Weird Animal the one I PM M&R found 10km from my area.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:49 am
Hey Mike & R
This is about the story I PM you.About the Hyena at Green Valley farm.
It looks like it was a cover up.By the news paper & the Gov.
And I ran into the bloke that killed it and it didn't happen at Warialda at all.
Warialda Wild Dog or Copeton Cat?
Story and image courtesy of LL Staffers
It was late October 1983 and the Salmon brothers, Col and Bill were out pig chasing just east of Warialda. It was like any other trip out that way looking for pigs and roos. What transpired next still has many shaking their heads in disbelief, even 28 years later.
They saw what looked like a wild dog and began their chase finally locating and killing the animal for they knew they were doing many local farmers a favour. It was when they loaded the dog onto the back of the truck and had a closer look that they realised this was no ordinary dog. For a start it had an 'ungainly gait' and claws over three centimetres long and things got stranger from there.
Coupled with large nipples and small genitals the brothers were not sure what they had caught, for it looked like a wild dog but seemed 'different.'
As a result the animal was sent to Dr. De Bavay at UNE and while he was initially non-committal it didn't take long for De Bavay's interest to be heightened. He took a trip to the location and preliminarily concluded that the wild dog must have been a stray that went feral. Still, something bothered him so he dug further.
"I was convinced it had some sort of disease but I had never encountered anything like it," said De Bavay.
"It was just bizarre."
The Salmon brothers had chased the dog with their sheep dogs for over a kilometre and there was something not right with how it looked to recount their version of events.
"It was the weirdest dog I had encountered," said Bill.
"It made no noise and didn't threaten any violence towards our dogs even when bailed up and cornered," he continued.
"It then made a coughing noise like a kangaroo," added Col.
When the dog had turned to run Col picked up a rock and threw it 15 metres striking the dog flush on the back of the head and killed it instantly.
Upon sending the skin to De Bavay, it was finally concluded that the skin and the animal was not a dog at all but in fact a type of wild cat. All the tell-tale signs on the body pointed to as much. There has also been a history of cat sightings and even a killing in the region of a cat in 1902.
More recently, in the 1960s, a sheep carcass was found turned 'inside out' and with the meat carefully eaten - not typical of a wild dog or dingo but akin to that of a big cat. Comparisons between that event and the animal found by the Salmon brothers were made and it does raise an interesting question.
This is about the story I PM you.About the Hyena at Green Valley farm.
It looks like it was a cover up.By the news paper & the Gov.
And I ran into the bloke that killed it and it didn't happen at Warialda at all.
Warialda Wild Dog or Copeton Cat?
Story and image courtesy of LL Staffers
It was late October 1983 and the Salmon brothers, Col and Bill were out pig chasing just east of Warialda. It was like any other trip out that way looking for pigs and roos. What transpired next still has many shaking their heads in disbelief, even 28 years later.
They saw what looked like a wild dog and began their chase finally locating and killing the animal for they knew they were doing many local farmers a favour. It was when they loaded the dog onto the back of the truck and had a closer look that they realised this was no ordinary dog. For a start it had an 'ungainly gait' and claws over three centimetres long and things got stranger from there.
Coupled with large nipples and small genitals the brothers were not sure what they had caught, for it looked like a wild dog but seemed 'different.'
As a result the animal was sent to Dr. De Bavay at UNE and while he was initially non-committal it didn't take long for De Bavay's interest to be heightened. He took a trip to the location and preliminarily concluded that the wild dog must have been a stray that went feral. Still, something bothered him so he dug further.
"I was convinced it had some sort of disease but I had never encountered anything like it," said De Bavay.
"It was just bizarre."
The Salmon brothers had chased the dog with their sheep dogs for over a kilometre and there was something not right with how it looked to recount their version of events.
"It was the weirdest dog I had encountered," said Bill.
"It made no noise and didn't threaten any violence towards our dogs even when bailed up and cornered," he continued.
"It then made a coughing noise like a kangaroo," added Col.
When the dog had turned to run Col picked up a rock and threw it 15 metres striking the dog flush on the back of the head and killed it instantly.
Upon sending the skin to De Bavay, it was finally concluded that the skin and the animal was not a dog at all but in fact a type of wild cat. All the tell-tale signs on the body pointed to as much. There has also been a history of cat sightings and even a killing in the region of a cat in 1902.
More recently, in the 1960s, a sheep carcass was found turned 'inside out' and with the meat carefully eaten - not typical of a wild dog or dingo but akin to that of a big cat. Comparisons between that event and the animal found by the Salmon brothers were made and it does raise an interesting question.
Just very interested!
cheers mate.