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Yowie sighting in Phillip Island, Victoria

Oct 1849 · Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia

Several people reportedly saw a creature six to seven feet tall sitting by a lake on Phillip Island, which sprang into the lake when shot at.

Facts

Reported as
Phillip Island, Victoria 1849
Date
Oct 1849
Place
Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
Evidence
visual
Point
-38.507, 145.189
Located within
13 km
Creatures
1
Height
2.0 m (6 ft)
Behaviour
fleeing
In the account
fired weapon, leaped, likened to ape, near water
Account
news report
Sources
1 independent

Sources

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