Anyway, I've been following and reading up as much as I can on this site for a little while now, and even just from the accounts featured on this website, I've begun to notice some interesting similarities between many of the encounters that people have.
The question I'd like to ask, basically, is have yowies begun to develop their own unique sort of 'culture'?
Now I use the term culture here loosely, more in the way of a set of distinct customs and behavioural traits that are not on par with humans, but still more advanced than that of any animals, a sort of intermediate or beginning phase.
I ask this because I have thought to myself numerous times, how is it even possible a creature such as the yowie even exists in today's world. If they are some sort of relict hominid that has managed to survive, at one point in history we humans would have resembled something not so different from a yowie perhaps? Look at humans now, we have managed to evolve from ape-like ancestors to what we are today. At some point, would not early humans have had to develop specific traits in behaviour displaying some primitive form of cultural development? What would stop a yowie doing the same? Especially if they have been around just as long as we have. Although one might then ask why yowies in this same time have not evolved to be on par with humans? Another question for another time perhaps.
But, are there any indicators to show that maybe some form of proto-culture has been developing amongst yowies? Are there any behavioural traits that yowies possess that support this? I believe to an extent yes (with the loose term of culture being applied).
I have noticed that throughout the many encounters listed on this site, there are a few behavioural indicators that may point to the beginnings of a yowie culture. I'll list a few here.
The use of arrangements of sticks/branches/trees/rock piles to indicate places of interest, mark boundaries of territories, use as a kind of calling card. The use of these types of arrangements are unique to yowies, as signals for other yowies, used much in the same way as signposts are used by us. stick arrangement include tripods or teepees, sticks that have been driven into the ground, and branches or trees that have been snapped, or sticks that have been placed longways or across fallen timber and branches or trees leaning on another.
Many yowies have been sighted in family groups, with a dominant male, his female, and their offspring, usually a young male and female. Interestingly, a few accounts of family groups I have read indicate that the mated pair are usually quite old looking, especially in comparison to the younger offspring. Does this perhaps suggest that a pair will mate for life? living with their offspring as a family unit until the young are old enough to find their own mates? Interestingly enough, yowie encounters where more than one individual, they will often work together from the cover of the bush to hunt/stalk/her/usher the intruder from the yowie's territory.
Another very interesting behaviour pertains to the burial of yowie dead. Do yowies bury their own dead? I have read accounts of very strange cairn-like piles of rocks in remote places not usually accessed by people. If it was proved that they in fact are yowie graves, it would indicate that they have intelligence and emotion enough to grieve and bury their dead. Quite incredible if it were the case.
The use of and construction of shelter, do yowies consistently build primitive structures to sleep and rest in, and to perhaps keep away from prying eyes? Do groups of yowies or a family unit all make shelter together, somewhat similar to a temporary home, as they roam throughout the wilderness? I have read an account whereby the witness claimed to have found a' village' of nests or structures deep in bush.
Yowies have often been sighted brandishing various forms of branches as club-like weapons, are these for hunting or defensive purposes? As far as I'm aware however, this is the only form of tool use seen to be used by yowies, except for maybe a deerskin supposedly being used as a form of clothing or protection from the elements.
There have also been reports of a primitive from of language used by yowies, with witnesses having heard repeated monosyllabic sounds, which could have been words. If indeed there was some sort of language used by yowies, this certainly says wonders for their intelligence. If so, would there be regional dialects? Even different yowie languages. Would the North American Bigfoot have the same language as an Australian yowie? It is already apparent that the yowie has a vast repetoire of calls/howls/roars/barks/thumping/beating as a form of non-lingual communication, as well as body language.
Another interesting notion I've come across is that in accounts pertaining to aboriginal lore and dreamtime, the yowies are said to have in tribes. Tribes of brownjacks, tribes of dooligah, and tribes of aboriginal people. I find it fascinating that the history of our native people tells us that yowies were plentiful enough and perhaps advanced enough to live in tribal societies, usually peacefully, alongside humans, even talking and trading, sharing in feasts, and in warfare.
Well, these are just the things I've been noticing and thinking about whilst reading up on the yowie and bigfoot phenomena, and I think if these things were verified (I am really no Professional) the implications would be astonishing. Could yowies develop over time, a unique yowie culture?
Anyway, I hope this provokes a little bit of thought haha
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