Over here we have the Yowie, akin to the Yeti & the like.
The small town of Kilcoy claims to be its home range & has this wooden statue of him in a local park.
Strange thing is - the fact that his "maleness" goes missing from time to time & of late, the town has just left him neutered. Ouch!
Not all the locals believe in the creature, & some say it's just the local youth who run around drunk & naked in the bush at night shouting.
Yowwwieee!