Paul Cropper on Springbrook Yowie
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 11th, 2007
Australian cryptozoologist Paul Cropper, co-author of The Yowie: In Search of Australia’s Bigfoot offers his take on the comments here on Cryptomundo regarding the Springbrook Yowie earlier post.
This is Paul Cropper, co-author of the Yowie book. It’s no stunt. Firstly, the article author, journalist Gabrielle Dunlevey of the Gold Coast Bulletin, contacted us about a week and a half ago about the reports. We didn’t call her. Here’s a quote from her email to us:
“Hi Paul and Tony. I was hunting around for stories at Springbrook today, and learned about the recent release of your book from Andre at the Homestead. There have also been a couple of yowie incidents in the past few weeks – so we thought it an opportune time for a story. I would love to speak to either one of you about the book, and how you plan to go forward in your quest for knowledge about the yowie. If you would like to get in touch, I am available on the number below before noon tomorrow, or any time during business hours on Friday. Kind Regards Gabrielle Dunlevy Journalist Gold Coast Bulletin”
Secondly, it wasn’t even that great a plug. Didn’t even get our website mentioned!
Oh yeah - check out the Tracks section on our site. Just updated it. And I’ll be posting details of a three witness daylight case that took place in January in Queensland, and when I get around to it, info on a multiple witness daylight case - with possible photograph - taken last April in Tarra-Bulga National Park, Victoria. And neither of them are stunts either.
Paul Cropper
- Similar Phenomena:
I have the new book, but can’t make any comments on it yet as I haven’t read it. I probably would have preferred a different cover, possibly more serious, but this one did give me a chuckle.
I grew up on the gold coast and spent many many hours in the bush around the area and i can tell you there is something there.