The Bunyip

[Dion]

Do you think there ever was one?

If so, Where are they now?

And, What do you think they looked like?

Do you think the stories of the Bunyip stem from the Yowie encounters?

Try a search and see what you come up with!

[Romeo]

I think you have a very valid point there, Chewy. I personally feel that bunyips may be a little too out of the ordinary, due to their much varying descriptions and lack of evidence, but you might just be right on the money by saying that people who have claimed to encounter either one of these creatures may be seeing the same cryptid.

[dawn]

Perhaps the people who see 'bunyips' are actually seeing yowies swimming/comming out of a Billabong!

[MAGZDA]

I've heard that bunyips have one eye. Like a cyclops.
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/bunyi ... skull.html

That site has some cool pics. I don't know if their authentic though.

Other people say that their just deformed creatures.
who knows.

jango

[steve_tracker]

gary opit did a great story on bunyips in
nexus mag last yr .was very good

[Stainmaster]

AH nexus i love that Mag :-) but i missed that article

[Wally]

Some bunyips proved to be seals finding their way inland via rivers.
I have 2 recent reports of weirdo animals in Grampians. These resembled polachestres.
Gary Opit spoke of reports of same critter in Northern rivers. Two reports of animals seen in Se NSW area resembling thick set humans, these dropped to all 4s and shuffled off.
Should polachestres still survive this could be basis of some bunyip reports.
Polachestres of course was the marsupial tapir.
Cheers Wally

[ianSA]

yes your right wally about the seals in the rivers,the murray was heavily affected by the sea before the locks were in place and a seal was spotted at MANNUM-and those people who know will know mannum is an awful long way from the sea!but with the river dried up in drought and a king tide from the sea and a relatively flat slope and not being very high above sea level anyway the sea water/very brackish water could reach a long way!even with the locks in place and with the salt being leached out of the ground it is probably just as salty now as it was back then-thats why we dont have anything but carp in SA water apart from a few callop and redfin.
ianSA

[Peta]

Hi guys, there is a nice piece on Bunyips at http://www.cryptozoology.com/cryptids/bunyip.php

[Dion]

Thanks guys will have to find that article from Gary

Here are some Quotes from an article on Bunyip State Park (Victoria)

?The Bunyip! Beware of the Bunyip, a dark furry animal with a round face, small ears and fiery eyes that glow in the dark!?

?According to Aboriginal mythology, the Bunyip or "Buneep" (the original spelling on early maps showing the river, first cattle run and township) is a spirit that punishes bad people. Local Aboriginal people believed the Bunyip lived in the swamps of the Bunyip River and avoided the area. Many early settlers, believing this story, never pitched their tents near a 'Bunyip hole'. People were also careful not to make ripples when collecting water. This upset the Bunyip?.

Also found this one!

Bunyip
A bellowing water monster from Aboriginal legend, believed to bring diseases. It lives at the bottom of the water holes, swamps, lakes and rivers of the Australian outback. The creature is roughly the size of a calf and requires calm water to live in. Unless its food sources are interfered with, the Bunyip usually leaves human beings alone. However, if necessary it has the strength to pull a person down into the water and drown him. The name comes from an Aboriginal word meaning "devil" or "spirit".


This was the best link I was able to find on the subject

http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/bunyips/

[Nigel&Jeannie]

Oxford dictionary
Bunyip .1 fabulous Australian monster inhabiting swamps and lagoons.
2. imposter
May be someone should rewrite the dictionary as it does state thier here.

And yes have heard about inland seals in the past and do believe this is our monster in most cases.

[ianSA]

come to sturt reserve at murray bridge SA with $2 and you can see one too!
ianSA

[Peta]

I find it interesting that people are quick to dismiss bunyips as fiction, but believe in Yowies as fact...
There have been bunyip sightings ranging back to the early 1800's and they are steeped in Aboriginal folklore. Much like the Yowie really.

What makes one mythical creature believeable and the next not ?

[mikka]

What makes one mythical creature believeable and the next not ?

For me, I havent ever seen any evidance, Just stories of Bunyips.

Yowies you have the stories, and the evidance, Footprints, Hair, The amount of sightings, ect. ect.

It hits home when your out in the bush and see these for yourself, Let alone encounter something. For me their is nothing "mythical" about them.


Quote from Ren? Dahinden

Something is making those goddamn footprints and I'm going to find out what it is.

[stranger]

The Geelong (VIC)Advertiser reported on the local Bunyip in 1845, when local farmers were losing cows. Aboriginals in the area were asked to draw the animal. This was reprinted a few years ago, and a pic is on http://biblicalstudies.qldwide.net.au/c ... gines.html

You will have to scroll down till you see the story.

This was the only web-based version of the article I could find.

[Wally]

When i was a boy an old aunt told me about pioneering days in the Geelong Melb area (Lara) and she said that there were Panthers and Tasydevils there. About the same time hunts were organised at kyneton to hunt panthers that were killing horses. (circa 1880_90)
Bigcat has been around for a long time.
Cheers Wally

[steven]

[quote="dawn"]i read an article in a magazine years ago about a town called boying i think it was well it sounds like that and the storey was in the post or peoples magazine, this was years ago ,anyhow there was what they reckon was a bunyip terrorizeing some of the town folks it was short and had glowing red eyes and it hides in burrows somewhere and they sent out a serch party after it but when they spoted it ,some lout steped on the spotlight and broke it so it got away, and i read an article about a bunyip siteing up in far north qld at sandy creek, even though theres a few creeks called sandy creek around as i counted a few when comeing to wa from qld

[wokka]

Maybe someone here might have heard of the "Burleigh bunyip"? Every kid on the Gold Coast seemed to know of it back in the late 70's. It supposedly used to haunt the West Burleigh and Tallebudgera areas. Of course it was nothing like it is now, all swamp and forests. A couple of times I had gone fishing with my brother-in-law way up Tallebudgera Creek (in fact a highway rips through it all now). It was actually quite creepy during the day. My brother-in-law was a bit of a bushy and went pig shooting often out west. I asked him about the bunyip and he said it's not a bunyip, it's a yowie. He said he had also seen one at Old Gabriels Road where the suburb of Robina is now. He used to have crab pots out there. There used to be a lot of old hair raising stories about the back of the Gold Coast, some which I can vouch for.

[mikka]

Growing up in palm beach I know this area like the back of my hand. Ive never heard of a bunyip, The legend that I heard was that a croc escaped from Fleays wildlife park and was in tally creek.

Not a good thought when your fishing or pumping yabbies.

Ive often wondered just how many yowies would of been around the coast, 20/30 years ago before all the development.

If you have any other stories I would love to hear about them

[wokka]

It was assumed to be a croc by some however one was never caught or found.

[wokka]

Actually if I remember correctly...Fleays had gotten in trouble a few times over animals they kept. Is it still going? A lot of things I remember hearing could sound like urban myth but I'm sure there would be some truth to them. I don't want to bore people with long stories.
When we moved out to Carrara in 1979 (which was like the ass end of the universe!) it was fairly rural, we used to have the odd "visitor" and a strange smell at night. In fact during the drought in the 80's it happened more often. But now when you go to the area, you would never have dreamed what it was like...houses and roads everywhere...it's very disappointing

[jmuzik66]

to wally you have go down there to explore the park,after hours to hear noises along the buttongrass,tail towards the dam then come back to me and tell that you didnt,hear or see anything,and come back in one piece.you will see a dark shadow,you will hear movement and trees been hit and when you are walking that walks with you..think hard &start thinking.
cheers Nick.

[jmuzik66]

next we go we will invite evryone
pls contact us for the night adveture late hours
his was to be for evryone sorry wally

[Dean Harrison]

No more than groups two and spread out would be my advice..

DMH