<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/gettyimages-83208787_0.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0" srcset="https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/gettyimages-83208787_0.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 400w, https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/gettyimages-83208787_0.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 800w" > This is a photo of Benjamin, the last known surviving Tasmanian Tiger, who died in 1936. After his death, the species was declared "extinct." (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

At a Glance Video footage of a creature that appears to be a Tasmanian tiger has emerged.

Also known as the Tasmanian wolf, the dog-like creature was thought to be extinct since 1936.

A bizarre-looking animal declared "extinct" in 1936 has apparently come back from the dead.

Recently released video footage of a dog-like creature appears to be a Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, as it's known in the scientific community.

The Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia released the video that reportedly was shot in 2008 by a woman in western Victoria province, who said she had witnessed the creature lurking about on at least 12 separate occasions.

Thylacine Awareness Group founder Neil Waters told RT.com that there are a number of features seen in the up-close footage that gives credence that the animal is a thylacine or a possible subspecies of it.

Also known as the Tasmanian wolf, the animal native to Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea is striped like a tiger along its back and has a long stiff tail, which doesn’t wag like a dog. It's also much stockier than a dog or fox.

Waters says the animal's gait in the video more closely resembles that of a thylacine, as opposed to a dog or fox.

The last known Tasmanian tiger, named Benjamin, died in 1936 at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania, Australia , according to the History Channel. After his death, the species was declared "extinct."

Over the years, numerous sightings of Tasmanian tigers have been reported, although without video proof, most of those claims were dismissed.

In 2013, a team of British investigators from the Centre for Fortean Zoology went to Tasmania to find clues to prove the thylacine, affectionately known as the Tassie tiger, still exists.

Earlier this month, the same group released another video of a potential thylacine sighting near someone’s house in Adelaide in South Australia.

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