An Australian 'Yowie hunter' claims to have discovered a foul-smelling hair sample belonging to the mythical beast on a rural mountain range.
Yowie researcher David Taylor, 49, was exploring bushland north of Mackay in Queensland, on Sunday, when he spotted hair tangled on a barbed wire fence.
Mr Taylor, who claims to have crossed paths with one of the apelike creatures in 2010, said the thick strands of hair had a distinct odour of 'rotten meat'.
Yowie researcher David Taylor, 49 (pictured), was exploring bushland north of Mackay in Queensland, on Sunday, when he spotted hair tangled on a barbed wire fence
Mr Taylor sent the hair sample to an expert to see if they can rule out the possibility that it came from any native wildlife, and in turn prove the elusive monster walks among us
Otherwise known as Australia's answer to the North American sasquatch, the Yowie can be traced back to Aboriginal oral history in the 1800s.
Mr Taylor sent the sample to an expert to see if they can rule out the possibility that it came from any native wildlife, and in turn prove the elusive monster walks among us.
'We were in a stretch of national park where we get a lot of tip-offs when we spotted the damage to the fence,' the researcher said.
'The wires had been snapped and twisted like nothing I'd ever seen, whatever did it was huge.
'We collected some hair hanging from it that smelled very strongly of rotten meat crossed with urine, which I remembered from previous expeditions.
'A few people online said it's from a wild animal, but the way the fence was twisted would have killed an animal and it didn't match up to anything that lives in that area.'
David claims he was a sceptic until the fateful day
