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Yahoo in Yahoo Creek hairy man tradition

YEAR
2019
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SOURCE
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Yahoo in Yahoo Creek hairy man tradition

ABC Nightlife described the mythical creature known as the Yahoo or hairy man as being frequently spotted along the Great Dividing Range as settlers pushed into the Australian hinterland, in an interview with Tohby Riddle, author of Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery.

Record ID
4,150
Year
2,019
Source
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Record ID
4150
Source
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Publication
Is the Yahoo Australia's bigfoot?; ABC Nightlife / Tohby Riddle
Published
2019-03-11
Narrative type
Giant and Ogre Narratives
Public-text label
Yahoo
Archive period
Digital Era
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ABC Nightlife described the mythical creature known as the Yahoo or hairy man as being frequently spotted along the Great Dividing Range as settlers pushed into the Australian hinterland, in an interview with Tohby Riddle, author of Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery.

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