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Yowie sighting in Nerang, Queensland

Aug 1978 · Nerang, Queensland, Australia

At dusk in 1978, a 13-year-old saw a tall hairy creature scratching a tree in Nerang State Forest; a 1981 sighting near Cunningham Gap of a female and juvenile is also reported.

Facts

Reported as
Nerang, Queensland 1978
Date
Aug 1978
Place
Nerang, Queensland, Australia
Evidence
visual
Point
-27.990, 153.337
Located within
5.6 km
Light
twilight
Witness was
playing
Witnesses
1
Creatures
1, with young
Height
2.3 m (8 ft)
Described as
slim, dark brown hair
Behaviour
approaching, running, standing, walking, watching
Recorded
photo
In the account
approached, childhood memory, felt fear, footprints found, investigator visited, long arms, near home, only silhouette, photo taken, prints cast or photographed, repeat location, seen through window, smell, smell rotten, very tall, witness fled, woken by it
Account
firsthand
Sources
1 independent

Sources

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