Yowie Sightings and Strange Encounters Reported Across Queensland

Posted Sunday, October 04, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

Just came across a wild video from the YouTube channel Yowie Sightings Australia, and let me tell you, this one is packed with some seriously intriguing reports that anyone interested in cryptid research needs to hear about. The host, Joey, is tracking what appears to be a pattern of Yowie activity moving through the Queensland area, specifically around Deebing Heights, Yamanto, and Mount Crosby. What's really catching attention is how he's piecing together multiple witness accounts to map out a potential travel corridor for these elusive creatures. One of the most compelling reports comes from a First Nations man who's been pig hunting his entire life. He reached out at 3:30 in the morning after hearing something completely unfamiliar near his home, something he'd never encountered despite decades in the bush. Joey is using this account alongside other recent sightings to suggest these beings are moving eastward, possibly heading toward the Karana Downs area. If you're in that region, you might want to keep your eyes open. Then there's the absolutely chilling account from Sandy Creek. A group of six people, including a mother, had their car pelted with rocks. That's not all. When they returned to the area about a year later and ventured under the Sandy Creek Bridge, they discovered a collection of deer frames, not bones, but frames. And when they got close, a thunderous banging noise erupted and scared them off. Rock throwing is actually a behavior frequently reported in Sasquatch encounters across North America too, so this kind of cross-cultural consistency in reported behavior is something researchers find particularly fascinating. The Picnic Point/Tabletop area has its own mystery too. A woman who's lived at her property for six years discovered a perfectly cut hole in her backyard hedge, so precise it looks intentional. And apparently, a Yowie was spotted in that same area about a month prior. But honestly, the story that gave me chills is the one about the tunnel. Joey shares an account from a mate at Redbank Plains, a guy who doesn't even believe in Yowies and doesn't like talking about them. As kids, he and his friends were riding BMX bikes behind his house when he leaned against some Lantana and fell right through into a hidden tunnel. They crawled in and discovered it opened up into standing-height rooms. This was right behind his backyard fence and he never knew it existed. Joey mentions another researcher who took a group of fit investigators up a mountain claiming there were structures built in the bush, but they couldn't find anything. The theory is that these creatures might be using dense Lantana thickets as natural building materials for shelter, hollowing them out to create hidden living spaces. If that theory holds up, it would explain why Lantana is often reported as being disturbed or hollowed out in areas with high cryptid activity. The idea that these beings could be constructing elaborate shelters using natural vegetation is something that comes up in North American Sasquatch research as well, with reports of stick structures, bent trees forming shelters, and hidden beds in remote areas. Joey also mentions another researcher who climbed a mountain near Springbrook and found a plateau with Lantana, and Joey is waiting to hear what that person discovered. There's a lot to unpack here, and honestly, the mapping work Joey is doing, connecting dots between sightings to track movement patterns, is exactly the kind of grassroots research that matters. Multiple witnesses, consistent behaviors, and now this tunnel discovery that suggests these creatures might be far more capable of construction than skeptics want to admit. Definitely worth checking out the full video over on the Yowie Sightings Australia channel. Joey's got a way of presenting these reports that makes you feel like you're right there piecing the puzzle together with him.