5" Rocky Mountain Puzzle

He patiently waited until dark, when he knew no one would be left in the building. He squeezed through the tiny opening no one else had noticed and carefully lowered himself six and a half feet to the floor. He headed directly to the six-inch drain and forced his body through the opening. He slithered 164 feet down the drain pipe toward the Pacific Ocean and freedom. Inky the octopus had been a resident patient at the National Aquarium of New Zealand for over a year, since a fisherman had caught him in a lobster pot. He’d been attacked by something with a taste for octopus, and needed time to recuperate.  But, as anyone who’s suffered through a long recovery knows, you can only look at the same four walls for so long. Eventually you’ll do anything for a change of scenery.