Why I Believe the Thylacine May Not Be Extinct

I remember when I first heard about the Thylacine (aka Tasmanian Tiger) and saw a picture of it I was enthralled.

Honestly I'm not sure what about it it was that was so mystical and intriguing to me and millions of others around the world to this day but there was something about it that just sucked me in. I thought it was an amazing creature (and still do) and was fascinated by it's life in the wilderness of Tasmania and Australia.

The Thylacine has been a hot topic of conversation since the 30s when the last known Thylacine in captivity passed away. The video of that Tiger still haunts many Thylacine enthusiasts to this day. It moving back and forth behind bars. Taken out of the wild and shoved into a cage for entertainment.

When you look at the field of cryptozoology one of the animals that keeps coming back is the Thylacine. There are a lot of theories as to if the Thylacine is extinct, is it not, is it being mistaken by enthusiasts for other animals when they claim to have captured footage or audio of the beast....really, technically....no one knows.

But here is my take on it.

The concept of the giant squid or kraken was thought to be a sailors myth until the 2010s when scientists finally captured evidence of massive squid as large of boats (and larger) and were able to identify them as such.

The scientific world does not work off of faith (and not even logic sometimes) but off of solid evidence of the sort that is irrefutable.

Unfortunately, despite all the video and audio evidence that has come out since the last known sighting in the 1930s the community has not classified that as being "irrefutable evidence" that says the Thylacine is still around. Furthermore the science community also refuses to acknowledge the possibility of audio that had been taken as being anything other than current well known local fauna.

Australia and Tasmania both have large land masses that are largely uninhabited.

Personally, I don't see why in these uninhabited spaces you wouldn't* have a Thylacine roaming around.

It's away from humans.

It's away from civilization.

They are able to still hunt and not worry about as much competition.

In theory, it is the perfect place for the Thylacine to roam.

Until the Thylacine is forced to be in the company of humans it's highly unlikely that we will ever see the science community acknowledge it's potential existence in the wild.