Common sense says this is likely an urban myth / made up.

Ah, so an octopus is overqualified for the position of US President. Good to know.

They’re gonna have a good story to tell Gandalf about how they lost the ring while orcs are marching them to mount doom.

We should make sure that this sort of manupulative behavior (trying to artifically boost visibility, albeit in a laughably amateurish manner in this case) is not welcome here.

It’s worth considering that we might not have a choice in the matter, at least as far as the subconscious is concerned.