Author: Breona White
A Burrunjor is a bipedal
between 20-30 feet tall and is 3 toed, scaly skinned and Tyrannosaurus Rex like
cryptic. It has 2 short arms like the Tyrannosaurus. The Burrunjor is said to
resemble the Theropod dinosaurs and is believed to be a carnivorous animal. The
Burrunjor is mostly seen in the Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of
Australia. It is said that the Burrunjor is based off a giant lizard “Megalania
prisca. (Gilroy)” “The Megalania prisca, the largest terrestrial lizard known,
was a giant goanna (monitor lizard)” (Mussuer). The Megalania is around 5
meters long and could be found around the southern Australian coast. The
Burrunjor is most likely originated from Aboriginal oral tradition.
The Aboriginals are
tribes in the Australia region. “They are believed to have lived in Australia
for between 60,000 and 40,000 years, their early ancestors coming from
South-East Asia” (Dunlop ). There are around 500
different aboriginal tribes in Australia each with their own language. “There
were many myths and rituals connected to both the tribe's ancestors and the
creators of the world, none of whom ever died but merged with the natural world
and thus remained a part of the present” (Dunlop). Some of those myths are the
stories of the Burrunjor and it’s sightings.
There are many stories that are told till this day of the
Burrunjor. One of a man who went into the woods and got lost; he was being
tracked by policemen and two aboriginals. They woke up one night to a loud
thunderous sound and the ground shaking. The policemen later told the man that
if he ever went back into the woods and got lost that they would not come
looking for him. He would not tell what exactly he saw, because he said that
nobody would believe him. The most recent sighting of the Burrunjor was in 1985
by a modern day family, who were going to a Roper River Mission. They reported
that the monster was around 20ft. tall. The family said that they didn’t stick
around to stay and left immediately. Another sighting was in 1950’s: “Back in
1950, cattlemen lost stock to some mysterious beast that left the mutilated,
half-eaten remains of cows and bulls in its wake over a wide area, stretching
between the border country and Burketown. Searchers on horseback found huge
reptilian tracks of some bipedal-walking beast. They followed these three-toed
tracks with their cattle dogs through some rough jungle terrain until they
entered swampland beyond which was more dense scrub. However, it was at this
point that the cattle dogs became uneasy and ran off. The horses were also
uneasy and obviously did not want to cross the swamp. While most of the
cattlemen decided their animals knew best, two men set off on foot with their
carbines. The story goes that they soon came across further tracks in an open
area beyond the swamp. While his mate searched about, the other man briefly
spotted the dark form of an enormous creature, perhaps 30ft in height, further
off in dense timber. The men left the scene in haste” ("Webnode").
Burrunjor |
Further
Research:
Australian
Museum
This website has
information on the Megalania, which is what the Burrunjor is supposed to be originated
from.
Truedinos
This website
has all types of cryptic dinosaurs, which would be useful for anyone comparing
cryptids.
The
Cryptozoologist
This website has
plenty of information on the Burrunjor.
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