I don’t remember where it came from, but here is a picture of a Rainbow Hector with a cat.

I found the file, dated July 22, 2007, on my hard drive.

Not quite a hectopus, but cool. A robot prototype, with camouflage capability.

hectopus chair made completely out of cardboard and hot glue
he’s a hectopus cuz he’s only got 6 legs
Hector the Hectopus by ~xForEverInMyDreamsx on deviantART.

My brother-in-law sent me a link to this hectopus for sale. At this price, I am not feeling the need to add to the collection, but this fellow sure is a cute one.

My daughter made me a Kirktopus for Father’s Day.

Dr. Jerz tossed this fine fellow at me during class today to illustrate the difference between active and passive voice. I’m pretty sure he’s a hexapus although I originally wrote hectapus. “Dr. Jerz threw the hexapus at Katy” versus “The hexapus was thrown at Katy.” I shouldn’t EVER forget active and passive voice again although I’m sure I will eventually.

Good thing his throw was a little short because I would not have caught the poor thing! Anyways, the hexapus made a great desk buddy during the lecture, and I wanted to share his adorableness with the rest of my class. –Katelyn Snyder

My sister and her husband sent me these photos, demonstrating that one of their hectopodes had a few adventures recently.

My 9yo made this hectopus army. “You might ask what they are fighting. The evil XYZ hectopodes.”

My brother-in-law Robert writes, “We’re testing out Rosemary’s new camera and thought you might like this. We’re thinking about having it printed on a t-shirt.”