New footage 'proves Tassie Tiger is still alive'
The Tasmanian Tiger is not extinct, according to a Tasmanian man who is preparing to release never-before-seen footage of the animal in the wild.
Neil Waters from the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia is planning to reveal two new pieces of footage at a screening in Adelaide on Sunday.
Mr Waters told the Daily Mail that he had no doubt the animal was a Thylacine.
“The animal has a very peculiar gait, the way it walks is quite weird,” he said.
“In one of the clips you can clearly see stripes down the side.”
The last captive Thylacine died at Hobart Zoo in 1936 and the animal was officially declared extinct 50 years later.
Mr Waters first became interested in the fate of the Tasmanian Tiger when he moved to Tasmania in 2010.
On a GoFundMe page, he wrote that his first sighting was during a bushwalk with his dog.
He heard an animal in the bushes, and when he finally saw the creature in front of him he couldn’t believe his eyes.
“To my absolute surprise, it was a Thylacine, a Tasmanian Tiger,” he wrote.
“It stood behind a clump of grass, sat on its behind and just curiously watched me. I was in awe and in total shock.”
The Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia has since logged more than 3500 sightings on the mainland as well as about 1200 in Tasmania.
Mr Waters will present the footage at a screening at Carrick Hill public garden and gallery in Springfield, Adelaide on Sunday.
Tickets are selling for $8 through www.trybooking.com.
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