In the months since 2016's election outcome, many have grappled with a befuddling question surrounding the U.S.'s extreme division: what happened to the American "Middle" (those nestled somewhere between the far right and left)? Until now.

Yesterday sources reported that the American Middle was spotted vacationing in Barbados. "I was out on the beach, just enjoying the sun," said an American tourist, "when it caught my eye and I didn't have a doubt in my mind what I was seeing."

What they saw was the Middle, bodyboarding in the calm tide off Bathsheba Beach, seemingly keeping to itself and displaying every sign of relaxation.

"I immediately notified the press," said a local. "I thought they would like to know. I thought maybe it would help."

However, when news broke shortly after the media was tipped off, the Middle seemed to disappear from the island. No other sources have come forward since the initial spotting, though many sources corroborate this Bathsheba sighting.

A member of the Barbados press who was first to leak the story later reported, "No one knows where the Middle went, so it seems the search continues. I hope it's found soon. It would probably be a good thing for America to know where it is."

Mark Amos, the BBC reporter who aired the story on Twitter, then on the BBC's blog agreed: "America needs to get a handle on the Middle's whereabouts. They have for a while, now. If anything just to ask it, first off, about its plans for the future, and secondly, what prompted it to holiday at a time like this?"

For now, the search drags on with many speculating the Middle's next destination could be anywhere from Thailand, to Canada. We at Counterintelligence will keep our readers up to date as information comes in, and are reaching out to the Middle's family for real time insights.