This was apparently the meal of the animal I had just seen. At the time of writing this book [2017] Thylacine tracks are still being left at this site.". Most recently, in July, a man just south of Hobart reported seeing a footprint that seemed to match that of the Tasmanian tiger. The Guardian (Australia), Thursday 1 December. The following short blog post was posted to the A.C.R.O. It disappeared behind the fig tree and did not re emerge. "Since the 19th century, theres been claims of them living in the Jenolan range.". . Roger Hardy also informed me that in the Mount Mondilla area are deep gorges. (p. 26), "The Newnes Plateau country has lately [2015-2016] been the scene of a few tiger sightings, and paw prints finds which may, or may not have been made by Thylacines. After about 5 min I took off again south desperatly trying to get my head around what I had just seen 20 min south of Broken Hill!! The eyes were very keen, watching in a way domestic dogs do not. The following quote is taken from a book, and does not include any direct quotes from the witness: "Among those who say they have seen thylacines in the mountainous wilderness of the Namadgi-Kosciusco National Park along the New South Wales-Victorian border is ranger Peter Simon, who saw one for several seconds in broad daylight in 1982, from a distance of 100 feet." There were body stripesextending barrel-wise from the mid-back to the tail rump. Feral predator-free areas are being established to save a range of endangered marsupials. The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, is one of Australia's most iconic species. I have looked at other posts and have seen that they have described it as I saw it. Kim Falconer wrote I heard a loud sound like a cross between a guttural possum noise and a large dog retching. 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. A short time later a bakery representative from the Gold Coast also saw the animal & commented to Sue about it.". Unexplained! which is not far from Sydney's International airport and along the shores of Botany Bay. It was not a dog; it was larger than most dogs and had a barrel-shaped body and brown fur. "26th January 2006, Shara Boulevard, North Ocean Shores; at around 6 a.m. (Australia Day) Russel was driving from Ocean Shores to Brunswick Heads. An enigmatic report of an animal called a "hyena", which was one of the colonial names for the thylacine, killed in 1803: "Two animals of the hyena kind were seen at Campbell's Island by hunting parties belonging to the Mary and Sally ; from the description given of which they appear to have been of the same species with an animal killed at Port Phillip in 1803.". Since Benjamin died on September 7, 1936, there has been no official sighting of a Tasmanian tiger. However, now she felt reluctant to go for walks on the road. Is the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, making a comeback in the wild? Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. It is almost legendary in its native land, and although purportedly extinct, there have been numerous sightings, photographs, and video footage put forward over the years that . The document includes detailed accounts of alleged close encounters with the mysterious predator across the northern and western regions of the state. Groves managed to pull out his mobile phone and snap a picture of the creature which he then uploaded to social media. On one occasion I saw an animal [from the train window] closely resembling a Tasmanian Tiger, on the south-western side of the railway line near Glenbrook. Yet how did the animal get where it was seen? "I met a bloke yesterday who said he had seen one in the Hunter Valley in NSW. (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. ", "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. ", "Early 2008 late 2007, Repentance Creek Rd at the Minyon Falls turnoff. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery,. 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.". Hunting, the introduction of dogs and the loss of habitat were to blame for its demise. 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". There was very little traffic on the roads. ", "That month Mr Ron Perry was picnicking with his family in the valley around 3pm one day on the bank of the Cox River Picnic Ground. Could the Polestar 2 EV go rear-wheel drive? A thylacine eating a rabbit on the side of a road. Both were of a buff colour with distinctively rounded ears, hunched backs and remarkably long thin straight tails. In the series of images, the one photo Mr Waters is confident is a tiger joey, experts believe is probably a Tasmanian pademelon joey. The animal then made a quick exit back into the ferns.". Therefore the tiger seen by Robyn Simon and Rebecca Jackson could only be a visitor to theKatoomba area, until it settles into a new habitat, perhaps with its mate if one is nearby, out on theNeck or back in Megalong Valley. Its snout was narrow and pointed, the eyes appeared sloping backwards, the ears were tall and rounded and it had a long neck. (2016). Walkabout 34(12): 8. It was illuminated by the headlights of my car approximately 20 m in front of me. 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. I looked it up on the internet and it did look like the pictures of thylacines but with no stripes. Numbats are closely related to the extinct Tasmanian Tiger. He said when they stopped it ran out onto the road behind them and froze for a moment also looking at them before dashing off into the forest. It was an extraordinary experience, being so close to this animal. It walked, trotted and loped. These superficially resembled those of a dog, but displayed marsupial features. ", 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. She had to slam the brakes on to prevent hitting it. On September 7, 1936, the final Thylacine, which became known as Benjamin died in captivity. Nick Mooney, Honorary Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, last week said that based on the physical characteristics shown in the photos, the animals were very unlikely to be thylacines. ", "February 2006, Brunswick Heads; Pacific Highway near the Mullumbimby turnoff, Walter saw a dead thylacine-like animal, with a distinctive long straight tail and stripes along the body, lying on the roadside, a victim of a car strike. A massive animal crossed the road in front of me. Quite suddenly the animal reared on it's hind legs, nose to the air, turned to the opposite direction than that it had been standing and raced into the vegetation at speed. A tassie tiger hunter said he has 'irrefutable proof Tasmanian tiger is not extinct He released three images, one of which he claims is solid proof they're alive The images show a small. It came from the left hand side up the slope, crossed the road & then leapt up the bank. They said there have been sightings in the Pilliga in the past. These were mostly reported by motorists.". I ran outside to find my cat facing off with a dog-like creature 4 times its size. Yet how did the animal get where it was seen? Although it could possibly be a fox or bird, when I looked up the sound a thylacine makes, it was identical to one we found on YouTube. ", "25th February 2006, Saturday night, 11 pm, Palm Avenue in Mullumbimby; Kali saw a strange animal running across the road. "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. On Sept. 7, 1936, the animal known as . She saw it a couple of times during the following days. 01 of 10 ", I was past Howes Valley near Howes Mountain, on a stretch of winding road. It was not a dog. ", "One lady in particular swears she saw one near a supermarket in Brighton Le Sands N.S.W. The 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.". Anonymous. I remember it had pricked ears, but nothing else because the whole encounter was over in seconds". Her father realized that this was some unknown creature that they had never seen before. ", Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20070607040632/http://www.tasmanian-tiger.com/forum/Forum3/HTML/000012.html, "1992 Ewingsdale; Tony saw a creature on a bright and sunny mid-morning 50 metres away that he was at a total loss to identify. The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine . It was making a strange guttural yapping noise as it tried to attack our cats. It was travelling at an incredible speed. Awareness for the status of the Tasmanian tiger was so low that after Benjamin died, Hobart Zoo expected they would soon receive a replacement, and the death of the last Tasmanian tiger wasnt even reported in the media. 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. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Sat 30 Nov 1811, p. 2. There is no doubt in our minds that the creatures we saw were Tasmanian Tigers, said Sam.". He believes about 200 Tasmanian tigers exist in three separate groups on the island, 100 in the south-west, 70 in the north-west and 30 in the north-east. It was not afraid of me but backed away whenever I approached closer than 2-3 m. The tail was the least dog-like feature. The tail was thickly furred which reminded him of a photo of a numbat. 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. It then took off but didn't bounce like a kangaroo. The tigers, or thylacines, were. The snout & the tail were held straight & the round ears were cocked up. She stated that it looked funny and very skinny and moved weird-like. After looking at the cars headlights, it suddenly ran off into the bush.". However, reports of thylacine sightings continue. He was camped at the old army hut and was driving to the logging coup on the western side of Peach Mountain lookout at 5 am on a Monday morning when he observed a thylacine cross the road 3 metres in front of his car. Furthermore, diseases were introduced which had a significant impact on the Tasmanian tigers population. "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. We then mentioned it in passing to the bus driver on the way back to the airport and he said there had been some sightings of thylacine-like animals in the area over the years that he had heard of. Trailing a Tiger. He stated it had a tail like a roo, but not touching the ground. (Thylacinus cynocephalus)", Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20200216184608/https://www.angelfire.com/oz/thylacine/. John was adamant that they were not foxes, dogs or dingos all of which he is very familiar with after spending 20 years at Lakes Entrance in eastern Victoria. 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. Newcastle Herald, 8 March. There is a maze of crevices and caverns in which any animal could live unseen, and it was into this gully that the tiger tracks led. This prompted the author to try to confirm that they still live. The animal can reach up to 1.3 meters (51 inches) long, with its tail accounting for between 19-25 inches of that total (Campbell). To this day I wish I had have got out to speak to the driver of the 'cruiser, but my head was just spinning! He described it to me at the time, as being not quite the same shape as a dog or dingo, fairly light brown, with stripes on its back. "There's a lot more chronic searching these days with cameras and wildlife traps for other animals. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images If you haven't heard of the. "Rex claimed he saw a thylacine on Tuesday, February 22, 1972 at 10.15pm on the Great Western Highway, south of Blackheath. I believed that its hunched back was due to the fact that it was bent over sniffing the ground. "16th January 2006, Monday, 3.30 am, Andersons Hill, Mullumbimby; Michael and Fabiola where returning home along Gulgun Road adjacent Everrits Creek, 400m north of the Mullumbimby intersection and the Uncle Toms Pies service station, when they observed a strange animal coming towards them along the eastern side of the road. ", "18th November, 1997, 9 a.m. North Tumbulgum; Hogans Rainforest Nature NSW / Qld border, Jan and two other family members observed on their property a striped dog-like animal with a head almost like a kangaroo and stripes continuing onto the long stiff tail. Ah we were looking at the pademelons, there was maybe about six of them just grazing on this clearing and then to, ah out of nowhere, this animal just came and pounced on one of the pademelons and grabbed it around the neck and, and I just just took me by surprise. The animal then snarled at us showing long pointed teeth, before disappearing into long grass. The reported sightings are contained in a document from Tasmania's Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE). The back and the hind legs looked more like a cat, its tan-coloured thick fur had an orange tinge in the sunlight and it had dark stripes across its back. . 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