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Quigley decided not to press charges against the youth, figuring he'd had enough punishment. Besides, “It's the best laugh I've ever had," he said. (Source: Fortean Times #68) “The general opinion is they have been only his lips together but also the plate to extinct on the mainland for 2,000 years, but _ the roof of his mouth. I don't know what evidence that is based He's managed to pry his lips apart but it's on. I want to zero in on locating these ani- going to take a long, painful visit to the mals. I expect over the next couple of dentist today to remove the plate. months to get photos," he said. (Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 Trezise says the Queensland thylacine March 1993) was (or is) the same as the Tasmanian Tiger which is also believed to be extinct— VISION VAPOURS the last one died in captivity in 1936. The creature is hard to spot because itis _ NEW YORK — Rumours that a vision nocturnal and has "mastered the art of Of Jesus Christ graces a Manhattan bath- remaining invisible" to escape the dingo Tom window have had thousands lining up and domestic dogs. to catch a glimpse. (Source: The Australian, 31 August 1993) . Rosa Diez noticed what appeared to be Jesus Christ's face on the bathroom win- STUCK FOR WORDS dow of her fifth-floor apartment on Friday. Jim, an engineer, was hard at work in his A priest declared it was nothing more Wollongong office on Monday when a than condensation between double panes. front tooth on his dental plate broke. | Yet that didn’t stop a steady stream of Hating dentists, and preferring not to go onlookers, many ill and in wheelchairs, lin- through a traumatic time in the chair, Jim ing around the block to stare at the win- decided on DIY. He slipped out to anear- dow. Many said they did indeed see a by shop and bought a tube of Superglue. vision of Christ. Back in the office, Jim was sticking the Priests scoffed at the claims, saying tooth back on the plate when someone Christ had a better place to appear than a knocked at his door. He hastily shoved the _ toilet. plate back into his mouth—sticking not (Source: Herald Sun, 10 August 1993) It has hind legs, a tail like a kangaroo, and a front end like a dog with 14 curved stripes across its back. Two thousand years ago the thylacine was a common sight for- aging in the Queensland outback. Then it disappeared, presumed extinct. But Percy Trezise, a 70-year-old artist, writer and bushman, believes the creature still walks. Visitors to the Daintree have teported seeing strange animals, and Percy is convinced a family of up to five is living near his remote homestead 340 km north- west of Cairns. He has been casually tracking the tiger for 20 years and reckons it's time to "blow the lid off the whole thing". Armed with a bag of droppings (which he has kept in his freezer), and castings of what he hopes are thylacine tracks, Trezise leaves for Caims today to examine his findings with experts from James Cook University. THYLACINE DROPS IN? VISION VAPOURS STUCK FOR WORDS