I've heard of it. Weren't there links with the Lockerbie bombings, drug smuggling, Maggie Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and the supposed suicide of a scottish journalist?

I also heard it was a network of maffia bosses, politicians, civil servants and masonic lodges on both sides of the atlantic.

Can you tell us more?

Reading it now, fascinating. I'm going to buy the book.

I realize that this thread has been long dead but i thought i might mention that the Feral House publication has been available again for a while now in a revised and expanded edition. I am not trying to generate sales for Feral, i think that this particular book should be required reading for anybody with an interest in the real power brokers.

could it have been a codename for the Illuminati? I feel that may be possible

well it has something to do with the number 8.

what else in gov is associated from 8 and start from there maybe?

I don't think that the number eight has any significance in this case. Casolaro used the term "Octopus" to describe the many tentacles the conspiracy had, not because of any numerological significance.

A strange coincedence is that if you believe certain accounts of Casolaro's death supposedly his wrists were slashed eight times apiece. I am unsure what the book mentioned about this and i have it out on loan so for now i can't quote from it but when i get it back i will quote from the book directly. There is a whole lot on this topic i would like to present but without the book i am kind of hurting for reference material.

interresting...

think ill monitor this topic

Wasnt Casolaro found dead in a Hotel room? The Autopsy said it was suicide and the body was Embalmed and Buried before the family could claim the body. Something that i believe was illigal. The family then demanded a proper investigation into his death and an expert in suicide determined that he did not show any signs of making any tentative cuts to his wrists to test his paid thresh hold before taking the plunge and killing himself. ( he, if you havent guessed by now slashed his wrists ) The cuts were very deep and showed none of the classic signs as described above. Also his papers on the Octopus were missing and not listed among his belongings when his familiy picked them up even tho it was known to his brother that he had the papers on him at the time as he said he was going to meet someone "who could put all the pieces together" for him.
His main contact was a man he called "Dangerman" but im afraid i cant remember his real name. I have got all this from memory so i dont have any links but im sure there are some on Google.
If there any mistakes in the above i appologise as im a little pushed for time and couldent dig out any links, i just thought i share what i knew.
EDIT: Edited for addition.

[edit on 10-6-2004 by Janus]

I am currently reading the book again and trying to play connect the dots. I am unsure about the cattle mutilation or an NWO aspect, more of an international arms/drugs/political manipulation scenario is how I see it. Then again my take on the subject is mine and mine only, I would recommend trying to get a copy of the book and using that as well as any internet resource you can get a hold of.

His main contact was a man he called "Dangerman" but im afraid i cant remember his real name. I have got all this from memory so i dont have any links

Michael Riconosciuto is "Dangerman". If you were to do a google search on the Octopus looking for relevant names his would be a good start as well as John Phillips Nichols.

Once again I can't stress the importance of the book any more, it is the catlyst for my interest in the subject. The fact that one of the co-authors died under very mysterious circumstances makes the revised edition all the more important.

Didn't Danny Casolaro go into surgery for something to do with his leg and die from 'complications'? I may be thinking of someone else, but I do recall the name... Anyone?

Here's the guys address if you want to mail him:

M. Riconosciuto
21309-086 Med. A-1
Box 819
Coleman, FL 33521