The Hexham Swamp Bunyip and William Turton
Episode description
On the 25 March 1925, a story appeared on page 3 of the ‘The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate’ under the title of “Hunting the Bunyip of Hexham Swamp.”
It appears that three men, Sam Millgate, Bill Wallace and Billy Parkes, back in 1879 swore they heard, during an evening’s wild duck hunt in the Hexham Swamps, what resembled the “roar of a lion” and were terrified by the appearance of a creature with “eyes like golden orbs in the night.”
References:
Trove: https://trove.nal.gov.au
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171842350
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163226566
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