The Boston Globe, August 20th, 1996
If the Public Garden purloined swan caper is beginning to sound like the old "Who's On First?" gag, there's a reason. First of all, the swan that was allegedly stolen from the Swan Boat lagoon in the Garden last Tuesday was not Romeo, after all. It was Castor. Like in Castor and Pollux, the Greek gods for whom the twins in the constellation Gemini are named. Secondly, the swan found Thursday waddling on land in Woburn and thought by police, rangers and the City of Boston to be the missing Romeo, turns out to be a no-name wild swan too sick with a fever to have flown away. Not any more. On Sund...
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