| Thylacine Encounter Buderim, QLD |
| Buderim, Queensland, my home from 1997- 2002, and I was visiting friends after New Years 2003. There is a local legend of a "Buderim Beast" that you may have already heard of, with more than one local thinking that a "stripey dog thing" lives in the forest on the western slopes of Buderim Mountain, heading out towards the highway- there's lots of forest there. I had heard the Thylacine rumours and the Buderim Beast mentioned in the same sentence by long time locals living in Mooloolah, Landsborough and the small Glasshouse Mountains communities as well. Anyway, I was driving very late (or early) from a friend's house in Maroochydore to where I was staying on top of Buderim. A short cut takes you up past Harry's Restaurant through the forest on the mountain- steep slope, thick forest, very tight winding road. (can't remember the name of the road, but it's well known in Buderim, as is Harry's). Clear night, no fog, I wasn't under the influence of anything, and as I rounded a tight turn I saw right in front of me a Thylacine at the roadside. It started and ran into the bush. Only a second of view, but I have no doubts- the body proportions, the stripes- I'd bet money on it without hesitation. Of course, it could just be some crafty local's big headed whippet with stripes painted on it, but hoaxes by locals are what cryptozoology has to deal with, I suppose. It's been a good pub story for a year and a half, but i just logged on to your site during a bored web surfing session after typing "yowie" into google and thought I'd let you know about it. By the way, I grew up in Taree NSW which has plenty of Yowie stories eminating from around nearby Krambach. A mate of mine swears that they had a yowie on their property! 8 feet tall and smelling like burned hair (this would have been around 1988). |
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Thylacine Encounter Buderim, QLD
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