It seems the Loch Ness Monster has left the building — that is, if she was ever in it.
For 18 months there have been no confirmed sightings of the supposed being, said to reside in the second largest body of water in Scotland. It's the longest period of time without a Nessie sighting in nearly 90 years, the BBC reports.
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Gary Campbell is a Scottish accountant who has been keeping a register of Nessie sightings for 17 years, back when he claims to have seen something suspicious himself. Campbell said this is the first time since 1925 no one has come forward for so long.
"It's very upsetting news and we don't know where she's gone," he told the BBC.
William Hill, one of the largest betting and gambling companies in the United Kingdom, received three entries in its annual Nessie photo contest this year. The company, however, said all three had alternative explanations — one was a wave, one a duck and one had not actually been taken on Loch Ness, the cryptic creature's home.
There are a total 1,036 sightings on record that go back 1,500 years, according to Campbell. He said reported encounters have been declining since the turn of the century, but that this is the most significant "drought" in quite a while.
Charlie Sheen made waves when he searched for Nessie in July, but the actor came up empty-handed.
The Loch Ness monster was named No. 3 in Wanderlust travel magazine's "18 Travel Mysteries to Solve in 2014," right behind Gobi rock art in Mongolia and the moai of Easter Island, which took the top spots.
Nessie did at least beat out the Yeti, a.k.a. the abominable snowman, which came in at No. 12.
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