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Anonymous
ausfag here, in Victoria its not uncommon to hear periodic reports of a big cat being sighted out in the bush and in the mountains.
Any idea what they could be?
"Some believe that the origin may be traced back to animals let loose by United States soldiers based in Victoria, Australia during World War II. A pair of pumas were used as mascots. Upon the end of the war, it is speculated that the pumas were released into the wild." "A variations of this myth is the claim that large cats were the descendants of animals which escaped from a travelling zoo or a circus (common at the turn of the century), or were kept as pets by gold miners during the 1850s gold rush." Theres also the possibility of them escaping from private collectors. But all of these beg the question how could they survive? After a few generations there'd be dangerous inbreeding.
This doesn't qualify for /x/ because the idea that its the Thylacoleo carnifex is beyond stupid.
>> Anonymous
Simmilar reports happen in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mountains_Panther

>While no conclusive evidence of the "panther" has yet been found, a 2004 report by New South Wales Department of Agriculture investigator Bill Atkinson, the department's rural NSW-based Agricultural Protection Officer, concluded: "Nothing found in this review conclusively proves the presence of free-ranging exotic large cats in New South Wales, but this cannot be discounted and seems more likely than not on the available evidence."

>seems more likely than not on the available evidence