More accurately: there is not enough good-quality evidence vs. the sample size to tip the needle. If we had very very few observations of Loch Ness -- like say

More accurately: there is not enough good-quality evidence vs. the sample size to tip the needle. If we had very very few observations of Loch Ness -- like say if it was Lake Vostok -- but we had a few Nessie sightings, that would be different. But we have only a few Nessie sightings in a place that's constantly being observed and photographed.