THE BUNYIP IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 222, 17 September 1881, Page 1

THE BUNYIP IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

The famous bi,inyip, or some other extraordinary animal, has turned up in South Australia in the vicinity of! a small salt lake about a mile and a half from Mr. Foster's, on the main roall. nearly midway between Eobe and Beachport. According to the Border Watch, " the lake, which lies between Mr. Foster's and the sea, and is a little over half a mile from the shore, is about five acres ih extent, and is surrounded by a dense growth of the ordinary coast scrub and timber, and a large quantity of what is known as saltwater teatrep )grQws. ! in-:it.T .Its. .sanation as well as the thick growth of scrub m and j around it makes ! the lake one of the mp^tsepluded .spots ..that, can be, found in : the. locality. ; ••jQccasioually , ;% the , last four years, it is" said, and rather frequently .'of late - several residents at Mr. Foster's have apparently'feeding : jit. the side of the water, a large animal of dark-brown, color, which, when disturbed, plunged into the lalce and disappeared. From the description given it appears to be amphibious in its habits, but the persons who have seen itwere evidently- too timid to make much inquiry. "It ig"said to stand about two feet high, and to be a good deal longer' than a Newfoundland dog. It moves on four legs, and leaves in the soft ground at the side of the lake footprints consisting of four claw marks. It makes a noise like the roaring of a bull, which noise has often been heard at a distance when the beast itself was not visible. No one can ever conjecture what tbe creature may be, and some are inclined to fancy it is the last surviving one of some species of Australian animal that is destined to become extinct with it. It is .proposed to organise a,'stirong party with dogs, either from Beachport br Forster's, to have a good search for the monster, and, if possible, secure it dead or alive.