The Yowie is a humanoid ape-like creature, much Bigfoot or Sasquatch. What sets this creature apart is its Australian origin. Said to be 8-10 feet tall, large canine teeth, and red glowing eyes on the sides of its head, this monster stalks the outback at night looking for prey.



According to the Kuku Yalanji tribe of northern Queensland, they had existed alongside the Yowie for hundreds of years until they mysteriously vanished. The most common theory is that the Yowie tribe moved deeper into the outback to escape the people moving into the country. Kuku Yalanji records also have detailed recordings telling us of attacks by the Yowie people.



Yowie hunter Dean Harrison has reportedly studied the creatures for years. He has theorized that the Yowie people function in a society and within family units such as humans. This would also align with the records of the Kuku Yalanji people. This has also lead him to believe they have similar ways of dealing with their dead, such as burying or burning, explaining why a body has not found.



Australia is a land of creatures and oddities that do not exist in any other places, so sightings of a hairy ape-man are a bit more believable. One man tells of his close encounter with a Yowie in the outback.



The man was living at a sawmill settlement deep in a forest. His home consisted of a two bedroom hut. He slept in one room and his two boys in the other. One dark night, the man was awoken from a blinding pain in his chest. That pain was from a Yowie pounding its fists into the mans body.



The man grabbed the arm of the beast to stop the assault. The next few minutes effectively resulted in the man wrestling the monster for his life. Throughout the scuffle, the man was able to collect great detail of the creature.



The face was a dark copper with no hair. Below its eyes were two deep creases and its nose was broad and flat. The face structure was something between a man and an ape. The fur on the body was straight, greasy, and a dark gray color. The neck was short and thick and its chest and shoulders were twice as deep as the man, who was a stalky man on his own. Its arms were short, but massive in muscle. The legs were well built and comparable to a fit man.



This is where the oddities begin. The creatures skin was notably hard to grip. The man claims his fingers sank into the back and that he could feel no skin, but he felt bone. The toes were webbed and only four in number, with a larger clawed toe being more prominent. The beast was immensely strong compared to the man but only stood around 4ft tall. During the fight, the man realized the creature was making no sound, not even from breathing. It also gave off no scent at all.



The man pushed the monster back out of his room, but it got ahold of his leg. The beast then attempted to pull him through the back door. He fought the creature off, and watched as it scurried into the shadows of the night, nothing that it ran more like an animal than human.



The next day, the man was told by his sons that they heard the struggle but were too scared to intervene. The man told his boss of the incident upon arriving to work. His boss told him not to say anything to the other workers, for fear they would flee in from the legend of the Yowie.