She saw it a couple of times during the following days. Two weeks later Dennis finally saw it sitting on the roadside while driving down their road to pick up their child from the bus stop at 4 pm. Christian, who now lives at Seal Rocks, remembers the experience as clear as day. Shannon later described the animal to me as being about 1.5 metres in length from head to tail. ", "Pete, of Ocean Shores, was recently talking to his neighbour, Steve, who also has a farm at Wooyung directly adjacent the caravan park. The Tasmanian tiger is still extinct. There was blood on the wire and wooden framework and a trail of paw prints led from there down a bush track. "At 10.15 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, 1972, a friend and I were driving along thee Great Western Highway just south of Blackheath towards Katoomba in the NSW Blue Mountains. It was long in the flank, like a horse. Refresh the. It measured 14.3 cm in length by 3c m width.". This prompted the author to try to confirm that they still live. (2022). The tracks were situated beneath a small embankment close to the waters edge. ", "During 1968 an old man told locals around Winmalee north of Springwood, that he had seen two Thylacines emerge together from a gully thereabouts that leads into the Grose Valley. I thought it looked a silver colour but it was hard to tell because it was raining.", "11th April 2006, 12.30 a.m. Shara Boulevard, North Ocean Shores; Ron was driving west towards the highway and saw what looked like a thylacine as it walked along the northern side of the road. Groves managed to pull out his mobile phone and snap a picture of the creature which he then uploaded to social media. Its tail was darker and it had short hair just like a roo. At the base of the tail there was an orange ring about 50 mm wide and it was followed by 6 to 8 yellow rings about 40 mm wide. 198-208], "1982, Lake Ainsworth, Lennox Head, Greys Lane, Tyagarah, Uki and Terania Creek; Rabbit observed 5 times at 5 different locations as above, a thylacine-like animal with a striped rump, always around 4 a.m. when driving before first light on his delivery rounds. "I met a bloke yesterday who said he had seen one in the Hunter Valley in NSW. To this day I wish I had have got out to speak to the driver of the 'cruiser, but my head was just spinning! Mr Pereira dispatched the casts along with the teeth and blood samples to university zoologists in Sydney, but received little response, other than the explanation that the creature was probably a domestic dog. She was in good condition, no ribs showing. There was very little traffic on the roads. The head looked Alsatian-like but had shorter, thicker ears than a greyhound. What were probably the same pair were seen by Winmalee residents moving about in scrub behind St Columba's College. But, he adds, "society will not protect an animal it thinks is extinct. ", "1988, Cawongla near Kyogle; on the roadside at night, Len saw a thylacine-like animal showing distinct dark brown banding on the rump, hips, and legs and along the tail. ", Johns third sighting of a tiger took place in March 1984 around 6.10am. ", "One lady in particular swears she saw one near a supermarket in Brighton Le Sands N.S.W. Over the last few years, my Husband and I have both seen what we believe to be a Thylacine. 9:20pm Mar 2, 2022 NOW Tasmanian tiger could be de-extinct through major scientific breakthrough Northern NSW devastated as flood crisis continues Perth man dies after falling from ute tray on highway near Byford Flooding emergency continues in WA Prime Minister 'taking advice' about new COVID strain detected in Victoria Researchers are looking for the Tasmanian Tiger in Northern Queensland after potential sightings suggest the species might not be extinct. The creature looked like a dog-possum-bird-kangaroo, but was none of these. However in the dense scrub we came across signs of a scuffle over a large area, between a wild pig and a thylacine, as indicated by thee dozens of tracks embedded in the soil. While some of these tracks were indistinct amid small twig and leaf fragments, two were not, and I cast these. Could the Polestar 2 EV go rear-wheel drive? Feral predator-free areas are being established to save a range of endangered marsupials. Efforts to track the animal or animals down were made, it is said but all failed due to the general inaccessibility of the forest country. It was grey/brown with a lighter underside, especially under the chin. I have also looked at the situational geography. The body language of this animal was not canine. Two adults and a juvenile. A report from north of Waratah in January 2017 also describes a large cat-like animal "half trot, half run" across the road. ", Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20210225014002/http://garyopit.com/64-thylacine-sightings/, "During April 1967 sightings of a tiger were being made at Putty Road farms, particularly in the Howes Valley area, where some poultry had been claimed snatched by one, perhaps two of these creatures. Its size was that of a medium-sized dog, and the body proportions were also dog-like; it was uniformly grey-brown, with short hair; the strange tail, extremely wide at the base, seemed to be a continuation of the hindquarters; the hind leg was strongly marked with almost black horizontal stripes. "During April 1967 sightings of a 'tiger' were being made at Putty Road farms, particularly in the Howes Valley area, where some poultry had been claimed snatched by one, perhaps two of these creatures. That same year, a government plant biologist saw what they believed to be a Tasmanian tiger ( Thylacinus cynocephalus ), or thylacine, from 30 meters (100 feet) away in a remote area. (Thylacinus cynocephalus)", Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20200216184608/https://www.angelfire.com/oz/thylacine/. (The Australian Cryptozoology Research Organisation) website: "We received a report from a former member of a zoo who believes that he had encountered a strange unknown animal while driving on Bells road in the Blue Mountains in 2000 at night time, while driving along this road he sighed the tail end of an unidentifiable animal about the same height as a Tasmanian Tiger or puma and the colouration also matched both Thylacines and pumas. Suddenly I caught sight of a large dog-like animal in the headlights just as I was turning a corner. The highly anticipated photos of a living Tasmania tiger family have been released and the man who captured them says hes absolutely confident at least one is a thylacine. Whilst travelling east along the Bruxner Highway through the lighter wooded area, coming off the range, about ten minutes west of Drake he had a close view of a strange animal that looked like a thylacine without stripes. It had mousy-brown body fur, and blackish body stripes that extended from the mid-back to the rump of the tail on a greyhound-like [ie thin] body. From Mount Gambier or Tantanoola to the Coorong, South Australia is also a good place to find them. It was a bit after dusk. Upon examining the cage, he found that the creature, whatever it was, had escaped by ripping through the chicken-wire covering, leaving a hole 8 by 11 inches in size. ", "Late 2007, New Brighton; Don was driving a bus with 8 passengers between 2 and 3am when they all observed a large unusual thylacine-like carnivore eating a small animal on the road, probably a bandicoot struck by an earlier vehicle near the speed bump. Western Australian Naturalist 10(7): 171-172. Wendy Bithell recounted her possible thylacine encounter near Byron Bay on the documentary series Boogeymen, season 2, episode 11, entitled "The Tasmanian Tiger: The Tiger, Wolf, Kangaroo Hybrid". What I am certain is it wasn't is a Dog, Cat, Fox, Kangaroo. She stated Im an artist and I paint native animals and the gait of this animal meant that it was a marsupial, not a dog or a cat. I am a geologist and had another geologist see it too. These were able to hold their own in a fight with a dog and would attack if put under pressure. ", "I was driving up the Gap Road at the time when it ran across the road ahead of me, so close that I almost ran over it. During the course of our search we uncovered a sandstone shoal containing water pools with ancient Aboriginal stone axe grinding grooves, and a rock shelter containing surface stone flakes manufactured around 6,000 years ago. A group of residents conducted an armed search of Myrtle Creek but found nothing. I decided that this was not a wallaby but, from its distinctive body shape, a carnivorous marsupial. We can't state an exact date but it seems that the dodo only died-off at the end of 17th century. The animal was a tan-caramel color with pronounced dark stripes from shoulders to rump and had a ridged "kangaroo like" tail. I found fresh faeces that may be its (it was not obviously male) and have frozen a sample. '", "While these are recorded, there is no evidence to confirm the thylacine still exists.". It gave a strange coughing bark-like call and bounded away. We came to some wild, hilly country covered with scrub and rocks. ", "2005, South Golden Beach, Kolora Way; Lyndel observed a thylacine-like animal without stripes.". There is no doubt in our minds that the creatures we saw were Tasmanian Tigers, said Sam.". It looked like a female lion, but it had stripes on the flank and stripes on the tail. A Gold Coast resident has been left dumbfounded after receiving an abusive letter from a neighbour that appeared to threaten her dog. Luckily, we were too busy to follow it up, but this animal is definitely at home on our 40 acres. Years later I mentioned it to locals in Wee Waa when I worked there as a doctor. A fuller account of his sighting can be found on his website: "On Tuesday 22nd February 1972 at 10.15 pm, a female companion and I were driving along the Great Western Highway just south of Blackheath toward Katoomba in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. The family set steel traps to catch rabbits/hares that were pests in the area. A report made to Naturalist/Cryptozoologist Gary Opit, through his popular Wildlife Talkback radio show. . "On the night of 6th October 1982, at 8.26pm, Mr John Galluzzi was driving toward Katoomba on the Great Western Highway, when, at the bottom of Boddington Hill, Wentworth Falls, This creature appeared, cantering across the road from right to left. The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine, once populated much of Tasmanian and mainland Australiawhere it is also still searched forbut few know that the animal was present on New Guinea as well. Both at the same time - exactly the same time - my brothers wife and I yelled "Tasmanian Tiger". Had it found its way across country, movingat night, from the Medlow Bath-Grose Valley region, keeping to the water catchment scrub intoKatoomba, or else along the Megalong Valley cliffs side, avoiding houses to reach the area it wasseen in? So from that experience I do believe they are still knocking around.". I have studied the flora & fauna in this locality for decades and so was very surprised to closely observe an animal that I was completely unable to identify and I made a drawing of it in my diary that evening. Nonetheless, recent Tasmanian tiger sightings have continued to persist since its apparent extinction, and these Thylacine sightings have some scientists seriously asking do Tasmanian tigers still exist? As our vehicle came closer they left their prey to dash into roadside scrub. We all agreed, the animal looked like a Tasmanian Tiger, body stripes and all, and about the size of a large dog. The shape of the head, legs and body was unmistakable. Most data was collected from old material. The tail was long and stuck straight out behind it. Daily Telegraph (Australia), 19 November, p. 3. He and his friend were quite close to the base of the mountain when they passed an odd looking animal. 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. The road is long and straight. It's Rob here, I just had another sighting of a Tasmanian Tiger on Friday 24th Jan 2020. . It appeared greyish-brown, with dark stripes on the hind quarters, but none occurred up front. RELATED: 40 Funniest Wildlife Photos Ever. "'There's nothing there that's concrete.'". "Since the 19th century, theres been claims of them living in the Jenolan range.". Just outside the town was a small separate community called Brown Town by the locals. Source: Gilroy, Rex. We came to the Pilliga. I know it's a Thylacine," Richardson said. The animal, he said, was a good 6ft [1.83m] length from nose to tip of tail, and stood about 2ft off the ground on all fours. Its physical appearance matched that of stuffed specimen's preserved in government museums.". I saw it for about 5 seconds as it crossed a remote dirt road. This time it was coming down the slope from the right, jumped down the bank onto the road & continued down the slope as if it regularly used the same animal track. 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. Both were of a buff colour with distinctively rounded ears, hunched backs and remarkably long thin straight tails. The impressions had been made early that morning." Rex Gilroy, during an expedition north of the Grose Valley: "We returned to the swamp last February, and found more evidence. A thylacine eating a rabbit on the side of a road. Neil Waters released a video last week teasing fans about the photos which he claimed were proof the extinct animals were still alive. With all due respect I disagree with Nick Mooneys opinion and thats fine - thats perfectly OK - and he encourages me in his report to get as many opinions as I can because his is only one opinion, Mr Waters says in the new video. These were of a chocolaty-brown colourand not very obvious. I tried to explain it to people for years but couldn't. The animal was so close that he almost hit it as it reached the other side of his vehicle. Each time it was in the same area, crossing the same road xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, heading into a sugar cane field. It was small in size, light golden coloured with a very long snout and rounded ears, a long pointy tail, and stripes on its back. Its body was greyish-brown and when it got up we observed that it's hindquarters appeared "tucked in" and were marked with dark stripes. At the time, none of my friends believed me and so I took it no further, she said. Newcastle Herald, 8 March. The final thylacine was captured in the Florentine Valley in 1933 and transferred to the Hobart Zoo. ", "18th September 2011, 8pm, Cape Byron; observed by zoologist Mary Gardner on the way to the Cape Byron lighthouse. It was a Tasmanian Tiger. After the second time I saw it, it was gone nowhere to be seen. Im certain this animal was a Thylacine! He watched it walk off from beside his car for one hundred metres. A friend, Eric, told them that he had seen the same kind of animal cross the road in front of his car near Wooyung and although he applied the breaks he hit the animal. He has since co-authored a book on mainland thylacines with his wife: Gilroy, Rex and Gilroy, Heather. But the tinny-sipping South Australian Tassie tiger hunter, who filmed the clip wandering around northern Tasmanian bushland, was quickly shutdown, with the museum there ruling the photos were likely of a pademelon. While they were reported to prey on poultry and sheep, this behaviour is now believed to be largely exaggerated it was also very unlikely to attack humans. And [inaudible], and I still don't have an answer. Apart from its size, it was greyhound-like in appearance with narrowing flanks, its body sloping downward to a long thin tail, which followed the slope of the back and seemed kangaroo-like in that it did not appear to wag. "(The department) occasionally receives reports of thylacine sightings," the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment said in a statement. His first experience took place in July 1982 when he saw one standing beneath a street light at 5.45am, as he was walking up a road. Neil Waters released a video last week teasing fans about the photos which he claimed were proof the extinct animals were still alive. The Tasmanian tiger, a large striped carnivore, is believed to have gone extinct over 80 years ago - but newly released Australian government documents show sightings have been reported . These extended from about the mid-back onto the tail rump. "A STRANGE animal resembling a Tasmanian tiger has a NSW farmer scratching his head. He also noticed the body tended to slope downwards and the long tail followed the slope of the back. User "SoulNavigator" reported in the comment section about a sighting they and a relative had while driving: "20 years ago myself , my brother and his wife drove from Brisbane to melbourne via inland route. They said that about five weeks before, on 27th November 1979, while photographing birds at Mount Mondilla, they found paw prints in mud that appeared to match those of the Thylacine. The Tasmanian tiger or 'thylacine' The thylacine looked like a large, long dog with stripes and a long stiff tail. Zabloc saw an animal near the Minyon Falls turnoff on Repentance Creek Road that could have been a Thylacine. Source: Lubbock, Adelaide. I thought it looked a silver colour but it was hard to tell because it was raining.", "5thMarch 2006, Sunday, Left Bank Road, Mullumbimby; Elle and her family saw a strange animal in their garden close to the house and watched it as it ran down to the creek. (Image credit: National Film and . ", "5th March 2006, Sunday, Left Bank Road, Mullumbimby; Elle and her family saw a strange animal in their garden close to the house and watched it as it ran down to the creek. The fur was short, with a sandy beige colour. In June 2018, a Sydney man shared home surveillance footage of a creature he believed to be a Tasmanian tiger. It looked straight at me before moving away. which is not far from Sydney's International airport and along the shores of Botany Bay. The animal was growling aggressively at this time. It was really quick; one second it was there in front of me, next second it was way in the distance. ", Source:https://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/australian_thylacine_mainpage.html, "In a recent newsletter I wrote on the search for the Thylacine, particularly the researches being done by Heather and I. NSW, 2289 02 4047 3986 She went outside to investigate and rushed inside to tell me what she saw. He noticed the ears were rounded and that it stood about 1/2m high, its mouth was open. I looked it up on the internet and it did look like the pictures of thylacines but with no stripes. north of Grose Valley] accompanied by expert bushmen Rod Gerney and Robert Ashworth and several assistants in a convoy of four-wheel drive vehicles.. It had a rigid tail. They did not believe that it was a dog, dingo or a fox. Also, on some evenings we hear an unusual sound from the same general area (our farm borders xxxx Rd). 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). While searching the muddy bank of a remote swamp for signs of animals, we came across tracks left by various marsupials. ", Source:http://campbelltown-library.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-minto-monster.html. Rex's documentary on the species, starting with this sighting: "Back in May 1972 a Sydney bushwalker, Mr Noel Wright, got the surprise of his life, when a Thylacine emerged from ferns to stand momentarily on the track between Ruined Castle and Mount Solitary. More like a retching possum and it was surprisingly loud. However, there have been many unconfirmed encounters with Tasmanian tigers since Benjamins death in 1936. Can you believe that? The animal moved in a way that I had never encountered before. Of particular interest was that the animal that he saw had no stripes on the body, though it did have pale bands along the tail. It looked to be Alsatian dog-sized and he saw the familiar dark body stripes of a Thylacine. ", "In March 1973 an animal answering to the description of the Thylacine was claimed by a Mrs Cummins to have raided her fowl yard at Wentworth Falls. At that time sheep were being killed and torn up in Hartley Valley by a Tasmanian Tiger-like beast, and that is what I believed ran in front of my car. It had very fluid movements & its body was covered in short hair of a light fawn colour. It was about 5ft [1.53m] in length from head to tail, whichwas stiff with no point. ", "On Thursday afternoon 28th January 2015, on a Blackheath fire trail, above a gully Rex Gilroy found a number of Thylacine paw prints in a sandy patch. The last thylacine, the official name of the Tasmanian tiger that was the Australian island's apex predator, died in a zoo in Hobart in 1936. Before it vanished off the roadside I noticed its length, about 5ft, the body stripes were blackish and ran from the middle of the back to the rump of the tail upon reddish-brown coloured body fur.". It was 1ft tall by 3ft length from head to tail. She stated No stripes, but a distinctly wild animal, reddish brown short hair, above knee-high. The animals watched the approaching car for a few seconds and then raced off into the bush. He said it looked exactly like the Tasmanian tigers he had seen pictures of in books except that it was a lot darker in colouring. The animal quickly vanished off the road into the corner of the Katoomba Water Catchment property, a dense bushland-covered region that follows the highway to the outskirts of Katoomba. It was at the edge of the bush at the top of a small gully. 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