Thread: An interesting story on disappearances in the Vic High country

One of the Vic Gov departments (probably the department of conservation now) had a cat skin they took around to the Ag Shows in the early 80s that was a metre long from tip of nose to tip of tail. I've seen fully black feral cats in bush reserves near our place that were about that size, but they look bigger when you see them in the bush, particularly if they're all one colour. The one I'm thinking of was all black and went up a tree and then stuck its face through a fork in the tree - and it's face filled the fork. Seriously big animal and gave me a real shock. I'd have shot it but I was walking along a road at the time, so I would have to have gone into the paddock to do it, and the neighbour who owned the land hadn't given me permission ....

That disappearance story was interesting. It said the bloke normally stayed close to his campsite. The fire which had scorched the vehicle was also unusual.
No sign of bodies at the campsite. Was there an explosion which killed them and then dogs dragged them away? You would think dragged bodies would leave a trail.
Or is there a nutter killing people? Mysterious.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

That disappearance story was interesting. It said the bloke normally stayed close to his campsite. The fire which had scorched the vehicle was also unusual.
No sign of bodies at the campsite. Was there an explosion which killed them and then dogs dragged them away? You would think dragged bodies would leave a trail.
Or is there a nutter killing people? Mysterious.

Fire was probably deliberately lit to get rid of evidence no doubt,by the perpetrators.Then bodies moved into the scrub into a remote area of the park.

Thats my guess,probably seen to many movies....

I have seen with roos,and sheep,wild dogs don't usually take the whole body away,it would be to heavy anyway, they will take pieces or eat it where it is.The pieces and bones eventually end up all over the place,as they decompose,and as other animals move in,often wild pigs,birds of prey,crows,goannas,foxes,cats,etc.

You normally here wild dogs around Easter but this year they have been very active up until maybe a month ago. We are surrounded by at least 4 packs that you can hear at night time howling away. Thought to be driven closer into towns due to the bush fires but I don't believe that to the case. I know they had a few problems in town with someones Cat getting attacked. I believe they trapped a few in Bright which dissipated their problem. We are lambing at the moment and it is a sleepless task! I wanted to upload an audio taken from the house taken a month ago which you can hear the dogs howling but appear to be unable to do so.

For the first time in living memory there are dingoes in the Wimmera-Mallee.

Edit: the dingoes are in the Wyperfeld/Big Desert national parks in Vic. The Big Desert is contiguous with the Ngarkat national park in SA.

I grew up on a sheep farm south of there and never heard of any dingoes being in the area, and I've camped in Wyperfeld (albeit 25 years ago) and never heard of any dingoes being there, so it's not clear to me how long they've been present in the area.

I saw something online a year ago where someone camping in Wyperfeld/Big Desert mentioned hearing dingoes howling at night.

According to this they are dingoes and not wild dogs:

South Australia is still killing dingoes | ConservationBytes.com

Originally Posted by Arapiles

I'd have shot it but I was walking along a road at the time, so I would have to have gone into the paddock to do it, and the neighbour who owned the land hadn't given me permission ....

You were walking along a road armed????

The unanswered question is why anyone would want to kill and carry away two harmless elderly people who were just sitting around a campfire minding their own business.
The story says the cops are not aware of any drug plantations in the area.
Plus two other people have also gone missing in the same area in the last six months, so it's not an isolated incident.

Has someone just stopped taking their meds and gone completely delusional out there in the bush?
It happens in the city, when paranoid people wrongly think they are fine so they can stop taking their meds, so it could happen in the bush.
It's a worry. One day, when the world stops being crazy, I'd like to visit that area, so it would be nice not to have to be looking over the shoulder all the time.

For the first time in years I saw 2 Dingos between Gregory & Doomadgee last week.
Usually see lots of wild dogs & Dingo Cross but these were definitely Dingos & looked near as pure breed.
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