Rare ‘Cougar Shadow’ returns this weekend to Arizona’s Superstition Mountains

APACHE JUNCTION, AZ (AZFamily) — It’ll be a sight to behold in the mountains of the far East Valley.

Officials with Visit Mesa said that visitors and Arizonans alike will be able witnesses one of the state’s most unique natural phenomena: the “Cougar Shadow.”

“The shadow forms when the setting sun creates the illusion of a mountain lion stretching across the rugged cliffs of the mountain,” explained Zoey Knoebel with Visit Mesa in a news release…

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