SOMETHING IN THE PILLIGA

Slim Dusty (Pubs, Trucks & Plains album)

This story was told to me by a mate - and he was still shakin after 20 years
Well that’s what he told me anyway.

I was drivin through the Pilliga, getting tired of the road
Pulled over for a breather, stretch my legs and check the load
It was getting close to sundown; been away near on a week
When I pulled into this campsite on the banks of Tooley Creek.

Well I walked around the trailer; the bush was pretty still
Checkin ropes and kickin tyres and the night air had a chill
I was climbin in the cabin when I thought I heard a moan
And I got this sudden feeling that I wasn’t on my own.

Oh there’s somethin in the Pilliga, I’ve heard old timers say
There’s some won’t even camp there; some never go that way
And if you listen to their stories, they’ll make yer skin just crawl
Some may offer their opinion and some never talk at all.

Well I put it down to maybe the wind blowin in the trees
Completely disregarding shaky feelings in my knees
I was climbin in the camper; 40 winks was all I’d take
When I felt the cabin shakin; I was really wide awake.

Oh I grabbed the tyre lever out from underneath the seat
Hit the lights and threw some roman sandals on my feet
I was creepin round the bullbar; out roared this awful sound
And my hair was standin straight up; I was frozen to the ground.

Hey there’s somethin in the Pilliga, I’ve heard old timers say
There’s some won’t even camp there; some never go that way
And if you listen to their stories, they’ll make yer skin just crawl
Some may offer their opinion and some never talk at all.

Then this thing came chargin for me; it was all of 10 feet high
With hair all covered over, murder in its devil’s eyes
And I must have started screamin like a banshee in full flight
For it roared and grunted somethin and then vanished in the night.

When finally I woke up I was lyin on the ground
In an eerie kind of stillness, nothin moved nor made a sound
Both my eyes were big as saucers, still seein in my mind
That primeval apparition, red eyes burning into mine.

Oh there’s somethin in the Pilliga, I’ve heard it rant and roar
And my nerves were shot to pieces rememberin what I saw
It was big and it was hairy; its perfume really reeked
Yeah there’s somethin in the Pilliga mate, on the banks of Tooley Creek
Let it stay there in the Pilliga on the banks of Tooley Creek.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-UjD-m6L9g
Something in the Pillaga sung by Slim Dusty


If you thought “Bigfoot” and his mates were restricted to North America or to Nepal’s Abominable Snowman/Yeti, think again.
These elusive, mystical – but very real – creatures have been sighted, plus heard (and now recorded), all over the planet, since, well – since Forever!
Just as there are - or were :( many varieties of particular species of animals, it is believed there were also at least 11 variations of hominins, which “died out” - apart from us – and science is gradually finding skeletal evidence of them.
Meanwhile, every country and culture has their stories and legends about still-existing bi-pedal hairy hominoids that “shouldn’t” exist - and with the digital age, we hear more and more about our increasing interactions with them.

Australia is no exception – hence the above song! There is barely an area that hasn’t reported one, or multiple, encounters and the Aborigines warned the new settlers about them from the start of colonisation in the late 1700s, reports of which were duly relayed back to England. It appears each Indigenous language group had their own name for them, but today they are generally known across Australia as YOWIES (that’s the very tall ones, there is a smaller mob (shorter than us), called JUNJADEES).

As with the USA & Canada’s Sasquatch, there is much activity on YouTube from Yowie investigators, particularly in NSW and QLD, though there appear to be very few songs written about the topic.

The Yowie’s National Anthem “We Are Australian” is sung here by The Seekers and in the accompanying slideshow, at 03:17 you can view a World Map which details the different types and names of some 27 x BigFoot types from all over –
most illuminating!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Z5QYSfRjE

Leeann Flynn wrote in 1999, this Yowie number : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn9vzkRRJy4   and   Rowan Blackmore’s 2016 song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21becQK9TFs

HERE is some good data from a credible source – Gary Opit has had a weekly wildlife and environment show on Australian radio for over 20 years and much field experience in Papua New Guinea, SE Asia, and Eastern Australia.
He reveals some of his many experiences that have made him a Believer : https://www.sasquatchstories.com/yowie-the-aussie-bigfoot

Then there’s this amazing 2017 report from the NSW Border Ranges and from a witness with Science creds from here to next Tuesday : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY3nlEMfcnE

This is from a clip on Aboriginal Mysteries. The Yowie segment is from 07:11 to 10:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVXwQ8n_Vcs
and here is a description from Aboriginal folklore : “ …. Indigenous Australian lore specifically includes the ability of the Hairy Men to induce states of mind on human beings as well as to appear visible or not, at will…… “
   
Us not “believing” in them does not change the fact that these extraordinary creatures still exist. If you’re at all interested in this subject, do the research. There’s much to be found.

A final musical offering : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyW7cimXPl8 “We Didn’t Find the Yowie” from the Monster Hunters Australia Band (Halloween Special)

LoL - I’ll refrain from further comment!! :)


R-J