who on this site at all thinks the yowie is real because it was most likely a story to atract tourism but it was ages ago




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a story to attract tourism?? haha thats absurd

Surely the beautiful beaches, the unique flora and fauna, the diverse culture and the breat taking scenery is enough to draw in the crowds.

I think you'll find the word 'Yowie' actually comes from an english novel...and is synthesised into the Aboriginal legend of the 'Bunyip'.

There was a sighting at a river not too far from my house.

Also take into account the concept of the 'yowie' is NOT one that is largely impregnated into the general population here. Its not a tale told around camp fires or school playgrounds...

In other words it is not a creature that many individuals are interested in trying to 'fake' because there really is no community appreciation or benefit of obtaining pictures. So the sightings seem to take on a different aura about them...in fact a lot of the sightings and reports seem almost 'ethreal' in nature.

I remember vividly reading the story of a camper who felt he was being trailed by something he couldn't quite describe. It all came to a conclusion when the man caught sight of a large black shadow in the early evening darkness.

i think u also forget that the yowie or bunyip is supposed to be invisible lol

i just watched the video... i think it's a fake, if i was filming in the bush at night and i saw something like that behind a tree and it moved? man i would leg it so fast......... it seems to me that it was someone in a costume. if you look closely the fur is just a little too perfect..... now a creature in the bush who has long fur like that would be seriously matted and dirty.... but instead he looks like he just came out of a salon lmao i live in australia and i believe that "yowies" exist/existed just like the "bigfoot" or "yeti" but that is just my opinion.... i had a bit of a scary experience once while camping, if your interested i might tell you

I like the yowie stories...Not sure if they're true though...

i grew up on the GOLD COAST se QUEENSLAND and spent a lot of time in the bush
i have seen many strange things there and yes i saw a yowie and it saw me !!
then a strong feeling of fear and dread came over me and i ran like a madman

i also went to school with two guys who had a very scary and close encounter with a strange animal
it was in the local news papers and on tv news

there is somthing out in the bush ,probebly a lot more than we all realise

I believe in the yowie plain and simple.We got sasqautch nepals got the yeti and aussie's got the yowie. Why not I mean there animals we discover everday.

i was camping once with a few friends of mine, we were having a great time and decided to go bush walking when it was almost dark, we were wandering for a while when we heard this god awful noise, like a screech crossed with a howl kinda. Now we all froze in our steps and looked at each other in a silent "what the $$$$ was that?" all was quiet for a few minutes then all hell broke loose in the tree tops, we looked up expecting to see a cow in the trees cuz thats how big it sounded but what we saw was not a cow at all....... it looked like it was about 4 1/2 - 5 feet tall and was very hairy, (it was just after dusk so we didnt see it all that well) we shined out torches at it to get a better look and all we really saw was a mass of fur, shining eyes, and its behind as it fled back through the tree tops. Needless to say we did the same..... we got back to the camp site, packed everything up and fled. And we have not been anywhere near there since.................

Actually the story I was referring to that was not far from my house was at Tallebudgera Creek, at an old Aboriginal habitation site in Palm Beach/Burleigh.

The Gold Coast seems rife with reports, and not just in the hinterlands.

Yowies are very real, early white man were warned by Aboriginals about them and sightings have occured since then.

I live in a great yowie spot and south east Queensland is a very hot spot. Imagine yourself in the bush knowing you're not alone being stalked by a creature you have no way of knowing if it's just curious or dangerous. I've heard, seen and been stalked by the big fella as have 2 of my children. My husband was threatened by one with lots of bush thrashing and banging when he was by himself.

There's reports of whole streets having yowie encounters, they are definitely out there. A good spot for info is.... http://www.yowiehunters.com.au/

i grew up in palmbeach 19th ave

haha for real?

yeah i've lived on 19th for the last 20 years.

Small world.

I moved to Surfers at a very young age untill my Mum remarried and we moved out bush.
Came back here when I was in late teens, been here pretty much ever since. Now I have a place in the Hinterland. Right between two hotspots. Never seen or heard anything. Camped more than once on Springbrook Mountain, we used to do free gigs to help raise money for the volunteer fire brigade. There was a real strange lady up there, used to tell us not to sleep in our utes, UFO's abduct people all the time apparently LOL. Not us, I'd say our blood would only have been useful as a preservative on those nights. Never seen a trace there. Locals never mentioned Yowies either. Just UFO's.

I grew up out bush. Spent several weeks at a time mustering horses in some very wild country. Hunting, the lot. Never saw any signs of a Yowie or Tassie Tiger. Seen plenty Dingos, Roo's Wallabies, just about anything Aussie, and some dog dingo hybrids. Not a single cryptid or clue.

I heard about them as a little kid. My Mum mentioned them. Reckoned one lived in the Blue Mountains. I honestly don't think there are any on Tambourine or Nathan on the GC. All the spots mentioned are not really Gold Coast, just SE QLD. Maybe GC Hinterland might be a better definition. There sure as heck isn't one between Southport and the Tweed on the beach!! Of that I am 1000% sure. That's really the Gold Coast. If they exist, they are probably in Byron and Nimbin. They could walk the main streets unnoticed there.
Yowie Link. They reckon we have them, I am pretty dubious though, I have seen a great deal of this fine country, East WEst and Southern Coasts. Never seen anything to convince me they are more than legend. I'd like to though

Junjudee or "little foots" sound cool.

Don't Forget about the "Drop-Bears" guys.

lol u mean koalas it was made up to scare away tourists but it only attracted more

ROFL, didn't that one start when some convicts were trying to scare a guard to get away? I thought that was how it started, it worked too from memory.

Hehehehe, check this page Documented Drop Bear Attacks It's a hoot, this is a good line for all our US cousins, a Jackalope is probably more beliveable than a drop bear considering likely misidentifications of Shope papillomavirus.

Australia has 21,060,738 people living in the entire country currently, NewYork had estimatedly last year 19,306,183 people living there. That shows just how tiny our population to such a new country is. Barley ANY of Australia has been explored, due to incredibly dense forests and bushland that take up a large amount of our country, Large majorities are uninhabitable by humans due to such areas like the great sandy desert.
Even with such a tiny population and such a largely unexplored land we have TONNES of new yowie sightings rolling in year after year. It is not something to "attract tourism".
1) I have lived here my whole life, traveled to each state n still I have not seen anything to promote the yowie to tourists.
2) Our major tourist attractions are the beaches.
3)America n Canada are renouned for the Bigfoot stories tho I am quite sure few people would spend thousands on a airline ticket to go there just to try n find bigfoot

"a story to atract tourism but it was ages ago". Maybe this particular one is a prank but You can find tonnes of recent sightings, they happen yearly just like bigfoot.

Your previous statement as to it being "invisible" is a misconception. The yowie was not a invisible creature, it was a very well known creature in most of the aboriginal tribes, Where the common misconception comes from with this "invisibility" is that in many of the stories of encounters with the creature it seems to disappear as magically as it appeared. Some tribes put it down to a spirit due to this characteristic but other animals have this similar characteristic due to camouflage. You take your eyes off a animal in the Australian bush for a second it can seem its disappeared completely. If you are an avid camper in bushland areas you will know how easy it is to step on a large snake without ever noticing it is there, along with wild bores and roos. They can seemingly appear out of no where and disappear again. Though by no means was the yowie ever an invisible creature, You can find paintings of them on rock walls descriptions in aboriginal stories in the tribes that remain and keep their stories alive.

Haha good ol drop bears!

I grew up and lived in Palmy too. As you say small small world.


But getting back on topic yes I believe their is something out their. Ive seen and experienced "things" (Times with multiple witnesses) that all I can conclude their is indeed what is known as a "Yowie" out their.

Ive got to agree with psyche101 with the hinterlands. The population boom would have forced many populations of animals (all of them great and small) out into the mountains. Heck even the difference in the last 2 to 3 years is astounding let alone 5 to 10 ... 20.

Hi indeed, glad to see you're still around. Much activity up your way?

it's been proven who made it up and how thow.

That's rather a contradiction isn't it?
A great deal more desert than dense forest. Many wetlands are seasonal too.

Hard story to believe, but I get torn when I see people who seem very reputable to me, like Piney who believes without doubt the creatures exist. I have never seen Piney do anything but help people, and he hardly believes in any story that comes along. He is a member of the BFRO and I see no reason not to believe him. Everything he says regarding the creature is sensible and logical.
Yet I live between two hotspots and have not seen any evidence here, or through growing up in Outback Queensland. Fossil record......hrrmzz....maybe not complete enough to completely discount this possible line of evolution. Giganthropithicus? I don't think so, but I cannot completely rule out a lineage from something like Paranthropus Boisei turing up yet. Unlikely, but a long shot possibility. Maybe even a surviving remnant of Neanderthal, once again, seems very unlikely but I have heard this theory applies sensibly to the legendary Alma and Yeti. Good evidence for, good evidence against. Quite an enigma. The skeptic in me says no way, yet.....I find the tales tantilising to say the least.
The evidence seems very thin, yet the testimonies seem very strong. I am not at all sold on the Patty film.

It can be uncomortable sitting on a fence............

Amazing hey, I'm one of them Now I'm ready for Global warming LOL. No wet feet for me.

Makes you think the Oxenford Yowie would have moved on, I'd like to attempt to track one down, or some evidence this summer, I would think out near O Reileys or Mt Warning would be better than the Nerang Canungra corridor? I spoke to some people on Springbrook, the people that own the Tea House just as you crest the hill say they have heard one but that's all. The locals seem more worried about UFO's. I was thinking Tambourine has quite a few hidden valleys, but that is getting really popular on the weekends. I would have expected to hear about something from there? In Nimbin or Byron, they would not stand out from the locals. Down Kingscliff way is getting more crowded to with Casurina taking off so well. Nimbin/Kyogle way is still pretty untouched, but you would probably get shot for stumbling on someones err.... livleyhood.

Havent had the time for even to have a look round in months even the last year to be honest. As always priorities changing in life Glad to see your still kicking about to, love to hear of anything down your way)





Oxenford meaning Ormeau ? If so yes 50% of the reports and hot spots are houses or shopping centers so to speak now.

Out lamington park was my last real trip I went on to give you an idea Canungra though does have a big no go zone for military so wouldnt count it out or the surroundings just yet.

Springy ive always found the best, but thats just me. Getting to much traffic now

Ufo's ive filmed em, though I think being next to cunungra might of been the answer still was unidentifed from my point of view.


Never been around nimbin for fear of getting shot, UKi area us prime but