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Gef the Talking Mongoose: Something Living Inside the House
In 1931, the Irving family began hearing strange animal noises behind the wooden walls of their isolated farmhouse on the Isle of Man. According to the family, those sounds developed into speech. The voice called itself Gef, said it was a mongoose, and began taking an interest in everything happening around him. From an opening in the ceiling, he could read James Irving’s newspaper and offer comments on the news.
The Irvings left him food and learned which records he liked on the gramophone. They described glimpses of a small, yellow-furred creature, brief encounters close enough to feel his…
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