The mythical creature has been spotted! After hours of debugging, the culprit reveals itself - a bug literally sitting on the code. Not metaphorical. Not symbolic. An actual insect perched right on the curly braces like it's reviewing your syntax.
Somewhere, Grace Hopper is nodding knowingly. The term "debugging" finally makes literal sense. The irony of finding a real bug in your code is the kind of cosmic joke only a programmer could truly appreciate.
At least this one can be fixed with a tissue instead of Stack Overflow.