Episode 52: Aussie Cryptids - The Yara-ma-yha-who, Ngayurnangalku & Yowie

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You've heard of Bigfoot and The Loch Ness Monster, but do you know of the strange mythical creatures hiding in the Aussie bush.
Britt tells the legends of the Yara-ma-yha-who and Ngayurnangalku and Alexa explores the possible sightings of Yowies through history.
Are they real, or just a really good story?
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Sources for today's ep:
Yara-ma-yha-who & Ngayurnangalku
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Yara_Ma_Yha_Who
https://abookofcreatures.com/2015/06/17/yara-ma-yha-who/
Heuvelmans, B. (1958) On the Track of Unknown Animals. Rupert Hart-Davis, London.
Smith, W. Ramsey. (1932). Myths and legends of the Australian Aboriginals. New York: Farrar & Rinehart Publishers, pp. 342 ff.
https://pantheon.org/articles/y/yara-ma-yha-who.html
https://youtu.be/7ZhrOnxbccY
https://www.toptenz.net/top-10-australian-mythical-creatures.php
https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/yiwarra-kuju-canning-stock-route/artworks/kumpupirntily#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20dangerous,a%20sun%20that%20never%20sets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumpupintil_Lake
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/monster-mythology-ngayurnangalku
The Yowie / Yahoo
https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Yowie
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4762
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Yowie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yowie#Description
https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/australian-yowie-mysterious-legends-tribe-hairy-people-003605
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/ipswich/yowie-captured-by-spooks-and-tracked-through-bush-expert/news-story/822e41643d7fe1d71c30d8fc25b011d6
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-05/the-story-of-arthur-marrin-and-the-hairy-man/7693462
https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/12/09/4145054.htm
https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/meet-the-man-who-claims-hes-been-almost-killed-by-a-yowie--twice/news-story/1317d3822b7ee66f80f0369c017c11c3
http://belshaw.blogspot.com/2018/08/it-was-fb-comment-from-eldest-that.html?m=1

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