The Bunyip - A Murray Bridge Icon ( Bert the Bunyip)
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- Опубліковано 3 кві 2017
- European settlers of the 1800s were told about this creature by Aboriginies.
The bunyip was said to live in creeks, riverbeds, waterholes and swamps, emerging at night to terrify and devour any animal or human prey in the vicinity. Its terrifying cries were said to ring out, disturbing the stillness of the night. Lonel and isolated white settlers heard these unfamiliar sounds, wondering and worrying about the existence of an animal monster, native only to Australia.
Aboriginies seemed genuinely afraid of the creature and would not go near any area of water where they thought a bunyip might be lurking. Settlers were anxious to prove or disprove its physical existence. Various believed the sightings of bunyips and were reported in the press with the findings of fossil bones being scientifically examined.
It was not until the turn of the century that the physical existence of the bunyip was disproved.
Some Local Bunyip Facts
The Murray Bridge Bunyip was built by Dennis Newell and launched in 1972.
For 20 cents the bunyip emerged from below the water a gave a very loud roar - twice. This roar could be heard up to one kilometre away. The ugly looking monster did frighten many small children.
His name was Bert the Bunyip.
The Bunyip was given a baby about 10 years after the launch... Bert then became Bertha.
The sound box has had many problems during its time... at one stage vandals somehow worked out how to jam it so it would continue to roar - often through all hours of the night.
Then the Bunyip and baby were also vandalised and part was broken off.
A quieter, more friendly looking bunyip was built and his cave was revamped in 2000.
The price rose to $1 for three appearances.
The bunyip recieves in excess of 20,000 visitors per year.
The Murray Bridge Bunyip can be found lurking in his cave today on the banks of the Murray River at Sturt Reserve Murray Bridge.
Now I know why submechanophobia is a thing
Because it's unnatural and usually has decaying mechanical appliances
Someone needs to go on the Jaws Ride(Rip Universal Florida). If you fell over technically multiple Robot Sharks ready to move whenever
Welcome to kitty city?
Emma Peyton same. My anxiety goes through the roof when I’m at the lake and our boat just happens to float near the big concrete supports of the bridge
Kathi see how old it gets look up bunyip animatronic
That water is gross
Mr. Meaty The Bunyip is breaking down, causing it to pollute the water it's in.
Mr. Meaty the animatronic is now completely black because it had an oil spill
Georgiiie Sadness didn’t they clean it up?
lovely peaches They did, though Im quite confused myself, as I went there a couple days ago, and it was covered in black from head to shoulders.
anomalousnero oh dang. ur a brave soul just saying
the murky water makes this so much worse honestly
Yea, the water looks like my shit when I get diarrhea.
The original was worse
You mean worse as in lesser quality or more disturbing?
Phorchy Bug yeah the old one was installed in 1972
I’m sorry but- your profile photo 😳😳😳
There's something horrifying about how it comes completely out of the water, stays there, then the audio just switches off suddenly :|
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You have submechanophobia
Zandy M. imagine that went off when a worker was there
isnt it not meant to do that
everything ive seen it comes up for a bit and goes back down
unless they were doing something then
After the audio switches off, it suddenly starts to creak. It then starts moving it’s arms. It reaches at you in a vain attempt to grab you. But then the cage lowers it into the water. The bunnyip freezes, and is very slowly pulled down into the abyss. It goes all the way down until it is no longer visible. All you see it murky water.
Imagine you fell in and got stuck under his bottom cage. He goes down, his cage with him, and you’re pushed down into the uncovered unknown mechanic below. DAMN I SCARED MYSELF
DYLiXiA OMGGG DO NOTTTT
Hell no
NO
DONT MAKE ME IMAGINE THIS
AAA
OHMYGO DONT EVEN FUCKING SAY THAT NOW IM IMAGINING IT AHHHHHH
I HATE YOU NOW AAAAAAAAAAA
The Bunyip has seen much better days. They need to restore the old, frightening version that's used in a lot of creepypasta pics.
Source?
I low key prefere the old version tbh, it's so much creepier!
Qwaark [GD] if you’re asking what he looked like, here
animatronicappreciation.tumblr.com/post/175044149193/oh-no-no-no-no-no-mod
Ray Jardiolin oh god
@@rayjardiolin5035 I think the bunyip is transgender cuz her name is Bertha now and she has a child
imagine how deep that water must be for that whole thing to be almost completely submerged
Not that deep honestly
i mean yeah you would only need like 7 feet at the most
Oh my god-
@@loveleonk well there's also the extra mechanics it needs
@@Sage-ve3pl still not that deep lol
remember back in the days when there was 2 of them
when?
Me too! Her baby was my favourite!
leo falco There was a period of time when she was holding a baby Bunyip.
@the suf fan there was a baby bunyip
@@macatchya1 there was a baby.. the original was way creepier.
I particularly like how it does nothing at all while openly displaying the agricultural mechanics that are enabling this lack of functionality.
It’s just like: *ROAAAAAAR* ok I did it I’m fully out of the water what do I do now- ok the sounds stopped *s u b m e r g e d*
Yo it’s just broken
It's supposed to go back down immediately
tf u say
The water is just so filthy, like I can see how green it is and don’t get me started on the rust and decay of the thing itself. If you were trapped there, imagine the TASTE of that filth. Ugh.
Forbidden Kool-Aid
@@fatcat1 this comment is so cursed I hate it
yummy
fatcat yes officer, this comment right here
fatcat oh no
Ocean man, take me by the hand, lead me to the land. Thought you’d understand, ooooocean man.
lmao
Saira Chill :3 this is an ocean man I wouldn’t let take me by the hand
Yeah ocean man take me to the land fricking fast now!!
it looks great right up until you see the metal mesh, just the water being about a foot more shallow than it’s meant to be completely ruins the illusion
actually its not the water but the animatronic wich goes higher than usual.
Yeah, it was broken at the time and you arent supposed to be able to see past the head. Normally, no cage is seen and the whole body isn't in view
Did someone mess with animatronic and now it goes up more then it supposed to go?
@@xmarksthespotmusicchannel5009 the mesh is caught on the one hand, so it brings up a side of the cage more than it should go
@@xmarksthespotmusicchannel5009 nah, its just that its been there in the water so long with no maintinance that it broke.
imagine being stuck in there with it? yeah no thanks. the original one was 100 times worse tho.
Omg facts I wish I can see a video of the old one
There was an original...? I thought this couldn’t get worse but I guess I was wrong 💀
It’s actually terrifying
Can I get a link to the original one?
Sara Bellon the what?!
imagine being the poor maintenance worker that had to go into the water with that thing
they take it out w a machine and it’s cleaned in a hangar n stuff
@@equipedlime3439 Shut up.
Rockspoon that was unnecessarily rude
Rockspoon who hurt u
@@equipedlime3439thanks!
For people who don’t know, the Bunyip figure is actually about the size of a large van. The door in the background is a good reference for size. A lot of the videos and pictures of this attraction make the Bunyip look smaller than it actually is. Knowing it’s much bigger than it appears makes it much more scarier.
I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE THE DOOR EW- I hate that omg
I didn’t even notice the door, good lord that’s terrifying
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LMAO STOP IT DHBJDVH BAHAHA
Skateboarders grind
I grind too
That's why you can see me wearing DC shoes
i edited this so you dont know what they are talking about
thecompactor ͔ i was so confused by that comment earlier today
1:34 me after loosing an argument
Lmao
Lol
Adios
OH I JUST CRACK-
Nice.
I feel bad for the person who has to go in there and work on this thing.
Judging my the murky ass water that’s no one
Spider-Deku stolen comment bruh
@A guy made to trigger you ?
•_• I hate life •_•
They raise itnout of the water and work on it in a storage room
The nostalgia! I remember heading up to this thing with friends numerous times and one of the first questions asked was: "Anyone got a coin?"
Why??
@@chaseiao6096 Because it only worked when you put a dollar or two in the coin slot.
i thought you meant to make a wish or something 😖 i wouldn’t wanna make a wish in that thing
Where’s the coin slot
@@Aidenb.841 Its not in the shot but it's on the side of the cage.
This was filmed when the animatronic was breaking and leaking oil hence the strange pollution in the pool. :)
That's actually rust
oil is a diff time period
I’m screaming why is this a thing
Goobitz V IDK
Goobitz V cuz bunyip’s are cool
To scare Australian children into NEVER swimming alone
You havent seen the original
name_ none I’ve seen pictures of it and it’s scary as hell
May i use this footage in a video i'm making about underwater animatronics? i will give your channel full credit.
probably, just give him credit
Oh jesus- hi
OMG HIII IM SUCH A HUDGE FAN OF YOU!! I also watched all your vids :)
1 year later : nothing happened
@Super Cecil dude no
I hate this a lot... but I’m also intrigued?
Same
Look up submechanophobia
I love how we’re all unnerved but the kids at the end are like “meh, not that scary. It just makes a load of noise and goes back down.”
i think they’re built different
@@blitzie66 based children
I’ve never been here and never heard of it in my life but like...I wish I got to go here when the water was dirty. I’m fascinated by animatronics in water, especially when they aren’t in the best shape.
While looking at it, I find it odd that it went all the way out of the water like that, especially since it doesn’t seem to do that in other videos, as well as the fact that it should have gone back down sooner than it did. I also find it interesting how it didn’t seem to go back down in the proper way at the end. It looks more like it was falling rather than being pushed back under. Hmm.
Hello, a fellow cult member
Maybe someone got stuck under there and is blocking the mechanism😂
@@mekaijohnson STOP
Except that was when it was dirty. Later times, the animatronic malfunction and leaked oil... Dying the ‘animatronic’ completely black. (That’s kind of funny, as that’s a realistic problem. Water oil spills...) Cast members saw this and then cleaned Burt the Bunyip, so he wasn’t black. He is still functional and running today.
Everybody is talking about how creepy the Bunyip looks but I’m thinking about how gross that water looks
Adamations Adver me too
Everyone’s talking abut the water bruh
I'm thinking of both i'm crying
@@9zyuk132 lol
The new bunyip is gonna look like its old Version 🤗
This is going to sound so random and I'm posting this on a lot of videos bc i need to know! The original bunyip, what did it sound like?? Was it the same recording as this? I keep seeing it apparently sounded much much louder than this one? Was it a different recording or is this the same/simmilar? Can someone please describe it? xD
the bunyip is an old aboriginal folk tale, so there is no known sound
@@ratman8670 I meant the original animatronic
@@Sum1Uknow2019 what are the old vids called? I keep trying to find videos of the original one but I couldn't find anything just pictures
@@Sum1Uknow2019 oh, it's ok. Thanks anyway because I never seen that picture of it
@@kittzyowo2820 there is now a video of bertha and her baby, its on the submergedanimatonics subreddit!
The fact that it still works is what really makes this thing scary.
1:33 it wobbles as jt sinks
Thanks i hate it
STOP I WANNA CRY LMAOO
r/tihi
r/tihi
1:35 BACK DOWN YE DEMON
Fun fact:
At one point the oil in the bunyip's mechanics leaked into the water. Dying the entire thing black for a while before he was cleaned
It was probably the scariest version of the new Bunyip tbh
Correction it wasn’t HIS oil in fact I don’t think he has oil in him it was from something else that leaked
@@thefloofball260 o interesting
That water is nasty 🤢 the animatronic has something faulty in it that later caused the water to become pitch black and oily
I mean yeah it’s cartoony, but imagine being in deep water with that old robot
But the original... that thing is haunting.
MA THERE'S A FRIGGIN BUNYIP IN MY FRIGGIN LAKE!!!!!!
"I fear no men, but that thing, it scares me"
0:00 - me when mom says the pizza rolls are ready
1:34 - me when I realize they're only half done
Bunyip: *Reeeer*
The crickets in the background: *bruh stfu im making noises back here*
Would you rather be in there for 1 day or be at a haunted house for 1 day?
Tati Tazkiah
dear god i’ll take the haunted house
Haunted house 10000% thinking of being trapped in that tiny space with THAT THING makes me wanna die
Romeo Angeles how the heck are you gonna sit in the water if it’s that murky
I would sit in water but you need to insert some cling for it to activate so I would be good
Haunted house. Ghosts are cool, unlike this...thing.
Couldn't sleep last night because of this guy.
thank you bert
His design looks like one of those graphiti Monsters
Is he broken
Yes.
@Disbelief Paps him. Bert is a him they did give him a baby to operate alongside with
@Disbelief Paps proof? Other than the child which could have more explainations
@Disbelief Paps yeah you're right sorry. But apparently the bunyip was both
@Disbelief Paps i believe since bert (bertha during 82') was female when the bunyip baby was created, it would likely be a male as to balence the genders. But that is my theory the baby bunyin doesn't have a gender
Him hansome
And that’s on submechanophobia
I remember being scared shitless of this thing, turns out it was really just the loud noises it made that freaked me out.
My mom has a full-fledged video of the original bunyip with the baby
Please for the love of God, post it online!!!
See that’s the problem I can’t
It was recorded on a 1978 Camera
I’ve already tried I tried everything making a new data putting it on a new computer putting it on an old 1971 computer it’s not working I tried everything it’s not working but I have it and I’m going to post a sound of what the original roar sounded like With sound effects but not as loud
REALLY???
YOU NEED TO POST THAT VIDEO RIGHT NOW
you are going to be the hero of submechanophobia
:0
"WHO DARES AWAKEN ME"
It’s Roar was terrifyingly loud
“What’s your greatest fear?”
-people in this comment section - “wet robots.”
Normal robot: kalm
* Puts drop of water on robot*
Panik
Take ur dislike
In awe at the size of this lad, absolute unit
Poor thing :( somebody needs to fix them up and clean their water so they’re happy again
They did clean him.back in 2018 but sadly a oil spill drenched him black
@@ineedzemedic5810 dont you mean they cleaned it after the oil leak
@@whoslucaas probably did
You dont realize how big this thing is until you look at the back access door and compare it to the size of bunyip...
Except when you see the people standing in front of it, and that the Bunyip isn't actually enormous, the door is just very small, which ruins the magic of it all.
Kids: “Not that scary.”
Me: *Terrified*
the part that scared me the most for some reason, was when the bunyip submerged itself in the water again
Watching this at 3am makes me feel high
This is why I don’t watch UA-cam at 3 am. It recommends me this stuff.
I find it terrifying how it suddenly stops making sound before quickly and silently submerging itself back into the water
Keep in mind,
The door in the back is just a normal sized door.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I went there yesterday and it was so loud when I went to my picnic spot I could still hear it
Literally every comment starts with "IMAGINE IF..."
*This sanctuary location is ours now. Try and take it, if you dare.
it’s actually broken in this video- watch the other ones and it doesn’t stay up for that long
This was actually at a time when Bert was slightly broken, because the cage would be lifted up too high so that you could see it. In the actual attraction, no acage should be seen under the bunyip, and it's lower half should still be submerged.
“I’m not going to eat you....but you will stay here with me......FOREVER”
I live next to that thing, literally I live in Murray bridge
s t a r d u s t a million times
Is it in better condition?
@@Jacqueline_Oat yup! It’s looking way cleaner now.
0:00 When i'm peacefully submerged in the water and i hear someone say the n word.
this is the “quieter more friendly” version of him
Wow uncle Grandpa Gus really fell down when there show was cancelled.
When was that animatronic first made!?
1972
this is actually the newer one! he was made in 2000 to replace the original much scarier one
@@realgreyfish the og was better. If I was a kid and saw that I would be scared of swimming alone forever
Kamil525 i think both are pretty horrifying personally, i especially didn’t like the child bunnyip
@@realgreyfish og was more terrifying to me, a person who doesn't have submechanophobia, but I assume you do and that's why.
have a good day.
Can i give it a lil kiss
And get herpes?
Mint Brisk *tetanus
Teehee
*lol*
Lol
The kid at the end who said it wasn’t that scary- JuST hOw Is ThIs NoT tErRiFlYiNg
Man, imagine in midnight you were just stuck in the water with him and he just slowly rises up. Damn, thinking of that made me almost crap myself
Brian Lopez he would not hurt you the animatronic is strong as a toddler because of aging of parts aaaand there is a cage
@@xmarksthespotmusicchannel5009 I think he meant if the Bunyip was an actual creature.
Yeah, nah... I don’t think the mesh that the bunyip is screwed onto is supposed to come out of the water 🤣🤣🤣
funny how as soon as that submechonophobia animatronics video released everybody in this comment section has submechonophobia now, even though I guarantee if they saw a cardboard box floating through the ocean they would be fine
PurpleAki Well, for me at least, I just find it haunting seeing old, broken-down animatronics in the water. I imagine them moving around down there, watching and waiting for something to get close enough for the thing to pull it down and drown it.
It also makes my skin crawl thinking about being in the water with one of those. Like what if you were in some deep, murky water at an abandoned theme park and the only thing you see is a massive, dilapidated robot with lifeless eyes, surrounded by the rotting corpses of the people it decided to pull down.
I read some vandals broke in at some point and idk what they did but the audio woudl never stop, imagine hearing that all night long
I don’t have submechanophobia but holy shit just imagine how big that thing is- there is a door in the back that’s normal size _COMPARED_ to how big Bert/Bertha the Bunyip is.
Anyone here from Tic tok?
Here
HAHAH, YUP, MY SUBMECHANOPHOBIA IS SCREAMING RIGHT AT ME
i think the part that fucks me up the hardest is when the audio just Turns Off and it just sinks back into the water
anyone that remembers the 2017 oil leak knows that it took Creature from the Black Lagoon to the literal level
Edit: The only thing that I think is truly animatronic is the movement up and down of Bert since the arms and jaw appear to be nonmechanical parts, meaning buoyancy makes the arms and jaw retract once it goes deep enough underwater.
Thanks I hate it
you can tell its fake
sammy davis it's not mate
Well yes, this is NOT a real bunyip... don't know what you expected.
sammy davis no shit, you fucking moron
I always figured it was small, until you check out the maintenance door in the back. This thing is massive.
ironic how these videos actually made me get over my submechanophobia, now i just find these things fascinating more than terrifying
It’s 3:49 am and I am not okay with this
Baby Bunyip:
WELL DAMN.
IVE BEEN FORGOTTEN.
LOL IKR
my submechanophobia is crying
If you seen the old Bunyip that use to be here, it would do well in a haunted house for Halloween tbh. I would’ve sold it to a person trying to build a haunted house if I were the owner of this place.
Imagine being in the water stuck with that thing as you try to escape-
1. they repaired/painted it
2. no coin needed
3. my childhood I still go there
I love in Australia and I would never want to live somewhere else for over 2 years
honestly the fact that he is decaying and that the pool is dirty and that his movement are slow makes everything creepier
As he sinks back down into the water it looks like he's politely waving goodbye
The fact that you can see the platform it sits on really rubs me the wrong way...
I didnt know this thing was so big i thought it was quite small but then i saw the door
I’m in Murray Bridge and I have see the bunyip plenty of times
Back in years ago this wasn’t abandoned and the water is nice and clean but this animatronic is obviously Not abandoned back then so a few years later the eye became dirty and so is the water,
I think it might be going to demolish or get repair because this animatronic is *broken*
@official_cameraman wait… but in 2022 they fixed the animatronic and it’s cleaned again
At first I thought it was a Bionicle
oh hi mr gus
God dammit this thing is now popping up in my recommendations now and I keep clicking on them thus creating more recommendations to pop up, what cycle of hell have I started
Coooool, I would love to take a pic with it. The disgusting water actually enhances the monster design lol, but hopefully it is cleaned out.