"A well-boiled octopus can be hurled close to 100 feet..."

"For more than 40 years, Detroit hockey fans have had the peculiar tradition of lobbing dead octopuses onto the rink whenever their beloved Red Wings reach the National Hockey League playoffs. A record 54 octopuses hit the ice here in a single game...."

http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/TCP/faq/TCPfaq2b.cfm?ID=59

I told folks I wasn't making this up.