Yowie sighting near Cairns, Queensland
Aug 1990 · Cairns (Red Hill, Woree), Queensland, Australia
A woman hiking on Red Hill near Cairns in August 1990 saw a large, hairy humanoid about 10 m away that growled, roared, and charged, hitting her so she fell down a steep slope.
Facts
- Reported as
- Cairns, Queensland 1990
- Date
- Aug 1990
- Place
- Cairns (Red Hill, Woree), Queensland, Australia
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- -16.930, 145.788
- Located within
- 25 km
- Witness was
- hiking
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 10 m (33 ft)
- Duration
- 12 s
- Height
- 1.7 m (6 ft)
- Described as
- massive, dark brown hair, biped
- Behaviour
- aggressive display, approaching, running, standing, vocalizing, watching
- Sounds
- growl, roar
- In the account
- approached, bare face, bluff charge, broad shoulders, face seen, growl, human like face, large hands, leaped, likened to ape, long arms, looked at witness, on trail, repeat location, ridge or mountain, thought person first, touched witness, walked upright, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 1 independent
Sources
- Yowie (AYR)Read the report
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- Atherton, Queensland 1986
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