ChrisV wrote:These reports are some of the most interesting stuff on the net.Dean Harrison wrote:I think Paul would have interviewed close to 150 witnesses for us at this stage and there are still many yet to be processed. We have 112 up, however we won't be adding them all.
Out of what we have contributed, we hope they are useful for your own research and interest.
DMH
Great thing is there is no visual distractions and over the top indulgence. Your forced to listen to the story and use your mind to picture the event, concerntrate on the witnesses voice and manner. You can actually hear the story first hand almost without the constant sell job that other parties use.
And the great thing these events happen in our very own backyard which can prompt the listener to relate to their surrounding bush and even inspire the listener to investigate the area also.
Don't stop posting them Dean!!
Hi Chris, I couldn’t agree more with your take on how this site presents its content.
Any sceptic with an axe to grind who comes to this site ready for a laugh would be
surprised at how formal the tone is, as this subject requires, it’s the only way to do it.
I’m not forced to believe anything. Everyone is invited to read and listen and then
make up their own minds whether they’re ever going to mention the hairy fella subject
at work, the pub or over the back-fence.
The tasteful bit of tag music at the start sets your brain racing……here I go again with my
belief system being challenged by some of the most hair raising stories I’ve ever heard.
I remember when the music was longer and thanks to someone’s understanding of nuance
it was shortened. Nice little pics of signs and places also.
They are good interviewers as far as I know, not getting in the way of the story and knowing
exactly what and when to ask at different times to pace the story.
I have listened with fascination to all the audio reports on AYR, some many times over.
Some would say I’m obsessed with Yowies but I think It’s more the story telling by everyday
aussie people.
Most of them knowing very little about Yowies or Cryptids in general........but they do now.
Anything from the Pilliga is usually spooky enough and I agree with Yowiebait about #47,
communities up north are always interesting encounters, smaller ones coming into houses etc.
#07 Nunderi is a scary one, the lights going off and something hairy about 8 or 9 feet tall
jumping over a patch of lantana. Another eerie one is #40 Barrington Tops, Yowies whacking
each other with tree branches and smashing rocks all over the place.
I really like #78 Lake George, this fellow has a wild night up on Governors Hill with his pig-dogs,
something on the end of the verandah scared the hell out of them, even his good dog.
It’s good also that elderly people who may have past on have left their stories with us, thanks to AYR.
#20 Nanango, Clive as a teenager in the 1930’s with his mates are confronted by the ‘big yella thing’
and #49 Crescent Head, Melba Cullen’s encounter while out picking wild flowers, from the same era.
My all time favourite is #08 Emerald in Victoria. This is a great report but also an example of aussie yarn
telling at its best. The ferns, the gully, giving the fairlane a few revs and sargent Black telling him that he
knows it’s something.
An interesting thing about this part of the story is, he talks about telling the police and they telling him
that CIB wanted to come up the next day.
That sounds a bit prompt for CIB. He also says that he couldn’t remember the name of the other constable
‘or whatever he was’ this sounds like they were not local police and ‘whatever he was’
meant that he was dressed importantly but he couldn’t distinguish what rank he was in the police force.
Maybe he had an important rank but not in the police force ?
T.