I do not remember the exact location. All I can tell you is that I remember that it had been raining (which it did often during our visit) and there was a sort of ground mist. It was quite cold. The sighting took place in the early morning, it was not fully daylight, but we did clearly see this animal.

The best description I could give of the surrounding area is "ferny", as this is what I remember most the ferns and their strong smell, there were many tall trees, also however and some smaller trees. This was not too far from the road, sorry can't say which road. I can say that I don't remember seeing electricity poles (but there may have been some).

It was a long way from "civilization". Anyway, here is what happened:

We were walking along, making quite a bit of noise, chattering and so on. We did not expect to see animals but hoped to maybe see a kangaroo if we were lucky.

We came to a semi-cleared area (with ferns and trees). There was a lot of debris on the ground. We saw an animal but did not realize the significance of this sighting. It looked like a cross between a dog and a kangaroo to us, and we did not know this should be reported or whatever.

It had a kangaroo tail, dog-like body, fox-like ears. Best description of color would be 'chocolate milk'. Stripes were darker but did not look 'solid'.

It kind of paused for a moment like we had caught it in the middle of something it shouldn't have been doing. Then it left the scene.

That's really all that happened. There was a woman with us who had a camera but she did not think to take a picture of the animal until it was too late.

Even afterwards we had no idea that this was significant. The only reason I am writing this at all is because I want to let you know that there had been a possible sighting in an area other than that mentioned in other parts of your site.

What you saw sounds mighty like a tiger to me. The stripes and colour correspond. The way you describe the shape - a bit like a dog and a bit like a kangaroo - corresponds with the shape, too. The fact that you were so close verifies what you saw. The habitat in which you saw it also sounds right. It's funny how you never seem to forget something like that.

Thanks for the info. May we add it to the Ebook and the Thylacine files?