The bunyip

[father ted]

The bunyip, an australian aboriginal mythologycal creature, what is it? Is it reptilian or is it something else? There have been accounts of this creature through stories but none too discriptive that I have heard. If anyone has anything descriptive about this creature or if one of the "myths" that you remember about this creature does in fact have detail, I would love to hear it.

[truth finder]

The bunyip, an australian aboriginal mythologycal creature, what is it? Is it reptilian or is it something else? There have been accounts of this creature through stories but none too discriptive that I have heard. If anyone has anything descriptive about this creature or if one of the "myths" that you remember about this creature does in fact have detail, I would love to hear it.

I think that is why its not taken very seriously even here in australia, there arn't any set discriptoins but while i was working at Wowowa aboriginal college the discription they gave me was that it was a cross between a bird and a turtle. If you ask me i think you will find its just a myth to scare children and the white man like we do with the drop bear...:)

sorry about the grammer and etc...

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The bunyip, an australian aboriginal mythologycal creature, what is it? Is it reptilian or is it something else? There have been accounts of this creature through stories but none too discriptive that I have heard. If anyone has anything descriptive about this creature or if one of the "myths" that you remember about this creature does in fact have detail, I would love to hear it.

I live 15 minutes from the small township of Bunyip, named after the creature that was said to inhabit the area in the Kooweerup Swamp, or 'The Great Black Swamp' as the Bunurong tribe called it.

Not far from here also is the coastal inlet township of Tooradin, named after the Too-Roo-Dun monster, a serpent-like beast who was a cousin of (or perhaps the same creature as) the Bunyip and inhabited the vast network of eerie, twisting mangrove inlets and swamps in the area, devouring Aboriginal children who strayed too close to the waters edge.

Many myths I know of, and have read all the available books on the subject.

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I think that is why its not taken very seriously even here in australia, there arn't any set discriptoins but while i was working at Wowowa aboriginal college the discription they gave me was that it was a cross between a bird and a turtle. If you ask me i think you will find its just a myth to scare children and the white man like we do with the drop bear...:)

sorry about the grammer and etc...

That's the official version...the stupid-looking monster depicted in illustrated kids books and at library displays, but the Bunyip was a genuine phenomena reported by early settlers as well as having a long tradition in Aboriginal folklore.

The authentic version of the Bunyip according to Aboriginals looked like a giant aquatic emu and is not to be confused with the various descriptions of an unusual looking calf-like animal reported further north of here, that was sighted dwelling in rivers and wetlands and generally seems to have arisen from cases of mistakenly identified cows, seals etc.

[father ted]

Both of you, very interesting info there. All these descriptions have one thing in common.

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Both of you, very interesting info there. All these descriptions have one thing in common.

What's that?

BTW: Sorry about the two year time delay, old bean. :D

[father ted]

What's that?

BTW: Sorry about the two year time delay, old bean. :D

Yeah, this was one of those "lets post on the paul maccartney thread instead and let this sink into oblivion", after all, the bunyip is just one of those children farytales (even though it would scare them, right?). How ironic that a poster with the username "truth finder" resurrected this thread.;)

Ok, that's better.

Now, the common factor here is the reptillian nature of the descriptions of the bunyip - it seems. (not just from these few posts)

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I looked into that too, but I really couldn't make a connection.

The basic consensus seems to be that it looked like a huge aquatic emu covered in coarse, bedraggled hair, had four flippers like Nessie and two long, ridiculous-looking tusks protruding from it's mouth.

It sounds bizarre and improbable until you consider the platypus. :D

There's an interesting theory that it might have been a remnant population of diprotodons (not impossible), but the more I've examined the Aboriginal legends the more I've come to conclude that it fits into that maddening category of the semi-supernatural creature that defies any rational explanation.

[hirschfelder]

I remember when Summer Bay was caught in the grip of Bunyip fever

I think Donald 'Flathead' Fisher was the town's voice of skepticism, until he made a sighting of his own that is

I think Alf Stewart prepared a trap and it turned out to be a dog or something

It was the most exciting storyline ever, until Steven pushed Dodge off a cliff

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I think Donald 'Flathead' Fisher was the town's voice of skepticism, until he made a sighting of his own that is


Haha! Serves old Fisher right.


I think Alf Stewart prepared a trap and it turned out to be a dog or something

Strewth! :eek:

[hirschfelder]

God knows what they made of the Bunyip controversy over in Yabbie Creek

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God knows what they made of the Bunyip controversy over in Yabbie Creek

I find your mastery of this dialogue both terrifying and brilliant.

[ownoiz]

Strewth! :eek:

Flamin' mongrel
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[ownoiz]

Back OT though, i havent seen any depictions of the bunyip in Aboriginal cave art, like i have seen other animals, im not saying there arent examples, i just havent seen them myself...if anyone has id like to hear it.

All i have seen that seemed unusual, during a trip to the WA Kimberlys, was a cave drawing of three 'beings' that looked like greys...and something in the background floating in the air that could be perceived as a 'flying object' ...i wasnt into this type of thing back then even thought i had read Whitley Streibers communion a little before that time, simply because it was given to me by someone to read...

Coincidence? Or forged cave art dis-info :confused: :D
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[truth finder]

I reckon they were trying to scare the white fella...lol, like when we tell the americans to watch out for them drop bears.....

and are all sighting only from Victoria???? because thats the only info i can find:)