Vulcan Forest, Black Springs NSW - Yowie?

[Michael2003]

I was doing a camping overnighter in the Vulcan Forest in black springs and I heard something like a pig mixed with a wookie or something from Star Wars. It didn't sound like anything I've ever heard before and it freaked me the he'll out so i got back to the car and left. I think this was a yowie. Any ideas?

[gregvalentine]

I was doing a camping overnighter in the Vulcan Forest in black springs and I heard something like a pig mixed with a wookie or something from Star Wars. It didn't sound like anything I've ever heard before and it freaked me the he'll out so i got back to the car and left. I think this was a yowie. Any ideas?

I remember several years ago camped at Myall Lakes on a kayaking trip and hearing what I thought were some wild pigs making a racket during the night; turned out to be a couple of male koalas fighting over a lady koala - I hadn't heard koalas previous to that.

[Michael2003]

Yeah I was thinking that too

[Mossy338]

I was doing a camping overnighter in the Vulcan Forest in black springs and I heard something like a pig mixed with a wookie or something from Star Wars. It didn't sound like anything I've ever heard before and it freaked me the he'll out so i got back to the car and left. I think this was a yowie. Any ideas?

You heard a fallow deer. Heaps of them in and around Vulcan SF and in the month long breeding season March/April the bucks grunt very loudly (known as 'croaking') to warn off rivals. Plenty of examples on YouTube you can compare with what you heard.

[Dean Harrison]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1In0RrZGshs



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