Gef lives with me in Alabama now. He cusses like a sailor but gets along well with my cat.

All the awful Raid ads makes it feel like it's been tormenting the world for 10 years, not 2.

I’ll have whatever 1930s Isle of Man is smoking

The parents just didn’t want to own up to the fact they taught their daughter to swear like a sailor.

That’s a cool mongoose right there does he have a name? Mongoose: *My name geff*

I swear this man has the algorithm figured out

I'm happy you're getting that sponsor money, but I am NEVER playing Raid.

Perhaps Voira was suffering from a personality disorder with vivid hallucinations, or even a split personality. Her parents just went along with it to avoid the tragedy that would have been an exorcism, or worse, a mental hospital?

KZfaqr: Let me tell you about Raid Shadow Legends. Viewer: And skip....

Oh no, he’s fallen for the dreaded Raid Shadow Legends sponsor

An extra clever earth-bound spirit and also a ghost in the form of a mongoose? wow

"That's right, the furry bugger has somehow traveled 7000 miles... *_as the mongoose flies_* ...." roflmao

You had me at "talking mongoose".

Imagine hilariously pranking your parents for years without giving yourself up. The commitment

I'm 60 years old and I read about Gef in the early 1970s. I was astonished and pleased to see this story here. I think they called him a mongoose because it was the closest living creature they could match whatever it was to. If you haven't done Borley Rectory yet, can you do Borley Rectory please. Or maybe the Bell Witch. The story I read in the early 1970s again -- probably from the same book -- helluva book huh! -- went way more into detail, some probably apocryphal at best, but still fascinating to me. The most amazing thing was that the "witch" appeared to divide into multiple spirits, who had _names_ . There was Cryptography, Mathematics, Mad Dog, and another one whose name i forget, but i think it was 4 of them. And the 'great amhearst mystery' too please. I am positive that everyone of these stories was in the same book. Oh and the "drummer of tedworth". And the "vampire of croglin grange.

Me for all sixteen minutes and thirty-eight seconds of this video: 🎶HELLO, I'M HERE, I'M LIVING IN THE WALL, I KNOW! I MIGHT! BE SMALL! BUT IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~ AM A... FREAK!🎶

It feels so anachronistic to see a guy who looks like an Old West mercantile owner talk about video games for cell phones.

My (Slavic) culture calls these creatures “Domovoi”. Which are sort of “Home keepers”. They take forms of furry creatures or any kind they want and either help around the house or play tricks on the inhabitants. Very believable because I happen to have one myself. Read up on these amazing, inter dimensional critters.

There's actually a song about this called "Eighth Wonder" by Lemon Demon. If you haven't already heard I recommend you give it a listen it's actually really good.

Love how 90% of the comments are about that Raid Shadow Legends ad.

"and eugenicist..." I feel like that's a story in itself.

Give it up we all know your saying “42” 😬

“Couldn’t shut the little skinny bastard up” I’m dead 😂 😂 😂 oh my ribs.

I’m genuinely so shocked I’m not seeing any Lemon Demon references, as soon as I saw the title my brain immediately started singing the lyrics to Eighth Wonder

Only 2 years of "cringe,shadow legends" ?? Wow..feels like ages first time I vomited on that ad.

What makes me scream in terror is hearing KZfaqrs constantly peddling RAID SHADOW LEGENDS.

I heard the story of Gef the talking mongoose back when I was at school. I am now age 44 and was surprised to see you cover the story but intrigued to see what you said about Gef. Enjoyed this video as much as all your videos. Keep up the good work. Thanks thoughty2.

This is one of my favorite urban legends.

Raid shadow legends never took over anything, sure they have plenty of money for advertisements but their game is still pretty bad

What if she was schizophrenic and a ventriloquist? Legitimately didn't know she was making it up

I remember reading about this when I was 11 in a book about supernatural incidents. In one incident he supposedly bite the hand of a member of the family and then told them to put some medical lotion on it. Such a weird story.

The greatest mystery on this channel is how this guy can look both 16 and 40 at the same time? Let's split the difference and say he is 28.

I have a foul mouthed Maltese ghost that haunts my apartment here in NYC. I managed to catch a pic of her when she slipped out to drink from the coffee cup on my desk! (See photo of the spectre in my avatar)

I don't think i would ever hear words like self conscious talking supernatural mongoose in my life in a sentence.

I first came across this story in a “factual” book on Ghosts I had as a kid. The account in that book also made reference to a lot of poltergeist activity in the house....potentially from vibrations from a tidal sewer system under the house. The mongoose part was left unexplained

Literally no one: Thoughty2: RaId ShAdOw LeGeNdS!

Everyone gangster till the mongoose starts speaking Animal Crossing

I am a scientific person, but this reminds me of a story told to me by a friend who grew up on a large rural property in Minnesota,USA. When he was a child, aged about 7, he and his brother walked to the back of their property where there was a large tree stump. They approached the stump, and (pardon any politically incorrect terminology), a dwarfish little man ran out from underneath and screamed at them to go away. Years later, as adults, he asked his brother about the incident. His brother was 5 at the time of the incident, and replied “ wait! You remember that? I thought it was just a dream that I had as a child!!” As they were discussing this, their younger sister walked up, and said, “Are you talking about the badger under the tree stump???” They were shocked, and asked her what she experienced. She was 3 years old, a talking badger emerged from the stump, and was kind to her, unlike her older brothers. Apparently the badger asked her to tell her some jokes, or any silly songs that she knew! The badger was amused and asked her to return some other day, which she did, and told the badger more funny things. They all had totally separate memories of this tree stump, only sharing them much later on as adults! Again, I am a scientific person, but, whuuut the heck????

I bought a hard copy of “Stick A Flag In It” for my fiancée for our anniversary! We both love watching/listening to your videos! I’m so excited for us to read it!!!

fun fact: 12.5% of this video is an ad, ofc without counting youtube ads.

Oh look its a little animal- its so cute! 𝙸 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙴𝙰𝚃 𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝚂𝙾𝚄𝙻!

"As the mongoose flys" 😆

''Travelled 7000 miles to live in the walls of a remote farmhouse'' i find that funny.

Born in New Delhi - that explains the high pitch, fast speech, heavy accent, and maybe the mysticism. OK, I will leave now.

Alternative theory: The Irvings truly believed that the mongoose was real; but it was the dog Mona all along!

Extra clever Earthbound spirit Ghost in the form Of a mongoose

I remember reading this story in a ghost book when I was a kid hahaha

For one moment I was like “Wtf this mongoose related to raid shadow legends?”

Thoughty2 is literally my favourite channel on youtube. And I'm subscribed to a lot of great channels!! You're work is consitantly excellent and profound. It will be a sad day when the world is void of the random brilliance of this channel

You just crack me up just couldn’t get rid of the little bastard lmfao

This sounds a lot like the talking cat from Rick and Morty. Jerry: "Why do you talk?" Cat: "That's not important. Having fun is important."

The daughter, thanks to the extreme isolation and boredom, probably manifested Gef as both an imaginary friend and a bit of DID... so, via her hallucinations and cations, Gef was very real to the whole family.

Ngl this would make an excellent B movie, the kind of movie you'd only watch once but would remember every second of

"She was DOG-matic in her belief until her death..." 😂😂 I see what you did there.

Ever since I discovered the song "Eighth wonder" by Lemon demon, I've been so obsessed with the story of Gef (idc if most people think it's a hoax, I just love supernatural things regardless if they're real or not) also I highly recommend the song eighth wonder it's so good!!

aight i'm out i've seen raid again and now it's time to leave. too much internet for today.

Gef behind the camera: "Good, now I can be free."

What you like best about Raid is that they pay you to plug it, you don’t play it, if you’re ever online it’s someone from Raid playing for you

"What's the word, Gef?" "All your base are belong to us, muhfuh."

Me: “Hey Ferret, How come you can talk?”

I listen to creepy stories all the time. But that dang mongoose photo, it creeps me out.

The TT Isle of Man race is insane. You have to see the videos of the races. One of the most deadliest and fastest races ever

1:35 to 1:43 the female orc matches everyone's face watching the video at that precise moment. is that on purpose ? that hilarious

I always heard it from a horror story perspective, but his comedic take made me chuckle.

She was "dogmatic" in her belief. Yeah, I see what you did there...

I thought our family had the same thing happen, but it turned out it was just my grandmother locked in the guest closet in the other room. Took weeks to figure it all out. Sorry grandmama.

Old title: “This Family Found a Talking Mongoose in Their Walls” And the old picture was of, you guessed it, a Mongoose

"But in the end we will never know what really happened." You literally just explained what happened there, bud.

"Was Gef simply a product of Voirrey's imagination? Well... Yes. Probably." [10/10], [10/10] [10/10], [9/10], [10/10]! You gentleman win the internet for today!

"Wanna see a undead Mongoose?"-"Fuck Yeah!" The best lines in the video

Fun fact: the people, well guy really, who devised the story of this talking mongoose was also the author of multiple other paranormal events and experiments that happened in the US and the UK during the height of the Spiritualism Movement; I think his name was Harry Price, famed psychical researcher Harry Price. He had a big band in promoting a spirit medium; I can’t remember her name but he basically took on her on a world tour where she could “showcase” her supernatural abilities such as Ectoplasm projections, automatic writing and good old fashioned spirit communications. At the time people were losing their minds over this stuff and it’s kinda easy to see why; mediums were basically performers, actresses who were super dedicated to their characters and so they put a ton of time and effort into pulling off these hoaxes.

Lemon Demon; Spirit Phone - Eight Wonder This is esoteric, so if you know, you know.

So the daughter had read the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?

I was waiting for something Ghostbusters after the “theres something strange in the neighborhood” line and you did not fail me👍

Thoughty2 here to give us the cold hard facts. Also thoughty2: play raid

This is the first time I’ve heard that the mobile gaming market has been completely taken over by Raid. Can you provide your source so I can research market conditions, since that doesn’t agree with my sources?

Back in the 70s ... when "tripping" was all the rage (LSD) ... I, during a trip, found myself having a conversation with a dog. I wasn't talking .. I was thinking and the dog was replying to my thoughts. I assumed that the experience was "just something that can happen during trips." There are, however, people on You Tube who happily talk about the conversations they have with their pets. Telepathy? On another occasion, whilst tripping with a group of people, someone picked up the cat and said to it: "Look here cat! We've had this conversation before!"

I shit you not. I (as my Slavic culture dictates) feed my “house keeper” everything I eat. I just leave it on a little plate in the corner every few days. 😌 Every Slav knows Domovoi is a great helper and it keeps away the evil spirits.

My mother told me the tale of Gef the Mongoose when I was a kind and I didn't think I'd hear it ever again. Its a really really old story.

The mongoose's voice and dialogues has some serious dark souls vibes

I appreciate it that you are down to earth. It was her that was doing it most likely... However you said that it replied to her and wouldn't her family notice? Maybe they decided to fake it and were all in it.

I love how the first few lines are like a horror film and the rest is like some pg-13 fairy tale

I DID IT FOR THE DEVILMENT! Good video, man! I love this little guy. Anybody want to hear more about this awesome talking mongoose please go listen to last podcast on the left. They have an awesome series on him

Ehhh thoughtyy ehhhh Love the accent man!

I heard that he's an extra clever, earthbound spirit that is a ghost in a form of a mongoose :)

There was a tv show in the USA, in the 1950's to early 1960's, called One Step Beyond. It was acted out stories, about supposedly "real" paranormal events. There's an episode, called The Voice, which looks like it was based on Gef. Only in the show, it was a raccoon, who could speak multiple languages, and took place in the USA on a farm, etc. The episode is available to watch for free, on KZfaq.

I case anyone wonders why so many people believed this family in the first place, it should be noted that the three family members were far from the only people in the neighbourhood to have reported to have talked to Gef. Many visitors to their home claimed to have talked to Gef, as did at least one journalist. It was the fact that so many seemingly believable people reported having interacted with the creature that made contemporary media all over the world so interested in the story.

Everyone is talking about the sponsor but this story is literally one of the weirdest stories ever

Actually I have a pet ferret named “Shoyo” who does EXACTLY the same things that Gef did. Maybe Gef was reincarnated! 🤔

Gef: My name is Gef Me: 22 Jump Street 😂😂😂

Another classic Thoughty! Love your work and humour bud you keep me sane and educated! Keep churning them out please bud. But take afew weeks when you need a break. Everyone needs a holiday.

My Americanized brain always sees Arran shoulder holstering. Don't tell me you don't see the same...

I love it when I hear "THOUGHTY2 HERE" I know it's gonna be a better day. Keep up the good work😊

Fun fact, Eighth Wonder by Lemon Demon is about Geff. It's a bop. Most of the songs from the album Spirit Phone is about strange phenomenon around the world like remains liquifyed in honey and Reaganomics.

How many kipper jokes do you have to make about my island lmao

Yet another great video from Thoughty2. Love your channel Arran ( & the braces are very cool too 😎) ,& all these amazing stories, no matter how weird or spooky they may be, you always make it fun. Keep up with the good work. ( Sorry but I can't help out financially with your channel).

Now I finally understand Lemon Demon's song "Eigth Wonder". Hate that it took me so long

Took the "I'm inside your walls" threat to a whole new level

* deeply pained sigh * as a fan of his work, i must inform you all that neil cicierega (the man behind the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny, potter puppet pals, bustin', ariel needs legs, brodyquest, and many more staples of internet culture) wrote a song about this little guy called 8th wonder of the world. please consider listening to it if you're fucked up in the head

As a regular viewer from the Isle of Man, I’m afraid I missed most of this video. The involuntary “he’s talking about the Isle of Man!” Reflex kicked in and I spent the last 20mins telling all my friends. We’re a fun bunch over here.