New Photo Feb 2016

[Ray Doherty]

Thats why is pays to have friends with mango tree's in their yard lol

[AL Pitman]

I am in catch up mode here after a long spell but damn it Scarts are you going soft on us ??
I can't believe I am saying this but I fully agree with your suggested approach with leaving the camera at home
Do you think a go pro mounted on a hat or some kind of band might do the trick ? .
or would this still be to obvious ?

As can be seen in the slanderous and volatile nature in some of the above replys it is a controversial topic to say the least !
I think that we should all remember sceptics included that we are here for a common cause and with useful tips just like you have supplied we may just get the evedence that we all so desperately seek ..

[wellymon]

My research has shown me that winter time is great as it is cooler and they will be active earlier in the day than summer. In summer i have found they will in trees more to avoid mozzies in sswamps. I have also found that they.will walk over hot.coals for ssweetcorn and mangoes

Thanks Ray for your aspiring works.

My own observations of last summer, finding an area deep down in the rain forest, above the cool rocks of the creek bed, surrounded by tall trees, steep terrain, with a very small window sunlight.
Areas where IMO, they nestle down during the heat of the day, either huddled up against a tree or under, dense rain forest scrub.
Some of the trees had worn bark, head high and very worn/trodden ground beneath, as if they were standing against the trees for periods of time.
The area was about ten feet above the flood level, where you could see predominant traverse tracks, obviously when its flooding.

Sweetcorn Ray? Interesting.
Out of a can or on the cob raw?


I do have one question, that I have been pondering over lately.

Ok, a clear photo, then what happens!

[Ray Doherty]

Welly - I totally agree with your feedback as well, I should have mentioned in my reply earlier that yes, definitely the local environment plays a part so a nice damp dark rain forest is especially good during the day, however we have had encounters as well during bright daylight whilst rare but also with heavily overcast conditions and drizzle. There is a place i know where they are that the valley is as you described, a dark damp rain forest surrounded by very step embankments - a place where I imagine not many humans would go

I have discussed the idea of the photo with other researchers some say keep it to yourself, others say show it to the world however a photo or video is going to be useless unless it will practically 4k or super HD, or just plain close. Also other supported material would be needed from the same specimen as on the film such as hair, footprints, any other kind of evidence that was observed in the picture or video. I think if you have all of that together it can remove alot of doubt that would be created with a singular picture.

Remember the Bili Ape? 5 years plus of full-time tracking to find it and the first video was 18 seconds, here is one example of their trail cam footage and I would think it would have to be at least this standard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG77LO9PmxU

This is a great website from a non scientific researcher on this ape http://www.karlammann.com/bili.php#.V9dtsfl97cs

I think we would need this level of documentation at the minimum before scientists will look and verify the work before writing a paper for the various journals and hence making the discovery official

Anyway just my two cents

R

[TrevorPeters]

Do you think a go pro mounted on a hat or some kind of band might do the trick ?

I've been thinking about this for a while and I know a lot of people love the Go Pro and cameras like it but I think it would be downright annoying having one stuck on my head.
It probably wouldn't be as effective if it was hanging off my chest or shoulder mounted because it is my head that's on a swivel not my chest.

I'm not yet convinced but am looking into what's available in HD Camera Glasses such as seen at the link below.
HD Video Camera Sunglasses

There are Pros and Cons with every piece of tech. With these you would be filming in the direction you are looking, however, there might be issues with motion blur if you move your head too fast, record time due to battery life and file storage limits. If you could work within those limitations it might be worth a shot since it is not odd to see glasses on a human right where the eyes normally are anyway.

The other problem of course is that they are only 1080P, not 4K or 8K rumoured to be coming in the next Go Pro version. Unless you are close they probably won't give a stunning quality video.

[Yowie bait]

Really the only positive thing that could come out of revealing the reality of the yowie with "irrefutable " hd video evidence would be the possible protection of their habitat and them. Even better would be the recognition of the yowies rights as a fellow hominid. Like the right to be left the hell alone and to not have your living quarters or
Habitat destroyed by money hungry developers and idiotic and selfish practices like fracking.

[Wolf]

Really the only positive thing that could come out of revealing the reality of the yowie with "irrefutable " hd video evidence would be the possible protection of their habitat and them. Even better would be the recognition of the yowies rights as a fellow hominid. Like the right to be left the hell alone and to not have your living quarters or
Habitat destroyed by money hungry developers and idiotic and selfish practices like fracking.

'They' do that to us, let alone something they will see as a step closer to animal.

Forget getting a picture. As Scarts says, just go out for the experience.

[Yowie bait]

I doubt a picture,even a decent posed shot would be taken seriously anyway. We cant agree on these things in the yowie communtity even,so i doubt the general public would buy it either. A good thing really. We can look at and debate pics till the cows come home and outsiders will never know the difference!

[Scarts]

Hey, to refine what I said, I'd go with the hd sunglasses with the camera in the middle in the nose piece. Now, the glasses will record an hour and a half. So, if you intend to go for an hour and a half you need one pair, up to three hours you need a second pair fully charged ready to go in your pocket, and up to four and a half hours a third pair fully charged and ready to go in your pocket. Number each pair - 1, 2, 3.

They capture what you see, so if you see something unusual you naturally look at it longer. I've used them. They are brilliant, and all you have to do is remember the time you started recording on each one to easily review later what you see.

This way, you get to totally enjoy the experience without worrying you might miss recording something.

Alternatively, a go pro on your head which will face whatever direction you look. They aren't heavy and after a while you'll forget you're wearing it. A chest harness isn't bad, but you run the risk of missing something to your left or right if you turn your head and see something, while your body and camera continues facing forward.

What I'm emphasising is enjoying the experience without the whole time worrying about not recording something of interest.

[Yowie bait]

Thats why is pays to have friends with mango tree's in their yard lol

The Vietnamese and indians snatch the green ones for their cooking and the oldies use em to make the chutney. They like em green and the stringy ones too.

I get given a lot of mangoes at work. I'll take em up to mt cootha this year and leave em for the hairy men...or possums!

[Yowie bait]

Do you think a go pro mounted on a hat or some kind of band might do the trick ?

I've been thinking about this for a while and I know a lot of people love the Go Pro and cameras like it but I think it would be downright annoying having one stuck on my head.
It probably wouldn't be as effective if it was hanging off my chest or shoulder mounted because it is my head that's on a swivel not my chest.

I'm not yet convinced but am looking into what's available in HD Camera Glasses such as seen at the link below.
HD Video Camera Sunglasses

There are Pros and Cons with every piece of tech. With these you would be filming in the direction you are looking, however, there might be issues with motion blur if you move your head too fast, record time due to battery life and file storage limits. If you could work within those limitations it might be worth a shot since it is not odd to see glasses on a human right where the eyes normally are anyway.

The other problem of course is that they are only 1080P, not 4K or 8K rumoured to be coming in the next Go Pro version. Unless you are close they probably won't give a stunning quality video.

By the sounds of it ,there should be a pulitzer prize or similar for whoever gets that photo. In sure you guys will figure it out eventually and outsmart the buggers. Cant rely on luck alone!

[Wolf]

Do you think a go pro mounted on a hat or some kind of band might do the trick ?

I've been thinking about this for a while and I know a lot of people love the Go Pro and cameras like it but I think it would be downright annoying having one stuck on my head.
It probably wouldn't be as effective if it was hanging off my chest or shoulder mounted because it is my head that's on a swivel not my chest.

I'm not yet convinced but am looking into what's available in HD Camera Glasses such as seen at the link below.
HD Video Camera Sunglasses

There are Pros and Cons with every piece of tech. With these you would be filming in the direction you are looking, however, there might be issues with motion blur if you move your head too fast, record time due to battery life and file storage limits. If you could work within those limitations it might be worth a shot since it is not odd to see glasses on a human right where the eyes normally are anyway.

The other problem of course is that they are only 1080P, not 4K or 8K rumoured to be coming in the next Go Pro version. Unless you are close they probably won't give a stunning quality video.

By the sounds of it ,there should be a pulitzer prize or similar for whoever gets that photo. In sure you guys will figure it out eventually and outsmart the buggers. Cant rely on luck alone!

Personally, I hope it never happens... unless human nature changes a LOT.

[Yowie bait]

As much as i try to convince people they exist and i would love to see photos and video footage,i still dont know if they should be made public even though it frustrates me its kept under wraps. Scientists will need a body either way and may already have one or several.

[ChrisV]

As much as i try to convince people they exist and i would love to see photos and video footage,i still dont know if they should be made public even though it frustrates me its kept under wraps. Scientists will need a body either way and may already have one or several.

YB - I think its safe to say we know they exist...way too much evidence to dismiss it.

Maybe its a blessing in disguise we have no evidence. There is a balance at the moment. Tip it and everything we know and they know is out the window.

Majority of humans are indifferent to their existence.
Governments don't have to deal with it
Hairy ones are protected somewhat
And we still have the challenge to find out more.....

[Simon M]

I've just started reading 'The Yowie: In Search of Australia's Bigfoot'.

It's extremely well presented and well argued. I'm sure there must be an individual thread about this book, as AYR contributed to it, but I can't find it with the search function.

Good to see such a well researched book on this topic.

[Simon M]

I'm also unable to see anything in these images.

[Yowie bait]

I've just started reading 'The Yowie: In Search of Australia's Bigfoot'.

It's extremely well presented and well argued. I'm sure there must be an individual thread about this book, as AYR contributed to it, but I can't find it with the search function.

Good to see such a well researched book on this topic.

Yeah its a great book. The section on junjudee is my favourite and a lot of the older reports/ encounters in the back give a different view on things.

[Simon M]

Yep, the Junjadee stuff is really well researched and engaging to read. Al of it is, really.

I'm just pleased there's an entire book about the topic - Bunyips and Bigfoots is great, but not exclusively focused on the Yowie.

[ChrisV]

I've just started reading 'The Yowie: In Search of Australia's Bigfoot'.

It's extremely well presented and well argued. I'm sure there must be an individual thread about this book, as AYR contributed to it, but I can't find it with the search function.

Good to see such a well researched book on this topic.

Yeah its a great book. The section on junjudee is my favourite and a lot of the older reports/ encounters in the back give a different view on things.

I actually find that picture of the stuffed toy ( if you can call it that ) next to one of the authors quite confronting. Seeing something that height in the bush would be shocking....its bad enough there are ones the size of skyscrapers let alone ones that can tackle you unseen!!!!