Bowhunter shoots Yowie Kilkivan QLD 2019

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Bowhunter Survives Yowie Attack - Kilikivan Qld Yowie Sighting March 2019

Yowie Sighting QLD

A bowhunter searching for wild pigs near the town of Kilkivan, QLD, is confronted by a charging Yowie. The Yowie encounter below is from Clint Maynard who provides the chilling account he had with a Yowie in a life or death situation. Here is his story as he presented it to us. This post has been moved into our state-by-state database HERE

Justine H 3 years 7 months

How terrifying, he was lucky to get away by the sounds. I never believed in Yowies but the more reports I read it gets harder to discount their existence. I hope the guy finds a way to overcome his apparent shock and psychological trauma.

Yowie Researcher 3 years 7 months

Thanks for the comment, Justine! There is so much anecdotal evidence regarding the Yowie in Australia and yet they are still considered folklore. To people that have encountered them as I have there is no question about their existence. Regarding Clint's encounter, we spoke to him for a long time before he decided to allow us to publish his encounter. He needed to talk to someone about it and I'm glad we could offer a little support. He's doing better now but still gets nightmares from time to time. He has never gone back into the bush since this incident. Cheers, John

KiwiPete 3 years 7 months

Wow, This is an amazing account. We get reports of them around here near Coffs Harbour and inland from time to time but they are almost always fleeting sightings and sometimes sounds.

Yowie Researcher 3 years 7 months

Thanks for the comment Kiwipete! We get quite a few reports from around your region. Don't forget to let us know if you have any sightings yourself or hear of any. Cheers John

Sean L 3 years 7 months

Probably the most important shot he'll ever make!!! It took a lot of courage to take this thing on but he did and he survives to talk about it. Just amazing.

Yowie Researcher 3 years 7 months

Thanks for the comment Sean! You are spot on. I dont think it would have been a very good outcome if he hadn't made the shot. Cheers, John

Ray 3 years 6 months

I do believe it was a female that he shot at as you suggested a bluff charge and bow hunter panicked and fired .Why the bluff charge because she had young nearby Bloody shame shooting at it with bow

Yowie Sightings 3 years 6 months

Hi Ray, thanks for the comments. It may well have been a female protecting young with a bluff charge. We thought it may have been hunting the same wild pigs the guy was tracking and saw him as competition but I like your suggestion. It was a shame he shot at it but I got the distinct impression when I spoke to him that he was incredibly frightened when it exploded from the bushes at him and he thought an attack was imminent. Good to hear from you, Ray!

Jason.T 3 years 3 months

I understand the situation the bowhunting guy went through because it was a very familiar situation I had experienced 30+ years ago with a close encounter with a
16ft tall male Silverback Yowie. It was on all 4s with fists on the ground hunting and creeping up on a Kangaroo that suddenly bound away from fright which was the only reason I looked in that general direction and noticed it.
It lifted it's head and upon sniffing the air it could smell me. We both started staring at each other for about 4 seconds then it bared it's teeth at me. I said to myself oh shit.! I dropped to the ground and ran like a lizard on all of my 4 limbs and foiled it by escaping away at a distance. I slowly peeked back and it was standing upright and coming down slapping and whacking behind any bushes with its
hand. I eventually was able to
stand up and was running faster than an Olympian.
I accidentally snapped a dry branch on the ground and it heard this and gave chase through the bush and was smashing down whole trees
and trying to cut me off before I could get back to the car but I just beat it. Thank God. This guy was probably
interrupted it hunting those wild pigs as I did disturbing
this one hunting that Kangaroo. Also there was a great hole or cave nearby that a family of Yowies lived in that I only knew about and witnessed at a distance.
I have since revealed the location to the Government
Authorities.

Yowie Sightings 3 years 3 months

Thanks for sharing your encounter, Jason. It's always fascinating to hear an encounter that has involved seeing some Yowie behaviour, in this case, hunting. I think you did well to get out of the area without injury. It would be great to hear some more about this Yowie encounter. You can email me at info@yowiesight ings.com. Cheers, John.

Big J 2 years 3 months

I'm assuming that he was using broadhead hunting arrows for pigs. This means that in that area there would possibly be DNA evidence in the arrow shaft. I would be keen to mount a recovery mission for this evidence if someone hasn't already. I have also read the report where two ADF members turned the tables on two yowie stalking them. I myself have experienced three knocks after a howl in NQLD at 2:00am. There would have been no-one within cooee of me and the direction it came from was croc infested salt flats and mangroves. Has anyone approached Clint for the location?

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