Case file · Cryptid
Stocqueler's six bunyips
In 1857 the artist Edwin Stocqueler said he saw six creatures on the Murray and Goulburn rivers, one close to McGuire's punt on the Goulburn. The Portland Guardian and other papers printed conflicting descriptions.
1857 CE · -36.37, 145.40 · status: disputed
The sceptical view
Stocqueler himself wrote to the Bendigo Advertiser disputing how the press had described his sighting.