RaisingCain, on 11 March 2013 - 06:03 AM, said:
In Australia, there's an aboriginal myth that talks about great hairy beasts that live in rivers and walk the forest at night. The Bunyip,
Now, there isn't much actual proof that they exist, say for some bones they can't identify, a few blurred photos, and the hundreds of sightings a year, but I believe that they're true.
Who knows, the ol' bunyip could be a distant relative of the sasquatch. Although the 'Yowie' folk lore seems to fit the general description of a big foot. They're basically the same thing
Hey welcome to UM!
I've never heard of any Australian photos claimed to be of a Bunyip - would be interested to see the best the crazies here can do! The few things I've ever read about bones - such as on the Wiki page, have always been identified after being examined. Can you point me in the right direction or post photos in this thread?
And the sightings part - I don't think we have a Bunyip culture here in Aus like other places in the world with Bigfoot/Yeti etc. A very tiny portion of the population might believe in the Bunyip but I don't hear of any sightings either.
Also I wouldn't believe many Aboriginal myths. You've heard how horrible their dreamtime stories are... How the birds got their colours, how the Murray river was formed etc.