Whoops! Did Mass General and Fox 25 Start the Bruschi Dead Rumor?

OK, Tedy Bruschi is not dead. Our Redux has it covered. But how on earth did this Bruschi-Is-Dead mess get started?

Someone contacted Fox 25. And all hell broke loose somehow.

Tom Curran at the NBC Sports blog put the rumor to rest. And then he changed his post a little bit. An astute observer in the comments noted what Curran took out:

Why'd you take out the earlier reference to Fox 25 in Boston? The first version of this story had it as Fox - what are you in witness protection? The scum that started this should be brought forward and flogged.

We are not advocating flogging anyone. It sounds like a rumor that got out of control. But why not say where it started?

The message board suggests that the call came from a worker or workers at Mass General who maybe saw a Tedy Bruschi lookalike in a state of serious trouble. True? Or not?

Also interesting is how news outlets other than Fox 25 are handling it. WCVB is very kind and doesn't name names. They say that the story began with an "anonymous e-mail," and it involved nurses at Mass General spreading the word.

As of this moment, we don't see anything about the story on Fox 25.

Image of Tedy Bruschi from AllPosters. Is he outrunning the Grim Reaper?