Taylor Serafin
01 July 2026
37m 41s
XOXO, Gef (The Talking Mongoose)
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Suspects & Spirits
Dear Diary,
Spotted: one remote farmhouse on the Isle of Man... and one unbelievably chatty mongoose with enough gossip to ruin everyone's day.
This week on Suspects & Spirits, we're diving into the bizarre legend of Gef the Talking Mongoose; a furry little menace who claimed to be "extra clever," eavesdropped on the neighbors, roasted people for fun, and somehow convinced paranormal investigators to take him seriously.
Think Gretchen Wieners if she were a problematic mongoose. He has all the tea, absolutely no filter, and somehow always knows everyone's business.
Was Gef a cryptid? An elaborate hoax? The original Gossip Girl? Or Gretchen Wieners' long-lost ancestor?
Grab a snack, settle in, and prepare for one of the strangest paranormal cases ever recorded.
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Sources:
Price, Harry, and R. S. Lambert. The Haunting of Cashen's Gap: A Modern "Miracle" Investigated. Methuen & Co., 1936
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Josiffe, Christopher. Gef!: The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose. Strange Attractor Press, 2017.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gef
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Price
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandor_Fodor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandor_Fodor_and_the_Talking_Mongoose