A hairy hominid-type cryptid said to live in the mountains and forests of eastern Australia. It derives from Aboriginal folklore, and sightings have been reported since the 19th century. It is Australia's Bigfoot.
Also known as
Australian Bigfoot, Yahoo
Era / first recorded
19th century onward
Origin
Australia
Stats
Rarity
4
Danger
3
Reality
1
Fame
2
Originally written in Japanese.
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What is the yowie?
The yowie is a large hominid-type unidentified creature said to live in the mountains and forests of eastern Australia, such as the Blue Mountains. Covered in hair and walking on two legs, it is said to reach 2–3 m in height. It can be called the Australian version of North America’s Bigfoot.
Aboriginal folklore and sightings
Hairy giants like the yowie have long been told of in the folklore of Australia’s Aboriginal peoples. When European settlers moved inland in the 19th century, they too began reporting sightings of large ape-men in the forests, and many reports have come in up to the present day.
What is the yowie really?
Australia has no native monkeys or apes. So the yowie is thought to be a kangaroo standing on its hind legs, feral animals mistaken for something else, or Aboriginal folklore that changed shape as it spread among settlers.
Yowie: Legend & Sighting Locations
Blue Mountains
New South Wales, Australia · Sighting · 19th century onward
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Positions on the map are a rough guide to the area where a legend or sighting is set. Most pins are placed at representative points of a municipality or prefecture (outside Japan, a city position rounded to about 10 km, or the country), not at the exact place. Municipality points: Geolonia address data (CC BY 4.0), based on the Address Base Registry (Digital Agency of Japan) / Country points: Natural Earth
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The contents of this site introduce legends, eyewitness accounts and theories; they do not guarantee that anything described is true. The stats are our own rough guide. Trespassing on private property or restricted areas is prohibited by law. Please be considerate of local residents.
