Website Evaluation

The website posted above is an article supporting the protection of a creature called "The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus." My first reaction was absolute skepticism, my thoughts were similar to "what? I've never heard of this crazy thing." For the sake of the assignment, I supposed it would be wise to at least read more to see if there is a chance that the information is accurate.
To begin with, I considered where this bit of information was located. As one could see, the address ends with a .net, which implies to me that i was right to be skeptical, because anyone can create a website in that form.
Secondly, I searched the article for any information that would reveal the name of the author or organization. From my observations, there is no information to credit its author. Wouldn't someone want acknowledgment for their hard work? Lastly, I read throughout the article and came upon information that was absurd in nature. For example it lists Sasquatch (a fictional creature) as one of its predators. Furthermore, i googled with tree octopus, and read from other websites that it was an internet hoax. It would seems that my suspicions were confirmed.