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. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- Dingonek (wikipedia)
- https://cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Dingonek (corroboration)
- https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1918/1/1/something-about-the-dingonek (corroboration)
- https://thehorrorcollection.com/dingonek-the-mysetrious-predator/ (corroboration)