Of yowies and wombats

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Of yowies and wombats

Post by BiggJimm » Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:34 am

Here in N. America we typically have to contend with bears leaving human-like tracks. I have little doubt some bear prints have been misidentified as squatch, and vice versa. Our brethren from the land down under have a similar issue. I was looking at plaster casts of a wombat and was struck by how similar to primate tracks they looked.
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Wombats get much bigger than people think as well. The largest approach the size of a normal sized black bear.
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Given some of the more bizarre footprints attributed to the yowie, I have to suspect that some of them were made
by very large wombats. However there are some, like the springbrook cast that strongly resemble that which we see
in North America, and these seem to be made a a species very similar to what we are hunting here.
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The human like Springbrook footprint
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Anyway, as I stand before God, I did not make this up!
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:55 am »
Not saying it was Sq/BF/DM/Yeti... but it was strange. And I am locking my doors tonight for sure! :lol:
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:54 am »
And just I was turning away, I thought I heard snort -- which could have been deer or maybe cattle... but... I do not know.
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I did not have the creepy feeling I normally get in these situations... so I really do not know what to make of it.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:53 am »
One detail I forgot to mention: the whoop had almost a human like talk after it on both occasions.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:52 am »
I walked back to the other side, and thought I heard a knock...
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:51 am »
Cattle about 1/8th mile away disappeared... and strangely at that location: it sounded like something banged the metal fence. Not loud... but never ever heard it before tonight.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:50 am »
Two whoops... and some deer scattering (they may have been scattering because of me).
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From 6:20 PM to maybe 6:45 PM CST
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I may have just had an encounter!
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Hi gang! I know it has been a long time...
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Good quality pics. How long were the cams out?
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