A thylacine eating a rabbit on the side of a road. From a17ab7a789aa20e5c49f7f9de9dca94c364755b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: BOB603049648 [email protected]> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:48:33 +0800 Subject: [PATCH . Againno familiar dog body language. It was not a dog. In all cases I have clearly cited the source. It was not a fox, wild dog or Dingo or Quoll!!. I stopped to check out the area but couldnt see anything due to thick Bush but the dead kangaroo had all its groin and throat Eaten out. The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database. It had a very long thin tail that drooped down then lifted up towards the end. The animal was growling aggressively at this time. The tracks were situated beneath a small embankment close to the waters edge. It ran almost 1ft off the ground on all fours. But it was so fast, it passed by unscathed. Sightings of a strange greyhound-like animal with black body stripes had been made by people in the Blaxland Road area of Wentworth Falls, where it had been raiding homes for food. ", Source:https://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/australian_thylacine_casts.html, "If it was what I believe it was, this was not to be my only encounter with a creature of this description, for on Christmas Eve 1983, I was walking in bush near Govetts Leap with my son, David and his wife Kay in afternoon light, when we all spotted the same type of animal moving through bushes. Groves managed to pull out his mobile phone and snap a picture of the creature which he then uploaded to social media. It seemed to be stationary for a second or two as it was down the end of a long stretch of road so I managed a pretty good look. The encounter lasted in full no more than 15 seconds. ", "1997, 4am, Uki; Peter described his sighting of 1997 on the Murwillumbah Road to Uki near the intersection with Mount Warning Road at 4am when he observed what at first he thought was a fox on the side of the road. The animal was going for a gully that stands on the eastern side of the highway.". Most recently, in July, a man just south of Hobart reported seeing a footprint that seemed to match that of the Tasmanian tiger. He and his friend were quite close to the base of the mountain when they passed an odd looking animal. (2017). RELATED: 40 Funniest Wildlife Photos Ever. The body language of this animal was not canine. As tall as a medium-sized dog, it looked something like a whippet crossed with a kangaroo. Tasmanian tigers were well-adapted to the climate, with eight types of hair including hollow hairs to trap heat A microscopic examination of the recently rediscovered pelt revealed the animal's fur varied in coarseness, shape and colour, and it had at least three layers of body hair. It had a rigid tail. "We live on a sugar cane farm close to Murwillumbah in North Eastern NSW. Both animals disappeared within seconds into the rainforest.". Join the conversation, you are commenting as. It was unconcerned by his approaching car and he was able to get a close look at it. Farmer opens up Tassie tiger mystery. Its physical appearance matched that of stuffed specimen's preserved in government museums.". I have no doubt about what I saw. The animal was in the headlights of my car eating road kill in the middle of a road and then bolted into thick scrub. This was apparently the meal of the animal I had just seen. Robyn says the animal appeared to know where it was heading, as if it were used to a particularroute. My mother in the passenger seat (who grew up in B/Hill) could only splutter "what is that?!" TASMANIAN TIGER SIGHTINGS CONFIRM THEY ARE STILL ALIVE (Thylacine) Blazing Wildlife 85 subscribers Subscribe 587 47K views 3 years ago TASMANIAN TIGER SIGHTINGS PROVE THEIR EXISTENCE. By this time our car was but a few feet from the animal which just stood there staring at our vehicle, mesmerised by the headlights' glare. Rex Gilroy believes so, https://web.archive.org/web/20210225014002/http://garyopit.com/64-thylacine-sightings/, https://www.thylacineresearchunit.org/sightingreports.htm, https://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/australian_thylacine_mainpage.html, The continuing search for the thylacine on the Blue Mountains, NSW, http://campbelltown-library.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-minto-monster.html, http://www.tasmanian-tiger.com/guestbook.html, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/index.php/76-/588-thylacine-sighting-kenilworth-qld-1998-thylacine-caught-1978-nundle-nsw, https://web.archive.org/web/20200216184608/https://www.angelfire.com/oz/thylacine/, https://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/australian_thylacine_casts.html, Tasmanian tiger sightings: 'I represent 3,000 people who have been told theyre nuts', https://web.archive.org/web/20070607040632/http://www.tasmanian-tiger.com/forum/Forum3/HTML/000012.html, Christian Kropp has seen two Tasmanian tigers in the Barrington Tops, https://www.thylacineawarenessgroupofaustralia.com.au/read-tagoa-witness-sighting-reports.htm, https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/browse.html%3Fnode=8498354051&ref=kcp_fd_hz. I then looked in the rearview mirrow to see the Landcruiser doing the same, confirming to me that what ever I saw was wierd!. "West of the Kanimbla-Megalong Valleys lies the Jenolan Road, where motorists and locals have been seeing tigers for generations. "2008, Upper Wilsons Creek; Tracey emailed the ABC North Coast Radio station to describe her sighting. There had been recent sightings claims by campers and others. We came to the Pilliga. ", "2005, New Brighton; Gary and Sharmaine observed a thylacine-like animal with a striped rump. His teenage son has since set up a large live animal trap in an attempt to capture it. Rex Gilroy took plaster casts of tracks he claims were made by a thylacine: "He also claimed he found thylacine paw prints in January 2015, while walking his dog on a fire trail near Blackheath. An Ambulance officer related this story to a colleague sometime after 1998. She stated We both knew that this was neither dog nor fox. When explaining the incident later to family & friends she could best describe it as looking something like a Tasmanian tiger. Each time it was in the evening, after dark, between 6pm and 8:30pm if I remember correctly. To say I was astonished would be an understatement. These were only half-an-hour old and led deep into dense forest. The last Tasmanian tiger is believed to have died in captivity in 1936, but sightings like the ones released from Tasmania have persisted for years, with most of the sightings coming from spotters . Was it a tiger? ", "Pete, of Ocean Shores, was recently talking to his neighbour, Steve, who also has a farm at Wooyung directly adjacent the caravan park. It was only when my other daughter said that her description of the creature sounded like a thylacine that she was able to definitely identify it from pictures that she found on the internet. This meant it strongly resembled a dog or a wolf, however, unlike canines the legs were proportionally short and the tail was stiff. It continued to sniff the dirt road unconcerned by the presence of my vehicle. It was on the outskirts of the Arakwal National Park, the western edge, inland of the creek. Neil Waters released a video last week teasing fans about the photos which he claimed were proof the extinct animals were still alive. From the back cover: "..Tiger tales is full of great yarns and larger-than-life, country-hewn Aussie characters ..(the book) showcases 'tiger hunter' Col Bailey's favourite Tassie tiger stories, gleaned from his own research and experiences, from mysterious sightings, and from interviews with old fur-trappers . Is the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, making a comeback in the wild? "30th December 2008, 6:15 am, 5-37 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay, NSW. The animal then made a quick exit back into the ferns.". No sex identifiers noticed. He vividly recalled his dads words: You dont see this every day, son. The location was 40 miles south of Singleton on the Putty Road. Source:Cronshaw, Damon. He worked for 5 years with Standard Saw Mills of Lismore as a logger and often saw dingos. The shape of the head, legs and body was unmistakable, it was an undoubted Thylacine. Given that we were on a survey I was even able to give the guy the exact co-ordinates where the creature had been sighted, thinking this at least might inspire him to go out and take a look, but nothing ever happened. Two days later their teenage son observed it and described it as being a cross between a kangaroo and a greyhound. We can't state an exact date but it seems that the dodo only died-off at the end of 17th century. CNN . Early timber getters never entered this inaccessible area. I had a magnificent view of it head on face to face sitting in the middle of the road not much more than 15 feet away. At this moment they both saw a greyhound-like animal, long and skinny, run across the highway from the right-hand side [south] to the left [north]. Regardless of whether the Thylacine is extinct or alive, the debate will continue to rage until definitive proof emerges. or maybe they aint.". To the west of here, outside Capertee, at least two of these elusive forest-dwellers have been claimed seen by campers on separate occasions.". Fabiola was driving and so Michael was able to examine the animal closely from only 2 metres away and observed that it was 60 to 70 cm high and 1.3m long, the length of the body quite long when compared to its height. I've never seen nothing like it again. Kim Falconer wrote I heard a loud sound like a cross between a guttural possum noise and a large dog retching. Published January 11, 2023. "1970, Crabbes Creek; schoolteacher Mark was working on a banana farm during the school holidays and as they descended from a forested ridge top at the end of the day, the owners German Shepard dog began growling at something sheltering within an old, partly collapsed banana-packing shed overgrown with vines. Anonymous. While Mr Waters says the larger animals in the photos - which he claims to be the mother and father - arent giving much away, he says the joey says it all. Victorian Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) Sighting Reports - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database The database currently contains 10,981 species and subspecies (as of September 2022). Yet, when I went to the Lithgow Police Station to report my sighting, all they did was laugh at me and said I was crazy", Author?. The following short blog post was posted to the A.C.R.O. Five vets all agree it looks like a four-legged animal and not a macropod that hops, Mr Waters says. 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