Police searched nearby Tixcuytún, Temozón and Chablekal areas but found no such feline.Īuthorities told La Verdad that residents have made similar reports before, apparently restless after being locked up in quarantine. Although security guards tried to reassure them, residents called authorities to capture the wild animal, according to La Verdad Noticias. Neighbors insisted a 1.5-meter-long panther, 50 cm high, was loose in the Cabo Norte housing complex. While quarantine conditions have invited wildlife back into residential neighborhoods, this was not an example of such a phenomenon.
The photo was actually of a black kitten stalking a bird in a garden. Stir-crazy residents in northern Merida claimed to have photographic evidence of a dangerous black panther roaming the neighborhood. This image of a “panther” roaming northern Merida turned out to be a cute kitten.