Another Round of "Where's Whitey?"

We're starting to think gangster-turned-fugitive Whitey Bulger is kind of like the Neti, or UFOs, or Bat Boy. He shows up when the moon aligns with Saturn or when movies about him hit the big screen. He's turned up again, this time in Italy.

Someone photographed an old guy and his girlfriend, and computer software indicated that the girlfriend may have been Bulger's girlfriend. That was enough to get the Bulger Task Force to fly to Italy to investigate. As for the photo, the FBI is saying that it came from the DEA, according to WPRI, which was first with the story.

Then again, it might be some drunken tourist who somehow mixed up an old guy with Whitey Bulger. It could happen.

Howie Carr, Herald columnist, WRKO blabber, Bulger-Watcher, and a Bostonian We Love to Hate (#3), is skeptical that it's really Whitey. But the sighting set him off on a game of "Where's Whitey?" For the record, Carr is betting on Cuba and Australia as hot Whitey spots.

Image of Whitey with a Photoshopped caterpillar mustache from the FBI.