It seems that nearly every nation had their own idea about what the bunyip actually was, though.

似乎几乎每个国家都有自己对邦普真实身份的看法。

In the majority of legends, though, the bunyip was a lot more straightforward.

然而，大多数传说，皮普的形象要简单得多。

In his journals, he claimed to have seen a bunyip at least 6 times.

他的日记，他声称少见过6次普。

Slowly but surely, the bunyip lost its edge.

渐渐地，皮失去了它的威慑力。

No one claimed to have found physical proof of the bunyip's existence until 1845.

直到1845年，才有人声称发现了水怪存的实物证据。

In Southeastern Australia, bunyips are even part of their creation story, they have always been part of native mythology there, a spirit that balances nature and keeps young children from swimming alone.

澳大利亚东南部，普（Bunyip）甚融入了他们的创世故事，一直是当地原住民神话的一部分，是一种平衡自然并防止幼童独自游泳的灵体。

In 1847, the South Australian newspaper announced that, and I quotes, a bunyip or an immense platypus was seen sunning itself on the banks of the Yarra River.

1847年，南澳大利亚州的一家报纸宣，我引用原文，“一只水怪或一只巨大的鸭”雅拉河畔晒太阳。

As early as 1801, French colonists said that they heard the bunyip's roars echo across the water.

早1801年，法国殖民者就声称他们听到皮的吼声水面上传来。

Instead, the bunyip had become watered down into a family friendly river monster, one that would play with children, not eat them.

相反，普被淡化成了一种适合家庭观看的河怪，它会和孩子们玩耍，而不是吃掉他们。

It was, in a sense, the final blow from the colonists, a century after they first started to look for it, they finally took away the bunyip's identity, killing it more thoroughly than a bullet ever could.

从某种意义上说，这是殖民者给予的最后致命一击。他们最初开始寻找它的一个世纪后，他们终于剥夺了“班普”的身份，将其彻底抹杀，其彻底程度远超子弹所能达到的。

Plenty of them claim to have seen the bunyip or to have heard it bellow.

不少人声称见过皮，或听过它吼叫。

If you put the ecosystem at risk, they say, the bunyip will get you.

如果你破坏了生态系统，他们说，沼鬼就会来找你。

The common thread across all the first people stories about the bunyip was that it wasn't just a flesh and blood creature.

所有原住民关于皮的传说，共同的一点是，它不仅仅是一种血肉之躯的生物。