Are Drop Bears real

[Baron von Richthofen (Vaclav)]

Are Drop Bears real, I wonder

[DJDD]

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

My oath they're real.
Was camping at Little Yabba Creek a number of years ago. We were sitting, leaning against a tree watching the camp fire when one dropped on us then just casually walked away. I swear he was blushing, ( but that could have been the reflection of the fire ), I think he was embarrassed by his lack of climbing skills.

[Darth Wader (Wade)]

[DavidU (Dave)]

I used to have our Pommy friends in sheer terror about drop bears. LOL
From the time of picking them up at the air port to getting home I explained all about the bears, white pointers in the bay and croc's in the Yarra LOL

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

You're so cruel David.

[mental4astro (Alexander)]

Don't talk to me about these hellish animals. Camping up in the Warrambungles a while ago, I was awoken by a horrible, unearthly stench. Groggie with sleep, I heard something going through our food stuffs which we had hung on a branch. Next thing I know whatever it was charged at me, making a horrendous scream. I managed to hold the beast away from my throat, its fangs gnashing away. My mate awoke to thrashing mass of fur & sleeping bag, grabbed the cricket bat & swung it at the beast, knocking it of me. It screamed as it tore of into the night.

I'd better go see a man about a dog now, .

[lacad01 (Adam)]

'Course they're real. Great band they were:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr_Kn...om=PL&index=19

[Jen]

that pic looks scary

[anthony2302749]

Had one of these chase me near Hay once. bugger to get way from when thay have a down hill run.

[Baddad (Marty)]

Hi Vars, Hi All,

Its a safe bet that there are many funny stories about stressing foriegners over hoop snakes and dropbears.

My time in the Aust Army. We had the Yanks scared. So scared at times they never walked under trees without looking up first.

North Qld, just before dawn, some feral pigs came foraging. All hell broke out. Imagine big Afro Americans screaming like girls.The Aussies just laughed.


Cheers Marty

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Originally Posted by anthony2302749

Had one of these chase me near Hay once. bugger to get way from when thay have a down hill run.

It has been a long time since I've seen a real "hoop snake"...

With respect to drop bears...ignore them at your peril...

Now if you can combine a hoop snake and get a drop bear to pass through the "hoop" you've got a real circus act!

[MrB (Simon)]

ROFL Anthony

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

Have a look at the one I found along the road......

Terrifying....

Adrian

[Ric]

Of course Drop Bears are real.

You should have seen the size of the one my cat bagged and dragged home the other day.

Cheers

[pgc hunter]

Drop Bears, Miniature Koalas, Jeff's 10-foot killer Penguin, Scuzzlebut..... all real mate

[astroron (Ron)]

Drop Bears and other weard and wonderful Aussie creaturs I reckon you people should stay of the grog

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

We've got the world's deadliest critters already and we have to make up more.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

We've got the world's deadliest critters already and we have to make up more.

Well somethings got to keep the taipan, funnelwebs and box jellyfish under control.


Oh didn't you know Drop Bears are actually amphibious? Poor old salty has received such a bum rap over the past few years.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I was wondering what was lurking at the bottom of our creek. We always thought it was a platypus.