Unexplained encounters in Australia
16 famous cases and 1 story shared by people from Australia: 5 sky, 2 visitors, 6 creatures, 3 voices & sounds, 1 places. Famous cases set out what was reported and the explanations offered, without taking a side.
By state or region
Famous cases
The Westall SightingUnexplainedMelbourne, Australia · 6 April 1966The Tasmanian Tiger SightingsUnconfirmedTasmania, Australia · Since 1936The Knowles Family EncounterDisputedEyre Highway near Mundrabilla, Western Australia · 20 January 1988The Parkes PerytonsExplainedParkes radio telescope, New South Wales, Australia · 1998 – 2015The YowieUnconfirmedBlue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia · Reported since the 1800sThe Min Min LightsDisputedBoulia, Channel Country, Queensland, Australia · Reported since the 1800sThe BunyipLegendMurray River region, south-eastern Australia · Told for generationsThe Tully Saucer NestDisputedHorseshoe Lagoon, near Tully, Queensland, Australia · 19 January 1966The Murchison MeteoriteConfirmedMurchison, Victoria, Australia · 28 September 1969The Morning Glory CloudsExplainedBurketown, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia · Most years, September to NovemberThe Meteors You Can HearMostly explainedNewcastle, New South Wales, Australia · Reported for centuries; explained in 1980The Wolfe Creek CraterExplainedKimberley, Western Australia · Formed about 120,000 years agoThe Giant Lizards of the OutbackUnconfirmedOutback Queensland, Australia · Reported in the 20th centuryThe Wailing in the Australian NightExplainedEastern Queensland, Australia · Heard every nightThe Drop BearTall taleForests of Victoria, Australia · A tall tale since the 20th centuryThe Tree Lobster of Ball's PyramidConfirmedBall's Pyramid, off Lord Howe Island, Australia · Thought extinct by 1920s; rediscovered 2001