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Ancestral knowledge from Australia about the Hairy Humanoids

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YOWIE

In Australian Aboriginal legend, the Yowie is a monstrous humanoid with a hairy pelt. It was known for centuries by the aborigines who say that when their ancestors came to Australia, there was a race of savage ape-men who they fought. Because the Yowies had no weapons, the Aboriginal ancestors were successful and pushed their foes to the edges of the habitable regions. The Yowie has no neck, broad shoulders, longish hair that can be red, dark or black over its body and large feet. Their height ranges between 5-14 ft. The commonest sign by which you know you are in the vicinity of a Yowie is the stench. The Aboriginal word for the Yowie is 'Youree but the white settlers to Australia called these creatures 'Yahoos' after the subhumans invented by Jonathan Swift in his Gulliver's Travels. But it is the Aboriginal term that is now used. The first sighting of a Yowie by white settlers was recorded in 1881. Scientists have insisted that no placental species were indigenous to Australia, but recent discoveries of fossil Homo floresiensis in the Flores Islands have caused some to think again about the spread of early hominids of whom the Yowie may be a survivor.

Text from The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures by John and Caitlin Matthews (HarperElement, 2005)

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ATLANTIC WOLFFISH. BIGEYE TUNA. OCEAN SUNFISH. TROUT COD. SPOTTED HANDFISH. CAPE SEAHORSE. From Yowie Wild Water Series.

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𝗶 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀… 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗶 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗶 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗺 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀