Green House, Colyton, Australia

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/realestate/the-mystery-behind-colytons-iconic-green-house-finally-solved/news-story/4bb24cf23f7266d4ad61139b843fdd92

Daily Telegraph [Australia]

15 March 2016

The mystery behind Colyton’s iconic green house finally solved

Azal Khan

Real Estate Reporter

[…] Locals have floated a number of theories on why the owners initially decided to paint the entire home green.

It has long been alleged the house was painted green following the death of the owners wife, whose favourite colour was green and thus the entire house was painted that colour in her honour.

Another view is the owners went through a messy divorce where the husband didn’t want the wife to have the proceeds of the house sale, so he painted it green to depreciate the value.

Equally as creative is the rumour that the owner killed his family in a car accident when driving under the influence. He then painted the home green which symbolises forgiveness and in a gesture to embarrass himself. […]

Monkey Carcass Found in Rafters of Boston Gardens, 1998

http://www.boston.com/entertainment/2015/09/28/the-boston-garden-closed-years-ago-today-but-the-mystery-the-monkey-lives/ENsc8CKtNHpqddNACVpZQL/story.html

Boston.com

28 September 2015

The Boston Garden closed 20 years ago today, but the mystery of the monkey lives on

A distinctly Boston urban legend

By Perry Eaton

[…] According to a May 1998 Boston Globe article, construction workers encountered something peculiar in the Garden about halfway through the building’s demolition.

“Add another bit of myth and mystery to the old Boston Garden now being slowly consigned to history by demolition crews,” Judy Rakowsky wrote for the Globe. “Workers said they found the remains of a monkey in the rafters Thursday, and were even moved to pause for a moment of silence, hard hats in hand.” […]

Joe Bearak, senior vice president of Morse Diesel at the time and project executive in charge of both the demolition of the old Garden and construction of the FleetCenter, recalls no such thing.

“Absolutely not,” he said. “I was in charge of the project, and believe me, I would have known. It’s an urban legend. There were pigeons, there were rats, there were other things, but no monkeys.” […]

http://www.boston.com/sports/2015/11/06/could-this-finally-proof-that-the-boston-garden-monkey-was-real/lfL54yRbvYhGuBmYHTqcYM/story.html

Boston.com

6 November 2015

Could this finally be proof that the Boston Garden monkey was real?

The saga continues—with some (fair warning: slightly gross) photos.

By Perry Eaton

Late in September, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the closing of the Boston Garden, we told the story of the Boston Garden monkey: In 1998, while taking down the historic arena, building wreckers were said to have come across the corpse of a monkey.

Despite our research, many parts of the story remained nothing more than urban legend. Where did this monkey come from? Where did it go? Was the monkey even real at all?

Thanks to Richard Bagen Sr., a building wrecker from East Weymouth who helped demolish the Garden, and his wife, Kathy Bagen, we may have some clarity. […]

 

http://www.boston.com/sports/2015/11/09/closing-the-case-the-boston-garden-monkey-mystery/1devTz0gqd5E61iKQL9eVI/story.html

Boston.com

9 November 2015

Closing the case on the Boston Garden monkey mystery

A (warning: slightly gross) final chapter to the monkey tale.

By Perry Eaton