Yowie

The Yowie (also Yahoo ) is an allegedly existing being ( Kryptid ) from eastern Australia. It is therefore an ape people act around a large, bipedal apes. The Yowie has for centuries been part of the folklore of the Aborigines. Since the colonization of Australia reports of sightings of the system have been proclaimed by Europeans over again. Also present are still found reports of alleged sightings of the Yowie. The actual existence of the being is regarded as extremely doubtful. Unlike other ape-men, there are no obvious explanations for the origin of the Yowie myth. Occasionally the Yowie is equated with the Bunyip or the New Zealand Moehau.

Appearance and behavior

The Yowie is usually described as very large, bipeder ape-man, frequently it is to move on all fours. His body is to wear a thick brown or black fur, his feet were of considerable size. Upright should be about 2m tall a Yowie. Scattered reports even indicate a size of 3m or more. It also aims to spread a particularly malodorous stench. Reports on the appearance of the Yowie leave similarities to those of other legendary ape-men such as Bigfoot, the Yeti or the Yeren recognize.

Several reports describe the behavior of the Yowie as the people against aggressive. Some alleged Yowie observers also reported to have been attacked by the creature. Others provide the Yowie, however, as peaceful or even shy dar. While other ape-men in the call are to steer clear of human civilization, will also visit settlements of the Yowie. An appropriate message after, is a Yowie have penetrated even in a butcher's shop, from which he is said to have then stolen a undecomposed, 500kg heavy cattle.

Legend and sightings

The Yowie emerged as fabulous, malignant figure on the folk legends of the Aborigines. He is often associated with the Bunyip, another word being Aboriginal or in connection with this, as a local variation equated. Both creatures have been the subject of several Europeans proclaimed sightings which they were moving into the cryptozoology after the settlement of Australia.

The first confirmed as such Yowie sighting took place in 1881. Even before that, already in the late 18th century, there should have been reports of large apelike creatures in Australia. Up to the present the number of Yowie sightings increased steadily. In the Blue Mountains in New South Wales about 3200 alleged sightings are now documented. However, none of the reports on the existence of Yowie could be scientifically confirmed.

Attempts to explain

Evidence of free-living primates ( with the exception of the modern human ) found no present or fossil on the Australian continent. This circumstance makes it extremely difficult to prove or derive the existence of the Yowies. In addition, can be found in the current Australian fauna no large animals, which could award in certain situations properties of the Yowie.

A much-cited Aboriginal legend that is associated with the Yowie, reports that the Australian aborigines when they first reached the continent, where they encountered groups of aggressive monkeys people who were ultimately defeated by the Aborigines. After the conviction of some cryptozoologists survived small groups of this alleged apes and are now spotted sporadically as Yowies. However, this assumption only refers to an unconfirmed Sage and is not on any scientific basis. Actual evidence of the assumed apes do not exist.

Another explanation is that Yowies to the present day surviving specimens of Gigantopithecus were. This genus is fossil evidence on the Asian continent and includes the largest known apes. Gigantopithecus is also frequently used as a cause for the myth of the Yeti or to explain the sightings of other ape-men. Besides the fact that Gigantopithecus probably extinct about 100,000 years ago, it is unlikely that he ever reached the Australian continent (see: Wallace line ). Such fossil discoveries in Australia and Southeast Asia are also missing. Due to lack of convincing scientific evidence the existence of the Yowie is generally regarded as extremely unlikely.

Etymology

Until the late 1970s was " Yahoo " the popular term for the Australian ape-man. Then it was replaced by the term " Yowie ". The name Yahoo was probably borrowed from Jonathan Swift's novel " Gulliver's Travels ". There it is used to describe ape-like creatures which the protagonist encounters on his travels. The Yowie name probably derives from a term from an Aboriginal word, " Yowrie " from, which means as much as hairy devil man.