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Unread post by **mikka** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:24 am

Got these in an email and was asked to put these up ... Enjoy

in total thier was half a dozen but half of them where in the water.
This thing had just walked through a fence [no hair worst luck] It has been in the area for a while as the tracks/trails are massive, Apparently a local pig farmer lets his pigs into the creek so it maybe waiting to snatch a pig or two

Just in case you cant see the clear print in the first one

Im not sure if they wont the location made public (Ill find out) Ill say its in QLD though

Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:31 am

Wow Mikka, they look fantastic. I hope someone has cast them? Very rare to find quality prints like that.

I would like to know the date and location.

DMH

Unread post by **dawn** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:04 am

Note 4 toes!

Unread post by **Stainmaster** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:21 pm

well done Mikka pass on the thanks to the person who sent you the photos for us they are outstanding

Unread post by **Tish** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:40 pm

Great pics Mikka.

Unread post by **mikka** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:12 pm

Hey everyone,

I dont know if they got cast or not, I know next to nothing about these at this stage. They are taken by a member here, I just posted them up.

Maybe they will post more info up in the future.

I would love to take a trip out to this area, Its in a area ive wanted to check out for awhile.

Mikka

Unread post by **Darren** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:46 am

These were a great find to say the least , and the location will be kept under tight wraps for now ! The people involved have really put in the hours to get this far !

Unread post by **Plesiosaurus** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:08 am

Nice print for sure. I just wish these critters would make up their minds how many toes theyve got. 3? 4? 5?

Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:14 am

Why no casts?

DMH

Unread post by **dawn** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:38 pm

Plesi...its got to be something genetic....inbreeding maybe....the photo dosen't look like ones missing, its just not there!

Unread post by **Jo Blose** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:28 pm

Darren,
Can you at least say which Australian State it is in?

Unread post by **Stainmaster** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:55 pm

it looks very much like somewhere in Queensland ?

Unread post by **Darren** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:01 pm

Yeah it is in Qld , south-east . I wasn't the one who found them , though I wish I was !
The area is yowie central at times , but there hadn't been any known activity for some time !
As to why there was no cast made is ,as far as I know , they were not out on a search , so they were unprepared , and it was raining heaverly at the time . When the finder had returned to cast them they were all but gone due to the rain fall !
I'm sure the finder will show more pics and be able to answer questions better then yours truely . They are just have PC problems at the moment !

Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:20 pm

Firstly
Thanks to Mikka for Posting the pics..

Secondly
Dean can you remember us asking You how to cast imprints in water .
Date ;7/11/04 to Present.
Well we Tried and found it a impossibility, The plaster just never set.
Location; Bellthorpe/Stanmore area QLD.

Dawn
First time we had seen four toes and really made us start to wonder.As The imprints We ourselves and others in the area have seen have been three.......

Also mikka you have posted 2 different lots of pics the ones with the creek with duck weed in it is of recent 3 in all, and the ones in the wet creek and rising where taken on 7/11/04

Darren r you still on for monday,tuesday ..

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Cheers for now.

As for how fresh the prints where it is hard to say But Jeannie and @#$%%^ believe they did smell something Offensive in the air as they aproached the creek bed .Iwas securing my go cart to a tree.. :x

Unread post by **mikka** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:50 pm

No worries N&J

I didnt realise that you took them

Thought you were passing them along.

Unread post by **Buck** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:07 pm

Great photos guys.

For all your casting needs. These are specialsts in the film & FX industry.

http://www.barnesproducts.com.au/

This link will get you a QLD based distributer

http://www.accessresource.com.au/

There are plenty of new products out there to get you out of a jam or prompt new ideas in the field. There's probably something you can do for underwater prints.

Cheers Buck

Unread post by **Stainmaster** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:26 am

Just wondering in a couple of the Photos it looks like claw marks in the mud?

http://img215.echo.cx/img215/7006/cap00111wo.png

Unread post by **Buck** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:03 am

Just wondering in a couple of the Photos it looks like claw marks in the mud?

Might have been looking for freshwater shellfish, yabbies worms... dropped some money.

Nigel, Jeannie... What about the log or root that seem stripped of bark?

Cheers Buck

Unread post by **Buck** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:12 am

Just a thought about the pictures. If it was consuming the bark off that tree for a meal, it might consume some clay or dirt to leech out any potential toxins.

Macaws and other animals do it. Here's a link

http://www.duke.edu/~djb4/Real%20dirt%2 ... 0licks.htm

I don't know if the root pictures and the clay raking pictures are part of the same series and in the same time frame, but it is food for thought.

Cheers Buck

Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:58 pm

Only 3 photo's are ours,
The ones with the duck weed.Found approx.1 to 2 km away from the pics taken from @%$#^& and passed on to us .taken on 7 11 04

Yes Buck we think it may have been after yabbies as the claw marks are beside a log in the creek that it may have been tampering with ..Also impresions where in a few metres of this..

The log in the bush is in the area and we thought it was stepping over it as the fence was just behind it...

We have visited this area a few times and have had no success except for the foot prints thru the duck weed and a few weird feelings from time to time .
The area is mainly farm land with a creek running thru it many miles of country...With lots of dark forested areas along the creek bed...
To anyone who is familiar with sandy creek at Kilcoy well its like that....Miles of country to explore....
Will pass on all the pics we have of 7/11/04 to one and only Mikka to post as havent the time and the pc should be left in a dark part of the forest to rot

The person who we returned to with on this day7/11 that found the footprints wishs to stay in the shadows.
Has been laught at to many times by his mates and cant handle it.

Will be in the area again soon to have a look around .

Cheers

Unread post by **steven** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:18 am

[quote="mikka"]Hey everyone,

I dont know if they got cast or not, I know next to nothing about these at this stage. They are taken by a member here, I just posted them up.

Maybe they will post more info up in the future.

I would love to take a trip out to this area, Its in a area ive wanted to check out for awhile.

Mikka[/quote]= steven hey mikka they ar good photos and the one with 4 toes is cool i read a story of 4 toed yowie up north qld on a property and it ran when aprached by owner on 4 wheel bike and it climed a high tensile steel fence thus breaking it down when it tried to escape