Was there really a black leopard in Shumen?

In the summer of 2025 someone saw a shadow of an animal that was believed to be a black leopard. Only because this is not a typical animal for our region, it created such a turmoil in the media that fun memes about the Puma of Shumen crossed over the ocean. The animal became such a famous star that a song was composed because of it. In the end we are not sure was there such an animal, what kind of animal it was and where exactly it went but it is still our legend.

Destination Shumen created a fun puma trail with some of the fun memes we found across the Internet and also some scientific information about those big cats.

For more information see https://fakti.bg/en/mnenia/980752-kade-e-pumata-chia-e-i-kak-se-e-ozovala-v-balgaria

The song about the puma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULzfGw9lQ0s