An Encounter With a Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) - Story by Hilton Stott

Our mother who lived in the Mole Creek area when she was young, had an encounter with a Tasmanian Tiger. It was in the Liena area and she was walking down a bush track. She felt she was being watched so she looked around and saw a tiger following her some distance back.

She told us kids that if she walked the tiger would walk, and if she ran the tiger would run, and if she stopped the tiger would stop. But it never attempted to attack her. It was just curious. There were plenty around then. The Tasmanian Tiger is still here. We can’t see it, but it can see us. Some people have seen the tiger when they have been going about their daily duties.

One is more likely to see a tiger when they are not looking for one. Tasmanian Tigers seem to know who is after them and who is not. They do not show themselves to people who are after them.

There is one thing above all else that can prove if a Tasmanian Tiger still exists or not and that is the local dog. A dog with its powerful smell can tell if a tiger is in the vicinity or has been there. When they smell a tiger, dogs act in a very strange way.

They sense danger and will not go anywhere near an area if they think there is a tiger there. Dogs have been seen to act like that this very day.  A lot of people who have seen the Tasmanian Tiger say nothing about it for fear of being ridiculed because they always are.

It has been likened to seeing an UFO. Although attitudes seemed to have changed over recent years. It seems people are only in it for the monetary value, being the first to find the tiger.

Tasmanian Tigers        More Tigers        Tasmanian Devil        More Devils        Tasmanian Spiders    

STOTT Coat of Arms        STOTT Family Tree        STOTTs at Wesley Dale        STOTT Photo Album