Location: Diamond Head (near Crowdy Bay), New South Wales
Event: Yowie Sighting
Date: 1983
Time: Day
[Male witness]
I was 15 and it was 1983.
I lived at a place called Johns River about 35 kms north of Taree.
Behind the village and east of the north coast trainline, there is a dirt road leading down to Diamond Head Beach. It's about 4-5 miles through dense bush.
I used to ride my bike along there then. Often with a few other teenagers or just by myself.
One Saturday afternoon I was riding along alone and heard a loud rustling sound. I stopped and just looked around, saw nothing and kept going. One side of me was dense bush the other was the trainline, and past that was the village.
Soon I heard the noise again, but this time louder.
I stopped and looked into the bush, and about 20 ft away was a creature I believed to be a yowie or yeti. It was shaking the hell out of a tree.
It was around 6 ft tall and extremely hairy but it's hair was a light brown almost tan colour.
I wasn't close enough to see his facial features, but it had large eyes. It was shaking a tree but I wasn't close enough to see the hands.
Witness sketch
The hair was very very thick and long.
It stared at me from around 20 ft away, and I was staring back at it. I was petrified.
It made no attempt to come towards me and no noise just stared.
I was totally scared and took off at a huge rate of knots!
I kept looking over my shoulder, but it didn't follow me. I rode home and mum told me I looked like I'd seen a ghost. I said no ghost, but I saw a yowie and she laughed at me and told me there was no such a thing.
She said I imagined it and maybe I should stay away from the area (which locals called "the run").
I’ve never told anyone for fear of them laughing at me.
I'm Glad I found your group. This was something I kept to myself for nearly 40 years, because of fears of people thinking I was crazy. It's good to talk about it.
I really did happen. I will never forget it.
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