Nullarbor Nymph

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The Nullarbor Nymph is a hoax and legend in 1971 and 1972 in Australia which grew from the supposed sighting of a half naked woman on the Nullarbor Plain living amongst kangaroos. Later sightings were claimed and the story was reported around the world, however it was later discovered that it had been a publicity stunt.

Reports on 26 December 1971 by kangaroo shooters from Eucla in Western Australia near the border with South Australia, said that they saw a blonde, caucasian woman amongst some kangaroos, with some accompanying grainy amateur film of a woman wearing kangaroo skins and holding a kangaroo by the tail.

Journalists descended upon the town of Eucla which had a population of 8 people at the time, before the incident was eventually dismissed as a hoax.