Paul the Octopus, who shot to fame during the football World Cup last year for his flawless record in predicting the outcome of games, will get a shrine to mark three months since he died, his aquarium said.
Paul the Octopus, who shot to fame during the football World Cup last year for his flawless record in predicting the outcome of games, will get a shrine to mark three months since he died, his aquarium said.
The tentacled tipster will on Thursday be honoured with a Paul Corner at his former home, containing his ashes and a "huge memorial," the centre in western Germany said.
Paul will be honoured with a Paul corner at his former home
"There will be a statue around six feet of Paul, on top of a football, in the middle of which will be a see-through window with the golden urn containing Paul's ashes,"u00a0 said spokeswoman Tanja Munzig.
Paul thrilled punters and cost bookmakers a small fortune during the World Cup in South Africa in June and July by defying the odds to tip correctly seven German matches and Spain's 1-0 triumph against the Netherlands in the final.
For the prediction, two boxes were lowered into the salty soothsayer's tank, each containing a mussel and the flag of the two opposing teams.
Watched by a myriad of reporters, Paul would head to one box, wrench open the lid and gobble the tasty morsel, with the box he plumped for being deemed the likely winner.
He died peacefully in his sleep aged nearly three in October, sparking hundreds of messages of condolence from his Facebook fan club, whose ranks have more than tripled since his death to 2,00,000.
The aquarium unveiled a replacement, French octopus named Paul II, on November 3.
The new cephalopod has not yet been tested on the field of play although speculation is rife that he could be wheeled out for the next European championship in Ukraine and Poland in 2012.
6 feet
The height of Octopus Paul's statue at the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen
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