Yowiehunters Forum

Some of you may be aware that the British reality Tv show "I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here" films annually up in the QLD rainforest. Not too sure of the location but I think it's not too far from the Gold Coast.
Anyhow, according to the UK Sunday papers there have been yowie sightings this year...

http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_h ... _page.html

12 November 2006
A BIBLE BELTER
I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE! It all kicks off tomorrow
QUEEN of the jungle Phina Oruche insisted on taking her bible into the camp.

The Naomi Campbell lookalike - who stripped to her undies for a lesbian affair on ITV1 hit Footballers' Wives - insisted her religion meant she had to read it regularly.

So the producers agreed the 34-year-old Liverpool-born star's could have it as well as her one luxury item.

But a show source said: "We hired Phina to add a touch of glamour so we hope she doesn't just sit around reading the good book all day.

"We know she's a bit of a diva who has lived in LA for a few years, but this has been her most surprising request -- so far."

DJ Toby Anstis is living in fear of the Aussie equivalent of the Abominable Snowman - a hairy monster known as a Yowie.


He said: "It's been spotted several times near the camp in the last few weeks. I'm terrified I'll wake up in the night and this thing will be looming over me."


But bush tucker holds no terrors. "I don't mind testicles - I'll pretend they're Maltesers."


I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here starts on ITV1 at 9pm on Monday



And...

http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headlin ... _page.html

It doesn't get shown in Oz, just the UK.
Although I assume we will see footage on the news here if Jason Donovan or David Gest get attacked by a yowie on camera. That I would pay to see.

Expect to see more on this in the Uk papers over coming days.


12 November 2006
I'M A CELEB BITEY.. GET OUCH OF HERE QUICK
By Melanie Swan
DESPERATE telly bosses have called in pest controllers to save the TV celebs from BLOOD SUCKING ticks.

The contestants faced going crazy from bites after the jungle camp was infested with mites.

The bugs bury their heads into human skin and draw off fluids, sometimes leaving victims with festering wounds.

Crew members have already been attacked by the mites which typically find their way to "hotspots" such as the crotch or armpit.

Contestants will be armed with tweezers to remove any mites that survived fumigation by the pest controllers.

Show paramedic Bob McCarrin said: "We've got loads of ticks this year ranging from the size of my fingernail to the size of a pinhead.


"Whatever you do, don't squash them once their head is stuck in your flesh.


"Otherwise their head festers and rots inside you and you end up in hospital."


McCarrin also warned about SNAKES, LEECHES, SCORPIONS and deadly SPIDERS.


And producers believe they spotted a mysterious Australian YETI - called a Yowie - lurking in the bush.

Hi All,

Any more news from the Brit cast/crew on our big friend.
I believe they have been filming for the last week slid now.If he is bout ty must have heard/seen something.

Huey

Hi All,

Any more news from the Brit cast/crew on our big friend.
I believe they have been filming for the last week or so now.If he is about they must have heard/seen something.

Huey

My girl is over in the UK, so, i'll get her to fill me in on it when she sees it.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2006 ... 98,00.html

A HAIRY 7ft monster, known as a yowie, is said to roam the area around the camps. Locals have reported 65 sightings in ten years.
Toby admitted: “I’m a bit nervous, especially when you hear noises.”

Some experts think the yowie may be a kind of ape previously believed to be extinct.


http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2006 ... 44,00.html

By EMMA COX
Deputy TV Editor
in Queensland, Australia
November 23, 2006

SO yesterday I went hunting for the Yowie, the seven foot monster which appears to be hiding out just yards from the celeb camp.

Toby Anstis reckons he’s heard it rustling – and just a week ago the monster attacked a group of Chinese tourists just around the corner from the camp.

So I felt it was my duty to go and shoo it away – and protect our celebs.

I enlisted the help of expert Tim the Yowie Man to help us find the monster.

Tim, who is famous in Australia after spending 10 years searching for the Yowie, is easy to spot when I meet him off the plane thanks to his Tim The Yowie Man hat, Tim The Yowie Man shirt, and Tim The Yowie Man pants and socks (probably).

It’s not a great start though, as I manage to lose my purse on the way to the car.

As Tim says: “You must be wondering what hope I’ve got of finding a Yowie when I can’t even help you find your purse?”

At first glance he appears to be totally bonkers – but actually Tim talks a lot of sense.

Apparently the Yowie may be an ape that never evolved, a bit like the Homo Floresienses recently discovered on the island of Flores.

So far, so believable.

Tim tells me there have been dozens of sightings, including some from upstanding members of the community such as politicians – and we all know that politicians never lie, don’t we?

Strangest of all though, there was once a group sighting where 20 people all claimed to spot the beast.

At this point, despite being a complete sceptic, I’m beginning to think this could all be completely scientifically viable. And besides which, Tim has a way of sucking you into the story – it’s a bit like Most Haunted.

So we go to the area near the I’m A Celeb camp to see if Tim can find traces of the beast.

He tells me and my loyal photographer, Marc, known as Gidds: “Your British celebrities are right to be scared. The Yowie has been known to throw stones and even trees at people before.

“But it’s only when they get too close to him and he’s forced to defend himself. He’s actually pretty shy and we think he’s more scared of us than we are of him.

“Even so, we’ll try to shoo him away so that nobody gets hurt.”

First Tim checks the ground for signs of footsteps and droppings.

He says: “There are some signs that something has been here – something bigger than a possum or anything like that.

“But because it’s been a bit windy, the markings have been disturbed so it’s hard to say whether it was a Yowie or not.”

Then he searches for fur caught in trees – but again we draw a blank, although a group of Japanese tourists think the sight of Tim in a tree with a test tube and sample bottle was hilarious.



The Yowie ... they seek him here, they seek him there



Tim shrugs off the shrieks of laughter and tells me earnestly: “I’ve often found bits of hair caught in the undergrowth and scientific studies have shown it doesn’t belong to any species we know about.”

Finally Tim gets out his binoculars and does an ear-splittingly realistic Yowie call in a bid to attract other monsters in the area.

But despite a spooky rustling in the trees, and the eerie sound of footsteps running away, we cannot see a Yowie.

Tim says: “They’re pretty reclusive but there have been sightings of Yowies going right back to the 18th century.

“Whether you believe in monsters or not, there is definitely something living in this area that is not a species of animal we have ever managed to pin down before.

“I think Toby and the other stars have probably frightened him off for now.

“But they need to be on their guard. A Yowie is more scary than any Bushtucker Trial.”

And with that, Tim is off to look for a Yowie in another part of the country. And I feel I’d done my duty, guarding our British celebs (and Jason and David) until they are safely back on home turf.

P.S. The lost purse was returned safely to me, all cash intact, by an extremely honest fella called Nev. Cheers, Nev. That would never have happened in London