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guuna
15-09-2010, 01:14 AM
Not sure if this is classifiable as a ghost or a cryptid.
The case of Gef (prounouced 'jeff' I think) the talking mongoose that haunted the Irving family in the village of Dalby on the Isle of Man, off the English north west coast in the 1930's.
also sometimes known as the case of the 'Dalby Spook'.
The hauntings commenced in 1931.
it created quite a tabloid sensation at the time.
Gef was apparently able to tell jokes, spy on nieghbours and even give relationship and medical advice, all in perfect clipped English tones.
and this was 80 years before the talking Meerkat ads on the tv now!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gef
guuna
15-09-2010, 01:59 AM
http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz283/guuna/gefthemongoose.jpg
his one paw seems human....:eek:
manxboz
15-09-2010, 09:20 AM
http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz283/guuna/gefthemongoose.jpg
his one paw seems human....:eek:
Where you get that photo?
I use to scare Cadets with Gef the Talking Mongoose stories as we use to camp in the plantation that is nearby the farmhouse :D
Also interesting to note was that talking Mongooses are of Indian legend and Mr Irving had recently come back from India. Also gef claimed to have been born in New Delhi, India in 1852. He also claimed to be the 8th wonder of the world.
But Voirrey, who died in 2005, always maintained she never made up Gef.
You can also now stay in the Farmhouse, it is a Manx National Heritage building now.
guuna
15-09-2010, 02:04 PM
http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz283/guuna/pawprintsgef.jpg
imprints of Gef's paw and human-like hand.
Interestingly a mongoose population had been introduced to the island in order to control the rabbit population.
manxboz
15-09-2010, 02:20 PM
http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz283/guuna/pawprintsgef.jpg
imprints of Gef's paw and human-like hand.
Interestingly a mongoose population had been introduced to the island in order to control the rabbit population.
Yes, we do see Mongooses and Polecats on the Island.
gallifrey
15-09-2010, 10:21 PM
Awwww, yes, I remember the story of Gef. Reading about it was my first foray into the paranormal at the tender age of (about) eight.
Lovely story. I wish I could have met the little fella. :)
guuna
16-09-2010, 01:20 AM
Awwww, yes, I remember the story of Gef. Reading about it was my first foray into the paranormal at the tender age of (about) eight.
Lovely story. I wish I could have met the little fella. :)
wait for the upcoming Disney movie, I can already envision all the spin-off marchanise.
Gef t-shirts, Gef the playstation game, Gef DVD's.
:D:cool:
wait for the upcoming Disney movie, I can already envision all the spin-off marchanise.
Gef t-shirts, Gef the playstation game, Gef DVD's.
:D:cool:
With Miley Cyrus as Voirrey and Jim Carrye as the voice of the Gef
manxboz
12-11-2010, 12:06 AM
With Miley Cyrus as Voirrey and Jim Carrye as the voice of the Gef
No, don't joke, I will protest and burn Hollywood down if they did that :D
jimj_wpg
12-11-2010, 06:47 AM
wait for the upcoming Disney movie, I can already envision all the spin-off marchanise.
Gef t-shirts, Gef the playstation game, Gef DVD's.
:D:cool:
Disney BluRay DVD's.
guuna
12-11-2010, 08:06 PM
well, that in itself is no problem. It's the execution of the film that matters most of all.:D