Viral sensation duck Long Boi missing from university campus

A duck that grew to become an web sensation has disappeared from the college campus the place he lived.

The mallard-Indian runner cross, named Lengthy Boi on account of his tall stature, was dubbed an area superstar on the College of York.

Lengthy Boi arrived on campus in 2019 and went viral after a Reddit put up incorrectly described him as “the tallest mallard duck to have ever lived… over 1m tall”.

It was later confirmed the duck stands at round 70cm.

A put up on an Instagram account devoted to Lengthy Boi, which has greater than 56,000 followers, confirmed he has not been seen since mid-March.

The put up stated: “Lengthy Boi’s age is unknown and he has by no means gone lacking like this earlier than. Very sadly, this disappearance suggests a robust risk that Lengthy Boi might have handed away.

“It’s unclear how or precisely when this may increasingly have occurred, and we are able to solely hope that if Lengthy Boi actually is gone, his passing was peaceable.

“Any info on sightings of Lengthy Boi or his final recognized location could be extremely helpful in figuring out what might have occurred.”

The put up completed: “Lengthy Boi’s rise to fame has additionally launched us to new duck-loving associates, not simply in York, however all world wide, introduced collectively by our love for one extremely distinctive duck – Lengthy Boi will at all times be remembered by those that knew and liked him.”

Lengthy Boi has featured on Greg James’s BBC Radio 1 present and James Corden’s The Late Late Present within the US.

Zoe Duffin, who runs the Instagram account, instructed the PA information company in 2021: “We began feeding and taking photographs of him, coining the title Lengthy Boi on account of his tall stature.

“We did really feel a bit sorry for him, as he didn’t slot in with all the opposite geese and was being shunned by them, he appeared fairly lonely.

“Over time he’s grown fairly a following with York college students, he’s fairly a campus superstar, and has since flourished and built-in with the opposite waterfowl.”