is the only known image of the wreckage
(https://scontent.flas1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14102439_193643367720850_1030777589444442746_n.jpg?oh=7fdb381bd95c34e955c8eafc455ca8a6&oe=59D773AC)
New York monument honors victims of giant octopus attack that never occurred
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/01/new-york-staten-island-ferry-octopus-attack-fake-monument#img-1
A giant octopus attacked the Staten Island Ferry in 1963, except not
http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/octopus-attack-staten-island-ferry/#nZihkM3Cxkqs