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Yowie sighting in Charters Towers, Queensland

29 Apr 1979 · Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

A youth reported being chased and grabbed by a small hairy creature on Towers Hill late at night; police found him running and a blood stain on his leg.

The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.

Facts

Reported as
Charters Towers, Queensland 1979 (1)
Date
29 Apr 1979
Place
Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Point
-20.071, 146.271
Located within
6.1 km
Light
night
Witness was
searching for bigfoot
Creatures
1
Height
1.0 m (3 ft)
Described as
black hair
Behaviour
aggressive display, approaching
Sounds
scream
Traces
blood
In the account
ape like face, face seen, felt fear, followed or paced, hit structure, in vehicle, juvenile, likened to ape, multiple, nothing found after, repeat location, ridge or mountain, told no one, touched witness, witness fled
Account
news report
Sources
1 independent

Sources

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