Yowie sighting in Charters Towers, Queensland

1932 · Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

In 1932, a Queensland prospector who had just shot a crocodile in a station lagoon saw a hairy creature about 1.75 m tall on the far bank, which then fled into the bush.

Facts

Reported as

Charters Towers, Queensland 1932

Date

1932

Place

Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Evidence

visual

Point

-20.071, 146.271

Located within

6.1 km

Witness was

hunting

Witnesses

1

Creatures

1

Height

1.8 m (6 ft)

Behaviour

fleeing

In the account

firearm present, near water, reported years later, very fast

Account

news report

Sources

1 independent

Sources

• Yowie (AYR)Read the report

Nearby sightings

• Charters Towers, Queensland 1979 (1)29 Apr 1979 · 0 km
• Torrens Creek, Queensland 2005Jan 2005 · 0 km

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