Beware the Bunyip at Night

If you hear growling from a billabong at night… don’t look. The Bunyip might

be watching you. The Bunyip is one of Australia’s oldest and most feared legends — a creature

said to lurk in billabongs, marshes, and rivers. Descriptions vary,

but everyone agrees on one thing: It’s huge, it’s predatory, and you never hear

it coming until it’s too late. Some say it has the head of a dog, the body of a seal,

and glowing eyes. Others say it’s more reptilian… with long claws sharp enough to

tear bark off trees. Aboriginal stories describe it as a guardian of sacred waters…

But also a creature that punishes anyone who gets too close. One of the earliest colonial reports