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Malcolm Smith

Person 5 stories, 1872 to 1984

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A writer on cryptozoology, and author of Bunyips & Bigfoots. Malcolm Smith turns up in the archive's Australian cases, usually after the sighting, weighing what witnesses saw. In his book he lists "waa wee" among the regional names for the bunyip, linking him to the Midgeon Lagoon story of 1872. In 1992 he suggested that Kevin Cameron's thylacine photographed at Yoongarillup might be a dog, perhaps with painted-on stripes. Then 2014. Summarising the Wonthaggi Monster reports of 1955, he backed Crosbie Morrison's mix of ordinary animals and declared the case closed.

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The Midgeon Lagoon Bunyip: the Waa-Wee of Narrandera, 1872

April 1872 · Midgeon Lagoon (Lake Midgeon), about 16 miles north of Narrandera, Riverina, New South Wales

Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources

16Thinly documented

Author of Bunyips & Bigfoots, which lists "waa wee" among regional bunyip names

The Dimboola sea serpent in the Great Australian Bight

May 14, 1913 · Great Australian Bight, off South Australia, on the voyage from Adelaide to Fremantle (35°30′S 133°40′E)

Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources

20Thinly documented

Cryptozoology writer, author of the most detailed modern account (2018)

The Largs Bay sea serpent off Aden, 1933

May 1933 · Off Aden, Gulf of Aden

Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources

18Thinly documented

Blogger who traced the case back to the 1933 press in 2017

The Wonthaggi Monster, Inverloch Road, Wonthaggi, Victoria (1955)

c. 1955 · Inverloch Road, Wonthaggi, Bass Coast Shire, South Gippsland, Victoria

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

30Partially documented

Cryptozoology writer who summarised the reports in 2014

Kevin Cameron's Thylacine Photographs, Yoongarillup, Western Australia (1984)

November 1984 · Hillside Farm, Nannup Rd, Yoongarillup, near Busselton, Western Australia

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources

40Partially documented

Proposed in Cryptozoology (1992) that the animal might be a dog with painted-on stripes