Moehau
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Moehau are described as wild men in the forests of New Zealnd they were thought to live on the south isand and be solitary creatures: kidnapping people rarely. the stories of Moehau were then mixed with the finding of red haired people in a cave of Mount Moehau, the Coromandel Man. the stores were mixed further with the escape of a gorilla off of Wai Aro in the 1920s. Stories of Moehau spurred far past the "animal's" natural habitat, according to the Maori.
[edit] References
- Alpers, Antony, Maori Myths and Tribal Legends, John Murray, London, 1964
- Beattie, Herries, Maori Lore of Lake, Alp and Fiord, Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co.
Ltd., Dunedin, 1945
- Gosset, Robyn, New Zealand Mysteries 2nd Edition, The Bush Press of New Zealand, Auckland, 1996
- Orbell, Margaret, A Concise Encyclopedia of Maori Myth and Legend, Canterbury University Press,
Christchurch, 1998
- In Search of the Hairy Hill Horror, New Truth, February 15, 1991
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