Uru Publications. Other experts don't think the images were really worth the wait. Suddenly I caught sight of a large dog-like animal in the headlights just as I was turning a corner. The last known individual died in 1936 in Hobart Zoo; the last reliable sighting of a wild one dates back to 1933. The elderly chaps sighting was about ten years ago in the same area, closer to dawn, about 6am.". In 2016, they posted a video to YouTube shot on a phone in the Adelaide Hills that they believed showed a thylacine. It's also not the first time Mr Mooney has poured cold water on a reported sighting. In 2017, he concluded that video footage shot by a trio of thylacine hunters in Tasmania's southern interior was most probably a spotted quoll. 7:30pm when in front of me on the side of the road, eating a dead kangaroo, was a medium/large long, slender dog shaped animal with a kangaroo-style tail. He informed me that on the previous night, something had visited his farm [where he grew apples and raised poultry], leaving paw prints in mud around his dam, situated amid dense bush with a gully below it to the north, which led down into the Kanimbla Valley. To this day I wish I had have got out to speak to the driver of the 'cruiser, but my head was just spinning! Finally, he hit upon the idea of constructing a trap for the creature in the form of a chicken-wire cage. "I know what they are and so do a few independent expert witnesses," he said. "In October 1995, Mr Bob Donaldson was driving friends to Blackheath from Katoomba around 1am. An Ambulance officer related this story to a colleague sometime after 1998. Christian Kopp had a second encounter with a thylacine (first: NSW.c1992.xx.xx) while out riding his motorbike. For 24 hours, the wildlife community was buzzing. ", "1999, Brunswick Heads; Jodi saw a striped animal cross the road between the fish co-op and the highway. The tiger tracks were found in a hanging swamp area which was part of a rain forest on the south side of the mountain. It was an adult male in excellent condition with 12 black stripes on a sandy coat. It was about 1 metre high and 2 and half metres long with high haunches at the back of the body. In 2016, they posted a video to YouTube shot on a phone in the Adelaide Hills that they believed showed a thylacine. The hocks were pronounced and lowit rocked back on them when it loped away. One report from the north-east was faithfully reported as 200m, but the measured distance was just under 400m, an impossible distance to see detail at.. "Sunday 22nd June, 3.00 p.m. 2008, Mooball; Scott Green, editor of the Weekly News, while out riding his bicycle along Wooyung Road towards Mooball, approaching the old railway bridge, spotted what he believes was a thylacine. The shape of the head, legs and body was unmistakable, it was an undoubted Thylacine. It was neither dog, nor dingo, nor wolf, and certainly not a fox. The animal was in the headlights of my car eating road kill in the middle of a road and then bolted into thick scrub. ", Source:http://campbelltown-library.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-minto-monster.html. WebThe animal had escaped into scrubland that extends eastward to a gully, which drops down into the Grose Valley, where sightings of Thylacine-type animals continue to be reported seen by campers and bushwalkers to the present day." It then took off but didn't bounce like a kangaroo. 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. When he woke up at 2am, it was dark and raining heavily. 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. Its body was sloped and the tail followed the slope. 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? Does the Tasmanian tiger still exist? "November 1997, Upper Durobby Creek; in the foothills of the Macpherson Ranges, Dennis, a neighbour of Jan, phoned my Wildlife Talkback programme to describe a similar animal. Subscribe to our channel. It was probably heading for the nearby Grose Valley, he said.". Driving on deeper into the range we stopped to investigate an extensive tract of swampland, whose muddy shoreline contained paw prints of wombats, wallabies, bandicoots, possums and dingos. An anonymous report made to REPAD by a male witness: "I was driving home from work along Freemans drive about 3km from Freeman's waterhole at approx. After shaking our heads in disbelief, we were the ones who left, having finished our fishing and as we left we were able to see it walking around in the distance.", "Also around this time, Russel and Michael were walking within the Brunswick Valley Nature Reserve near the flying fox colony and both independently observed thylacine-like animals, one slinking past in front of them & one apparently following them. There was also a rock shelter some distance off the rough, 4-wheel drive trail we were on, where we came across pigmy-size ochre paintings. She jumped out of bed and made her way down to the pen, where she saw an animal that was striped like a tiger that bounded over the long grass. The creature had escaped into scrubland which extends eastward to a gully which drops down into the Grose Valley-where sightings of Thylacine-type animals continue to be reported by campers and bushwalkers to the present day. It had a sharp face, full ears, a hard erect rather round body, high in the shoulders, tall lean thin legs, long thin hard looking tail and the faintest glimpse of darker stripes around the body.". Pask, whose work on thylacine genetics sees him flooded with identification requests each year, says this is "one of the least convincing" images he's seen. The creature, said Shannon, remained there for perhaps 2 to 5 minutes as they stood observing it. We all believed we had seen a Tasmanian Tiger. "I will always remain an optimist that this is going to happen, [especially] as the technology continues to advance," he said. Tantalising sightings of this enigmatic Australian marsupial continue to inspire the belief that it could still be out there. Instead of searching for something that's not there, Professor Archer, who led a project that successfully grew early-stage cloned embryos that contained extinct gastric brooding frog DNA, said our best bet was to invest in developing gene technology, such as CRISPR, to revive the species. "Nick Mooney has concluded, that based on the physical characteristics shown in the photos provided by Mr Waters, the animals are very unlikely to be thylacines, and are most likely Tasmanian pademelons," TMAG told CNET at the time. "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. The time was 11.30am. The last close sighting was about 6 months ago and it was right by our car on our forest drive. He signs off the video with, "Enjoy looking at a baby thylacine walking through the bush of northern Tasmania. Towards the end of Shara Boulevard he noticed an animal walking head-on toward him, along the side of the road. A University of Melbourne research lab that has been working on the de-extinction of the Tasmanian tigerfor the past 15years announced it has partnered with a US-based genetic engineering company to boost efforts to bring the marsupial back. We failed to find any other prints hereabouts, yet it is very likely that these mystery marsupial carnivores will return to the area at some stage. Unlike almost all other marsupials alive today, it didnt subsist on a diet of grass, eucalyptus leaves or invertebrates. 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Golf Course, towards its junction with Cliff Drive. I did report it at the time my husband saw it, to an on-line group or organisation. Im totally convinced I witnessed a Tassie tiger on the coast road between Lennox Head and Suffolk Park NSW. You can find the name servers you need to use in your welcome email or HostGator control panel. Our sighting lasted only seconds before the animal vanished into roadside bushes, said Darryl.". As we passed thick roadside scrub, an animal almost the size of a full grown Alsatian dog, with fawn-coloured body fur and a row of blackish body stripes, ran across the highway in front of the car. (2013). The animal stood about 61cm off the. Its body looked roundish and the head appeared out of proportion to the body with massive jaws.". ProfessorPask says the technology istyet to be used successfully,but that could change. After telling our family one day, our daughter and son-in-law said they also believe they had seen the same animal crossing xxxxx Rd, in the same area one evening. ", "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. Mar 1, 2021. Mar 1, 2021. Both possibilities were in the news this week with an interesting eyewitness report from Adelaide and a comment from the doctor working with thylacine DNA. Scientists are trying to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger. Feb 3, 2021. It was on the outskirts of the Arakwal National Park, the western edge, inland of the creek. "2nd November 2006, 9 pm, Thursday, New Brighton; Rob was fishing at Casons Road, New Brighton, when they saw an unusual animal. The creature then ran down the side of a house into scrub. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world authority on rare and threatened species, the thylacine a dog-sized predatory marsupial also known as the Tasmanian tiger was extinct in 1982. The domain will be registered with the name servers configured from the start. In March 1982, parked in a remote area of swamp forest in north-western Tasmania, wildlife ranger Hans Naarding was asleep in his vehicle. They were primarily out on the flats and grasslands. "Nick Mooney has concluded that based on the physical characteristics shown in the photos provided by Mr Waters, the animals are very unlikely to be thylacines and are most likely Tasmanian pademelons," the statement said. Now the footage has been released. It had very obvious stripes across the back and the base of the tail which blended in with the brown fur so that the stripes would not be so visible from further away. Ive been a vet nurse for 20 years. The salted skin of a freshly shot tiger cat was pegged on the dunny door, Max said. On a bike ride to the beach they had a good look at what both thought may have been a Tasmanian tiger as ridiculous as that sounds, stated Andrew. The sighting occurred on the NSW/Vic border, and so is listed twice in the respective state databases. Get the latest science stories from CNET every week. I was driving down Bruce Road at Glenbrook, when at a spot 20 yards from the location of my previous [January 1983] sighting, I saw either the same animal or another, eating some small animal, perhaps a possum, on the roadside. He described it to us as a short greyish-furred animal, with narrow flanks and a drooping, long thin tail. While earlier studies suggested thylacines weighed up to 30kg, newer research says that they weighed around 16.7kg on average. ", "The Winter of 2022 will be remembered by Heather and I for the number of Blue Mountains bushland sightings of of Thylacines at least a dozen. Plaster casts were made and later matched with others found in Tasmania in 1974 whose peculiar paw structure identified them as thylacine. Stripes noted, the report states economically. Source: Gilroy, Rex. "26th January 2006, Shara Boulevard, North Ocean Shores; at around 6 a.m. (Australia Day) Russel was driving from Ocean Shores to Brunswick Heads. This odd creature obviously seemed to reside in the valley we had found it in and the co-ordinates I gave specified exactly how to find it, yet they couldn't give a damn! About the edge of the swamp I found another set of "tiger" tracks. ", Source: Gilroy, Rex. WebWhile thylacine watchers say the number of sightings in South Australia alone is up to four in 2021, a new study gives hope His wife was the first of the family to observe the animal, 3 months before while taking their child to the bus stop down their one kilometre long driveway. But unconfirmed sightings have regularly been reported for decades. I ran outside to find my cat facing off with a dog-like creature 4 times its size. Source: Gilroy, Rex. Thats about double the size of Belgium and three times the size of Wales. Our daily newsletter arrives just in time for lunch, offering up the day's biggest science news, our latest features, amazing Q&As and insightful interviews. Theres at least one operator who will organise devil restaurants, where roadkill wallabies are staked out in front of a hide to lure them in. There is one that piques his interest, however. ", Johns third sighting of a tiger took place in March 1984 around 6.10am. When Naarding reached for his camera bag after several minutes, the movement spooked the creature, and it slunk away into the undergrowth. [chapter title: Thylacines, pp. For more information, please see this page. near the narrowest point of Narrow Neck, which is used by so many other marsupials. *It had strong powerful hind legs*smaller front legs*A long stiff tail that pointed straight out. They decided that it could only be a Tasmanian tiger and phoned the national parks service to report the sighting and where most annoyed when they were not believed and told that they could not possibly have seen such an animal because it is extinct. It was covered in short sandy fur, had a long thin head and face with upright ears. The head looked Alsatian-like but had shorter, thicker ears than a greyhound. In December 2006 at 9.30 a.m. she again saw the same animal with three young cubs chasing and playing together on the road. (1985). He accelerated up to it and observed that its back, rump & tail were covered with dark bands. "The animals are very unlikely to be thylacines and are most likely Tasmanian pademelons," the statement said. WebThylacine Awareness Group of Australia Tas Inc. 15.5K subscribers 40K views 2 years ago Hit the road with TAGOA President Neil Waters as he checks some of the 60 trail cams, The moon was in the clouds with a bit of moonlight shining down. Both animals disappeared within seconds into the rainforest.". Now that they have access to DNA editing technology, the next step is to turn the genome of the thylacine into a living animal. "2008, Upper Wilsons Creek; Tracey emailed the ABC North Coast Radio station to describe her sighting. It looked to be Alsatian dog-sized and he saw the familiar dark body stripes of a Thylacine. I searched the locality but found no sign of a body. Theres a tangible sense that it was here, and that we should have saved it while we had the opportunity.. The first day we spooked it as we drove by a sheep carcass, which it seemed it was feeding on. "7th January 2006, Saturday, 8.30 am, Drake; Greg worked at the Tenterfield Bowling Club on Friday night and he headed home at 7.45am Saturday morning. He stated that it didnt look like some unusual hybrid but a species of carnivorous marsupial. However, sadly there have been no confirmed sightings documented of the thylacine since 1936.. It was an extraordinary experience, being so close to this animal. All of these sightings occurred in a small valley we were crossing during this period of the survey, and on this final occassion I happened to be some distance from the others in the party, setting up some wires, when the others accidentally spooked the creature from a spot nearby where it had apparently been hiding not realizing where I was it came tearing straight at me through the salt bush and blue bush and only veered away at the last minute when it sighted me. It looked, then lopped off into the cliff side of the road. Weighing approximately 25kg, the Thylacine was around 60cm tall at the shoulder, with a body roughly 115cm long and a 50-65cm long tail. A report made to Naturalist/Cryptozoologist Gary Opit, through his popular Wildlife Talkback radio show. I then looked in the rearview mirrow to see the Landcruiser doing the same, confirming to me that what ever I saw was wierd!. It was greyhound in size, covered in a dirty golden-brown short fur with no distinct stripes and a long tail that sloped down to the ground and back up again. I tried to explain it to people for years but couldn't. Throughout the years, Mr Waters hasn't been the only one to have footage of a purported Tasmanian tiger sighting. "We now have the nuclear genome sequence and the mitochondrial genome sequence of the thylacine. The animal retreated into bush at the top of a gully.". Two km to the south-west of the Green Frog Caf & general store he and a friend saw in the car headlights an unusual animal cross the road 6 to 12 metres in front of them. function external_links_in_new_windows_loop() { Uh Pardon Me But Thylacine Truthers Think Theyve Captured A Tassie Tiger Family On Camera, Don't Panic, The Tasmanian Tiger May Not Be So Extinct After All, There Was An Alleged Tassie Tiger Sighting In SA & Im Sure The Hemsworth Bros Are Quaking RN, The Hemsworths Are Funding A Jurassic Park-Style Attempt To Bring The Tassie Tiger Back To Life, Perhaps These Thylacine Dog Coats Will Take Yr Mind Off The Latest Tasmanian Tiger False Alarm, Jeff Lowe, Keen To Leave Joe Exotics Haunted Zoo, Wishes Carole Baskin The Best. Each time it was in the same area, crossing the same road xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, heading into a sugar cane field. ", 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. The animal was a tan-caramel color with pronounced dark stripes from shoulders to rump and had a ridged "kangaroo like" tail. All Rights Reserved. It was trotting quickly with a stiff legged gait. So from that experience I do believe they are still knocking around.". These were able to hold their own in a fight with a dog and would attack if put under pressure. If he verifies it, then it is confirmed!! ", "2005, New Brighton; Gary and Sharmaine observed a thylacine-like animal with a striped rump. The balance of probability is that the thylacine is gone, yet this animal continues to maintain a hold over almost anyone with an interest in natural history who visits Tasmania (along with many who dont). He recalled his father and other old hands from the Pokolbin area, saying there were two different types of native cat the spotted quoll and the rare striped tiger quoll. Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) Sighting Reports Database - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database I was thinking how cool it was that I'd saved a little pademelon from being eaten by something. Nevertheless, many Tasmanians have refused to accept that the species has disappeared. The tail, he noticed, was long and pointed, and followed the slope of the back. In the few seconds before the animal dashed off the road into the darkness of the catchment scrub, we were able to get a good look at it. 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 color of this animal was light in appearance & there were no stripes. The strange animal had a huge jaw that opened to an extent, greater than the dog, and it gave forth with a bizarre cry unlike anything that they had heard before. Over the years we have kept the location of the swamp and gully a closely guarded secret, to give these marsupials an opportunity to increase their numbers, and keep away unwanted human interference. New Study Suggests Thylacines Have "Some Chance of Ongoing Persistence in the Remote Wilderness" of ", "Pete, of Ocean Shores, was recently talking to his neighbour, Steve, who also has a farm at Wooyung directly adjacent the caravan park. But while Ashbys heart would love that to be true, his head says theyve probably gone. When we saw the skin pegged out, my father was surprised because he had not seen a live one for perhaps 40 years and believed there were none left alive.". The species died out some time after the mid-1960s. My friend who was with me describes it as follows, it looked like a kangaroo but it walked rather than hopped.
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