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MAN - APES OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA Part | by Rex Gilroy MAN EASTERN AUSTRALIA If it should surprise you that sober Australians are seeing crea- tures that you have always believed to be confined to the vast, snowy recesses and peaks of the Himalayas, then hold on to your armchair, because by the time you have finished reading this two part article, you could be convinced as I am, that similar man - like monsters exist right here in Australia! You will learn that the so-called ‘abominable snowman’ has been seen over a wide area of eastern Australia, from the earliest times of European settlement to the present day. As Ihave said, ‘abominable snowmen' are by no means confined to the Himalayas. Reported sightings of similar man-beasts have been recorded from both mainland and south-east Asia, and also over a wide area of North America. The creatures are known under a variety of different names. Throughout the Himalayas they are known to the Sherpa people as "Yeti" (dweller among the rocks). In China, the Chi-Chi, or Chang Mi (Wild Man); in the Soviet Union the Almastis or Chuchuna (hairy man of the woods) - the notorious 'Bigfoot'. Other hairy man-apes are said to inhabit the jungles of south-east Asia, and New Guinea. Further south still in Australia, the ancient aborigines preserved traditions of the Yowie (also known as Doolagahl in south-eastern Australia), or 'great hairy man’. The Yowies, like their overseas cousins, were described as often enormous hairy man-like, ape-like creatures of tremendous weight and strength. Their physical description, as given by the aborigines to early European settlers last century, which also matches those of mod- ern day eye-witnesses, is I believe, significant in the eventual sci- entific classification of these creatures. They were, said the Aborigines, terrifying to look upon - fear- some and hairy, up to, or over 2.6m in height - with strong, mus- cular bodies and powerful arms and large hands longer than a human's. They walked upright upon two legs with a stooped gait. Their heads were sunk into their shoulders, giving them the stooped appearance. They had a pointed sagital crest (skull dome) and a receding forehead, with thick, protruding eyebrow ridges and large, deeply set eyes. Males were often hairier than females, who had long pendulous breasts. Also, the feet of the Yowies were much larger than those of a normal - sized human, possessing an opposable big toe. These mysterious hominids roamed the remoter, forest-covered mountain regions, either in small family groups, or hunting in ones and twos, their females and young secreted back in their lairs. The aborigines both feared and respected the Yowies, venerating them YOWIES YOU'VE HEARD THE RUMOURS - NOW READ THE ONLY RESEARCH AVAILABLE ON A SUBJECT IGNORED BY THE "EXPERTS"! NEXUS - 23 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 1991 * YEAR BOOK