US wombat woman’s ominous threat to her Aussie mate – as her new overseas bolthole is revealed

An American hunter who sparked outrage after she was filmed manhandling a baby wombat has sent a disturbing message to a friend from her new bolthole in Thailand after she fled the furious backlash in Australia.

Samantha Strable, 24, came under fire after sharing a now-deleted video of her grabbing the joey from a roadside and then running away from the distraught mother.

The distressed baby wombat could be heard hissing in distress while her sheep shearer boyfriend Louis Sixt laughed as he filmed her and mocked the mother chasing after her joey.

Despite previous reports that the influencer had returned home to the US, Daily Mail Australia can reveal Ms Strable and Sixt are currently laying low in Thailand.

‘On my flight to Thailand today, guess what I saw?’ she wrote to her friend. ‘A bunch of old, bald Aussie dudes flying to Thailand…

‘They’re [the public] not going to scrutinize them for going abroad to have sex with children but I’m the POS [piece of s***]…’

The former friend believes Ms Strable is on a pre-planned holiday in south-east Asia with members of her American family.

But Ms Strable later sent the same ex-friend a series of abusive messages, vowing to make their life hell after she accused them of speaking to the media about her.

‘Just wanted to send you a personal F*** YOU, from me to you F*** YOU,’ her message began.

‘We’ll be SURE to make some personal efforts to make your life hell too, just as soon as we can okay? But, thankfully for me, it already is!

‘While you barely scrape by, I’ll go enjoy it all. Buy that daughter of yours the food, life, and Up&Gos she DESERVES and stop wasting it on boat fuel.’

She signed off a kissing emoji and repeated the message: ‘From me to you.’

The pals had met in a spearfishing group on Facebook but said the friendship became strained when they clashed over the wombat clip when Ms Strable showed no regret.

‘She still has no remorse for her actions,’ said the former pal. 

‘She claims it’s just a media beat up for her being “a yank”.’

A wildlife professional has now warned Ms Strable may have caught sarcoptic mange from touching the joey, which is rife amongst Snowy Mountains wombats.

The disease is caused by a mange mite and can cause severe fur loss, itchy skin, diminished vision, and even death if left untreated.

In humans, it can cause a contagious condition when the microscopic mite Sarcoptes scabiei burrows into the skin, leading to intense itching and a rash.

Ms Strable was living with her sheep shearer boyfriend Louis Sixt in his hometown of Cooma in NSW’s Snowy Mountains around the time of the wombat incident.

The couple are understood to have met through a Facebook group for hunting enthusiasts before things turned romantic.

According to a friend of Strable’s family, the father-of-one is an experienced hunter in his own right.

The couple have shared photos of their adventures to social media and boasted of their kills on private Facebook groups for hunting enthusiasts. 

In March last year, the couple travelled to the Great Barrier Reef for their spear fishing expedition.

Another video appeared to show Ms Strable pulling a small shark by the tail from a rock pool.

‘Hooked into a massiveee shark tonight. Ran 200+ yards and eventually managed to get off after a long fight. Crap!’ it was captioned. ‘Little shark was ready to fight.’

Another photo shows her posing with a dead deer: ‘Got my first chital (Axis deer).

‘Australia is full of epic, wild deer and harvesting this beautiful stag marks my third deer species.’

In 2023 she also shared confronting images of two dead wallabies she killed during a trip to New Zealand.

The new details emerged as another of her former bosses stressed she was no longer employed by their firm. Her LinkedIn lists her as an environmental scientist for a company called Bowman.

But the firm hit back on Friday and said they ‘condemned’ her behaviour

‘Ms Strable is NOT employed by Bowman as an Environmental Scientist or in any other capacity,’ a company spokesman posted online.

‘She was employed by Bowman for a very short period of time and apparently has not updated her LinkedIn profile to reflect her [exit] from Bowman.

‘The video of Ms Strable with a baby wombat was recorded following her brief time with the company and she was not acting as a Bowman employee in any capacity when this video was filmed.’

It added: ‘As wildlife conservationists ourselves, we are dedicated to preserving wildlife and their habitats.

‘The behavior depicted in the video is inconsistent with our values, and we do not condone or support such behavior in any way, shape or form.

‘In fact, we condemn this type of behavior and only hope that Ms. Strable learns from this event.’

Prior to settling in Cooma the couple travelled in the US where their hunting continued.

‘It’s been three years since I hunted antelope last and it was so worth the wait to find this beautiful buck!’ she wrote alongside another animal carcasse.

‘Thrilled to have had a successful hunt. Steaks for dinner!’

Since facing national backlash Mr Sixt has gone to ground, deleting his once active Facebook account.

An old account in his name follows a Facebook group called ‘Dead Koalas’.

‘He is elusive at the best of times,’ one Cooma local revealed.

‘I wouldn’t have a clue if he’s fled overseas with Samantha but the locals aren’t impressed.’

In social media posts since the furore erupted, Ms Strable has defended her actions, claiming she did not harm the joey and only held it for one minute.

The controversial influencer initially quit social media after a series of attacks from people she calls her ‘haters’ left her feeling unsafe and suicidal. 

‘For everyone that’s worried and unhappy, the baby was carefully held for ONE minute in total and then released back to mum,’ she wrote online.

‘They wandered back off into the bush together completely unharmed. I didn’t think I would be able to catch it in the first place, and took an opportunity to appreciate a really incredible animal up close.

‘I don’t ever capture wildlife that will be harmed by my doing so.’