The nightmare seems like something out of the Middle Ages: an army of voracious rats emerges from Boston's sewer system, inspiring fear and loathing around the city. The rodents stream past Faneuil Hall, invading the festive food booths of Quincy Market. Soon the rats spread across Boston Common to the Massachusetts statehouse and move into the town houses in tony Back Bay. As panic rises, the assault becomes the biggest threat to the Boston area since Paul Revere warned that the British were coming.
Sound farfetched? Perhaps. But normally unflappable Bostonians consider this apocalyptic vision a real possibility, and it has...
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