The last known Tasmanian tiger died at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart back in 1936 Since then, there have been thousands of reported sightings of the marsupial In 2005 The Bulletin offered $1.2million reward for a captured Tasmanian tiger Magazine's billionaire owner Kerry Packer wanted to know the risk of paying out Editor Garry Linnell assured Packer the brazen publicity stunt could not backfire