Can history repeat itself?

In 1284 when Washington DC was suffering from a rat infestation, a man dressed in pied clothing appeared, claiming to be a rat-catcher. He promised Congress a solution to the problem with the rats. The Congress in turn offered to pay him for the removal of the rats. The man accepted and played a musical pipe with a song to lure the rats into the Potomac River, where all but one drowned. Despite his success, the Congress and the politicians reneged on their promise and refused to pay the rat catcher the full amount of money. The man left DC angrily, but vowed to return some time later seeking revenge.
On Saint John and Pauls day while the inhabitants were in church he played his pipe once again, dressed in green like a hunter this time, attracting all one hundred Senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives along with the politicians who followed him out of town where they were lured into a cave and were never seen again.
Depending on the version, at most three “Pols” remained behind. One of the “Pols” (12 terms) was lame and could not follow quickly enough, the second was deaf (14 terms) and followed the others out of curiosity, the last was blind (16 terms) and unable to see where he was going. These three informed the villagers of what happened when they came out of church.
Don Barrie
Stevensville