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Animal Sighting Report Form
Thank you

Thank you for reporting your sighting to Where Light Meets Dark.

Purpose

This form is for reporting the sighting of any unusual animal and may include thylacines (Tasmanian tigers), mainland Tasmanian devils, big cats, or any other incident which seems unusual to you.

Privacy

Where Light Meets Dark respects your privacy, and will not sell or pass on your contact details in any way to anyone without your consent. From time to time, Where Light Meets Dark shares sighting reports with the Australian Rare Fauna Research Association (ARFRA), but will only do so if you provide consent (below).

All care is taken to protect the details of your sighting, but please be aware that the Where Light Meets Dark website and its database are hosted by an independent web hosting company. This means that Where Light Meets Dark can not and does not guarantee that the information you provide is protected against unauthorised access. By proceeding with your submission, you accept the terms described on this page.

How to use this form

For each sighting, please respond to the following questions appropriately. If you are unable to complete a question, feel free to leave it blank and optionally provide additional information in the last question. Please feel free to make a general enquiry, or ask for any clarifications via the Where Light Meets Dark contact form.

The expression "WLMD" refers to "Where Light Meets Dark". The expression "Where Light Meets Dark" refers to the owner/operator of this website and any person that has or will assist with the operation of this website

All questions are on this one page.

The first seven questions allow you to specify whether I have permission to publish your sighting information (with or without names, depending on your responses), and whether I may share this report with ARFRA or other researchers.

Animal Sighting Report Form


1. * Do you grant permission to WLMD to disclose/publish the details of the sighting (without mentioning any person's name) to any outlet (including but not limited to the WLMD website, other media organisations, printed publications such as journals or books)?
2. * Do you grant permission to WLMD to disclose/publish the details of the sighting (together with the name(s) of the person(s) reporting the sighting, and the names of any and all person(s) described in the sighting report) to any outlet (including but not limited to my website, www.wherelightmeetsdark.com., other media organisations, printed publications such as journals or books)?
3. * Do you grant permission to WLMD to forward all details of the sighting (even if these were supplied over time in a number of separate messages) to the Australian Rare Fauna Research Association (ARFRA) (see www.arfra.org)?
4. * Do you grant permission to WLMD to forward all details of the sighting (even if these were supplied over time in a number of separate messages) to the State or Territory National Parks organisation which operates in the place of the sighting?
5. * Do you grant permission to WLMD to forward all details of the sighting (even if these were supplied over time in a number of separate messages) to other research organisations or individuals involved in the study of Australian fauna?
6. Has this sighting been reported to anyone apart from Where Light Meets Dark?
Yes
No
7. If so, to whom?
8. * Regarding the sighting, what happened? (General description of the sighting. Please fill this in before reading the remaining questions)
9. Date of sighting (dd MMM YYYY, eg - 12 Jul 2001)
10. Time of sighting (HH:MM AM/PM, eg - 4:00 AM)
11. Main witness name
12. Main witness address
13. Main witness phone
14. Main witness email address
15. Name and contact details (address, phone, email) of person making report (if not the main witness)
16. Did anyone else (apart from the main witness) see the animal? (If the person filing this report is not the main witness, but they too saw the animal, then choose 'Yes')
Yes
No
17. If so, how many other people (apart from the main witness) saw the animal?
18. If possible, please indicate their names, relationships, and ages.
19. What was the age of the main witness at the time of the sighting?
20. To the best of your knowledge, have there been previous sightings of similar animals in the area where this sighting took place?
Yes
No
Don't Know
21. Did anything about the animal remind you of any known animal(s) you have seen? If so, please describe the features or actions (etc) here.
22. What was the location of the sighting? (Please include state, locality, any identifying landmarks, map references, GPS data etc)
23. How many of this kind of animal were sighted during this sighting? (Different kinds of unknown animal sighted at the same time should be reported separately. Sightings of the same kind of animal at a different time should also be reported separately)
24. Were there any other "ordinary" animals nearby at the time?
Yes
No
Don't Know
25. If so, what were they, how many were there, and how did they react to the unknown animal?
26. Description of the animal - overall
27. Description of the animal - head
28. Description of the animal - ears
29. Description of the animal - eyeshine
30. Description of the animal - neck
31. Description of the animal - snout
32. Description of the animal - body
33. Description of the animal - fur
34. Description of the animal - legs
35. Description of the animal - tail
36. Description of the animal - colour
37. Size of the animal - total length (use a range if you like, eg - 40 to 60 cm)
38. Size of the animal - body length (head and body together) (use a range if you like, eg - 40 to 60 cm)
39. Size of the animal - tail length (use a range if you like, eg - 40 to 60 cm)
40. Size of the animal - height (from ground to head, or shoulder? please specify)
41. The animal was comparable in size to.... (name another animal, if possible)
42. In what way was the animal moving? (stationary, climbing, walking, running, etc)
43. If the animal was walking or running, can you describe its gait (pattern of footsteps)?
44. Did anything specific stand out about the animal or its behaviour?
45. Were any photographs or film footage obtained?
Yes
No
Don't Know
46. If so, please provide name and contact information for photographer or videographer
47. Where was the witness when they saw the animal (eg, in a vehicle, on a horse, bushwalking, camping, etc)
48. How far away from the animal was the witness? (please indicate units of measurement - eg metres, "about a football field")
49. How long did the sighting last?
50. How did your sighting end? (How did you lose sight of the animal?)
51. What was the weather like?
52. What was the temperature like?
Hot (30 ºC and over)
Warm (20 to 29 ºC)
Cool (10 to 19 ºC)
Cold (0 to 9 ºC)
Very cold (under 0 ºC)
53. Did the animal leave any tracks or other trace when it departed? (eg - any fur it may have snagged on a fence, droppings, etc)
54. Is there anything else at all you would like to add before submitting this form?

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