Location: Krambach, New South Wales
Event: Yowie Sighting
Date: 1990
Time: Day
When I cast my mind back over the decades of research and expeditions, one of my earliest memories of the Yowie was in 1992, when I watched a Channel 7 News episode about a Yowie encounter in a remote New South Wales town, they only referred to as “Bach".
The story was compelling enough for me to search for this town on maps, however the name didn’t exist.
In the following days, the Channel 7 TV show “The Extraordinary”, featured the full story.
The prior News story was simply a prelude.
The event transpired in 1990, involving a young girl named Julie Clark riding horseback down a sandy creek in a town called Krambach.
While riding, her horse became irritable and flighty. Sitting on a rock on the side of the creek was a bipedal hominid that suddenly stood to his feet, standing taller than the 14ft height of her horse.
In shock, Julie galloped away in fear, not looking back.
The reported Julie Clark incident on Channel 7, arose from a magazine article, written 2 years prior.
In a small rural town where everyone knows each other, talk travels fast. Like School yard.
Someone always knows someone, and before the Clarks knew it, word had spread out of town and suddenly there was a Reporter with a rather fertile imagination, at their door.
A trashy magazine syndication called ‘Australia Post’, a crude publication full of super embellished titles and silly storylines, wanted to run the story. It also ran images of the odd scantily clad woman – ok, perhaps a lot.
The Reporter, who fails to put his name to the story, wrote an article to grip the readers. Let’s just say, facts weren’t at the forefront of his journalistic ventures.
In the story, one witness became two girls, involved in a harrowing chase - and then a third child - with a story of rocks being thrown and landing all around him.
Once this story broke, Julie was subject to ridicule wherever she went. Even her friends turned against her. Sometimes just walking down the main street would result in harassment.
Fast forward to 1992. Producers of The Extraordinary had stumbled over the article and lined it up for an Episode in their new hit TV show.
It was agreed to by Julies mother, without Julies consent. The show was filmed, but somewhat more realistic than the magazine article.
After the show aired, Julies life in town became even more difficult. In fact, the ridicule became so bad, shed left town and vowed never to speak of it again.
Now today, Julie resides in Queensland with her family, and I consider her to be a very close friend.
Julies story was very real, and the impact it had on her life was dramatic.
I don’t know why her story back in 1992 tugged on my heart as it did at the time – however I found out - less than two years later…..
~ Dean Harrison
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