Although I'm new here, I've decided to start a new topic of discussion after much appreciated encouragement from you guys (Dawn, Nathe, Mikka & Romeo etc)
After reading through most of the expedition reports on AYR, I noticed some startling differences in the behaviour exhibited by Yowies & Bigfoot.
Most of the Bigfoot reports I've read so far involved rather 'fleeting' glimpses of the creatures. By most accounts, the Bigfoot/Sasquatch of the North American continent seems a rather shy, elusive & retiring creature. The 'close encounters' usually range from vocalisations (sans sightings), sightings (sans vocalisation), sightings + vocalisations (rare), responsive tree-thumping (sans sightings+vocalisation), responsive tree-thumping+vocalisation (sans sightings) and very rarely - rock throwing (sans sightings). I've discounted the odd reports which allege Bigfoot 'abductions' of humans, or 'continuous interaction' with human neighbours as unreliable, because they are more often than not, related by colourful characters who are not too credible by ANY standards.
By contrast, the Australian Yowie encounter reports often read like action-packed thriller/stalker novels
I've read through all the official expedition reports on AYR & I've noticed this behavioural trait in Yowies time & again - they seem positively agressive, rambunctious, tenacious & sometimes even sinister (the silent stalkers). While most of the Bigfoot reports yield VERY LITTLE 'too-close-for-comfort' encounters (often the expeditions are even 'no-shows'), the Yowie reports however, are PACKED with scores of 'pee-in-your-pants' situations - with Yowies often stalking, surrounding and even confronting the researchers, stomp-warning or even face-to-face snarling at their would-be hunters, and to top it all off...CHASING after the researchers. I have NEVER read any (credible) Bigfoot report that contains ANY of these 'too-close-for-comfort' behavioural traits, beyond the occasional 'unseen' rock-throwing-from-afar as a back-off warning. Even those reports of 'surprise' face-to-face encounters usually end with the startled Bigfoot turning around & ambling off silently, or perhaps with a startled grunt. What do you guys think are the contributary factors to this curious contrast in Yowie/Bigfoot behaviours? I've made a list of 'possibilities' below. Would welcome your observations & opinions on this issue.
a) The 2 species have inherently (biologically) different behavioural profiles/traits as individuals.
b) The 2 species have inherently (biologically) different cultural dynamics as community groups.
c) The 2 species live in extremely different environments, which contribute to the evolution of extremely contrasting survival behaviours. (ie: Bigfoot - vast expanse of mountainous, temperate woodlands provide opportunities for non-confrontational, solitary/single-family-unit survival. Yowie - harsh weather/geographical extremities with varying environs mountainous woodland, thick bush/scrubland - conducive for ambush hunting, family/tribal units preferred for effective survival.
d) Bigfoot (pl) are more inclined to retire to the remotest parts of the wilderness which are not easily accessible by the general public, thereby lessening the Bigfoot-human encounters and avoiding the necessity to be territorially agressive. While Yowies are more inclined to be opportunistic survivalists (harsher environs, scarcer resources) and shadow human habitation for 'easier meat', so they have established agressive territorial behaviours due to generations of human encroachment into even the remotest parts of the Australian continent (1st by the Aborigines, then by the pioneers/ranchers/miners).
e) The Yowie researchers are somehow (dare I say it?) better skilled at tracking, hunting and luring the creatures and are therefore more adept at producing 'too-close-for-comfort' encounters with the Yowies than the Bigfoot researchers could with the Bigfoot (pl). -
No offence intended to the many dedicated Bigfoot researchers out there, but one feels the need to cover ALL possibilities here, nomatterhow 'simplistic' they seem at first glance. Perhaps the Yowie researchers' lack of 'fancy' equipment (when compared to their American counterparts) necessitated more urgent tactical strategies to produce such encounters? In most Bigfoot reports, I've seldom read of team members being left alone as 'bait/lure/decoy' or 'going-it-alone' in the dark, regardless of their levels of experience. And I have NEVER come across any other giant hominid researcher attempting that particular strategy that Dean used once (forgot the name of the report), in which he doubled-back down to the bank of the creek & hid there in the bush ALONE, because he suspected the Yowies to use that spot as a crossing point (which was eventually confirmed when 2 Yowies trudged past him in the night, just inches from where he lay hiding in the bush). Well these are just a few thoughts that I've been juggling around in my noggin for the past week. Would you guys like to discuss this? Please feel free to respond.
Don't know why, but I kinda get the feeling that if we could 'figure' out the 'why's behind these behavioural traits, then perhaps we could devise even better strategies to get even closer encounters or outsmart them enough to get some credible footage or other tangible evidence.
... anyhows thought u'd like to see jo...
