Far Northern Queensland sightings

[snipertim]

Hi everyone, can someone tell me what was the location of the most northernest Queensland confirmed Yowie sighting please?. I see there was a sighting around Cooktown but has anything further North than that been confirmed at all?. Thanks

[Dion]

Hi there

Check out the Yowie Map Database here https://studiopentagon.info/stats/yowiemap.php

It might have something you are interested in.

Regards

[snipertim]

Thanks anyway Dion but that map doesn't help me answer my question as its not at all accurate eg. the map of Aus shows a pin @Weipa Qld and refers to that location as Cairns Qld (which is some 600+ klms S/E away). Cheers Tim

[Dean Harrison]

Hi Tim,

You can send me an email, and I’ll look into it for you.
I am extremely slow in getting to emails these days, as people know! But I will get there.

DMH

[snipertim]

The photo shows some Christmas sparkle l have left as a gift for the Yowie l have observed as I'd much rather be seen as a friend and not a threat. Hopefully l can continue to hunt the same area and co-exist with it rather than worrying it could possibly grab me and use me for some type of a screaming free bush sex toy!!.
l have read that they like peanut butter, does anyone know whether this is true?. Cheers.

[Bluedog]

Hi Snipertim.
You mention in your post you have observed a yowie.
Be great if you could share with us what you have seen and what you've got going on.
Cheers and welcome to the site.

[snipertim]

Hi Bluedog, my apologies but l had typed you a long reply in answer to your question and l believed l had saved it as a draft but now l can't find it to send to you which is very frustrsting indeed. Cheers Tim

[snipertim]

Hi Bluedog, l decided to start my reply to you all over again as l can't locate the origional in drafts!. Buggar!!
I live in Weipa Qld and work for Qld Health which allows me to travel far and wide over Cape York. I love my hunting, fishing and camping; the wilds of the Cape allow me to venture into some very remote area's where you would never see any sign of discarded human rubbish or even a persons footprint!.
It was late August of this year and l was out scrub stalking wild pigs along a large wet swamp. I had just dropped a boar with my 308Win rifle and after having alook at it l decided to have a break. Before firing that shot not alot would have known l was even out there as l stick to the shadows and continually check the direction of the wind.
I sat down in the shadows against a tree on the edge of this large swamp and took off my backpack and rested my rifle beside me.
I spotted 'movement and colour' across the swamp at this large fully grown 'V' shaped paperbark tree. I immediately thought of cattle or a scrub bull but after l looked at it through my binoculars l could see this browny/orange, hairy thing moving between the gap in this V shaped tree and standing upright on two legs. I could see its head/shoulders peeking out on one side of the tree and then it would move across the gap to the other side of the V shaped tree and peer around it. It was very wide at the shoulders and this continued down to the waist (sort of a square shape and not a body builder shape with a smaller waist) as it was too wide to hide behind this big tree. I estimate it was around 6' tall only and covered in hair. Its face was black but l couldn't see any facial features. Its head was a strange shape and looked too small for its body and appeared to be coming out of its chest and not from a neck as such. I watched this hairy guy for 10 to 15 minutes while l rested and it didn't move out from behind the tree. Its funny as l was using 10X binoculars and l had a rifle with a 25X scope on it and l never gave that a thought to look at it through the higher magnification?. At no stage did l feel threatened or scared by it but l was totally bewildered at what l was looking at and l was enjoying the solitude of the bush.
After my rest l left to continue my stalk and strangely l never even felt the need to look over my shoulder to see if it was going to follow me or anything.
I measured the distance using Google Earth from where l was resting to where l could see the hairy guy and it was approx. 430m.
I couldn't get this thing out of my mind so l started making some inquiries and l was amazed just how well known these Yowies are up here especially within the indigenous communities eg. Mapoon and Aurukun.
They have been seen coming into peoples yards of a night and taking dog food.
People know of the three different types/sizes and which ones to stay clear of.
I thought l would much rather be a friend than a foe of it and thats why l took it out some Christmas bling and hung it up in a tree as a gift (some good will never hurt hey).
I was recently back out in that area again (but this time l had some butterfly's in my stomach as l was unsure what l might find) and l checked my gifts but all was how l had left it. I shot a large boar and left it hanging in a tree as abit of a Xmas gift just in case it had a family to feed.
Cheers Tim

[Bluedog]

Thanks for the reply Tim.
It's pretty cool that you had the the opportunity to watch the yowie for 10 to 15 minutes from a safe distance.
So the yowie was watching you, watching him while trying to stay concealed behind the paperbark tree?
It's interesting that there presence is common knowledge amoung the indigenous communities. Not any reports from up that way.
I suppose the indigenous just accept there existence as a given and aren't inclined to report it or make a fuss.
You say that they are aware of three sizes /types of yowie, would be great if you could give us some more insight.
Again thanks for sharing and please keep us informed of what you got going on in the future.
Cheers

[snipertim]

Hi Bluedog, l can only assume it was watching/peering at me because of the distance between us but as l had fired a shot from my very loud 308Win rifle everything around for a kilometer or so would have heard the bang and then realised l was out and about. It had no hope of completely hiding behind this big paperbark tree as its body was just far too wide. I did feel it was looking in my general direction but it would have had trouble spotting me as l wear full 'bush matching' camo clothes and l was sitting still in the shade. Thinking back l now believe it was possibly trying to get a better look at me and thats why it kept moving from one side of the 'V' shaped tree to the other side.
Yes after speaking to local indigenous people they all know of the 'hairyman' and l have been told that some are friendly and others arn't. Apparently their are three distinct types/sizes and that the smaller of the three types/sizes seems to be the one to most avoid as they arn't at all friendly.
Indigenous people just accept that they are out there in the bush and will tell you stories about them if you ask. I was told by a lady in Mapoon that her Grandfather had a fight with one and was badly injured and never fully recovered from his injuries. Another time a child was lost and searches heard the child crying in the mangroves and when they went to investigate they found a female Yowie breast feeding the indigenous infant. They managed to reclaim the child safely and that boy grew up in Mapoon Qld and was well known to be extra strong and was never to lose a fight. A lady was awoken one night by a Yowie pulling her toes while she slept. The locals don't make a fuss about these Yowies as they just accept that they are there and have always have been part of their culture. Very old cave paintings depict the Yowie.
Cheers Tim

[Bluedog]

The stories you shared about the indigenous encounters are fantastic thanks for passing them on.
It's interesting that out of the types/sizes the smaller ones are nasty fellas.
It's not the first time I've heard it. An indigenous bloke I worked with was genuinely terrified of Junjuddees and had been told as a child that when in the bush if he felt like something was watching him, to turn straight around and go back to where he come from.
Thanks again for sharing your encounter and keep us posted.
Cheers.

[aaq]

Thanks for sharing Tim - probably a very good luck that you didn't look at him/her through the scope, ie point a weapon at it.

A few topics down there is mention of a bloke who did the same in Kumbarilla State Forest West of Dalby snd it didn't take too kindly - makes sense when you think about it.

[snipertim]

Hi Aaq, yes thankyou for that as l hadn't even considered what it may have thought if l had looked at it through my higher magnification rifle scope and unintentionally cause it to feel threatened by these actions. l enjoy my hunting and do on occassion take a selected animal for my own use (food) but l gain more pleasure in just being out in the wilderness observing nature; most of my treks will see me not even firing a single shot after walking many hours even though game is plentiful.
Cheers Tim

[FNQ yowie]

I spoke with aboriginal bloke at work, he's seen them mote than once, he grew up in the bush and worked as a ranger. He said one appeared only metres from him, huge, bkack hair, just watched him silently. He eventually just retreated and ran,. Said he saw family of them walking on bramston beach, he said theres a scrub area somewhere there where they are always there. He said he's watched one bothering a croc and the croc just totally ignored it. He reckons they have an "understanding".

He said that there are brownjacks in Babinda in the mountains there, that he'd never sleep there at night. And that brownjacks live in hollow trees. He said brownjacks are spiritual too and can put curses on you.

The story that grabbed me though, was last month or so when i overheard guys at tennis club talking about yowies. Apparently there is an jungle warfare army base near tully, and some big hairy man keeps sneaking into the base and stealing food. They have been trying to catch it but its as elusive as a ghost. The guy talking was mates with a commander there, thats who told him.

There are heaps of them up here i reckon. Not hard to see why when you see how thick and untouched the bush is.