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[Rusty2]

Howdy , here's my latest video . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J86AATpY_mQ

And below are two recent files joined in one small video .

The most important file I've collected in a long time is a recording of 2 wood knocks and a barking vocalisation .
This file is important because it directly links my barking yowies theory with known yowie activity , ie , wood knocking .

[DaveR]

Excellent work mate.. The audio is amazing. I think your on the money with this system. Tick, tick, tick.. the hairy buggers are going to slip up eventually.

[Rusty2]

I think your right Dave , if any trap will catch them then this trap will be the one .

[Simon M]

That video is excellent - and your set-up is extremely well thought out. Good luck.

[Rusty2]

Thanks Simon , I hope we catch something soon , that trap is our best chance .

[Limehouse]

Outstanding Rusty.
All the best and keep going

[Shazzoir]

Rusty, I have no doubt whatsoever that if something is to be captured on film, it will be by your rig. Outstanding vocalisation recordings and extrapolations with regard to stride length, subject weight and so on. Love the lyrebird imitating what it hears as part of its daily activities!

Shazz

[sensesonfire]

Howdy , here's my latest video . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J86AATpY_mQ

And below are two recent files joined in one small video .

The most important file I've collected in a long time is a recording of 2 wood knocks and a barking vocalisation .
This file is important because it directly links my barking yowies theory with known yowie activity , ie , wood knocking .

Outstanding video Rusty2. I'm a little puzzled as to why Yowies and Bigfoot do not destroy the equipment they encounter all though I'm sure you're very grateful they don't.

[sensesonfire]

Howdy , here's my latest video . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J86AATpY_mQ

And below are two recent files joined in one small video .

The most important file I've collected in a long time is a recording of 2 wood knocks and a barking vocalisation .
This file is important because it directly links my barking yowies theory with known yowie activity , ie , wood knocking .

Outstanding video Rusty2. I'm a little puzzled as to why Yowies and Bigfoot do not destroy the equipment they encounter although I'm sure you're very grateful they don't.

[Yowie bait]

Great work Rusty. Theyre some intense vocalisations and audio youve picked up. A couple of interestings videos as well and another type of pareidolia to look out for with the birds in mid flight. Lets hope this new rig works out!

[Searcher]

Another brilliant piece of work, Rusty. Really enjoy seeing the way your efforts are documented on video.

Fingers crossed you will eventually get some video footage of substance. Wish you all the luck in the world!

[Rusty2]

Thank you Limehouse !

Hey Shazzoir , if there was ever a rig to do it then this one has the most potential . The measurements of bipedal audio were a result of people constantly saying it's wallabies . The charts are very clear for anyone to see . Trevor from here has a new theory about yowies step length ratio which is more than likely legitimate , makes my calculations slightly incorrect because yowies probably don't walk like humans , need a video of a yowie walking so we can study it . This is the great thing about leaving audio recorders running continuously , they catch everything and yowies don't suspect that they are being recorded hehe .

Sensesonfire , I'm not sure why nothing has been destroyed . The only thing I can think of is that I'm in and out and never go back . If I was going back continuously then things might be different .

Hey Yowiebait , the first vocalisation above is frightening . I know of one person who's heard it . His family didn't believe him . He found a similar one on my channel and showed his wife , she changed her tune .
Who would have thought the cameras were catching birds mid flight , I guess it just goes to show the downside to photographs .

Thanks Searcher ! I think we have a good chance but need to catch them multiple times for us to say it works , yep , now we need some luck .

[TrevorPeters]

Just a thought Rusty.

I'm not sure if your software will do it, but is it possible to sample a track with no desirable audio, like taking a background sample and using it as a reference to filter out some of that noise when there is something you want to listen to?

Sounds simple but I am sure is its not simple at all.

Thanks so much for hanging in there - it's been a long haul for you with many rig designs along the way.

[Jim]

I stayed in the Otways recently with my dad. He claimed to have heard a weird screech in the scrub adjacent to an outdoor bbq area we'd cooked at. It was the following morning he'd heard it - it was dead still and he was down there having his morning pipe just after sunrise. He said the noise was close, just beyond his line of sight into the scrub, and it totally freaked him out. He said he came back up to the house pronto, "It sounded like something didn't want me there," were his exact words.

I spent the morning asking him to imitate the sound - was it grunting, barking, humming, what? He kept coming back to screeching but also said there was a bit of crashing around going on in the scrub at the same time. When I played him the audio on your video this morning, Rusty, he was adamant it sounded pretty much the same as what he'd heard. I was so bummed I didn't hear it, but dad looked more like he never wanted to hear it again.

[ronstar1]

Excellent work Rusty

[Rusty2]

Hey Trevor , yes that is possible and I've done it before for a friend in the U.S. but had forgotten about it . It's definately worth trying again and I will , thanks for making me think again ! Oh god , I hope I never have to build another rig ever . I already have another rig sitting here ready to go for a long range (2-3km) surveillence setup but wanted to avoid the "guy in a suit" scenario . Thanks mate !

Thanks for letting us know about that Jim ! Was it the territorial barking in the above audio or the one at the end of the video ? You really get a sense or feeling of intelligence when you here the repeated calls and barking and that's what gives me the creeps . I wouldn't like to hear any of them .

Thanks for that Ron !

[Yowie bait]

Thank you Limehouse !

Hey Shazzoir , if there was ever a rig to do it then this one has the most potential . The measurements of bipedal audio were a result of people constantly saying it's wallabies . The charts are very clear for anyone to see . Trevor from here has a new theory about yowies step length ratio which is more than likely legitimate , makes my calculations slightly incorrect because yowies probably don't walk like humans , need a video of a yowie walking so we can study it . This is the great thing about leaving audio recorders running continuously , they catch everything and yowies don't suspect that they are being recorded hehe .

Sensesonfire , I'm not sure why nothing has been destroyed . The only thing I can think of is that I'm in and out and never go back . If I was going back continuously then things might be different .

Hey Yowiebait , the first vocalisation above is frightening . I know of one person who's heard it . His family didn't believe him . He found a similar one on my channel and showed his wife , she changed her tune .
Who would have thought the cameras were catching birds mid flight , I guess it just goes to show the downside to photographs .

Thanks Searcher ! I think we have a good chance but need to catch them multiple times for us to say it works , yep , now we need some luck .

I think if you heard those barking grunts in person that you would probably" feel" it and be out of there pretty quick. I bet theyre a lot louder and powerful in person as well. I imagine its staring at your rig while making those sounds. " Im not happy" would be a loose translation.

Yes bats, birds, objects blowing past or back and forth and birds in flight etc. Sure is a pain but useful to be aware of..

[Lozza62]

Great work Rusty...

[yowiedan]

Hey Rusty,

Great video as always, you keep impressing us all to strive a little further with our own research with what you are doing.
Just would like to discuss about the Barking you record down in your area. I haven't been able to record that up here in the Blue Mountains. I have
recorded walking, Howling, Some short vocals etc but never anything like barking. What I'm trying to say is, have you heard of anyone else recording these barking
noises from around Australia. If not do you think it's something learned only from the group in your area. This is just a theory of mine but you know how slang words are made up from area to area to mean the same thing. Do you think Yowie's that are far apart and never meet have different ways to communicate. Like yours making barking noises and say one's from Blue Mountains might have a howl to mean the same thing. I have watched Documentary's on chimps and some crush nuts with rocks while others do it with sticks, Same outcome but different methods.

Anyway keep up the good work.

[Rusty2]

I imagine its staring at your rig while making those sounds. " Im not happy" would be a loose translation.

That would be very close I'd say , an unwelcome intrusion and a cranky land owner . As for the birds etc , it was always a problem trying to figure out if it was or wasn't , now there will be no mistakes .

Thank you Lozza !

Hey Rusty,

Hey Daniel , Gary Opit mentioned the same thing a few weeks ago , "your yowies make different noises to the ones up here" . I'm not so sure . I've heard barking twice while out in the forest in 8 years . I was talking to Ray about this weeks ago as well .
What's happening is , the lone audio recorder is catching vocalisations that we wouldn't normally hear . It's my belief that they're not going to say boo while we are out there unless they're cranky with us being in the area . They don't know they're being recorded . The audio recorder is catching natural behaviour . A live situation like what your doing is a totally different situation . They know your there and won't say too much , it gives them away .
The other thing Daniel is that the area I'm in is what I would call wild . Many of the mountains out the back here have no roads or trails or tracks of any kind and have never been logged . The further away from the coast , the wilder it gets . I went for a drive with my cousin a few months ago out to the mountains here and a 50 minute drive from the nearest town saw us driving on roads (not trails) that were covered in moss and fallen trees , no one had been through that area for a long time .
Looking at your area , I'm guessing that the forest has many visitors for many reasons . The hairy people just clam up and are used to being quiet .