The Bunyip is a mythical creature that has been known to live around southern Australia. It is said to have a dog-like face, dark almost black fur, horse tail, flippers, and either tusks, or horns. They were given the name Bunyip which means “A devil” or “A malevolent spirit”. I believe that this could actually be a real creature/animal.
It was first sighted around New South Wales in the early 1800’s. Unusually large animal bones (much like a hippo) were found at Lake Bathurst, New South Wales by Hamilton Hume. Sightings of bunyips were in lakes, rivers, waterholes, and billabongs by early European settlers in Australia. In the late 1800’s many sightings of bunyips were in South Australia and were documented as being “12 to 14 feet long”.
Some people believe that they heard a booming or roaring noise coming from the swamp that it lives and that it has been eating women and children. It is also believed that it has the call of a bittern marsh bird. The bunyip will make this call if it is about to kill or after a kill to celebrate its kill. They are also sometimes referred to as “waterdogs”.
So I believe that this could be a real creature/animal because the information given about the bunyip is much like that of newly found animals today, so the bunyip could be the mixture of many different types of animals. What do you think??
References:
Title: The Bunyip, Retrieved Date: April 6, 2009, Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyip
Title: Figure 1, Retrieved Date: April 6, 2009, Web Address: http://www.cryptozoology.com/cryptids/images/bunyip05.jpg
Title: The Bunyip, Retrieved Date: April 7, 2009, Web Address: http://www.helium.com/items/871945-the-bunyip-australias-unknown-creature
Title: The Bunyip, Retrieved Date April 7, 2009, Web Address: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/84809/bunyip#
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