Moehau

The Moehau (also known as Maeroero ) was, according to legend in the Coromandel mountains on the New Zealand North Island hidden living Hominid . It could be an equivalent for the Maero , another New Zealand cryptid . According to some sources, both are said to have long, pointed fingers. Some Maori assume that the being is a descendant of the Maero. According to another explanation, it is supposed to be an exaggerated report about an escaped gorilla .

In 1970 the county councilor J. Reddy told researcher Robyn Gosset that the hairy Moehau was a no-brainer joke. Also in 1970 a certain Bob Gray told the researcher Gosset that the term "Moehau monster" had to do with an American tugboat that was used to transport wood. In Nicola McCloy's book New Zealand Mysteries , the author rejects both theories and cites several alleged Moehau sightings in the early 19th century.

See also

• The Catlins

literature

• Antony Alpers: Maori Myths and Tribal Legends. John Murray, London 1964.
• Beattie, Herries; Maori Lore of Lake, Alp and Fiord. Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers, Dunedin 1945.
• In Search of the Hairy Hill Horror. New Truth, February 15, 1991.
• Margaret Orbell: The Fairies of Moehau . In: Department of Maori and Islands Affairs (ed.): Te Ao Hou - The Maori Magazine . No. 63 (June / August). Wellington 1968, p. 4 (English, natlib.govt.nz [accessed on January 18, 2016]).

Web links

• Mark Wallbank: Moehau Man - New Zealand's Bigfoot. Haunted Auckland, December 20, 2013, accessed January 18, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ J. Maberry, D. Kramer: The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre. 2007.
2. ^ P. Turner: National Geographic Traveler: New Zealand. P. 116.
3. ^ Robyn Gosset: New Zealand Mysteries. 2nd Edition. The Bush Press of New Zealand, Auckland 1996.