In 1918, an article published by MacLean's declared the dingonek to be a newly discovered animal species.
Notes on verification
Confirmed via the archived original 1918 Maclean's article plus two independent secondary sources corroborating the sensationalized framing of the dingonek as a newly discovered species.
Sources
- Dingonek (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Dingonek (cryptidarchives.fandom.com)
- https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1918/1/1/something-about-the-dingonek (archive.macleans.ca)
- https://thehorrorcollection.com/dingonek-the-mysetrious-predator/ (thehorrorcollection.com)