Moghrey Mie Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I spoke to a few people about the 'Spook', and most didn't know what I was going on about! Do people feel that it has been more or less forgotten by the younger generation, or is there still an awareness of it on the Island? Browsing these forums, it seemed as though quite a few people still know about Gef. I think a good deal of people are aware of it, people of all ages. But it was just a fanciful story that the paranormal groups in the UK picked up upon which led it to hit the papers. Not of significance for it to be very well known. On the other hand whole tourist industries have been built on less than the story of the Dalby Spook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I spoke to a few people about the 'Spook', and most didn't know what I was going on about! Do people feel that it has been more or less forgotten by the younger generation, or is there still an awareness of it on the Island? Browsing these forums, it seemed as though quite a few people still know about Gef. I think a good deal of people are aware of it, people of all ages. But it was just a fanciful story that the paranormal groups in the UK picked up upon which led it to hit the papers. Not of significance for it to be very well known. On the other hand whole tourist industries have been built on less than the story of the Dalby Spook. From what I have read, quite a few people - locals and visitors - heard what they thought was the Spook. One or two (apart from the Irving family themselves) even claimed to have seen it. But the photos I've seen are not that convincing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I know stories like this are fun and history of them interesting, but they obviously can't be taken seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mæŋksmən Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I know people like me are fun and history of them interesting, but I obviously can't be taken seriously. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdose Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Sorry to drag this back up, but just came across this on Youtube and thought it may be of interest to those that have posted in this thread: The Haunting of Doarlish Cashen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groudleho Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 What a load of bollox, everyone knows that Mongooses can't talk, I think it was Alexander the Meerkat's great great grandfather Vitali who visited the IOM whilst convalescing from his fur wound after the great war of fearlessness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candyheavenly Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 The house was demolished by 1983, as the photograph of the site in Open Files magazine of this date shows nothing but cows at the top of the track, and the outline of the house's foundations. The two buildings mentioned on the earlier map may be outbuildings including the thie veg, demolished at a later date. There were outbuildings to the west of the site in the haggart, including a goat shed, which had corrugated iron roofs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 On the offchance that anyone here is London-based, Senate House Library is hosting a Gef the Talking Mongoose Symposium (of which I am a co-organizer) on Thursday 10th April 2014. Further details, full programme, and tickets here. In addition to the speakers, there'll be a screening of Brian Catling and Tony Grisoni's Vanished! film (on the Dalby Spook case), and a display of materials from Harry Price's archives (including Gef's hair) relating to his investigation of the case. All this for seven quid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jefferson Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I know stories like this are fun and history of them interesting, but they obviously can't be taken seriously. Why not? Isn't it possible, in this vast universe, that there are things we don't understand, that there might be extra-dimensional beings capable of interacting with our dimensional plane of existence, perhaps in ways that might seem unnatural? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I know stories like this are fun and history of them interesting, but they obviously can't be taken seriously. Why not? Isn't it possible, in this vast universe, that there are things we don't understand, that there might be extra-dimensional beings capable of interacting with our dimensional plane of existence, perhaps in ways that might seem unnatural? I once had a singing ferret,so I suppose a talking mongoose isn't too far fetched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jefferson Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Seriously, though, I think there are things we just can't explain -- yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 It's little people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jefferson Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 How do so-called skeptics explain the abundance of fairy sightings in Manx folklore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Magic mushrooms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jefferson Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Magic mushrooms How do you explain them all developing the same hallucination? I don't think we should just dismiss the possibility that there are fairies. When you're in a forest and there are no other people about, why is there a feeling of not being alone? How do magic mushrooms explain the Dalby Spook? They don't sound like the sort of family who would be tripping on mushrooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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