A US television crew has recorded what it believes is compelling audio evidence of the existence of yowies.

The four-member team from Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot series were on an expedition through remote forests spanning the Queensland and NSW border when they made the recordings.

Bigfoot Field Research Organisation member James "Bobo" Fay said that of the more than 20 expeditions conducted around the world by the TV team, this was "maybe the best one as far as audio recordings".

While he was reluctant to give details ahead of presenting their evidence on the still-to-be-completed third season of the US show, Fay said that in two different locations they had activity that they had attributed to a yowie - the fabled ape-like creature of the Aussie bush.

"We got some really compelling audio," he said.

"It is not a known species, I can tell you that. One of the details (convinces us) there is nothing else it could have been."

Fay is still "stoked" with having captured the Australian yowie sound on tape.

"When at first we all heard it, we were like, 'No way'," he recalls.

"If you were in North America, you could have written off one of the compelling things we heard as being a large bear. But there are no large bears here."



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Interesting facts about yowies



* There have been almost 10,000 reported sightings of yowies across Australia.



* The name "yowie" is believed to be an adaptation of Aboriginal names "yuuri" and "yowri" which were two commonly used words to describe the creature, particularly in NSW



* Yowies are believed to be similar to the equally mysterious ape-like creatures known as bigfoot (in the US), sasquatch (Canada), yeti (China) and chuchuna (Russia).



* The largest populations of yowies are believed to be in the remote mountain ranges of southeast Australia.



* Yowies have thick, dark skin on the face, with deep skin folds and a flattened, wide nose. They often have a strong odour. They are powerfully built with broad shoulders, a small neck and muscular legs, similar to an ape.



* Yowies have some serious body hair and walk upright.





Originally published as Film crew claims evidence of yowies