I think I read somewhere that the bunyip turns out to be a giant capybara, like a species that was really HUGE but was hunted to extinction. I forget if I really read that or what. In any case, it's a totally cool monster. I like the hairy antenna or whatever that is.
Thanks, I had a hard time finding a non-vague description of a bunyip. I read the same thing about it being some kind of capybara. But in all the stories about it, It walks on two legs and eats children.
I think it's sometimes both a good and bad thing with the vague descriptions. I sometimes want to see some artist's interpretation of the monster, but then I am corrupted for life. It will always look like that, no matter what, and then if I want to draw it to it's going to look like THAT one. Now that I want to find these vague descriptions so I can take a stab at it myself, I am not finding too many.