posted 07-01-2004 16:48            

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Below is a message we sent to Andy's website and he put us onto this site......I have not been able to get this out of my mind, and I am the last person to believe in flying saucers or any such ......It was not a dog, too big to be a fox, and I'm almost sure that amongst its injured back and mange, it had the tell tale stripes!!!

> Dear Andy,
>
> Crazy as it may sound we are becoming more and more convinced that we may
> have sighted a Tasmanian Tiger.
> We are not the kind of people to romanticise such a notion.
> January 1st saw us driving from Mt Beauty to Myrtleford via "Tunnel Gap"
in
> North Eastern Victoria.
> As we turned a corner we came across a mangy creature who showed no regard
> for our presence. Indeed it seemed stunned and in dire condition. At first
> we thought it was a fox missing its fur and proceeded 100m up the road
until
> we looked at each other with the same incredulous thought. May I stress
> again we are not "conspiracy theorists" in any way.
> We backed up and the animal still showed no concern for us and limped into
> the bushes.
>
> Upon reaching Myrtleford we had occasion to visit the vet and mentioned
the
> incident. She passed it off as possibly being a wild dog. "There are a lot
> of strange looking dogs around here."
> We left it at that.
> After having the creature play on both of our minds for the past few days
we
> decided to look the Tasmanian Tiger up on the net and came across your
site.
> We think there may be something in this as all it's features fit. Is this
> possible?
>
> Kind Regards
>
>
> Tracy Bawden and Chris Langman
>

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