The Creature behind the Walls

Unexplained : True Tales of Unexplained Mysteries with Bestselling Author Steph Young

Steph Young

History, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.2 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The Story of ‘Gef,’ the strangest creature that bewildered a farming family & most of the United Kingdom when his story was reported on across many city newspapers. “It is impossible to deny that there is serious evidence … for Gef’s reality,” said Mr. R.S. Lambert of the BBC, in the 1930’s. We could be forgiven for believing that Gef was a man, or a boy, but in fact ‘Gef’ was an animal, an animal that appeared not quite of this world. The closest description of ‘Gef’ or ‘Jeff’ was apparently a mongoose. That could talk. Mongoose is the English name for family of Herpestidae, who are small carnivores native to Eurasia, Africa, and Southern Europe. They have long bodies, long angular faces and short legs with a tail. They were venerated in ancient Egypt for their ability to handle venomous snakes. ‘Gef,’ who was most colloquially called ‘Jeff,’ also took on other appearances too – varying from a strange cat, to something that looked a bit like a pig, and other indefinable small monsters. Mostly though, Geff was invisible. He appeared on the Isle of Man at a small and isolated farm called Doarlish Cashmen, owned by 58-year-old Mr. T. Irving, a former travelling piano salesman. Mr. Irving himself was somewhat of an anomaly, for although he owned the farm, he did not work it and remained always immaculately suited with uncalloused hands. He and his wife had a 12-year-old daughter called Voirrey, who was known to wander the Moors alone except accompanied by her dog Mona. It was said that the dog would hypnotise a rabbit with mesmerism while the child sneaked up on the rabbit from behind and clubbed it to death!

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0:00.0	I'm a freak. I have hands and I have feet. And if you saw me, you'd faint. You'd be petrified, mummified, turned into stone.
0:22.4	These were the words of Geff, the strangest creature, the bewildered of farming family and
0:28.6	most of the United Kingdom, when his story was reported on across many city newspapers.
0:35.9	It is impossible to deny that there is serious evidence for Gep's reality,
0:41.5	said Mr R. S Lambert of the BBC in the 1930s. We could be forgiven for believing that Gep was a man
0:49.3	or a boy, but in fact Gep was an animal, an animal that appeared not quite of this world.
0:57.6	The closest description of Geff, or Jeff, as he became more commonly known, was apparently a mongoose
1:04.5	that could talk. Mungoose is the English name for the family of Herpes Diday, who are small carnivores native to Eurasia, Africa and Southern Europe.
1:16.6	They have long bodies, long angular faces and short legs with the tail.
1:22.6	They were venerated in ancient Egypt for their ability to handle venomous snakes.
1:28.3	Well, Geff, who was most colloquially called Jeff, also took on other appearances too,
1:35.3	varying from a strange-looking cat to something that looked a bit like a pig and other indefinable small monsters. Mostly though, Geff was invisible. He appeared on the
1:50.1	Isle of Man at a small and isolated farm called Dorlash Cashman, owned by a 58-year-old Mr. T. Irving,
1:59.2	a former travelling piano salesman. Mr. Irving himself was somewhat of an
2:05.5	anomaly too, for although he owned the farm, he didn't work it, and remained always immaculately
2:13.2	suited with uncalloused hands. He and his wife had a 12-year-old daughter called Vore, who was known to wander the moors alone,
2:25.4	except accompanied by her dog Mona.
2:29.5	It was said that the dog would hypnotise a rabbit with mesmerism, while the child sneaked up on the rabbit from behind and clubbed it to death.
2:41.0	The Isle of Man newspaper wrote,
2:44.0	The Spook, Obegain, has chosen an ideal spot. No lonelier place could be found, isolated from the outside world, up a narrow
2:54.2	lane. The Bougain, as we should call this creature, has set aflame the fumes of fancy,
3:01.2	an evil spirit has taken possession. The family's farmhouse was up a steep, desolate hill and two miles from the nearest village.
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