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Gef the Talking Mongoose

Dalby, Isle of Man

A farmhouse spirit that claimed to be a mongoose 'born in Delhi in 1852'.

In 1931 the Irving family at a remote farmhouse near Dalby began hearing a creature behind their walls. It spoke, sang, swore, told jokes, and said it was a mongoose called Gef, born in India in 1852.

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When
From 1931
Where
54.1700, -4.7300
Group
Unexplained

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The farmhouse has long gone. The area lies on the wild west coast of the island.

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