The Yowie: In Search of Australia's Bigfoot

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 336 pages
• Published by: Anomalist Books November 1, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1933665165
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1933665160
• Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.7 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.3 pounds

Product Review
"a masterful book They set outto offer up a mass of primary research, and they succeed wildly." -- Jay Rath, Fortean Times, March 2007

Product Description
Australia's most baffling zoological mystery! During the early colonial era, Australia's Aborigines often warned British settlers to beware of huge, ape-like creatures that lurked in the rugged mountains and deep forests of the island continent. Their people, they said, had been encountering the hairy horrors since time immemorial. They knew them by many names, including doolagarl, thoolagarl, jurrawarra and tjangara. Soon the colonists, too, began to experience hair-raising encounters with the hulking, foul-smelling creatures, which they referred to as "Australian apes", "yahoos" or "youries". Today, they are generally referred to as yowies. The list of modern-day eyewitnesses includes zoologists, rangers, surveyors and members of the elite Special Air Service Regiment. This book chronicles the yowie saga from the pre-colonial era to the present day. It contains over 300 carefully documented eyewitness reports and a vast amount of other data, much of which suggests that the damnably elusive creatures really do exist. The authors also critically examine the many theories that have been put forward to explain - or explain away - Australia's most baffling zoological mystery.

Reader Reviews
This is a very well written book about Australia's own version of the Bigfoot. Just like in North America this large unknown creature is often described as similar in appearance to the Sasquatch but more aggressive, and has been a part of Australian folklore and Aboriginal knowledge for centuries. The creature whatever it is, remains elusive with no good quality photos or videos being available, such as the case with Sasquatch. Added to the mystery is the shape of this creatures foot which seems to vary from 3, 4 or 5 toed. Having said this though, the subject is well covered and with many interesting and eye opening cases listed. It is hard to believe everybody who has seen this creature could be wrong or mistaken. The authors have done the subject a great service by not getting involved in any outlandish theories, putting together a excellent reference source for the subject, whilst leaving any conclusions open. For those people who aren't Australian with a poor idea of Australia's size, it is important to note that Australia is of similar size to the continental lower 48 United States with just over twenty million people. Australia is also located very close to Indonesia where ancient hominids 1 million years old have been found. Australia is a huge country with many large, wild and totally unexplored areas of wilderness. So the possibility lies open for many new discovers, who knows a real life Yowie may just one day, be one of these discoveries.