- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Anomalist Books LLC (1 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1933665165
- ISBN-13: 978-1933665160
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 150,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
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Format:Paperback
What a book!
Thanks to the authors research and dedication to detail; this book will take you in to the world of the Yowie and instantly immerse you within the realms of Crypto zoological 'what if's'.
Everyone's heard of Sasquatch, Orang Pendek and Alma's, and thanks to media interest, we're inundated with sources, however until now there's been no serious literature on the Australian Yowie.
This book not only offers a chronological record of significant sightings, it also puts you in to the eyes and psyche of the many witnesses, draws upon historical records to give you a unique and neutral perspective and allows you to draw your own conclusions on this fascinating subject.
The 'big fellows' are indeed out there, roaming the bush!
Thanks to the authors research and dedication to detail; this book will take you in to the world of the Yowie and instantly immerse you within the realms of Crypto zoological 'what if's'.
Everyone's heard of Sasquatch, Orang Pendek and Alma's, and thanks to media interest, we're inundated with sources, however until now there's been no serious literature on the Australian Yowie.
This book not only offers a chronological record of significant sightings, it also puts you in to the eyes and psyche of the many witnesses, draws upon historical records to give you a unique and neutral perspective and allows you to draw your own conclusions on this fascinating subject.
The 'big fellows' are indeed out there, roaming the bush!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Healy and Cropper have written a excellent book on the problem of the "Yowie" phenomenon.I found this work to be very interesting indeed,as were the authors theories about the possible nature/origin of the beast/s.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have always held an interest in crypto zoology, but this book does the subject no favours. Little in the way of analysis and evaluation.
G.J.Churchill, MA
G.J.Churchill, MA
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