Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters
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Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters
Through real reports from the earliest days of European settlement to more recent times, we delve into all things mysterious and unexplained - from eyewitness accounts of the hairy man, sea serpents and big cats to strange objects flying through the skies and encounters with poltergeists, ghosts and other curious visitors from another time and space.
What was the "phantom animal" roaming Tasmania's Huon Valley?
Could there be a Nessie-like creature in Sydney's Hawkesbury River?
Was it the legendary "hairy man" that stalked four terrified stockmen through the bush one night?
Did Australia's first UFO flap occur in the winter of 1909? And what was it that one family described as an "aerial procession of vehicles" way back in 1888?
Did the Min Min Light purposely attempt to lure one well known writer to his death? Did the sighting of another "ghost light" foretell the drowning of a number of sailors? And what was the explanation for another reported "ghost light"?
Was a priest awoken one stormy night and convinced to ride a great distance by the guardian angel of a dying Catholic woman intent on making her final confession?
And what was the strange apparition that forced two Sydney constables to flee from a derelict building?
Did a "handsome man" in s strange craft from another world really make one young woman pregnant? And what was the frightening being that followed one terrified teenager through the bush whispering "I’m going to take you back to my lair in the mountains and eat your flesh ...?"
Whether you are a true believer in the paranormal, an interested sceptic or someone who just loves to be entertained with great stories, Weird Australia: Real Reports of Uncanny Creatures, Strange Sightings & Extraordinary Encounters makes great reading.