CRYPTOLINK: Author sees thylacine twice

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  Author Col Bailey says he has spotted the fabled Tasmanian tiger twice in his lifetime.

 THE Tasmanian tiger appeared to Col Bailey for the second time in 1995, while he was taking a leak in the bush. 

``It shot out of some ferns behind me - I thought it was a cattle dog at first,'' he said.

``But then I was face-to-face with the darn thing.''

Mr Bailey said an old bushman had told him exactly which part of the Weld River Valley he would find the fabled creature. 

``But I just went into lock down,'' he said. 

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