Thanks to Dick from 'Loch ness investigations' for some great stabilisation work we now know 100% its a fox..

Otways big Cat

Again the Otways..

Cat caught in Apollo Bay farm footage
February 3rd, 2010
MORE video footage of what looks like a large black cat in the Otways has emerged, with a Melbourne businessman revealing a home movie of an animal on his Apollo Bay farm.
Hawthorn's Peter James took the footage of the black cat from the deck of his holiday farm house on Christmas Day, 2007, but has been unable to identify whether it showed a black panther or just an over-grown feral moggie.
"I don't know what it is," Mr James said.
"People have told us tales about big cats in the Otways, but we've never seen anything or heard anything."We've never found any paw prints to suggest it was a big cat.
"We just happened to be at the farm for Christmas Day and my wife looked out and asked what was in the bottom paddock."I ran inside and grabbed the video and started filming."
Mr James said a local shearer had declared the cat an over-sized feral pest, but was unable to say just how big the animal had grown.

Otways big cat

Otways big cat

Interesting but wobby video footage mentioned again, see the previous post.
I hope the lady in question achieves some success with gaining footage that will make the media happy one day.
Could not tell how big the animal was in the Otways big cat footage but some self appointed "experts" managed to work out the height of the animal from the
"...uncut vegetation and fence posts "
Wow..
It was also identified by our "experts" as a fox..or a feral cat..yep..they are sort of the same animal.. :)
I loved the dripping sarcasm....
"...interesting piece of home-made wildlife footage"..
This pearl of wisdom below is probably one of the funniest quotes I have seen in years....
"...Systematic record keeping, by both government agencies as well as media outlets, might contribute significantly to a scenario where identification could become a reality,"
Is this a prank.. :)
So..we rely on the govt..who dont care..and the media..who care even less..to keep records of sightings..and out of that magic pudding..a species identification...
Watch the bouncing ball....
You cannot get a species identification from a collection of ....anecdotes.
How anyone could not understand that..is simply breathtaking..
But..there are more rib ticklers ...
At the moment the progress of this research is in the hands of self-funded and well-meaning amateurs, so the limitations are obvious.
Yes its obvious..its called a truism. :)
But at least our "expert"..by implication..is a cut above the great unwashed...
Chip..meet..shoulder.. LOL
Otways big cat.

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Otways Big cat footage

OTWAYS' resident Connie Whistance claims she has proof big cats roam our bush after catching remarkable footage of an unidentified animal from her hand-held video camera yesterday.

Ms Whistance said she has been stalked by the creatures over the last two years, sighting them on numerous occasions on her property.But yesterday's vision, taken near Binns Track on the edge of the Otway National Park, was the first hard evidence she had to prove to sceptics big cats were in fact prowling the region.Ms Whistance said she watched the feline-like black animal wander around farmland about 500m from her home."It was there for a good 15 to 20 minutes," Ms Whistance said."It looked down like it was eating something and eventually it went back into the swampland."Ms Whistance said she first spotted a big cat outside her home near Barongarook in April 2008, and was so paralysed by fear that she was eventually forced to move house.Since then she said she has seen several panther-like creatures in various sizes and markings."(In 2008) the cat's and dog's behaviour had been erratic and they wouldn't go outside. Then one night I pulled into my driveway and I thought an alien was looking at me," Ms Whistance said."I didn't know what to do, it had these big green eyes."The mystery of the big cat has baffled experts and residents in the region for years.Despite hundreds of claimed sightings, the matter is often been fobbed off as myth.In April 2009, a women told of a mystery big black cat issuing a screaming growl within 30m of her home at Kawarren, south of Colac.In 2008, big cat researcher Simon Townsend blamed the death of 40 livestock in the region on roaming panthers.Mr Townsend has since bought state-of-the-art camera equipment in a bid for elusive footage but the panthers have continued to dodge the cameras.

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2010/01/30/141941_news.html