Yowies in the Cathedral Range, VIC?
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 12:22 pm
Hi guys,
I was wondering if anyone has heard of the Cathedral Range State Park being a potential hotspot for Yowies in VIC? I'm curious because of some strange occurrences I had there while camping with my girlfriend mid-last year. We were recently back there on the Australia Day long weekend which got me thinking about it again...
Basically what happened was we were camping at a site right next to the start of the hiking trail which takes you up into the mountains. It was early winter so the campsite wasn't that busy and it was drizzling rain all weekend. What first piqued my interest and, to be honest, started to give me the creeps, was I noticed an area right next to our campsite which appeared to have a lot of 'tree breaks', for lack of a better description. i.e. I must have taken photos of about 20-30 trees that were all snapped over, twisted around, bent down and even one rather large tree that had been placed upside down into the branches of another tree. This is in an area next to a cleared section of forest, so maybe it could have been caused by bad weather, or damage from the logging process, or maybe it could mean something else?
The really creepy stuff happened on our last night. As it was a Sunday night every other camper went home and left my girlfriend and I alone in the bush. We noticed a sudden influx of animal life; wombats, birds, feral cats trying to steal our food and what I suspect was a koala growling around our tent. The growling actually woke my girlfriend up, terrified after we'd gone to bed, but it didn't bother me. It was a few minutes later that I heard the strangest sound though, which I can only describe as a monkey-like sound, chattering and 'whooping' around our tent. It actually sounded curious and playful like it wanted to investigate the growling koala. It then headed back quickly into the bush, and judging by the distance from the ground, I'd say it was about 3-4 feet off the ground. I don't know what it was, it could have been a low flying bird, but honestly it sounded more like a monkey to me!
Throughout the rest of the night I was woken up by the sounds of long screams echoing down the mountain. I also remember hearing what sounded like a large group of people chatting away up the mountain, but I suppose it's possible that was only an audio illusion caused by the stream on the other side of the campground, I don't know. My girlfriend also recalled hearing the screams the next morning.
When we went back in January, the campground was packed of course. The only odd thing that happened was, on a walk away from the camp at dusk, I decided just for fun to try tree-knocking on a hollow old tree. I did 3 loud knocks and weirdly enough, immediately heard a sound like 'whoo-ooo!' echoing down from the mountains. Could have been a bird, or a hiker, or something else... who knows.
Anyway, sorry for the long post, I just wanted to include as much detail as I could think of! Would love to hear if anyone else knows of any reported Yowie activity in this area.
Cheers.
I was wondering if anyone has heard of the Cathedral Range State Park being a potential hotspot for Yowies in VIC? I'm curious because of some strange occurrences I had there while camping with my girlfriend mid-last year. We were recently back there on the Australia Day long weekend which got me thinking about it again...
Basically what happened was we were camping at a site right next to the start of the hiking trail which takes you up into the mountains. It was early winter so the campsite wasn't that busy and it was drizzling rain all weekend. What first piqued my interest and, to be honest, started to give me the creeps, was I noticed an area right next to our campsite which appeared to have a lot of 'tree breaks', for lack of a better description. i.e. I must have taken photos of about 20-30 trees that were all snapped over, twisted around, bent down and even one rather large tree that had been placed upside down into the branches of another tree. This is in an area next to a cleared section of forest, so maybe it could have been caused by bad weather, or damage from the logging process, or maybe it could mean something else?
The really creepy stuff happened on our last night. As it was a Sunday night every other camper went home and left my girlfriend and I alone in the bush. We noticed a sudden influx of animal life; wombats, birds, feral cats trying to steal our food and what I suspect was a koala growling around our tent. The growling actually woke my girlfriend up, terrified after we'd gone to bed, but it didn't bother me. It was a few minutes later that I heard the strangest sound though, which I can only describe as a monkey-like sound, chattering and 'whooping' around our tent. It actually sounded curious and playful like it wanted to investigate the growling koala. It then headed back quickly into the bush, and judging by the distance from the ground, I'd say it was about 3-4 feet off the ground. I don't know what it was, it could have been a low flying bird, but honestly it sounded more like a monkey to me!
Throughout the rest of the night I was woken up by the sounds of long screams echoing down the mountain. I also remember hearing what sounded like a large group of people chatting away up the mountain, but I suppose it's possible that was only an audio illusion caused by the stream on the other side of the campground, I don't know. My girlfriend also recalled hearing the screams the next morning.
When we went back in January, the campground was packed of course. The only odd thing that happened was, on a walk away from the camp at dusk, I decided just for fun to try tree-knocking on a hollow old tree. I did 3 loud knocks and weirdly enough, immediately heard a sound like 'whoo-ooo!' echoing down from the mountains. Could have been a bird, or a hiker, or something else... who knows.
Anyway, sorry for the long post, I just wanted to include as much detail as I could think of! Would love to hear if anyone else knows of any reported Yowie activity in this area.
Cheers.
.