Creepy ghoulish garments discovered in Boston subway station
BOSTON -- Color it a coincidence that workers found two tattered rags fastened to bizarre masks just days before Halloween during construction at a Boston subway station.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officials say the workers discovered a pair of ghoulish garments while rebuilding the Government Center Station. Officials say crews found two star-spangled cloaks with built-in masks balled up in a hollow section of concrete that was poured more than 60 years ago.
Tom Sipple who lives in Saugus now, tells CBS Boston, "I've been living in City of Boston since I was three and honestly that is wacky! The first thing I would think, it's a practical joke at the time or maybe something that got lost when they concreted over."
It's apparently not a case of Halloween hijinks. MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo says it wasn't a trick, but they don't know where the red and blue garments came from.
Unlike their riders, the MBTA isn't giving it much thought. CBS Boston reports, in fact, they don't want to talk about it. The costumes are still with the construction company.
But on this, the week before Halloween, there is just something about the timing.
Workers found the odd outfits during part of a two-year, $82 million renovation project. The station is scheduled to reopen in the spring.