Gef (/ ˈdʒɛf / JEF), also referred to as the Talking Mongoose or the Dalby Spook, was an allegedly talking mongoose which inhabited a farmhouse owned by the Irving family, located at …

Aug 31, 2023 · Sometime around 1933, two teenage cousins, Harry Hall and Will Cubbon, paid a visit to a new friend of theirs named Gef. Gef lived in a remote, windswept farmhouse on the …

Gef's fame spread to the mainland after Jim Irving persuaded the psychic researcher (and inveterate self-publicist) Harry Price to take an interest in the case. But even as Gef's notoriety …

Sep 19, 2023 · Gef’s story began in Doarlish Cashen, a farmhouse on the Isle of Man. Situated between England and Ireland, the 221-square-mile island has been a self-governing crown …

Mar 30, 2021 · Combining elements of poltergeist activity and the cryptozoological, the story of Gef caught the attention of the British tabloid press in the early 1930s near the end of a …

Jan 28, 2025 · Believe it or not, Dalby Spook was a name given to a mongoose who took up residence in the wall’s of a family’s home, and later shocked them speechless when he …

Apr 15, 2021 · In the Autumn of 1931 the Irving family, residents of a farmhouse at Doarlish Cashen on the Isle of Man, reported the presence of a strange mongoose-like creature that …

Mar 10, 2015 · Dalby Spook, or Gef, was allegedly a talking mongoose which became a sensation in the 1930s. Image credit: Canstockphoto. On both sides of the Atlantic however, two early …

Dec 28, 2015 · In the 1930s, the Irving family claimed they were being haunted by a peculiar being: a bawdy talking mongoose called Gef.

Sep 3, 2024 · Gef the Talking Mongoose: The Extraordinary 1930s Mystery. In the 1930s, the story of Gef the Talking Mongoose set tongues wagging. So, what was the truth behind the so …