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Yowie sighting in Atherton, Queensland
1986 · Atherton, Queensland, Australia
A 13-year-old at the town lookout on Hallorans Hill in Atherton heard growls at night and saw a large crouched shape in the road before running home.
Facts
- Reported as
- Atherton, Queensland 1986
- Date
- 1986
- Place
- Atherton, Queensland, Australia
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- -17.267, 145.477
- Located within
- 9.2 km
- Time
- about 23:00, night
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 18 m (57 ft)
- Described as
- massive
- Behaviour
- approaching, crouching, vocalizing, watching
- Sounds
- growl, roar
- Animals
- wildlife silent
- In the account
- alone, approached, broad shoulders, childhood memory, conical head, crouched, felt fear, followed or paced, growl, heavy breathing, looked at witness, no smell noted, on or by road, returned to spot, ridge or mountain, thought bear first, witness fled, woods silent
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 1 independent
Sources
- Yowie (AYR)Read the report
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