Country and County: Crown Dependencies

Gef, The Talking Mongoose

It was in September 1931 that the Irving family of Doarlish Cashen, on the Isle of Man, came to prominence by reputedly being ‘haunted’ by a talking mongoose. Gef, as the animal preferred to be called, attracted wide media interest – even being investigated by Harry Price and Nandor Fodor. But what was Gef?

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Cabyll-Ushtey

These are the water horses of the Isle of Man and they are said to be just as dangerous as their Scottish counterparts, the Each Uisge or the Aughisky of Ireland.