MYSTERIOUS QUADRUPED
A strange animal is causing excitement among the residents on the
When first seen it was at a tub of milk at Cosgriff`s farmstead. Dogs were set upon it, when the animal, darting through the woodwork of the gate and tearing it off its hinges, made off to the river bank, and there disappeared. It has been seen repeatedly since, and several shots have been fired at it, but without effect. (1)
Now from the Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton,Qld) of August 1st 1935:
WEIRD MONSTERS
FURTHER REPORTS
Two fromVictoria
“Remarkable Footprints”
Melbourne
Victoria
J.Davis, of Aairey`s Hotel, who saw it lying on the fringe of the surf, said the body was about 10 or 12 ft. long and about 2 ½ or 3 ½ ft. in girth. The head was a light grey in colour, and it had a sparse coat of darker coloured hair. It had big eyes like those of the Queenscliff monster, but there were no stripes on the body. The head was round.
GIPPSLAND STORY
Now from Gippsland, the home of many weird monster in the past, comes the story of a large mystery animal which has been seen by several prospectors in the last few days lurking in the dense bracken undergrowth near Bulumwaal.
The animal is described by E.Curtis, a prospector, as being like a large dark brown grizzly bear, with a cumbersome gait. For some months prospectors and others have been puzzled by remarkable footprints, which have been seen on the sandy margin of creeks and in soft soil. These footprints were five inches wide and marks of a set of claws were clearly visible. At other times a heavy animal has been heard crashing through the undergrowth. (2)
1. The Star February 14th 1903
WEIRD MONSTERS
FURTHER REPORTS
Two from
“Remarkable Footprints”
J.Davis, of Aairey`s Hotel, who saw it lying on the fringe of the surf, said the body was about 10 or 12 ft. long and about 2 ½ or 3 ½ ft. in girth. The head was a light grey in colour, and it had a sparse coat of darker coloured hair. It had big eyes like those of the Queenscliff monster, but there were no stripes on the body. The head was round.
GIPPSLAND STORY
Now from Gippsland, the home of many weird monster in the past, comes the story of a large mystery animal which has been seen by several prospectors in the last few days lurking in the dense bracken undergrowth near Bulumwaal.
The animal is described by E.Curtis, a prospector, as being like a large dark brown grizzly bear, with a cumbersome gait. For some months prospectors and others have been puzzled by remarkable footprints, which have been seen on the sandy margin of creeks and in soft soil. These footprints were five inches wide and marks of a set of claws were clearly visible. At other times a heavy animal has been heard crashing through the undergrowth. (2)
1. The Star February 14th 1903
2. Morning Bulletin August 1st 1935
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Thanks for this Richard.
I grew up near Queenscliff, and its near the Barwon river, also near where I grew up. Moe and Gippsland are notorious places for seeing UFO's, Thylacines, big cats and all sorts of strange things.
William Buckley 'The Wild White Man' from Macclesfield, Cheshire :D saw 'bunyips' on the Barwon River and Lake Modewarre when he lived with the native people in the early 19th century. The bunyip he saw was black too, like the Moe creature.
TANIA
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