A tasmanian tiger or thylacine ran across a road north of Colac about 12.50am last Monday, according to Warrion man Steven Bennett. Mr Bennett said he was driving between Cressy and Warrion when he spotted the animal, believed to have been extinct since 1936. "It ran across the road in front of me (and) paused before it went into the bushes and long grass (on the side of the road),'' he said. The 24-year-old said the animal's stripes, tail and hind legs convinced him it was not a dog, feral cat or fox.A Tasmanian tiger ``is pretty much the only thing I can think of to explain it,'' Mr Bennett said.``It was a fawnish colour and it didn't have a bushy tail _ it's tail went straight out behind it. You always see foxes out here and normally they move low to the ground this was more like a horse in the way it trotted across the road.``I didn't get that much of a look at its head but it was a little bit taller than a bull mastiff and quite slim.''The sighting has excited researcher Michael Moss, who has been searching for the animals for about a decade. Mr Moss has been using a body-heat activated camera in the Otways and Gippsland for the past 18 months in the hopes ofcapturing evidence of the Tasmanian tigers and panthers rumoured to live in the forests.

He said Mr Bennett's sighting was the second one in the past four weeks _ two women travelling near Anglesea reported seeing a thylacine on December 20. ``He comes across as very credible.''Mr Moss said he was disappointed he had not had any luck with his automatic camera set-up in the Otways or Gippsland but remained convinced of the existence of big cats and Tasmanian tigers in the area.His own 1998 footage of what he believes to be a thylacine was recently used in a documentary and he has details on 38 big cat sightings over the past three years.

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I can see a real possibility of this animal to have survived the extinction.
After all, it was only what? 100 years ago when the last was seen in the mainland?
We are talking about an entire continent for them to hide in.

Awesome! I had no idea what this thread was about when I clicked on it, but it's pretty interesting.

--Jon

Well like with all species that have gone extinct in modern times there is still a chance they are still out there, just out of sight of those searching for them.

I live in Australia, and its not just the tasy tiger, there have been sitings of other, supposed extinct animals here, last year someone thaort they sore a white cat, about the size of a tiger, I think it was in Queensland, I not shore

Very interesting, very possible.

There has been sightings and a belief that in the hidden jungles of FNQ(far north queensland) are still sightings of the Marsupial Lion (Thylacoleo carnifex). Maybe or maybe not? But there is always the possibility of an envasive animal living in remote areas. Here is a link if anyone is interested in the lion. (a unique marsupial)
[attachmentid=22883]http://www.thylacoleo.com/introduction/TH_WHAT.html

The sad story behind the demise of the Thylacine not only sickens me, but also makes me hope that this elusive creature will prove its continued existence and allow mankind to mend what we have broken.

Keeping my fingers crossed that this sighting was legit and that the Thylacine is not gone forever...

there is no doubt they are out there i have seen what i thought to be a tassie tiger on the way home from ballarat one night. but you tell people and no one believes you.

and numerous times i have seen a puma like cat at gellibrand.
and kangaroo's that have been killed and striped right to their bones.

they do exist as soon as i get a video cam i am going to film the puma i know where to find it best times i have seen are 2am-4am in the mornin

A tazzy devil or dingo can easily do that Not to mention perenties....

i'm in victoria
but i will dig up the pics of the kangaroo i took later today and post em.