Tasmanian Teacher Releases Video He Claims Shows Tasmanian Tiger - Video Link Here

[hatrack]

A 9 second video released today on YouTube claims to show a living Tasmanian tiger. The footage was captured by Murray McAllister last year. McAllister says he has seen the believed-to-be-extinct Tasmanian tiger several times in the last few years. While the full video is over 8 minutes long, McAllister has only released a preview. He is negotiating for television rights.

According to his website, McAllister has seen Tasmanian tigers both on the island of Tasmania and on mainland Australia even though it is believed the Tasmanian tiger was largely extinct in Australia before Europeans arrived.

The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, has captured the imagination of cryptozoologists ever since the last known individual died in the 1936 in the Hobart Zoo, which closed the next year.

There have been thousands of persistent sightings of the thylacine throughout Tasmania since the 1930s, including inconclusive photos taken by German tourists in 2005.

EDIT

http://news.mongabay.com/2010/1116-hance_thylacine.html

[hatrack]

1. So what do you guys think? Blurry video, but interesting . . .

I think I'll wait until the whole thing comes out, though . . . I try not to get my hopes up for things like this.

[phantom power]

3. Tantalizing. I agree, have to wait for the rest of the video.

[Arctic Dave]

2. Looks like a coyote. But then, I've never seen a Tasmanian Tiger.

[hedgehog]

5. It looks to me like it moves like a cat more than like a dog.

[hedgehog]

4. For comparison - here's video of one in a zoo -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vqCCI1ZF7o