Jonathan Swift [1667-1745] in his book, “Gulliver’s Travels” [1726], described Australia long before the voyage of Captain James Cook RN [1770], with information which could only have come from ancient Chinese writings on the mysterious southern continent. He also described a primitive hairy race that inhabited that land as the Yahoos.
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Dead Horse Gap, near Thredbo. This wild region of the Snowy Mountains has been a “hairy man” locale since the first years of 19th century settlement hereabouts. During June 1999 a stockman was riding his horse through wild scrub overlooking the road near
where this photo was taken, when he spotted a number of “huge man-like footprints” in a mud patch.
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CHAPTER FIVE
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Excerpts from - "The Yowie Mystery" - Living Fossils from the Dreamtime.
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