Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-26578707-20150706112027/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150802020833

Perhaps that was speculation on Ocelot's part. Otherwise, how would he have known that given how Octopus's backstory is a mystery? I always wondered if Octopus was inspired by Lon Chaney, particularly his role as the Phantom of the Opera. Chaney was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces", and would have been over 100 years old in MGS1. Considering how Kojima loves to include centenarians in the franchise like Old Boy, The End, Code Talker, then it's possible he based Octopus off of Chaney.

For anyone not familiar, here's a pic of Lon Chaney as the Phantom: http://theatre-musical.com/phantom/chaney.gif

And here's Decoy Octopus for comparison: http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140212174104/metalgear/images/b/bd/DecoyOctopus_TwinSnakes.png

It could be a coincidence, but you never know with Kojima. If Octopus really is that old, or at least older than Ocelot, then that does away with the theory that he's the other Eli.