At first I thought maybe it was a whale due to its huge bulk we could see the back of this thing and some of its body. The fin it's self was over 10 Ft tall. Well the whale theory went out the window when I saw the head of this thing.
I grew up in the Florida Keys I have seen Tiger Sharks, Bull Sharks, Lemons, Dusky's, And so on. This was a shark plain and simple!!! The head of this shark resembled that of a Tiger Shark the nose was blunted like a Tigers but not as flat and rounded almost to the tip.
This shark's head came out of the water and came down and we watched this thing munching on a dolphin as it turned back to the pod.
Our RHIB (Ridged hull inflatable boat) came around from the fantail of the ship to see what was going on and hit the wake of this thing and actually caught air and came down. We were yelling at them that it was a shark and we were telling them to fall back to the ship. But of course they didn't do it. And went over to the where the pod used to be where they could see the out line of the shark. When they got close the shark turned creating a wake that almost swamped the boat and the shark turned and went right under the boat.
The Boat engineer was so scared he actually fired three rounds at the shark from his Rifle (M14) Hoping it would scare away the shark and it just went right by them towards us and went down. We never saw it again.
It was the wildest thing I have ever seen out to sea. I've seen some big sharks before. Whale sharks 40 Ft + Tigers 15+ but this was the largest I have ever seen.
Once we reported it and got back to the ship the Officer of the Deck told us it was just a whale that's all. A whale eating a dolphin with a large dorsal fin and a shark shaped head huh???
One of my team mates was a sonar tech by trade so he went to sonar control and pulled the readings up. They had tracked it coming up from 250 Fathoms since that's what they had the computers set on after they tracked it they adjusted the settings and lost it at 1040 Fathoms.
Now you tell me what that was??
I would never send this to anyone had I been by myself but there was witnesses and records showing this.
Thank you for listening to me. If you could please not use my name or location to anyone when reference this I don't think the Navy would like that to much.
Thylacine sighting near Hobart Tasmania
Hi There,My name is Kate and my family have 600acres near Hobart...recently while awaiting the finshed renovations of our home we have been residing in a tent,
And what an AMAZING opportunity to see the most amazing animals in their natural habitat, also to hear the most unusual sounds I've ever heard,
Now I have lived on this property for 25 years and believe me I know just about every native animal known to man...and to us...now i just stumbled upon your sight while researching thylacines
and natural habitats as we are in the process of setting up our property as a sanctuary, perhaps I could invite you to set up your cameras and see what you discover...
not only do i think we have a thylacine, but other interesting species as well... we have many rare and beautiful birds and wildlife that seek refuge by our waterholes,
in our gullys and many caves, at night it comes alive and I plan to try and shoot some footage myself when i can afford the luxuary of a video camera :) but in the meantime goodluck with your search for the ever elusive thylacine...i suggest listening well to the audio of your set up cams...they are unique.
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search for rare reptile in Aoraki Mt Cook National Park
A rare New Zealand native Alpine gecko was sighted by two
climbers in the Beetham Valley earlier this year.
posted: March 2005
Big
search for rare reptile in Aoraki Mt Cook National Park
A rare New Zealand native Alpine gecko was sighted by two
climbers in the Beetham Valley earlier this year.
posted: March 2005
Scientists
trail a myth: Kerala’s pygmy elephant
Scientists are embarking on an expedition looking for
the mythical pygmy elephant in the forests of Agasthyavanam
and Neyyar, India.
posted: March 2005
Is
something lurking in Lake Washington?
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that two reports
came to police about a shape that looks like the head of an
alligator near the docks in Lake Washington.
posted: March 2005
Genuine
Thylacine spotters earn their stripes
The Sydney Morning Herald has an overview of reported Thylacine
sightings since 1937, when they were considered extinct.
posted: March 2005
Tiger
or not, they're photos to thrill
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the supposedly photos
of a Thylacine that were shown to the director of the Tasmanian
Museum and Art Gallery, Bill Bleathman, and a wildlife biologist
with the state's Department of Primary Industries, Nick Mooney,
were shown to them on a laptop computer. The photos were supposedly
taken in Tasmania. According to Mr. Bleathman, the photos
were of poor quality.
posted: March 2005
Tiger
Mystery
The Sunday Tasmanian reports that a German tourist showed
up at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and showed the
staff there pictures he said he took of a tasmanian tiger
in the Lake St Clair region. The visitor has left, and has
taken the pictures with him. He apparently left no contact
information.
posted: February 2005
Thylacine
cloning project dumped
The Australian Broadcasting Company reports that the plan
to clone the thylacine has been dropped. The DNA from the
thylacine embryo is said to be in too poor of condition.
posted: February 2005
Hog
Kong: 'He Was a Beast'
Florida's Times-Union reports on a monster hog that is bigger
than the famed Hogzilla of last year. An estimated 1,140 pound
wild hog was reportedly shot last August by Larry Earley near
Leesburg. Larry says he shot the giant hog with a 44 handgun.
He says "I didn't realize he was that big or I would
have gotten a different gun."
posted: February 2005
