Yowie sighting in Young, New South Wales

1955 · Young, New South Wales, Australia

A rabbit hunter near Young, New South Wales, saw an upright, short-haired reddish creature eating leaves about 15 m away in summer 1955/56; it then left into the bush.

Facts

Reported as: Young, New South Wales 1955
Date: 1955
Place: Young, New South Wales, Australia
Evidence: visual
Point: -34.313, 148.296
Located within: 19 km
Witness was: hunting
Witnesses: 1
Creatures: 1
Distance: 15 m (49 ft)
Duration: 15 s
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Described as: reddish hair, short length, biped
Behaviour: carrying, eating, fleeing, standing
In the account: ape like face, bare face, eyes seen, face seen, farm or orchard, firearm present, human like face, hunting season, likened to ape, looked at witness, ridge or mountain, told no one, vanished
Account: firsthand
Sources: 1 independent

Sources

Yowie (AYR)Read the report

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