Could black holes be BE-condensates?

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I've considered this.

I put this in philosophy because it's just a bright idea.

Could black holes be Bose-Einstein condensates of some form or another?

According to Hawking, the temperature of a black hole is in the millionths of a degree above absolute zero unless it's a primordial black hole (conjectured to exist).

You folks are pretty smart, what's your takes?

I would imagine tidal forces in a black hole would prevent the stability of a "cold spot" long enough for the condensate to form. The tests done here required specially controlled conditions to get even close.

I cheated a little by doing some googling, but in any case was reminded of one big problem, if we're assuming that the core is made of neutrons: neutrons are not bosons, so they don't obey Bose-Einstein statistics (Fermi-Dirac statistics instead).

OTOH, I wonder if neutrons can form Cooper pairs, so that the pairs act as bosons.

Interesting thread at the link below. A guy there, who sounds like he knows what he's talking about, indicates that it is thought to be true. (See the last post first.)

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=76438

How quickly can BE condensates form in nature (if they do)? Are they instantaneous, then fall apart just as quickly? The tests I have seen on video took a few seconds to drop the temperature, and most of the remaining particles jump out of the well, then the few that remain hit zero K, then a stray particle energizes them again and they all jump out of the well. This took a few nanoseconds.