Dean Harrison

Yowie Sightings - REAL Witnesses with REAL Stories

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The Mystery of the Yowie: Tracking an Ancient Legend Introduction Join Dean Harrison and Australian Yowie Research ® (est. 1997) as they pursue the truth behind one of the world’s oldest and most mysterious legends—the Yowie. Encounters Across Australia Through hundreds of gripping interviews with firsthand witnesses from all over Australia, chilling and mind-bending encounters are uncovered—stories that forever change how people view the Australian bush. Historical Roots Since the arrival of the First Fleet, Aboriginal stories have told of a Hairyman roaming the wilderness—a creature with man...

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Dec 10, 2025

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Yowie Sighting at Jackadgery, New South Wales 2013 24.10.2023

Please Show your Support of our work, by Liking and Subscribing to our Channel. It means a lot to us. A remote rural town surrounded with mountainous peaks and valley’s is no stranger to sightings of rare anomalies. The Yowie is of course one creature of habit living in locations, with terrain often hostile to man. As stated in the initial narration, you may live your entire life out there never d...

Yowie Sightings at Birkdale, Queensland 1990 24.10.2023

Please Show your Support of our work, by Liking and Subscribing to our Channel. It means a lot to us. A young man searching for stray golf balls at his local Golf Club, ventured into the forest early one morning, after seeing what looked to be a trail of balls placed along a dirt track leading further into the bush. He followed the trail, collecting the balls one by one as he went. What he found a...

Yowie Sightings at Mandalong, New South Wales 2019 06.11.2022

This is our second Witness Audio Report from Mandalong, in New South Wales. Both Reports involved the Witness riding a Dirt Bike. This was a close quarters encounter, and quite a stand out sighting. As you will hear in the opening narrative, when we seldom hear of a particular attribute in a report, but often enough to take notice of - it suddenly becomes even more fascinating. Thank you to our Wi...

Yowie Sighting at Witheren (#3), Queensland 2022 16.08.2022

Along the same stretch of road as the previous witnesses, Rob and Glenn, while riding his bike to work in the morning darkness, Shannon rounded a corner to find a juvenile Yowie squatting in the middle of the road. Just with Glenn's description of emotions, this performed a physical brace for impact, turning it’s head away and putting its hand up towards the bike, in defense.  For more compre...

Yowie Sighting at Witheren (#2), Queensland 2018 03.08.2022

This encounter, which occurred on the 13th of November 2018, is what we regard as the best of the year. The event happened at 10 minutes past 10am in the morning while driving west along Beechmont Road, after delivering a truck load of supplies to a property on top of the mountain. As the Glenn, our Witness, rounds a tight right hand bend coming down the through the hills in his 9 ton empty tipper...

Yowie Sighting at Witheren, Queensland in 2015 01.08.2022

[ This is an extended version of the episode we have on our Youtube channel ] As our witness Rob, came around a steep bend in the road - out stepped a large Yowie from right to left and crossed the road in front of his truck. Rob holds trophies as an Australian Champion Bodybuilder, yet he says the body mass of this being, dwarfed him. Rob adds, THIS was definitely no soldier is a ghillie suit.&nb...

Yowie Sighting at Sunny Corner, New South Wales 1982 04.07.2022

Two brothers were trail bike riding when they rode into a tip (refuse station) and saw something odd in the rubbish pit rummaging and assumedly, looking for food. It is described to be only 5ft tall, appeared to be approximately 80 years old, not of good health, mono brow, scabby and spotty skin, covered in two to three inch orange and grey hair over the body and longer on the head and face, stron...

Yowie Sighting at Korono Basin (Coffs Harbour), New South Wales 1980 23.06.2022

While living with her mother on a banana plantation north of Coffs Harbour, Cherie was allowed to wander the property alone while her mother worked. And according to Cherie, she made a friend who taught her a lot about the forest. How to dig for bugs, climb trees and have fun. She didn't see him as anyone different. He was just hairy, that's all. And his parents were never too far away, watching....

Yowie Sighting at Crescent Head, New South Wales - 1930 15.06.2022

One of the oldest historical Yowie Witnesses interviews we recorded first hand was Melba Cullen, who had her sighting at Crescent Head NSW, aged 12 in 1930. The image was etched into her mind forever. For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yowiehunters-witness-reports . Hosted on A...

Yowie Sighting at Molong, New South Wales - 2021 07.06.2022

An unexpected find by a father and son while checking on their favorite fishing location on private property. The position this Yowie was in, is often described as 'Spider-Like', hence our term Spider-Yowie when these sightings arise. The location is surrounded by previous sightings, so we weren't surprised when we received the Sighting Report. For more comprehensive information, reports and histo...

Yowie Sightings at Blackbutt, Queensland - 2000 31.05.2022

The Benarkin State Forest and surrounding areas have a history of Sightings in the AYR files yet to be published on our Database. We thank another indigenous member of our community for coming forward to properly Document her encounters with the AYR, so they will be preserved forever. For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Su...

Yowie Sighting at the Lamington National Park, Queensland - 2005 23.05.2022

Being in the outdoors was his passion, and getaway. That came crashing down one day when he hiked down a track in the Gold Coast Hinterland. He never went hiking again. For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yowiehunters-witness-reports . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Yowie Sighting at Atherton, Queensland - 1986 17.05.2022

The surrounds of the Atherton Tablelands, towards Far Northern Queensland have had an increase of Sighting Reports in the past 5 - 10 years. This particular Report comes from Atherton itself. As a teenager in 1986, our Witness describes the terror as he was stalked and chased from the top of Halloran's Hill Lookout. A memory that still haunts him to this day. For more comprehensive information, re...

Yowie Sighting in the Megalong Valley, New South Wales - 2006 03.05.2022

A group of horse riders had a dramatic encounter while riding in the Megalong Valley (Blue Mountains), which left one of them with broken ribs, colour bone, and some very nasty grazing. And perhaps slight little mental scar…. For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yowiehunters-witn...

Yowie Sighting on Ch. 7 Morning Show - Toowoomba , Queensland 29.03.2022

After uploading our Audio Report of a Yowie witnessed at Picnic Point at Toowoomba in Queensland, the story went viral. Channel 7 contacted us for an interview, and Tony Healy agreed to step up to the plate. For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yowiehunters-witness-reports . Host...

Yowie Sighting at Putty, New South Wales - 2008 18.03.2022

A series of events lead up to the final sighting, where our Witness was left face to face with an 8ft Yowie. The lead up was interesting, but the finale’ intriguing. Our Witness wanted to share his story with us – he is terminally ill at the time of the interview. He felt some of his experiences may be of use to us, and others, and didn’t want to die with the information he could offer. We thank h...

Yowie Sightings - Dean Harrison Yowie Interview 13.03.2022

An interesting interview with Dean Harrison on his experiences with differing Yowie's across the country in the past 25 years, plus highlighting some outstanding reports along the journey. Well worth listening or watching on our Youtube page. It's a good one! For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Support this show http://sup...

Yowie Sighting at Mt Isa, Queensland- 1979 05.03.2022

While working as a Jackeroo on a Station in Mt Isa, Terry was with a group of both white and indigenous people at their camp when a Yowie appears only 10 metres away.  For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yowiehunters-witness-reports . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Yowie Sighting at Buccan / Logan Village, Queensland - 2017 19.02.2022

While driving home from the Gold Coast late at night in February 2017, a man see’s what at first looked like a dog foraging in a ditch on the side of the road. Something sparked his curiosity to return for another look. When it stood up on two legs, he realised it wasn’t a dog. For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Support t...

Yowie Sighting in the Pilliga Scrub, Newel Hwy, New South Wales - 1978 17.12.2021

Another roadside Yowie Sighting along a notorious stretch of the Newell Highway through the Pilliga Scrub, North of Coonbarabran. The Yowie picked up a fresh Kangaroo road kill and carried it back into the forest. For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yowiehunters-witness-reports...

Yowie Sighting at Coutts Crossing, New South Wales - 2014 14.12.2021

Driving back from Grafton to Coutts Crossing at midnight, a Yowie is seen standing frozen on the side of the road next to an old wooden bridge. Our Witness is very descriptive in her observations and provides great detail of what she saw. We thank her for this Report. For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Support this show h...

Yowie Sighting in the Roseberg State Forest, New South Wales - 2013 13.12.2021

While Gold Detecting near Roseberg, a man with indigenous heritage unexpectedly crossed paths with a family of 4 Yowies. Two adults and two young. To say he was left amazed, is an understatement. Especially when they seemingly vanished For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yowiehu...

Yowie Sighting at Ormeau, Queensland - 2003 08.12.2021

The Ormeau Yowie had a history of havoc and considered dangerous. THIS was the Yowie, responsible for the creation of the AYR, after confronting Dean Harrison one night in July of 1997. His terror continued for years later – until – he was finally gone. We used our contacts in the SAS to stakeout the area. That Report can be read in our Dtatbase. For more comprehensive information, reports an...

Yowie Sighting at Macquarie Pass, New South Wales - 2010 07.12.2021

Many years’ worth of experiences on a property bordering on the Macquarie Pass National Park leads to a close encounter and confrontation resulting in a Yowie being shot in the shoulder For more comprehensive information, reports and history of the Yowie, visit our Website at www.yowiehunters.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yowiehunters-witness-reports . Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Yowie Sighting at Nanango, Queensland - 1938 06.12.2021

One of the Oldest Yowie Sightings: A Witness Account The Encounter This account represents one of the two oldest known Yowie sightings, captured directly from the witness’s own words. The event took place in the 1930s. Documenting the Testimony In 1998 or 1999, the witness, at 76 years of age, approached us with the wish to have his encounter documented before his passing. Shortly after sharing hi...

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