The Bunyip

The bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature of the Australian Aborigine. Bunyips haunt river, swamps and creeks. Their main goal in life is to cause nocturnal terror by eating people or animals in their vicinity. They are renowned for their terrifying bellowing cries in the night an have been know to frighten Aborigines to the point where they would not approach any water source where a bunyip might be waiting to devour them.