#gef

Gef the Talking Mongoose

Earthbound spirit

i was driving to my doctors appointment and pulled out my sketchbook at every red light so i could draw these gefs

A strange beast who rose to fame from 1933 to the late 1940s. Referred to himself as extra, extra clever, and made other, variously wild, claims, such as how he would split the atom or how the sight of him would cause his hapless victim to faint, petrify, mummify, and turn to stone or a pillar of salt. Also known for standard poltergeist antics of object movement and strange sounds.

Gef the mongoose💥

Description: In 1931, the Irving family claimed their farmhouse was inhabited by a talking mongoose; a ghost in the form of an animal. The tabloid press ate up the story. It is now believed that Irving’s daughter, Voirrey, used ventriloquism to pull off the hoax