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A British holiday maker has struck up a friendship with an octopus in Cyprus, saying it is 'like having contact with an alien'.

Matthew Hyatt, 28, met the sea creature off Limassol, Cyprus, on October 26, SWNS reported.

He said he lifted a stone while snorkelling around a shipwreck - and saw the mollusc peeping out.

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Matthew, a plasterer, stretched out his arm cautiously and the octopus reached out and touched his hand.

He has returned to the same spot every day since, and each time his new sea creature friend emerges from the wreck or ocean depths to meet him. View 3 Images

They swim together for an hour, with the creature reaching out to Matthew and even sitting on his hand.

When the octopus has had en

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