Case file · Cryptid

Yarra River bunyip

In March 1847 a 'bunyip or an immense platibus' was reported in the Yarra near Melbourne's Custom House; three men rowed out to catch it and failed.

1847 CE · -37.82, 144.96 · status: account

The sceptical view

The reporter himself hedged with 'platypus'; a stray seal is the likeliest culprit.