This article was sent in by Australian resident Hayley Rau who saw it pinned on the wall in the Shark Bay Hotel.
STINKER EATS DOGS!
A stinking man-like monster - 2.5m tall and covered with matted hair - has struck fear into residents of remote Shark Bay (Western Australia), 650km northwest of Perth.
Former shire president John Sellenger believes he has seen and smelt the creature.
"It's enormous - and it leaves a sickening stench behind it," he told me.
Another eyewitness is a commercial fisherman and former shire councillor Barry Edwards.
"The thing was huge," he said. "It smashed my tent around me when I was camping. When it took off, it left massive footprints in the sand that no human being could have produced."
The reeking intruder seems particularly fond of a water tank on the old dirt road into Denham.
"It was set up for travelers who needed a drink," John Sellenger told me.
"But locals won't stop there anymore - no matter how thirsty they might be. People don't like to talk about it, but I get the impression the creature's been seen around that tank. And it's not the sort of being you'd feel like sharing a drink with.
"I've had another report that it's been hanging around a rock-soak waterhole near here. A tourist pulled up and was about to get himself some water when his dog started bristling and whimpering in sheer terror.
"The bloke was an ex-soldier, but the pet's fear infected him and he drove on. A few dogs have vanished around this area - and some people theorize that the creature has eaten them."
John Sellenger saw the monster in 1977 when he was property manager on Dirk Hartog Island.
"My wife and our new baby were living at the homestead with me - so I was always careful to shut the doors against snakes," he recalled.
"One night, I heard a tremendous clatter from the kitchen. I rushed out and found the door open and cans of food scattered all over the floor.
"I glimpsed something huge and black running off into the night. It was man-shaped, but far too big to be human.
"One of the worst things was the smell it left behind - a strong sweet odor like rotting meat."
The body odor troubled being also tried to steal a meal from Barry Edwards.
"I had my experience in 1965 when I was writing a paper on sharks for the WA Museum," he said. "I was camping on a coral beach 25km from the town. The place was a hellhole - the hottest spot on earth.
"One night, just after I'd managed to get to sleep, I was woken by a rustling noise. Against the canvas, I saw an absolutely huge shape. It was around seven or eight feet tall and as wide as a motorcar.
"I should have lain quiet - but I let out an involuntary scream instead. This seemed to scare the creature - it leaped to one side, bringing the tent down around it.
"The creature ran in one direction and I ran in the other. I spent the rest of the night sweating in my car, with the doors locked."
The next morning, Barry inspected the collapsed tent. "There were bottles and tins everywhere," he told me. "It was obvious the thing had been foraging for food. But I got my biggest jolt when I walked out onto the beach. There was a long chain of huge footprints stretching along the waterfront."
"The beach is very soft in that area, with coarse coral sand. A man's feet don't make much impression at all - but this creature had left deep holes like an elephant running."
"I estimated that its feet must have been at least double the size of mine. And the footprints were so far apart that I couldn't jump from one to the next."
"That thing - whatever it was - could probably have killed me with one blow. I was amazed I was still alive."
Source: Written by John Pinkney - Northern Times
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