You're kidding me right.
City people.

Drop Bears-------->URBAN LEGEND/MYTH.   

You're kidding me!

Why was I convinced otherwise? I must have read some BS somewhere on Facebook or Instagram.

I can't believe this. I've been terrified by these animals too! Bloody Hell! 😔

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 21^st, 2022 at 9:17pm:

Don't worry, many domestic Australians did too.
The other one was 'Mud Sharks' (inland sharks).
Though I don't know much on this legend/myth/hoax.
At least you won't be scared of a falling Koala for want of a coconut in Fiji, now.

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 21^st, 2022 at 9:14pm:


Drop bears are subject to be made into an Australian horror movie. There is no truth to them other than the urban legend. I was aware of the legend status since I had heard of them as a child.

We have a movie called "Red Billabong" about the bunyip. We should have a horror movie about Drop Bears sometime.

John Smith wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2022 at 2:13pm:


Gotta agree with you there. Anyone that pays attention to urban legends would know about "drop bears" from the time the legend was created. People made up the myth on account of camping trips in which the koalas would make that cackling growling noises (think the Predator's growl) that gave campers a good scare. Every now and then, a koala would fall unto the tents of campers, likened to being an attack. From there, Australians have added their own spin on what these new mythical beings were, for the sake of making fun of tourists who go out camping.

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 21^st, 2022 at 3:44pm:


The Aborigines are allowed to hunt these native species even the cute cuddly ones.

I hear they taste like a cross between the Bilby and Platypus

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2022 at 11:13pm:


The lefties like the Greens make all sorts of claims with genocide etc with Aborigines yet their numbers have been growing so no they aren't endangered.

The Aborigines are allowed to hunt our native species under some native title BS.

 
 
 Oh dear... just how much can a Koala bear?

China is still far left on economic and a lot of other policies.

AusGeoff wrote on Jun 24^th, 2022 at 9:36am:


I would call them "koala bears" in my childhood. I stopped calling them "bears" before I was a teenager. When the Americans visited the town in the early 2000s, I saw some of them at the Botanical Gardens. We had a koala enclosure to look at, near the lagoon. An American started calling out to the koala "Koala-wala-wala bear". My friend and I just looked at each other with knowing winks. But, we did not say anything, out of not wanting to be rude or smart arses.

Lisa Jones wrote on Apr 12^th, 2023 at 11:07am:


Only in the enunciation of calling them "koala bears".

Koalas, however, are on the endangered species list, after last year's reclassification of their numbers. There might be only less than 100,000 of them nowadays. I usually heard a koala growling in the neighbourhood nearby. The dogs were constantly barking at it. I do not hear it anymore.

It's the 'Media'-cultured Australians that pump out the most B*ullshit about Australia. Like Victoria being Mexico and this continent being 'South Asia' (australasia).
Once Biden (Media) got back in power - all the UFO's, Bigfoots, Loch Ness, Aliens and all sorts of b*ullshit rubbish has hit the Media.

There is one 'true' urban legend that I know of and that was the Mountain Lion of the Blue Mountains. There was, at least, an actual photo of the cat looking pretty scrawny. The truth was that the owner of Notre Dame in Sydney had to close down due to possibly either a divorce or PETA (which closed down other places like African Lions Safari, etc). Out of spite, he let his black Panther loose in the Blue Mountains where it survived for many years, but is probably dead by now considering the ragged looking last photo of it being spotted.

Everything else is just B-S made up by 'those' Australians.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Bunyip of Aborigine songlines has been corrupted to a more Hollywood perception.
As for Yowies - well they're just bush wandering 'Hobos' living hermit style and probably make alternative Ferals look clean.

Jasin wrote on Apr 12^th, 2023 at 8:28pm:


Yowies??? I’ve never heard of the term.

But I do know someone who fits that description perfectly (and he’s also banned from this sub forum).😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 21^st, 2022 at 9:17pm:


I often share stories about dropbears with non-Australians to scare the poo out of them.

i tell them the only safe way to walk through the bush is the have an open umbrella so they cannot drop onto you. They always go for the throat so you should have a collar, like a dog collar or something to protect yourself.

In the day you should be scanning the trees and at night, make sure you have your umbrella up.

You are the first Australian I have ever heard of that did not know it is a myth.... didn't think that was possible.

Koalas are not bears.

Baronvonrort wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2022 at 11:19pm:


Oh so Aboriginals ARE allowed to hunt koala bears.

Did you know that the Chinese breed our koalas so as to cook them up for dinner?

John Smith wrote on Apr 12^th, 2023 at 6:50pm:



Calling you or the forums tramp out for their stupidity is not against forum rules you cretinous slime