The 1870s Queensland Yahoo or Yowie Track Reports
- Date of account
- 1870s
- Location
- Queensland, especially the Darling Downs and coastal ranges
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Queensland newspapers in the 1870s used “Yahoo,” “yowie” or related terms for stories of a large hairy humanlike being, occasionally linking the reports to footprints or impressions found near farms, creeks and forest margins. These reports are important for tracing how Aboriginal words and European wild-man motifs entered a developing Australian cryptid vocabulary. The cases are not a single standardized encounter: wording, place names and witness details differ between publications. Primary newspapers are needed to determine whether any report actually describes a measured track, a cast or merely hearsay.
Investigate related details with Anomaly Graph’s account-based search, or read how matching and provenance work.