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The Woori Yallock Monster
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The Woori Yallock Monster
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Ancient aboriginal folklore tells of a creature that roams the south-eastern Australian wilderness. A monster that strikes fear into locals who dare not whisper its name in the late of night. Hundreds of missing persons cases have been attributed to this terrorizing apparition-like fiend. A creature that lurks in the dead of night for reasons unknown, stalking those foolish enough to encroach on it’s land, most commonly naive British tourists. The creature itself remains an enigma to the known world, with only Aboriginal Elders said to have ever seen the creature and lived to tell the tale (many others debate this with multiple eye-witness testimonies provided to local law enforcement).

The foundational myth of the beast are also difficult to ascertain with multiple origins proposed but the Monster is believed to have been born of a running creek (it’s aboriginal name stems from this) when the Great Rainbow Snake carved rivers and mountains not too far from what is now the Mornington Peninsula. It is said that the Great Serpant was being embroiled in an ambush by the Sky Father, Baime (or Bunjil) who cast boulders and lightning strikes from the heavens down at the Serpent. While the Snake lashed its enourmous tail to defend itself from the craterous forces from Baime, it sliced Mount Woori down its very centre and to it’s very core but in the process losing one of it’s Rainbow Scales, that by chance, landed in the centre of a newly formed running Ravine. With it’s rapid pace, the Snake was able to avoid the boulders and strikes of lightening thrown down from the heavans, however, just by some spontaneous chance, almost as if intended by some Greater force of the universe, a boulder landed atop the scale in the precise moment a Golden flash of lightning struck into the Ravine. And it is believed that this very moment, a creature was born, some say of pure malice and others say of fear but most sources agree that the Chimera of the gods that was left there was… The Woori Yallock.

Confused with it’s own creation, the Woori Yallock is known to have aggressive tendencies, particularly when Thunderstorms are in full force as it attempts to attack lightening bolts that crash into the Earth and feasting on them (it’s natural prey). Some believe lightening is one of it’s sources of sustinance. Locals warn of the dangers of camping and late night hiking during storms or, peculiary, Tuesday nights, for unknown reasons as the beast is most active during these times. The Beast is also said to be in close proximity when it’s distinct, stinky, smelly, stench pummels the nostrils that some can only describe as a combination of horror, death and a corpse like aroma. With tusks protruding awkwardly from its lower mandible that are often dripping with blood from it’s gored victims and hair that stands static on end as if perpectually charged from the lightning strike of its progenator in a messy conglomerate of fur, brackish water, ancient, green, mouldy algae and a thick deathly mucous. Some attempt to attribute potential sightings to Tasmanian Devils or even Tasmanian Tigers, but foolish are those with these thoughts, as the Woori Yallock has piercing amethyst/purple eyes (sometimes mistaken as red or yellow), pointed ears that appear to emit a singed smoke as if it were in perpetual creation by Baime, a whip like tails that is draped in hanging, smelly fur with a calloused, keratinized tail end like that of pure damascus steel . The tail is said to protrude specialized hairs that are thickened, sharp and course so that when struck into flesh, embed themselves and can only been removed by a highly trained surgeon. The paws of the monster are said to be soft, so that it can nimbly move through the night undeteced, others say they are soft to cushion the fall as it leaps from mountain top to mountain top. The claws that protrude out are jutted as if at random to create confusing track marks but gouge through flesh with ease. When the 4 legged beast is said to be in an attack mode, it’s hind legs contort into an orthopedic mess which splay it’s feet in a backwards direction to increase it’s pace in a gallop, comparable to nothing else seen on Earth.

But how this creature truly looks, including it’s size, colour and other features vary from story to story. Some ancient aboriginal cave paintings have been uncovered by our team at the Woori Yallock Institute and shed some light on the infinite mysteries around it, but we advise those who are faint of heart or have children nearby, to use the utmost caution when moving throught the remainder of this page.

This ancient cave painting was found after some children were panning for gold near what is now called the town of Woori Yallock. A boy noticed a running stream of water that led into a short but dark cavern and upon taking a torch to the walls, he noticed this striking beast. Carbon dating indicates the wall art to approximately 80-90 thousand BC. While not the oldest or primordial image of the Woori Yallock, it does shed light on how our ancestors feared the dead of night.

Other wall art that appears incomplete has been uncovered at the foothills of the Dandenong Range atop the Thousand Steps who few can ever manage to scale. A hardened cryptozoologist managed to uncover these spectaular images even at the risk of leaving his wife at the base of the punishing Thousands of Steps she could not fathom. These images are believed to be between 30 to 33 thousand years old and show potential sightings of the infamous creature in a more docile state, could the Woori Yallock not be as threatening as once believed? Could it be a peaceful animal attempting to live amongst the nature surrounding it and not a cruel, viscious tyrant? It’s easy to speculate.

Romantic Yallock

On October 14th, 1997, a team of archeologists were excavating a region of the Mornington Peninsula searching for rare gemstones that had been believed to be embedded in the ground for millenia. Previous searches had uncovered emeralds, rubies, saphires and in greatest quantity, amethysts. Upon using dynamite to unearth these stones, another cave was discovered that made a startling discovery. That there may not be only one Woori Yallock, but at least one other, a female. The paintings appear to display two creatures in what appears to be an initial courting process from the male. Folklore also intertwines with these images with some stating the Woori Yallock was a confused animal that appeared to be unaware of the females existance and struggled to communicate with her. One example of courting is what expert crptozoologists call the “butt bite”. The male Yallock leaps with extreme force and precision to playfully bite the rump of the female in order to seduce who with great effect.

Further images show us that the Woori Yallock was successful in it’s mating ritual as it lay nestled with the female. Although there is some contention with these images as Elders state that the female Woori Yallock whos origins are still unknown, is such a beautiful creature that human eyes cannot comprehend its existance. Some say the male searches for the female to this day, eternally, and that this may be the source of his rage, while others say there have been sightings of smaller Yallocks, or, pups.

That region where the caves were discovered was found to lay atop a thermal spring aquifer that was eventually converted into a popular tourist destination for loving couples now known as the Peninsula Hotsprings.

Where fact vs fiction stand with the Woori Yallock is difficult to confirm as lines are blurred for some stories but one can be certain that there are many stories to tell of the Woori Yallock. Some tell of a deadly beast with tenacity only the ancient image (left) can encapture, while others, tell a story of a more docile quadruped who does not seek to harm others but only protect what he knows and is.

~ T.I.M

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