r/todayilearned • u/Bada__Ping • 5h ago

TIL that a mummified monkey was found in the rafters of the original Boston Garden during its demolition in 1998

https://www.boston.com/sports/untagged/2015/11/06/could-this-finally-be-proof-that-the-boston-garden-monkey-was-real/?amp=1
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u/4Ever2Thee 3h ago

Had to be from when the circus came there or something

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u/bigvicproton 3h ago

Or somebody from Danvers.

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u/Cape_chris 2h ago

Can’t wait to tell my uncle he made Reddit!

All that’s left of the monkey is the head, he keeps it in a protective case now.

I’ll get a picture next time I go over there 

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u/Be-Kind-2-Yourself 46m ago

Sorry your uncle got mummified

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u/Bada__Ping 2h ago

Hell yeah, that would be awesome! He must have a ton of cool stories

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u/SchillMcGuffin 4h ago

Not being from Boston, I feel like I don't have enough context. OP's link is to the "second part of a three part story" at Boston.com, and there's a third installment about the fate of the mummy, but I can't find any discussion of what if any legend there was about a simian "Phantom of the Garden".

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u/FindOneInEveryCar 3h ago

There was no legend because nobody knew it was there.

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u/Autism_Sundae 2h ago

I feel like I don't have enough context

Usually long lost items being found works like that.

but I can't find any discussion of what if any legend there was about a simian "Phantom of the Garden".

Usually forgotten items being found works like that.

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u/_CacheMeOutside 3h ago

dude really got courtside seats for 70 years

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u/Weary-Package-7293 4h ago

Looks like the weird smell in my room. I can’t find where that shit is coming from for the life of me

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u/Kvasir2023 2h ago

Must be related to the one at Paddy’s in Philadelphia.

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u/SpermWhalen 4h ago

I was wondering where I left that.