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Yowie sighting near Townsville, Queensland

1997 ยท Cowley Beach, Queensland (near Townsville), Australia

A reservist on an Army exercise near Cowley Beach, Queensland, saw a large creature in fading light in rainforest and was touched on the head by it.

Facts

Reported as
Cowley Beach, Queensland 1997
Date
1997
Place
Cowley Beach, Queensland (near Townsville), Australia
Evidence
visual
Point
-19.257, 146.824
Located within
24 km
Light
twilight
Witness was
other
Witnesses
1
Creatures
1
Distance
2.0 m (7 ft)
Duration
60 s
Height
1.5 m (5 ft)
Described as
heavy, reddish hair, long length
Behaviour
walking
Sounds
tree break
In the account
approached, branches breaking, broad shoulders, circled camp, family lore, firearm present, long arms, no neck, nothing found after, only silhouette, searched after, silent movement, smell, smell rotten, touched witness, vanished
Account
firsthand
Sources
1 independent

Sources

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