A recent sighting

[Jo Blose]

I'll be presenting a 2 part report into a recent yowie sighting. The two parts comprise initial report and transcript of an interview I conducted with the yowie witness some weeks ago. The witness has given full consent to put it up so long as name and occupation remains anonymous and location generalised. To whet some appetites, here's part 1.

PART 1: The initial report

(Note to reader: underlined pieces are edited generalisations from original text)


Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 8:35 PM

Hi Dean,

For what it's worth, I thought I would let you know of a strange sighting by myself on the Bruce Highway near the Sunshine Coast on Friday 9th July at about 5 - 5.15pm.

I was driving from Gympie, heading south to Brisbane on a straight stretch of road somewhere near the Sunshine Coast (not sure of exact location, except it was a straight stretch of road with a down hill incline. There was a patch of forest on the west side of the highway, and a clearing on the east side, with a road ramping onto the highway), where I noticed a dark figure standing in the green island in the middle of the highway. I thought it was strange that someone would be crossing the highway at that location.

At this time of day, the sun was setting however it wasn't dark. At this stage, I thought it was a boy as it was about 5 feet tall. I presumed "the boy" had made a crossing to the middle strip of the highway from the forest prior to this. I was between 100 and 150m away from it travelling at 110km/hr. The nearest cars (both lanes) were about 100m or so in front of me. I noticed this figure was waiting for the cars to pass (I saw the movement of its head as if it was calculating the right moment to cross), before it made a sprint to the other side of the road. This was when I completely took notice, as it was completely black - no visible skin, no clothing, and it sprinted at a phenomenal rate accross the road (bipedal, like a human). From what I saw, I would say that it was covered completely with black hair. I didn't get to see the face or other details at that distance.

I reached the point where it had crossed about a second or so later, and lost sight of it as it had sprinted over the ramp and into the clearing behind.

I thought about whether it was a kid dressed up in a suit, playing a prank but the fact that this thing sprinted at a phenomenal rate and didn't hang around when it crossed the highway had me wondering. As this crossing happened on a busy highway, I'm sure other drivers must have seen it as well.

I hope this little bit of information might be of some use.

Regards,

[Jo Blose]

Ok, so you've all had a chance to read the initial report, and I'm sure you all have some questions you'd like to ask the Witness. The interview transcript took a little longer than expected, but then, it's a forty-five minute interview!

The beauty of the transcript is I was able to number the questions and answers, which makes it easier to copy and paste for forum discussion purposes. To simplify things, anything I said is presented as a question : 'Q." and anything the witness said is presented as an : 'A', irrespective if what I said was an actual question and what the witness said, was a direct answer to a question.

Furthermore, anything which was decided to be ommitted is presented as just
a line: __________ , and anything in italics : AAAAA represents an alias. In all instances, specific location details of sightings are blurred, however in this instance, even the witness could not say exactly where the sighting occurred, which means it could have been anywhere in a ten to fifteen kilometre stretch of highway. I wasn't able to pinpoint it and even if I did, it would not add to the enquiry.

When reading this interview, I would ask the reader to bear in mind this question: "Could this have happened to anybody?"

PART 2

[Dion]

Very detailed report thanks Joe you asked some good Questions and have gone to a lot of trouble to write up the report. Much appreciated.

The only Questions I would have is he said something about it having Bell Bottom Jeans on and what looked like a hood. This has kind of thrown me.

Can you elaborate here on the feelings of the interviewee? Or was this just misidentification of the human brain just putting it down to human factors?

[Shazzoir]

Can't open it, Joe. Says file is corrupted.
Shazz

[NoPolys]

Shazz;

Opened for me, you may require an updated Word? Dunno..... I opened up the doc a couple hours after you tried.

Joe;

Great interview! Thank you for posting it.

cheers

[Yowie88]

Yeah, I have the same problem as Shazz, I have MS Word 2003; is the attached world doc MS 2007.


Thanks

[Dion]

I see some of you are having trouble downloading the file so here you go guys, I'm sure Joey wont mind me putting this up, the only thing is a cant seem to get the two photos up on here.


Yowie Witness Interview no. 120910


Q1. This is an electronically recorded interview being conducted at McDonalds Bruce Highway Caboolture on Sunday the 12th day of September 2010. The time now is about midday. Do you agree with that time?

A1. Yes.

Q2. Could you please state your full and correct name?

A2. Matthew _______.

Q3. And I'm "Joe" _____, and that will be ______ when she gets here. I'm making enquiries into sightings of hairy manlike creatures. Do you agree with the topic of interview?

A3. Ahh, yes.

Q4. Our conversation will be recorded on an audio digital recorder, at the end of the interview I can arrange for a copy to be burnt to a disc and sent to you. Do you understand that procedure?

A4. Yes.

Q5. Ok. I'll just get your full name.

A5. Matthew ________.

Q6. And do you use any nicknames or anything?

A6. Matt'll do.

Q7. Do you mind if I call you Matt?

A7. That's fine.

Q8. Umm, what's your age at the moment?

A8. Thirty-eight.

Q9. What education standard have you reached?

A9. Bachelor of ________ , bachelor of _______

Q10. Ok, and you can read and write the English language?

A10. Yes.

Q11. And what is your occupation?

A11. _________ consultant.

Q12. Ok, and do you suffer from any illnesses or injuries?

A12. No.

Q13. Are you currently taking any drugs, medication, or alcohol?

A13. No.

Q14. Do you fully understand what's happening here today?

A14. Yes.

Q15. And do you agree you sent Dean Harrison an email detailing something that happened to you on Friday the 9th of July 2010 between 5 and 5:15pm?

A15. Yes.

Q16. And do you agree I later contacted you by email and by phone and we agreed to meet up in person for this interview?

A16. Yes.

Q17. Ok, can you tell me what happened to you between 5 and 5:15pm on Friday the 9th day of July 2010?

A17. I was driving, ahh, on the Bruce Highway from Gympie, ahh, and it was about 5 ish, ahh, maybe ten past five.

Q18. Yep.

A18. I was on the stretch past Eumundi coming South through to Yandina, ah, travelling about 110ks, ah, I was on the right hand lane, ah, driving South, umm, when on the stretch of road I saw a dark figure in the island, ah, he looked like he was about to cross, and he was sort of umm, looked like he had road sense, so he was trying to find the best opportunity to cross, umm, there were cars in front of me about a hundred or so metres in front, umm, and as soon as the two cars passed, the, this person or thing, ah, just ran out across the road onto the other side of the road, and umm, by the time I got to where it had crossed, it had completely vanished. It had gone over this, looked like a ramp, and there was a clearing behind, and it was behind the ramp, so I didn't get to see what happened. Umm, one thing that struck me was, is it was black, completely, there was no skin, and that sort of really got my attention when it crossed over. And I had wondered if it was a kid playing a prank, umm, but the thing didn't hang around, it had gone over the ramp and ah, wasn't to be seen again.

Q19. Ah, did you think it would be strange for someone to be crossing there?

A19. Yeah, there was no houses, it was a forest on one side and a, just a clearing with a forest in the background, beyond that. Umm, and that was one thing that struck me at the time, when I first saw this thing up ahead, I thought, that's a stupid place for a kid to cross!

Q20. (Laughter) Alright, so how familiar are you with that stretch of the highway you were travelling on?

A20. Not overly familiar, I, I don't really go to travel past Yandina that often, umm, probably maybe once a year perhaps, but I'm not familiar that much.

Q21. How do you know you were between Eumundi and Yandina?

A21. Only because I recall driving through Eumundi and the stretch of road where it was four lanes, and I had gone through Yandina after when I saw it. That's what I recall.

Q22. What were the weather conditions?

A22. It was fine, it was umm, not quite dusk, but it was starting to get a little bit dark, cloudy. Woulda been a similar day to today, basically.

Q23. Ok, ah, did you have your headlights on?

A23. Ah, I had my parkers on I think at the time, but the cars in front didn't. It wasn't dark, yeah.

Q24. Yep, alright, umm, were you listening to the radio or cd just before your sighting?

A24. I had ah, cds.

Q25. You don't recall what you were listening to?

A25. No.

Q26. Alright, do you remember how hot or cold it was as you were driving?

A26. I had the air conditioning on, so on, outside it would have been fairly cool. Around July it would have been maybe 17 or 18 outside perhaps.

Q27. So, you had like warmth on?

A27. I had warmth on. I have it on climate control on my car. Twenty-three or twenty-four degrees is what I had it on.

Q28. Ah, do you recall if you had your windows wound up or down?

A28. They were all up.

Q29. And how do you know you were travelling about a hundred and ten?

A29. Had it on cruise control.

Q30. And do you recall what you were thinking about, immediately before your sighting?

A30. Well, immediately before my sighting I was just driving, but when I first saw the thing my thought was, that's a stupid place to cross.

Q31. Ok. Alright. Were there any passengers in your vehicle?

A31. No, just myself.

Q32. Yep. Did you notice if any other road users reacted at all to the figure that you saw?

A32. No. Not at all. No. When it was in the actual island, ah, I thought it was just a person. It just looked like someone with a hood. Umm, a black hood. I thought it was maybe a street kid or punk or someone like that, just being silly. It was only when it crossed, that I really, it took my attention.

Q33. Do you recall how far away the closest car behind you was?

A33. No. No, I don't.

Q34. Umm, how wide would you estimate the central traffic island to have been?

A34. Eh, probably there was trees in it so, so would have been at least ten metres.

Q35. Ok. So were they tall trees or..

A35. Very similar to what you have in your photographs. They would have been substantial trees.

Q36. With foliage?

A36. Foliage, yep.

Q37. Was there anything else on the traffic island that you noticed, like guide posts?

A37. No, no I didn't. Just grass and trees.

Q38. Umm, what type of vehicle were you travelling in?

A38. A Mitsubishi 380.

Q39. So that's a...

A39. Six cylinder, four door sedan.

Q40. Four door sedan. Yep. Ok. Were you using a mobile phone at the time at all?

A40. No. I had blue tooth on but it wasn't on.

Q41. And how would you describe the traffic at the time of the incident?

A41. Light to medium. It wasn't heavy.

Q42. Were you using a sun visor at all during the incident?

A42. No. No sun visors.

Q43. And does your vehicle have tinted windows?

A43. Tinted windows on the sides but everything I saw was through the windscreen, so.

Q44. So neither here nor there. Was the sun in your eyes at any time?

A44. Ah, no, not at all. I was driving South, so the sun was on the West. Umm, so no it wasn't.

Q45. I took some photos like you've seen here. This is travelling South as well, umm the shadows from the trees cast a long shadow over the road...

A45. Ah, yep. Yeah. That's true. Yeah. Hm,hm.

Q46. Alright, so do you wear prescription spectacles when driving?

A46. Id, yes.

Q47. And you were wearing them at the time?

A47. Yep.

Q48. Umm, alright, were you wearing sunglasses as well? Like over …

A48. Ah yes, I've got clip on ah glasses, that's right, yes.

Q49. And you had them down?

A49. Had them down, yep.

Q50. Do you know if they're polarised or just normal, or...

A50. Ah, I think they're polarised. Yes.

Q51. Umm, have you ever seen any persons cross that part of the highway at any time in the past when you have travelled there?

A51. Not at all. No. No. There's no houses around the area, like I said a forest on one side and a clearing. It was very woody that area.

Q52. As a driver have you had any similar incidents with people crossoing the road in front of you, like on that day or previously, or...

A52. Not on that day. Oh, not on that stretch but I had people cross the highway and I've seen it. Yep.

Q53. Alright, how many hours sleep did you get the night before?

A53. Umm, ten.

Q54. About average to what you usually get?

A54. Yep.

Q55. Were you feeling tired at all as you were driving?

A55. No. I had stopped at Gympie for a bit of a late lunch. I was rested.

Q56. Ok. So where were you travelling from?

A56. I was travelling from Biggeden.

Q57. Biggeden?

A57. Biggeden, yep. I left Biggeden about 2 o'clock and travelled to Gympie about 4 o'clock, and had a late lunch.

Q58. So about a two hour drive to Gympie?

A58. Yep.

Q59. So did you have a big break at Gympie?

A59. Probably about forty-five minutes.

Q60. Alright. No dramas. Were you feeling sleepy at all at any time before the sighting?

A60. No, no.

Q61. Were you eating or drinking anything while you were driving?

A61. No. Nup.

Q62. So do you smoke?

A62. No, I don't smoke.

Q63. I think we covered this one before. So you didn't notice any vehicles with their headlights on at the time?

A63. No.

Q64. You weren't feeling ill prior to the incident at all?

A64. No. No.

Q65. You weren't suffering from any headache before, during, or after the incident?

A65. No.

Q66. Umm, just a personal question, were you experiencing any significant life changes like at that time, or anything?

A66. No.

Q67. Were you under any added pressures or stress in any area of your life?

A67. No, no.

Q68. Did you notice anything else unusual happen to you during that driving episode?

A68. It was very standard. There was no other experiences that I had experienced. Just a fact I saw something as I drove across, that caught my attention.

Q69. So when you first noticed the figure on the traffic island was it standing sort of right on the edge of the traffic island or in towards the trees in the middle?

A69. It was standing right on the edge of the traffic island. Probably within a metre of the edge of the road where I was.

Q70. Was it side on like facing to the East?

A70. It was side on facing East, and it was, what I noticed, was it was looking like this. (Canters head and shoulders slightly to either side.) It was turning, it was turning it's full head with it's shoulders.

Q71. So when you first saw it, what, how do you estimate your distance to be about a hundred...

A71. Oh no, a lot more than that. Would have been, when I first saw it would have been between 500 and 700 ks away. I could just see it.

Q72. Metres away?

A72. Sorry, metres away, yep, yep.

Q73. Ok then, umm, and you mentioned it looked initially to you like ah, a youth wearing a hood?

A73. Yeah, 'cause I couldn't see it's neck. Also, the head came down and it just sort of had that profile.

Q74. So it had like a peak?

A74. It had a peak at the back. That's what I could see, and I couldn't see it's neck, like there was no skin and it came down like how a hood comes down. And when it was moving it was like moving like this.

Q75. When you saw it on it's profile, did you see ah, like brow and nose and chin area?

A75. No, it was too far away. I could only see it's broad profile silhouette.

Q76. Did you notice anything else unusual about the figure?

A76. When it ran across the road it was all black so I didn't see any skin. But it looked like, pretty funny description, it had bell bottom jeans on in terms of profile, in terms of it's leg just went straight down. So I don't know if that was just the hair falling down straight over, but it had a straight calf when it was running, when it ran across.

Q77. Did you notice any muscle definition? Like in the figure?

A77. No, I wasn't that close to see it, but just from the profile, what I remembered like, it had bell bottom pants on, that sort of profile.

Q78. So kind of like a flare?

A78. Just straight down. Didn't have a calf coming down like that, it went straight down to it's feet.

Q79. Ok, umm, how did you get the estimate of the figure's height?

A79. Umm, just from when the cars in front were going past. It's head wasn't that far above the roof line. You know what I mean? It wasn't huge.

Q80. Ok.

A80. To me when I first saw it, my instinct was probably about the height of a twelve year old boy or something like that.

Q81. So about five feet tall?

A81. Five feet something. It wasn't tall at all.

Q82. When you saw it looking to the side and to the North and to the South, did you see if it's shoulders shifted at all?

A82. Well, yeah, it, I do remember it's head being turned, but as it turned, the shoulders went as well.

Q83. Did you get an impression of the width of the shoulders on the figure or?

A83. No I didn't. Too far away.

Q84. Umm, what about ah, the arms, when it was standing side on, how were the arms?

A84. By it's side.

Q85. By it's side?

A85. It was standing like a person would.

Q86. And when the figure moves, did the arms...

A86. It went like this (demonstrates)

Q87. So arms bent?

A87. Arms bent.

Q88. Did they look like the proportion of a normal human?

A88. I...

Q89. Did you notice anything unusual about the proportions?

A89. I didn't notice anything unusual about the proportions. The only thing I noticed were it's legs in terms of it's silhouette.

Q90. Ok.

A90. But it ran fast! Hee hee! It ran very fast!

Q91. Alright then, and umm, so when you say it ran very fast, umm, compared to what – like what you've seen like on sports when you're at a football game? Or...

A91. It would have run like a, like a, it sprinted across, so it would have been like a maybe a big footballer y'know, on the field. It just ran. It would have run faster than a 12 year old kid would have run across.

Q92. So it looked faster than for the height, is that what you mean?

A92. Yeah, yeah.

Q93. Ok then, given what you saw, what's the closest you've seen to something like that? Like on a TV show or anything else? Have you thought about that at all?

A93. Ah, no, to be honest. It looked like a hairy, like a black person, like straight up and down with, but with a hood on.

Q94. And what gave you the indication it was hair?

A94. I didn't see any skin. There were no clothes. It was just uniform. Uniform black.

Q95. Like a silhouette or...

A95. Like a silhouette.

Q96. Ok.

Q97. And what was the closest distance that you estimate you got to it when it started crossing the road in front of ya?

A97. Would have been within, would have been a hundred metres.

Q98. So it did cross the road right in front of you?

A98. Yeah, right across in front of me about a hundred metres away. So I had two cars in front and as soon as these cars was past, this thing just ran across. So, I got to see it running across and that's when it really peaked my attention. If I hadn't done that, I just would've thought it was a kid on the side of the road.

Q99. Yep, ok. What was your impression of it's build?

A99. It wasn't built like a footballer, it was fairly slender but not thin, y'know what I mean? It was, had a bit of, medium yeah.

Q100. I know you said it moved quite fast. Did you have any indication of skin moving?

A100. None. None at all.

Q101. Did you have any impression as to whether the figure was male or female?

A101. No, I couldn't tell ya.

Q102. Ok, did you notice like a contour of the chest?

A102. I didn't see a contour of the chest, no it was running like this, so I didn't get a chance to really have a good look at it's... I only really just saw a silhouette basically.

Q103. And when it was standing up on the side, was it sort of flat in the chest area?

A103. I didn't see any sort of breast or anything like that. It was just, I didn't pick it up.

Q104. Ok, so in your opinion, it's speed was unnatural to it's height, like for a human?

A104. Yeah, I just thought for someone crossing the road, it went very fast, normally it may just cant or jog across, but it just ran. I would say for that it was a little bit too fast y'know, for a twelve year old kid perhaps, yeah.

Q105. So if it had hair all over it, would you think the hair was sleek or shaggy?

A105. Well, judging by the fact...

Q106. Did you get an impression of the volume of the hair?

A106. No, but the only thing I probably could say is noticing it's wide calves, I'd probably assume it had shaggy hair coming down.

Q107. Ok, did you get an impression of the feet at all?

A107. No.

Q108. So, later on you canvassed in your mind whether it could be a person in a costume. What sort of changed your mind as to whether it was a person dressed up or whether it was something unnatural that you saw?

A108. Well, because it vanished. When it got to the other side of there, it was I think, there was a ramp. Something raised anyway. And there was a clearing behind that. And as soon as it ran across, it looked like it sort of jumped a hurdle, like a hurdle maybe, or fence or something. I dunno. It just ran over the, that, and I didn't see it.

Q109. It wasn't like a crash barrier?

A109. No. It wasn't a crash barrier. Not from what I saw. I was driving at 110 so it was very hard to get the detail. But I just remember it was gone. And I thought if it was a kid dressed up or something like that, it probably would have loitered around a bit or mosey'd on over the ramp, but it just didn't.

Q110. And when it went over the ramp did it sort of just keep running over it, no leap or anything?

A110. I just remember it leaped like it was running over a hurdle or fence or something like that. I don't recall seeing the fence, and that was it. But it looked like it was effortless to go over the ramp. There was no houses around it, was just trees and clearing, so, and I thought if it was a kid, why would it be doing it there, and not somewhere close to where there's a lot more people, something like that.

Q111. So if you could list all the irregularities with what you saw, what would they be?

A111. Ah, location probably first of all.

Q112. So, the remoteness?

A112. The remoteness, relatively. Also, I didn't see any skin or anything like that.

Q113. Which you would expect?

A113. I would expect, especially when it ran across!

Q114. At the close proximity to you?

A114. Yeah, it was just black. It looked like it wore a hood, so from what I recall, umm, just trying to think why I remember it as a hood, 'cause it just seemed to have a pointy back on it. And it was, I, didn't see any sort, it just came down here, there was like no neck as if it was muscly here. It looked like it was in a rush too. When it was going like this, it was sort of ready to go across, and when it turned, it turned like this as well. It's head did turn a little bit from what I remember. I do recall y'know, I could see it's head move slightly. The way it sprinted, the way it had no skin, and it had like, the profile of it's calves were up and down like some bell bottoms. That sort of look about it, and it didn't hang around. I'm just wondering if it got into the island, there must have been other cars who saw it coming across from the forest as well. So, umm...

Q115. And it crossed you from your right to your left?

A115. Correct.

Q116. Did you notice if the figure affected anything else in the environment in the time that you were watching it? For example, did it go in front of any type of guide post or anything or trees or grass?

A116. No, I didn't see any guide posts. Yep, there was grass in front of it and looked like trees behind it and in front of it. Looked like it was ina bit of a clearing.

Q117. So, you actually saw the grass sort of in front of it's feet or it's legs, do you remember that?

A117. I don't remember that.

Q118. I know we covered that that area would have been in shadow. Do you recall if it cast a shadow?

A118. No. No, it, there wasn't. I didn't recall any shadow or anything like that.

Q119. Ah, who was the first person you told about your sighting?

A119. My wife.

Q120. When you got home?

A120. Yeah, when I got home.

Q121. Ok, and what was your immediate feeling after the sighting?

A121. s#@t! I just saw that I thought looked like a yowie. Looked like a hairy man. That's what I remember.

Q122. Ok, so you've heard of yowies before?

A122. I've heard of yowies, yeah.

Q123. And how have you heard of yowies?

A123. Just through local media and on T.V. Umm, I presumed they were all seven foot high monsters, y'know? This one definitely wasn't. It was a five foot hairy thing, or a kid in a suit.

Q124. Ok, so how has this sighting affected you since?

A124. Well, yeah, it's sort of umm, opened my eyes. I've been on the internet afterwards and had a look and I came across the yowie hunters website, and I got on about the fact there's supposed to be two types of yowies, the tall ones and the short ones. I was thinking, yeah, I did see one of those. And a lot of those sightings that have been around, I think, not all of them, but most of them are quite genuine.

Q125. Umm, before this sighting of yours, have you ever at any time invested any time into reading about yowies, or umm, documentaries or anything?

A125. Only on documentaries on bigfoot and sasquatch, y'know, that have been on tv when they've been on, yep.

Q126. That have been on tv when they've been on, yep?

A126. But only when it was on. I never went out and sort of...

Q127. How many years ago roughly do you estimate the last documentary you saw on something like one of these?

A127. Probably on Leonard Nimoy's In Search of, I think, that's going back a long time ago. Twenty odd years or something. But I do remember that one.

Q128. Would you recall ah roughly the last time you read about this sort of thing like in the newspaper or magazine article or anything?

A128. It has been a long time. I haven't seen anything since, since the 1980's. I reckon. It hasn't sort of been out there.

Q129. Umm, has any person ever told you of their stories about yowies in the past or anything?

A129. Quite ironic actually, umm, I came back through Biggenden that particular day and I was up there seeing a client and she asked me, “Which way did you come?” And I said, “Oh I went through the State forest, through, I forget the name of it, Kurilba or something like that, a very Aboriginal sounding name. I didn't go through Maryborough and that way.” And she said, “That's a good way to come, save you about half an hour.” I said, “Yeah. Yeah.” And ah, she said, “Truckies, local truckies, don't like going there that way at night through because of, it's dark and there's lots of yowies around.”

Q130. Did she say that to you? Before this incident?

A130. Yeah and I, haha, I just laughed it off. I thought she was half joking, and two hours later I
happened to see... hahahaha.

Q131. When she said that to you, did you think much of it?

A131. No I didn't. I just thought one of these crazy stories around, just to scare people at night.

Q132. Ok. That's interesting. Umm, have you ever seen anything like this before, ever in your life?

A132. Nah. Never.

Q133. Have you ever had any interest in any like fringe subjects before, like …

A133. Oh, ufos y'know, just seeing what's on the internet, stuff like that. But just, just, not a high level, nothing...

Q134. Have you ever actively been part of any of those sorts of groups?

A134. No, nah.

Q135. And how many people have you since told of this sighting?

A135. Oh, told my family, my mum and dad, my brother, ah, a couple of guys at work. No more than ten in total. I haven't been open in telling too many people 'cause you get a lot of cynicism and a lot of laughter. Umm my brother told his workmates at work and they all just laughed.

Q136. Did they?

A136. Yeah. Hehehe.

Q137. So what was the general reception you got from your family?

A137. Oh, they believe me. They don't think I'd make something like that up.My wife believed me. A couple of guys probably believe I saw something. Whether I saw a yowie, they've got an open mind. Probably a little bit of level of doubt in there, but, not openly laugh in my face thank goodness.

Q138. Just taking you back to the figure that you saw, did you notice any colour to it except for black?

A138. It was black.

Q139. And you didn't notice any sunlight highlights on it or anything?

A139. Not at all, I was too far away really.

Q140. Ok, umm, have you had any dreams about it since?

A140. No. No, I haven't.

Q141. Immediately after you saw it and you considered it to being either a person wearing a costume or a young fella wearing a hood, did you think yowie as well?

A141. Only when it crossed the road.

Q142. So the thought, “yowie” did spring into your mind?

A142. Yeah, because it was so dark, it had no skin. It was that black I thought it must be all hair.

Q143. Do you remember feeling like an adrenaline rush or anything?

A143. Ah, yeah, I was heightened after it, yeah. Yes, yes, I did. Yeah, I said, “Holy s#@t!” That's what I said when I saw it!

Q144. How long did that feeling last for you, do you remember?

A144. Probably another hour. Yeah, it was quite, it was sort of mind blowing when you see something like that, y'know.

Q145. So did you feel excited afterwards?

A145. Yeah, I did, yeah.

Q146. Did you think to maybe like, did you want to go back and try and find it?

A146. Oh no, I knew it was gone. It just, yeah, and it was getting late for me at the time, and I had to get back. I had a long day, haha, I didn't have any interest in that to be honest.

Q147. To you, did what you saw appear to be an entirely physical being like...

A147. Oh yeah, it was flesh and blood.

Q148. Flesh and blood?

A148. Yep.

Q149. Have you been back there since in your travels with your job?

A149. Not quite that far, no. I've only been up to Yandina. So I haven't had a chance to go that far again.

Q150. Ok then. Umm, that's pretty much it. There was no shine on anything you saw?

A150. No. No shine at all. No, no it was just matt black. Matt black to me.

Q151. No glint from the eyes or anything?

A151. No, I didn't see any of that.

Q152. Do you remember what you were listening to on the radio or CD?

A152. I had a compilation. I had an MP3 cd, 8 cds on one cd, it was 90's compilation I was listening to.

Q153. Is it a repeating sort of one? It plays through and then plays again?

A153. No, no. It was 8 cds and I was listening to each one on MP3. The exact song, I couldn't tell ya what I was listening to.

Q154. So since this incident, how much time have you devoted to reading up on this sort of thing?

A154. A fair bit to be honest. Yeah, I've been on googling yowies and sasquatches, just trying to find out more about it. Yeah, it really has peaked my interest a bit.

Q155. Ok, umm, has it concerned you, what you saw? If what you saw is real?

A155. No, no it hasn't. It sort of opens your mind. Thing, well y'know, if we haven't know about these y'know mainstream, if it's not mainstream knowledge, well then s#@t, what else is out there, y'know? If it's been living in the wilderness all this time, well they've been doing a good job. (laughter)

Q156. And how did the AYR website help you?

A156. Oh, a good background explanation on the material of where, where they've supposed to have originated from, and the two different types of species. That sort of helped a lot to explain things. And also where the sightings have been.

Q157. And the reports?

A157. And the reports, yeah.

Q158. Did you see any reports that were similar to yours?

A158. Oh, there were that many sightings on there, I haven't looked through all of them. Maybe a sighting, I think there was one about in Ormeau. I remember back in the nine years ago.

Q159. Ah, yeah, yep.

A159. Where it looked pretty sort of starving, starving. It was on the side of the highway.

Q160. Yep, yep.

A160. Some woman had seen that one. I guess that would have been fairly similar, probably would see more of that type of yowie than what I did. I just saw it move across.

Q161. Would you be scared to go in and try and find it?

A161. In the middle of the night, yeah. Umm yeah, just from what I've read, and they're quite nocturnal and ah...

Q162. But based on what you saw, like if you hadn't read anything afterwards, would would you have been frightened to go into the bush?

A162. During the day I probably would but at night I know it would be a different story.

Q163. I mean hypothetically, if immediately after you saw what you saw, if you were able to pull over safely would you have pulled over and spent some time there?

A163. Yeah, I probably would have. I wouldn't have approached it. Probably would have seen it from a distance perhaps.

Q164. And would you have been scared or is it non-threatening?

A164. Just by the height of it, it didn't seem threatening, but you don't know if you were to approach it it might be a different story.

Q165. How did you feel?

A165. I didn't feel threatened or frightened. No, it was...

Q166. And how do you feel now if you went in and might see it again? Would you feel hesitant?

A166. No, if it was a seven foot tall one maybe, but not a five foot tall one. It didn't seem to be aggressive or anything like that. It just wanted to go across the road to somewhere else.

Q167. Yep, ok, alright. Well I think that's about it. Are you happy for us to finish the interview? There's nothing else you wish to add?

A167. No, I think you asked a lot of good questions there. Exhausted my answers.

Q168. Alright, well the time now is twenty to one and the interview is now finished.

[NoPolys]

Chewy;

You're a star mate !! The word 2007 model cannot be opened by those with 2003 even with all the updates. Bill & his dang planned obsolecence makes us pay more.

cheers

[Shazzoir]

Thanks heaps, Chewy ! Much obliged.

Unfortunately, I'm running Windows 2010, not 2003, so I'm at a loss as to why I couldn't open the original file. Moot point now anyway, now that you have so kindly printed out the whole report here, so thanks again.

I find it extremely interesting where Matt describes the head as 'looking like it had a hood on' with the top pointing backwards....

Shaz

[Jo Blose]

Is that the only thing you find interesting in this interview, Shazz? There's not something else that strikes you?

[Yowie88]

Great report Joe:

A129. Quite ironic actually, umm, I came back through Biggenden that particular day and I was up there seeing a client and she asked me, “Which way did you come?” And I said, “Oh I went through the State forest, through, I forget the name of it, Kurilba or something like that, a very Aboriginal sounding name. I didn't go through Maryborough and that way.” And she said, “That's a good way to come, save you about half an hour.” I said, “Yeah. Yeah.” And ah, she said, “Truckies, local truckies, don't like going there that way at night through because of, it's dark and there's lots of yowies around.”

I may be worth the effort to set camp in that area where Truckies are afraid of and see what we may find. If I was still in Brissy I would be asking if any of you guys who live near the area to start an expedition complete with surveillance gear.

[Jo Blose]

It's interesting Yowie88, that you have posted that precise answer, though not for the same reason I would have posted it! May I suggest you read the entire interview again, and then afterwards re-read this particular answer. I'm not going to say what I'm getting at just yet, as I want someone else to raise a particular discussion point which could be dynamite...

On a side note, we at AYR interview witnesses all the time. From this interview, what can reasonably be surmised about the interviewer and witness?

[NoPolys]

Joe;

As an aside, I do not know the area. I am intrigued that;

1. Our hairy friends are now "traffic aware" looking both ways waiting for a safe time to cross in traffic on a major highway (a certain amount of habituation or learned response?)

2. It's a short one in an area that is supposed to have tall ones as I recall from other reports. Does this indicate that the shorter folks are expanding their territories or that this is a youngster? If a youngster, then there is a continuing breeding population that is willing to be more obvious hence easier to get an eyes on observation..... maybe. It was a choice the animal made to cross at that time and place which may or may not be a regular crossing point.

3. I would be interested to hear your instinctual reaction the gentleman you interviewed. his expressions, eye movement and hands gestures etc. and how you felt he "came across".

4. Going back to the location, if the topography looks right to indicate this may be a regular crossing point.... valley and ridgetops with the roadbed intersecting type of thing, it may be worthwhile to try and narrow down the exact location and exploring the areas surrounding.

Just a few random thoughts because I'm a curious sort of person.

PS...... (added after after some serious thought because even though I'm curious, I'm cautious.. or chicken..) precognition is a place you may want to investigate.

Cheers

[topender]

I give up joe...cant seem to put my finger on it...........although the interviewer seems very familiar with the interviewee AND asks a stack more questios than i would normally expect as if to ensure that there is no come back on the integrity of the witness....beats me

[David Brenton]

Hello everyone.
I think I have the answer.
matt back, hood, fast, vanishing.




.

[Mike Williams]

[Shazzoir]

The witness seems to be an educated man.
His responses are also fairly calm and factual
He only states what he saw and describes it.
I am still not sure what he means by 'bell bottom' looking legs, unless he is saying they are very shaggy towards the foot, with no clear outline, but by the description, I'd say the foot area must be significant for him to notice this.
He doesn't seem overly freaked out by the fact it could be a Yowie
He did have some passing awareness of what a Yowie is but did not try to ID the figure as a Yowie.
The figure seems quite small by his description, so one may infer it was a human or a small statured humanoid figure.
I'm interested also in his description of the being seemingly not being able to swivel it's head on it's neck as we do, but had to turn the whole upper shoulder region as well to turn and look to the side/back.

I don't really read anything else between the lines, Joe. Some help?

Shazz

[Jo Blose]

Ahh yes, the return of the notorious bush ninja, ey David?

One thing I will say is the Witness for this interview is extremely competent, rational, and educated with life experience behind him, and for all intents and purposes living a balanced life. I would also add he was thankfully very tolerant and patient to the questioning, because yes, I asked a lot. But, the initial report begged a lot of questions.

As an interviewer, I'm of the firm belief, you can never ask too many questions. The questions flesh out the initial report, so that by the end of it, a very clear picture has been painted of this unique sighting, and no two sightings are exactly the same. The questions also allow the witness to reiterate the experience a number of times during the interview, where subtle additions or changes are made with choice of words on each subsequent re-telling. On that account, this witness was very modest with no apparent deliberate elaborations.

As this was a brief visual sighting, anything and everything that can possibly affect the witness vision and interpretation had to be explored, including external factors to the witness and internal factors to the witness. A lot can also be gleaned about the experience from enquiring about the after effects of the experience on the witness, and hence those questions. Also, particularly as the witness raised a possible alternative to the yowie explanation in the initial report, alternative explanations had to be heavily explored in the interview.

It ticks all the boxes for a typical yowie sighting - ie. It's brief, it's at dusk, at a remote bush location, the figure is jet black with no skin showing, no clothes were visible, it's contours suggest predominantly hair covered, it had what could have been a saggital crest, it moved unusually fast to the witness, it had no apparent neck, and it vanished from view abruptly. Not as popularly reported with typical yowie sightings but nevertheless still present, is sightings of the shorter variety, which this is and either adds to the credibility of the witness, or on the flip side adds to the possibility of of it being a human within the normal human height range.

There's something else in Yowie88's above quote from the interview which I'm still waiting for someone to cotton on to. A little needle in the haystack....

[mad_elaine]

Hey, not sure but I'll just put it out there...
Is it something to do with the Aboriginal name for the area/ road - local name for hairy men or something like that?
Just guessing.

[str8rida444]

that part how the truckies wont go that way reminds me of the reports from the pilliga scrub and how they wnt stop along that road. Has this place been researchd yet because if the locals are aware of them and speaking so openly about them without fear of ridicule it sounds like a bit of a hotspot.

[sapere aude]

Got me beat Joe. I am with the others in that I don't see how that remark is necessarily relevant to the sighting itself apart from the power of suggestion. The way I understood, it was an anecdote pertaining to an area along an alternate route to Biggenden which bypasses Marybourough. Which would make it north of Gympie and quite some distance from the sighting? Wouldn't it then relate to an area geographically some hours drive away from the sighting (if I have understood correctly, which I often don't). Perhaps I assume too much, but information on that part of the trip seems scant and I can only gather from your questions that this part of the trip wasn't thought of as being important enough to explore further. Perhaps I have misunderstood something, geographically there would seem little to no relevance. Perhaps there is a different angle ?

I guess much is open to interpretation regarding what would be considered a "remote bush location". A look on google earth shows this road running through reasonably populated rural communities. It looks not possible to be too far from a house anywhere along that stretch of road though there seems some pockets of bush that might give the impression of being isolated or in the middle of nowhere to someone traveling through. It's likely this sighting wasn't as far away from a property as someone traveling through might think. Though I don't know the area and the exact location of the sighting isn't spelled out. I don't doubt the person is completely genuine but due to this and the description of events, while perhaps unusual, a lot more points to someone trying to get home before dark than yowie (IMO). It seems if not obvious, very likely, it's someone taking a shortcut.

Just IMO and only from what has been posted here, though who knows? I hasten to add I'm often wrong.

[Yowie88]

The only thing I could think of and has already been raised is the aboriginal name connection, especially if there is a sacred site which could lend itself to spirits protecting an area of spiritual significance.

On the interviewer and the interviewee, I will iterate what Shazzior says as both were at the high end of professionalism in terms of questions asked and responses received. If you have ever observed detectives questioning someone you will know that no stone is left unturned.

[AL Pitman]

Joe

This was a great inteview and appears to have been conducted in a very profesional manner the only detraction that i can find is that it sets some what of a precedence in regards to the prior actions of the witness eg if he or she may have consumned a large quantity of central queenslands favourite product on the prvious night does this fact then render the account of a sighting null and void ? .

I addmitt that it causes fichers in the surface of their relayed details but even the most hung over amongst us can still basically recall what it is that they have seen .

I do not wish to detract from your excellant work but I personally find it a hard pill to swallow , that if were to stumble upon one of these beasts when i had a severe case of the DT's that any thing that I said would be frowned upon as the ramblings of a drunked , albeit that may be true at times . I usually find that the morning arfter is the time when I start to remember the dalliances from the night before with much more clarity , well I think so anyway ......



Q: WHAT DO YOU CALL BLIND DINOSAUR -- A: a DOYOUTHINKHESAWUS



WOULD YOU LIKE FRY'S WITH THAT ------ ------

[Jim Hocking]

I guess much is open to interpretation regarding what would be considered a "remote bush location". A look on google earth shows this road running through reasonably populated rural communities. It looks not possible to be too far from a house anywhere along that stretch of road though there seems some pockets of bush that might give the impression of being isolated or in the middle of nowhere to someone traveling through. It's likely this sighting wasn't as far away from a property as someone traveling through might think. Though I don't know the area and the exact location of the sighting isn't spelled out. I don't doubt the person is completely genuine but due to this and the description of events, while perhaps unusual, a lot more points to someone trying to get home before dark than yowie (IMO). It seems if not obvious, very likely, it's someone taking a shortcut.

I can't see the connection between the sighting location (Sunshine Coast) and Biggenden, Maryborough area's. Sightings in the Biggenden area would be unrelated to the Sunshine Coast.
Around Dallarnil north of Biggenden to Childers I've heard of and seen a few unexplained sight's, late of a night pre midnight.
And South of Biggenden to Ban Ban Springs a couple of sections I would not like to breakdown on. Same to Goomeri and over toward Gympie Tansey (north of Goomeri) to Kilkivan and over to the Bruce Hwy, but I haven't heard of any section that Truckies would not pull over at or worry about hitting anything.
The sighting location and being, sound more like someone taking a prohibited shortcut and the worry of being sighted for crossing at that location.
Interview was a few stories rolled into one. Nice read on interview method though.
As an ex Fire Service Investigator a bit deep for a couple of second's glimpse of a subject.

[David Brenton]

.
There's something else in Yowie88's above quote from the interview which I'm still waiting for someone to cotton on to. A little needle in the haystack....

Why dont you just tell us? I dont see the point in not doing. Isnt this about sharing information?

[Dion]

Why dont you just tell us? I dont see the point in not doing. Isnt this about sharing information?

Joe will tell you all in the long run, he has told me about it, just be patient, he was just wondering if anyone else would discover this finding like he did.

[David Brenton]

Why dont you just tell us? I dont see the point in not doing. Isnt this about sharing information?

Joe will tell you all in the long run, he has told me about it, just be patient, he was just wondering if anyone else would discover this finding like he did.

Is there some sort of prize?
really what is the point to this? I dont get it.

[Darwinist]

I quite agree with David!
This board is developing into a quiz board. There´s also a quiz on the "catboard" with no explanation - so far, initiated by "Lil Foot":
now im not saying what it is or is not, ill let everyone else give their opinions, but i found them odd compared to my dogs prints.
the pads are spread quite far apart unlike a dogs, there was no visible claw marks.
but i must also say that the indentation was in half mountain clay mixed with organic debris making it unclear and the area of the hind pad (which i know would help identify the animal) had a stone where it looks like the animal slipped forward on it a bit.
C´mon we (the boarders) have by now demonstrated we can´t come up with the bright ideas you´re looking for, so spill your beans - please! It may faciliate the discussion

[Jo Blose]

Al, thanks for your praise, and raising the issue of liquor. Any drug and it's effects has to be considered, but you need to view it in context. In this instance, the Witness was for all intents and purposes, driving home from work, and it was at a time when most 9 to 5 workers would have been doing the same. It was a long drive, but considering he was able to conduct business with a client and then drive two to three hundred kilometres with no problems, speaks volumes as to sobriety and suffering the effects from a big night before. Additionally, given the night before he was on business, travelling by himself, and in remote parts of Queensland, makes recovering from an excessive drinking session all the less likely. In answer to your question, liquor needs to be taken into consideration, and if present may or may not weaken the strength of a testimony. Every situation is different.

At the beginning of this thread I posed the question to the reader when reading the interview: "Could this have happened to anyone?" Could this have happened to anyone driving along that stretch of Highway at that particular time, and this Witness just happened to be in the right place at the right time? Excuse my dragging this out, but I thought it would prompt some critical thinking and foster some discussion, which it has.

With these interviews, exploring mundane plausible explanations is priority number one, and I was looking for one. Someone did touch on what I was getting at earlier with 'foresight' I think was the term used.


Alright, consider this. The witness had no interest in this subject whatsoever, although he may have back in the seventies whilst watching a Leonard Nimoy program. He could recall no recent times of reading anything about this subject in newspapers and magazines. Biggenden is about three hundred kilometres from where the sighting took place, with no recent sighting activity reported to AYR in either place about that time.

Does anyone here not think it is odd that the Witness is related an off the cuff story about yowies which he immediately laughs off and dismisses, and then two hours later and three hundred kilometres away, he sees a yowie cross the highway directly in front of his car? I'm no mathematician, but people, what are the odds of that? Of all the years, months, days, and hours of this man's life, he is told that little story, two hours before he sees a yowie.

So my next discussion generating question is, can anyone here offer an explanation as to how the story related to the witness and the sighting the witness subsequently experienced, are possibly linked?

[Yowie in a hat]

The obvious common theme is that the story he was told in Biggenden and his own sighting both involved seeing Yowies while driving. Both are short on details. The witness had a brief look at something, the story from Biggenden says truckies are scared of Yowies at night but not why.

As for significance I suppose you could look at it a few ways:
1. Pure coincidence. Just because it is unlikely does it make it impossible?
2. The witness is highly suggestible. The witness may be telling a stone-faced lie or may have convinced himself that he saw something
3. The story may have opened up his awareness enough to see the yowie, this would link best with some people's ideas of yowies being multi-dimensional beings.

I'm sure there are many other ways to consider this too.