Greetings all,
The discovery of this very recent "little person" fossil reminds me of a
very odd conversation I had some time ago with an aborigine here in Perth.
I used to know a certain Ian Beafort-Dinah, whose line are the leaders of
the local Noongah community here (his grandfather was Noongah chief, his
father was part of the "stolen generation", Ian had not been initiated as
leader.)
He told me of an occasion when his father took him to see something rather
unusual : he took him to a remote location, they waited quietly - eventually
they saw what he described as little "people" with no clothes, somewhat
hairy, who used simple tools and avoided contact with us large people.
I quizzed him hard - he was certain he actually physically saw them, he was
certain they existed, he was certain it was not a dream experience or
anything like that.
Naturally, I was rather sceptical :-)
But,
on the other hand - Australia is a BIG place with a lot of empty space -
perhaps it is remotely possible that these creatures still exist?
Iasion