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The earliest documented instance of an animal

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speaking like a human was in the 5th century BC,

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by the Greek physician Ctesias, who wrote,

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"In my travels to India, I encountered a parrot about as large as a hawk.

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"With a human tongue and voice, a dark red beak, a black beard

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"and blue feathers up to a neck, which is red like cinnabar.

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"It speaks Indian like a native and if taught Greek, speaks Greek."

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In 1962, a budgerigar named Sparkie Williams held the world record

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for the largest vocabulary of a talking bird.

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Stupid bastard.

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At the time of his death he knew 531 words.

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Stupid bastard. Silly bugger. Stupid bastard.

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He is a very, very, very good boy.

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That's not important right now.

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In 1995 a budgerigar named Park

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was credited by Guinness's Book of World Records

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as having the largest vocabulary of any bird.

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Never touch a baby bird, that would surely be absurd.

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While the budgerigar can be taught the most words,

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it is believed by many that the Hill Mynah

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sounds most similar to a human, when it speaks.

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Hello, how are you? Hello, how are you?

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Crows are considered some of the most intelligent animals on Earth.

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And they can learn in some cases to mimic human speech and laughter.

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What a good boy.

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And while most often when one thinks of an animal speaking like a human,

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-one thinks of a bird.

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Some other animals can produce sounds that are remarkably like the ones we make.

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These are very isolated occurrences.

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However, the result of coincidence, rather than anything supernatural.

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You are considered to be the world's foremost expert in parapsychology.

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A field of research I will admit I was unfamiliar with until quite recently.

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Most are.

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There is something I have been dying to ask, no pun intended,

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since we arranged this interview. I hope my nomenclature is not too crude.

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-What is it? -Well. Do you believe in ghosts?

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Well, the answer to that question is actually quite complicated.

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How so? Do you believe that ghosts are real?

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Now that is an entirely different question with an even more complicated answer.

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I'm afraid I'm a bit lost.

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Aren't we all?

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Allow me to respond to your inquiry with a question for you.

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And that is how do you define that term real?

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Well it is I suppose what I can see, what I can feel.

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Hear, smell. What is obviously around me.

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Precisely. What you can see, what you can feel, what is around you.

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-Right. -Now. Allow me to elucidate further

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-with a short exercise. -All right.

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Suppose when I look into the corner of the room.

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I see a man standing there looking back at me.

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-But there's no one there. -So you say.

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But what if I could see someone?

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-Can you? -For the purpose of this demonstration.

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Yes, I see as I said, a man.

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He is old with a heavy beard.

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Blue eyes. He is making faces at me now. He is waggling his tongue.

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Right, but there is no one there.

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Do you see anyone there?

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What? So you cannot see him, neither can he.

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And yet I can. So is he real or not?

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Well, no.

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-But I say he is. -But he is not.

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But I...

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say he is.

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That you two cannot see anyone is irrelevant.

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As far as I am concerned, you could bring a 1000 people in here

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and ask them all, if they see someone and they could all say no.

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And yet I can. So to me he is real.

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I think I understand now.

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Good.

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-However... -Oh God, what now?

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My field of research with regard to this scenario I have concocted,

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has little to do with the fact that you two cannot see anyone in the corner.

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In fact, it does not really matter that I can. What I am concerned with...

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What I am obsessed with understanding is, why I can see that man?

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-You understand? -Not at all.

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Anne, hello.

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How was it?

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-A drink, please. -I see.

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Would you prefer the Burns or the Calvert?

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The Calvert to start.

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Now after the day you've had,

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probably in no mood to have me read your letters to you.

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You might as well. Otherwise, they'll just...

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-Continue to accumulate. -Yes.

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Right.

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Dear Dr. Fodor. I do hope this letter finds you well, my name is...

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Sorry, Anne.

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If you could skip the pleasantries, I'm not in the mood.

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Certainly.

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I live in the town of Dundee, Scotland with my son Oliver.

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-When we moved into the cottage on... -All right!

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Here is what we will do. You will read the letter to yourself.

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Then you will take a moment.

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And then you will summarize it for me.

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Yes, Sir.

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How... short would you prefer this summary to be?

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Four sentences or less.

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-How does that sound? -Oh. Yes.

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Right, I think I've got it. Does that count as one of my four sentences?

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-No. -Excellent.

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A young Scottish boy. He sees his dead grandmother.

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Mother doesn't believe.

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Mother finds dead grandmother's necklace on her pillow.

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-And... the boy suffers at school because of his visions. -Next.

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Right.

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Library in Calcutta.

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Ghost of the former caretaker said to haunt the history wing.

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Books strewn around.

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Photograph of phantasm enclosed.

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-Here, Sir. -Oh for fuck's sake. Next.

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Oh, God. Right.

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Isle of Man. Family living in a farmhouse.

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Claim a talking Mongoose lives in their barn.

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Creature's name is Gef.

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-A talking mongoose. -Yes.

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The creature, his name is Gef.

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-Resembles a mongoose or some other member of... -May I?

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Thank you.

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Dear Dr. Fodor!

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Greetings. I hope this letter finds you...

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Isle of Man... let me begin by saying that the earliest documented instance

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of an animal speaking like a human

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was in the 5th century BC by the Greek philosopher Ctesias...

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This is from Dr. Harry Price.

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Yes, I believe he visited the Irving family and investigated the creature.

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Gef.

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And while he did not see it, he heard it.

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And the Irvings, and many of the other townspeople are

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utterly convinced that the creature does exist.

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-Would you pour me another? -Oh yes.

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<i>And while he did not</i> <i>see it, he heard it.</i>

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<i>The Irvings, and many</i> <i>of the other townspeople are</i>

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<i>utterly convinced that</i> <i>the creature does exist</i>.

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A talking...

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mongoose.

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I ordered you a gin rickey. I dimly recall a fondness for...

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Thank you.

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Apologies for my lateness.

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I took a circuitous route, to ensure I was not being followed.

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Why on Earth would anyone follow you?

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I don't know. I did not wish to be seen together in this... public place.

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Have I become that unpopular with your peers?

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I'm afraid so.

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The London Spiritualist Alliance

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do not take kindly to your new clinical methods of research.

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So...

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The mongoose.

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-Gef.

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Well, I must admit I found your letter to be intriguing.

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In my nearly 30 years of investigating unnatural occurrences,

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this is perhaps the strangest case I have ever encountered.

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Really?

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Mr. Irving who owns a farm upon which Gef resides,

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had written me 16 letters over the past four years

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describing the antics of this bizarre creature.

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Strange that he never wrote to me.

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Ah... The Irving family are... peculiar.

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Just to be clear.

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Did you witness this creature, during your investigation?

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Did you observe it speaking like a human?

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-No. -No.

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But I did hear it.

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-You did. -Yes. Once.

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-From another room. -From another room?

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And you're certain it was the creature you heard. Not... someone else?

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I suppose it could have been.

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We were informed by one of the townspeople that the daughter,

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Voirrey... is an adept ventriloquist.

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-I'm sorry. -I know how it sounds.

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-What's this? -My journal, it contains

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the notes I took during the investigation of the Irving family, and Gef.

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An adept ventriloquist.

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The people of Cashen's Gap are nearly unanimous in their belief in Gef.

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Many have encountered the creature, or so they say.

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Interesting.

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You know who you remind me of?

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Who's that?

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Harry Houdini.

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I'm far less clever than he was.

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Perhaps. But your lives have been quite similar, in some ways.

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I recall.

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Before you became a skeptic.

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-I am not a skeptic. -Before you became what you are.

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I distinctly remember you telling me the story of the seance you participated in.

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With a voice medium William Cartheuser.

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You became disillusioned, with Cartheuser, with all mediums.

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As we know and yet... You spoke of the overwhelming emotional impact

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of encountering... your departed father.

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What has this to do with Houdini?

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Humans are obsessed with death.

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And with what does, or does not, come after it.

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You investigate unnatural occurrences under the guise of understanding

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why humans project these phantasms into reality.

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Why they are incapable of letting go of these delusions?

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As you call them.

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Yes.

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I think you still just miss your father.

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Houdini was deeply affected by the death of his mother,

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as you know.

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He visited a medium hoping he might be able to communicate with her.

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And he realized that the medium was a fraud.

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So he sought to disprove all mediums,

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to expose all psychics and spiritualists as opportunists,

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who pray upon the bereaved.

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He would attend seances, in disguise, and would leap forth

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and explain to those present how they were being duped.

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You are a fraud!

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Demonstrating the fraudulent methods the mediums employed.

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-I've heard these stories. -But he wanted to believe.

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He wanted to be mystified. He wanted to find one who did understand.

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So he could communicate with his dead mother.

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Did you know that he and his wife, Bess, devised a message.

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Which one or the other would relay, via medium, after they passed?

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Supposedly they told no one this message.

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I did not know this. No.

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After Houdini died, Bess visited a medium named Arthur Ford.

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And he informed her he had received a message from her late husband.

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Bess confirmed that the message was,

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in fact, the code, which only she and Harry knew.

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So...

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What do you think about that?

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I don't think anything about that.

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Anne!

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Ouch! Who put that there?

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Anne!

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-Is everything all right? -We are going to the Isle of Man.

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Golly!

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The most extraordinary part of this amazing case is that Mr. Irving has kept

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a sort of diary in the form of letters of Gef's doings.

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And it rivals the Arabian Nights

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in the fantastic improbabilities which the record contains.

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Before me are a 200 quarto typed sheets, and every page describes a miracle.

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I will mention some of the most interesting incidents.

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Through 1932 Gef began killing rabbits, for the family.

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He strangled them, and thoughtfully left them outside

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in a convenient position on the wall.

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During the next year or so, he slaughtered scores of them

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and the faunal equilibrium of the district was in danger of being upset.

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In 1934 Gef began making little trips to the nearest town

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and on his return told the farmer what certain people have been doing.

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This was proved to be correct.

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Then he became clairvoyant and told the farmer what was happening ten miles away

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without leaving the farm.

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Questioned as to whether he was a "spirit",

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Gef said "I am an earthbound spirit".

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In July of the same year, Gef began doing tricks.

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A person would go outside onto the farmhouse's front porch

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and place some pennies on a stone.

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Gef, with his eye to the door's peephole,

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would then say whether they were heads or tails up.

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Sometimes he was right.

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Voirrey has even attempted to photograph him.

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But just as she was about to press the button, he darted off

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and was not heard from for days.

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Gef explained that he is afraid of being caught.

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Not by the camera, but by a trap. Hence his timidity.

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Sometimes Gef follows the Irvings to the nearest town when they go marketing.

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But always keeps on the far side of the hedge, though he chats gaily all the time

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In March, 1935, I received some fur and hairs

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which Gef had kindly plucked from his back and tail, and was asked to identify it.

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I forwarded it to Prof. Julian Huxley, who handed it to Mr. F. Martin Duncan, F.Z.S.,

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the authority on hair and fur. In a letter to me, he says:

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I have carefully examined them microscopically

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and compared them with hairs of known origin.

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As a result, I can very definitely state

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that the specimen hairs never grew upon a mongoose,

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nor are they those of a rat, rabbit, hare, squirrel, or other rodent; or...

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sheep, goat or cow.

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I am inclined that these hairs have probably

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been taken from a longish-haired dog or dogs.

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Mr. Irving wrote that he would be delighted to see me

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and would make all arrangements for my visit.

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Unfortunately, on receipt of the letter announcing my decision,

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Gef suddenly disappeared.

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At the end of the month, he was still missing,

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but I decided not to alter my plans.

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As I wanted a witness in case Gef should put in an appearance,

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I asked Mr. R.S. Lambert, the editor of The Listener, if he would accompany me.

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Upon our arrival to the isle, we decided to visit the haunt of Gef right away.

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As we approached, Mr. Lambert and I were startled by an animal bounding toward us.

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But it was only Ralph, the Irving's three-year old dog,

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who had heard his master's voice.

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We at last reached the house and were introduced to Voirrey,

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a good-looking girl of 17 who we found very intelligent, shy, and rather quiet.

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Mrs. Irving is a charming and dignified lady who gave us a friendly welcome.

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and asked us to make ourselves at home.

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Mr. Irving was a successful Liverpool businessman

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who, at the beginning of the War, bought the farmstead,

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hoping to make a living breeding sheep.

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As we sat around the paraffin lamp in the small, dark-paneled parlor,

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we heard the Gef story all over again.

293
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Mr. Lambert and I plied the Irvings with innumerable questions

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and received answers which invariably tallied with what Mr. Irving

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had recorded in his letters.

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The family was heartbroken by Gef's continued absence.

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Mrs. Irving was convinced the mongoose was still about the house.

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Probably listening to every word we were saying.

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She addressed a few words to Gef

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in the hope that her appeal would strike a sympathetic chord somewhere.

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There was no response.

302
00:26:46,355 --> 00:26:50,401
Then I addressed a little speech to the four walls of the living room,

303
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Hoping Gef would hear me.

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I pointed out that we had come a long way on his account,

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and that we were entitled to some manifestation.

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A few words, a scream, a squeak,

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or just a simple scratch behind the paneling.

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I even invited him to throw something at me.

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But all to no purpose. Gef was definitely not in a talking mood.

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Neither Mr. Lambert nor I slept very well.

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00:27:20,890 --> 00:27:25,519
The mongoose problem obsessed our minds and made sleep difficult.

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00:27:26,062 --> 00:27:32,568
Was the whole affair a fraud from A to Z? Was it a plot lasting four years?

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If so, what was the motive?

314
00:27:35,196 --> 00:27:39,992
Were the Irvings engaged in a clever, picturesque conspiracy?

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Was there any sort of animal at all?

316
00:27:43,204 --> 00:27:48,292
Was there any real evidence whatsoever that Gef had been heard?

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If a plot... There was no apparent motive, no financial gain.

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The next morning we awoke to the news that Gef had returned,

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and been talking throughout much of the night.

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Incidentally, Gef had informed the farmer that he had taken a sly glance at me

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and did not like how I looked.

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So I was told to stand in a certain position on the floor

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and cry out 'I believe in you, Gef!'.

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I believe in you, Gef!

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There came a shrill scream from upstairs.

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So once again I called out,

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this time saying "Won't you come down? I believe in you!"

328
00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:36,799
To which Gef replied, "No, I don't mean to stay long, as I don't like you!"

329
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As the mongoose was talking, Mr. Lambert crept toward the stairs.

330
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But unfortunately, the top stair had a loose tread,

331
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which he stepped on and went tumbling down making a terrible noise.

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Gef shrieked out "He is coming!" and vanished.

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The Irvings were kindness personified, and did everything for us, except produce Gef.

334
00:29:09,290 --> 00:29:12,626
Mr. Irving personally conducted us over the house

335
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and pointed out Gef's haunts.

336
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We saw numerous peep-holes,

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cracks through which Gef threw things at 'doubting' visitors.

338
00:29:22,887 --> 00:29:26,474
Squint-holes through which the mongoose watches the Irvings.

339
00:29:26,557 --> 00:29:31,270
We saw the runs behind paneling by which Gef can skip, unseen,

340
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from one room to another.

341
00:29:33,272 --> 00:29:35,441
The fact that every room is paneled

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makes the whole house one enormous speaking-tube,

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with walls like sounding-boards.

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In Voirrey's room we were shown Gef's "sanctum",

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which was a boxed partition,

346
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on top of which Gef was said to dance to the gramophone

347
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and bounce his favorite ball.

348
00:29:57,421 --> 00:30:02,176
By speaking into one of the many apertures in the panels, it should be possible

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to convey the voice to various parts of the house.

350
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,561
Apparently, Gef often does this.

351
00:30:21,862 --> 00:30:25,658
-Can I fetch you a drink? -Thank you. No, I'm exhausted.

352
00:30:25,741 --> 00:30:28,077
I think I'm going to retire early.

353
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:29,745
Tomorrow should be interesting.

354
00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:33,374
I'm going to go to the pub for a nightcap.

355
00:30:33,457 --> 00:30:35,709
Unless there is anything else you might need?

356
00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:41,674
No, by all means. And if you happen to see any talking mongeese...

357
00:30:45,052 --> 00:30:46,470
It's mongooses, I believe.

358
00:30:47,096 --> 00:30:49,723
Well, if you happen to see any of either then.

359
00:30:50,599 --> 00:30:53,811
-Inform me right away. -Yes, of course. Night.

360
00:30:54,311 --> 00:30:55,521
Good night.

361
00:31:07,658 --> 00:31:08,492
Good evening.

362
00:31:11,745 --> 00:31:13,747
-An' ta you. -Is the bar closed?

363
00:31:15,958 --> 00:31:17,918
What would ye like ta drink, m'dear?

364
00:31:20,170 --> 00:31:21,171
A whiskey.

365
00:31:22,673 --> 00:31:24,967
Dunno if it's good whiskey I'm afraid.

366
00:31:25,843 --> 00:31:28,262
-Shouldn't we wait for...? -For whom?

367
00:31:46,864 --> 00:31:48,490
Here ta see ol' Gef, right?

368
00:31:50,451 --> 00:31:52,745
I am the assistant to Dr. Nandor Fodor,

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00:31:52,828 --> 00:31:54,872
the world's foremost parapsychologist.

370
00:31:54,955 --> 00:31:58,417
And we are here to investigate a possible supernatural occurrence.

371
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:03,422
Involving an entity known as... yes.. Gef.

372
00:32:05,507 --> 00:32:07,051
Gef ain't supernatural.

373
00:32:09,303 --> 00:32:10,804
He's an earth spirit.

374
00:32:12,514 --> 00:32:14,141
Told me that hisself, he did.

375
00:32:16,226 --> 00:32:17,478
Have you encountered him?

376
00:32:19,313 --> 00:32:22,149
Indeed I have. Once.

377
00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:25,778
Were nearly two years past now.

378
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,948
Did you see him? Can you describe him?

379
00:32:30,532 --> 00:32:32,618
Were but only fer the briefest 'a moments.

380
00:32:34,787 --> 00:32:36,580
An' outta the corner a' me eye.

381
00:32:39,041 --> 00:32:41,335
-Oh, I see. -But I heard 'im speak.

382
00:32:44,046 --> 00:32:45,047
Clear as day.

383
00:32:54,848 --> 00:32:57,559
Were af'er the funeral rites Father Penzen read,

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00:32:57,643 --> 00:32:59,019
"fer mah beloved Helen."

385
00:33:01,188 --> 00:33:02,648
- Is that your wife? - Aye.

386
00:33:05,442 --> 00:33:06,860
Nigh unta 30 years.

387
00:33:08,654 --> 00:33:13,033
Consumption took 'er, 'fore 'er time.

388
00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:17,413
-I am very sorry. -I'd 'ad a few, tha' day.

389
00:33:18,372 --> 00:33:20,708
Wasn' copin' too well wit' 'er loss.

390
00:33:21,291 --> 00:33:25,170
So by's time the rites'd been read, I had ta piss somethin' fierce.

391
00:33:30,050 --> 00:33:34,471
So I went 'round tha side' a' tha ol' church, where I'd be outta sight.

392
00:33:36,807 --> 00:33:39,601
An' it was when I was standin' there, pissin'

393
00:33:43,188 --> 00:33:44,273
That I heard 'im.

394
00:33:46,775 --> 00:33:48,110
-Gef? -Aye.

395
00:33:55,868 --> 00:33:57,703
It was saying a poem to me,

396
00:34:00,998 --> 00:34:02,791
An' even now, rememberin' it,

397
00:34:04,710 --> 00:34:06,086
I get a bit blubbery.

398
00:34:13,135 --> 00:34:16,764
<i>"I dreamed that one had died</i> <i>in a strange place</i>

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00:34:16,847 --> 00:34:18,515
<i>Near no accustomed hand</i>

400
00:34:18,599 --> 00:34:21,268
<i>And they had nailed the boards</i> <i>above her face</i>

401
00:34:21,351 --> 00:34:23,228
<i>The peasants of that land</i>

402
00:34:23,353 --> 00:34:25,814
<i>Wondering to lay her</i> <i>in that solitude</i>

403
00:34:26,315 --> 00:34:28,066
<i>And raised above her mound</i>

404
00:34:28,150 --> 00:34:30,861
<i>A cross they had made out</i> <i>of two bits of wood</i>

405
00:34:31,361 --> 00:34:33,322
<i>And planted cypress round</i>

406
00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:36,617
<i>And left her to the</i> <i>indifferent stars above</i>

407
00:34:36,700 --> 00:34:38,869
<i>Until I carved these words</i>

408
00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:42,873
<i>She was more beautiful</i> <i>than thy first love</i>

409
00:34:42,956 --> 00:34:46,585
<i>But now lies under boards</i>

410
00:34:52,257 --> 00:34:54,468
That 're the day, I failed at quit drinkin'.

411
00:35:03,185 --> 00:35:06,522
That poem was by Yeats, wasn't it? Is "A Dream of Death".

412
00:35:06,772 --> 00:35:08,065
Aye.

413
00:35:09,233 --> 00:35:12,820
It weren't only tha poem itself though, struck me so.

414
00:35:14,988 --> 00:35:16,156
It were that voice.

415
00:35:19,201 --> 00:35:20,911
That voice that got inside 'a me.

416
00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:27,918
Felt like it were playin' up my spinal cord like piano keys.

417
00:35:29,336 --> 00:35:31,547
-I see. -I'd been numb.

418
00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:33,465
See?

419
00:35:36,093 --> 00:35:38,011
Unaccepting she were gone.

420
00:35:42,057 --> 00:35:46,061
It were the firs' time I allowed meself ta feel the pain.

421
00:35:49,356 --> 00:35:50,190
I needed to.

422
00:35:52,234 --> 00:35:53,235
I needed to.

423
00:35:54,611 --> 00:35:55,529
I understand.

424
00:36:03,912 --> 00:36:06,915
Ya wanna know the stranges' part 'a the whole story, though?

425
00:36:10,252 --> 00:36:13,005
There is something stranger than what you just told me?

426
00:36:14,256 --> 00:36:15,132
Aha.

427
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:20,262
My Helen passed in April 'a '33.

428
00:36:21,638 --> 00:36:24,933
Good Friday, if ya kin believe it.

429
00:36:26,310 --> 00:36:27,352
Oh.

430
00:36:28,228 --> 00:36:29,104
That poem...

431
00:36:29,771 --> 00:36:31,857
Yeats, as ye knew...

432
00:36:33,901 --> 00:36:36,528
it weren't published 'til the summer 'a '34.

433
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:39,156
Oh.

434
00:36:41,450 --> 00:36:42,951
Don't believe me, do ye?

435
00:36:44,244 --> 00:36:47,456
-Well, it was a very sad story. -Aye.

436
00:36:51,585 --> 00:36:56,423
You must understand Dr. Fodor has instilled in me a tremendous skepticism.

437
00:36:57,799 --> 00:37:02,262
He always says: "Believe only that which can be seen and heard, touched,

438
00:37:03,388 --> 00:37:05,766
detected by instruments of science.

439
00:37:06,475 --> 00:37:12,105
Believe not words, but proveable, observable facts".

440
00:37:17,069 --> 00:37:18,528
That's how ye live, then?

441
00:37:22,074 --> 00:37:23,951
Dr. Fodor is a brilliant man.

442
00:37:28,664 --> 00:37:30,874
Yer story's sad as mine I think.

443
00:37:33,335 --> 00:37:34,252
In its own way.

444
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:23,969
-You must be Dr. Fodor. -Hello.

445
00:38:24,052 --> 00:38:25,721
-You must be Anne. -How do you do?

446
00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:28,640
Delighted to make your acquaintance! Welcome to Cashen's Gap!

447
00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:30,684
I see ye've already met our mayor!

448
00:38:31,351 --> 00:38:34,730
We're all very excited that you are here. Dr. Price spoke quite highly of you.

449
00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:37,816
-Now, he was a lovely man, he was. -Oh. Indeed.

450
00:38:38,108 --> 00:38:40,652
-Best 'a luck to ye. -Oh, thank you Maurice.

451
00:38:41,486 --> 00:38:42,320
Mayor.

452
00:38:44,197 --> 00:38:46,408
So, uh, I'll have to drive you up the rest of the way, to the house

453
00:38:46,491 --> 00:38:47,409
if that's all right wit' ye.

454
00:38:47,492 --> 00:38:50,746
The grade can be a bit more uneven at times, I'm afraid.

455
00:38:51,955 --> 00:38:53,331
I think we will be fine.

456
00:38:56,084 --> 00:38:58,045
...warmth 'a this winter in particular,

457
00:38:58,128 --> 00:39:00,881
makes it very suitable fer the cultivation 'a apricots.

458
00:39:00,964 --> 00:39:03,467
Delicious little darlings, if ya've ne'er had 'un.

459
00:39:04,134 --> 00:39:06,094
-I think I'm gonna be sick. -Oh, gosh.

460
00:39:06,178 --> 00:39:09,890
'An uh, o'vr there, closer to the water, the soil's a lot lighter

461
00:39:09,973 --> 00:39:13,477
more akin ta sand, so the cherry trees just love it.

462
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:14,770
Ya cin see 'm there.

463
00:39:17,189 --> 00:39:18,106
What?

464
00:39:28,492 --> 00:39:33,497
Wit' how warm it's been, as I mentioned, the fruits've just been growin' so well.

465
00:39:33,580 --> 00:39:35,916
Las' year was more profitable 'n the previous,

466
00:39:35,999 --> 00:39:38,335
which'd been more profitable than the previous.

467
00:39:38,418 --> 00:39:40,420
This year's lookin' ta be the best yet.

468
00:39:40,504 --> 00:39:43,381
You know, it's more work, but it's rewarding, in its way.

469
00:39:43,465 --> 00:39:46,301
Oh, Dr. Fodor, this is my wife, Margaret.

470
00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:49,179
Maggie, this is Dr. Nandor Fodor, and his assistant, Anne.

471
00:39:50,013 --> 00:39:52,641
It's a real pleasure to meet ya, Dr. Fodor.

472
00:39:53,016 --> 00:39:56,478
Dr. Price spoke so admiringly of you in his letters.

473
00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:59,731
I wanted ta've read yer book 'fore ya arrived,

474
00:39:59,815 --> 00:40:02,400
but when I ordered it from Pavol's in town,

475
00:40:02,484 --> 00:40:04,694
they said it'd be a month 'fore a copy came.

476
00:40:04,778 --> 00:40:08,532
Well, that is very kind, and entirely unnecessary.

477
00:40:10,075 --> 00:40:12,536
An' aren't ya a beautiful thing?

478
00:40:13,286 --> 00:40:16,623
-Such eleemosynary eyes. -Hello.

479
00:40:17,958 --> 00:40:19,084
Married, are ye?

480
00:40:25,257 --> 00:40:29,094
No!  I mean I am... I am Dr. Fodor's assistant.

481
00:40:31,388 --> 00:40:34,141
I didn' mean to each other, silly girl. Though...

482
00:40:34,474 --> 00:40:38,728
by your reaction, perhaps I touched on a subject that's a wee bit sore.

483
00:40:38,812 --> 00:40:39,813
For God's sake.

484
00:40:39,896 --> 00:40:41,523
I meant are ye married at all!

485
00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:44,067
Ye've a figure suitable for birthin'.

486
00:40:44,860 --> 00:40:47,112
-May I see yer hands? -Oh gosh, yes.

487
00:40:47,612 --> 00:40:49,865
So, yer love line... oh, here.

488
00:40:50,407 --> 00:40:51,575
All right, all right that's enough of that.

489
00:40:51,658 --> 00:40:53,326
They haven't come all this way ta hear ya prattle on.

490
00:40:53,410 --> 00:40:56,997
-I am sorry. -And you must be Voirrey.

491
00:40:57,873 --> 00:40:59,249
Pleased to meet you, Dr. Fodor.

492
00:40:59,332 --> 00:41:03,003
Dr. Price mentioned that you are an accomplished ventriloquist.

493
00:41:03,879 --> 00:41:04,713
Oh.

494
00:41:06,173 --> 00:41:08,425
I wouldn't consider myself accomplished, sir.

495
00:41:09,259 --> 00:41:10,635
Self-taught are we?

496
00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:14,472
Yes sir. I used to make me dolls talk, when I was a girl.

497
00:41:15,182 --> 00:41:18,727
One day I scared me friend, Soirsa, cuz she thought they 're really talkin'.

498
00:41:19,144 --> 00:41:22,063
-Fascinating. -Oh, this is my hand Errol.

499
00:41:22,147 --> 00:41:25,859
He sees to the house, tends the crops with me. He lives in the guest house.

500
00:41:25,942 --> 00:41:29,196
-I am honored to make your acquaintance, Dr. Fodor. -And I yours.

501
00:41:29,779 --> 00:41:32,115
-And who are these? -Ralph and Rolf.

502
00:41:33,158 --> 00:41:34,201
Which one is this?

503
00:41:34,743 --> 00:41:36,661
-That's Rolf. -Rolf?

504
00:41:39,164 --> 00:41:44,711
Well thank you for introducing us to your lovely family, Mr. Irving.

505
00:41:44,794 --> 00:41:47,339
We have, as you said, traveled a great distance,

506
00:41:47,422 --> 00:41:50,967
in the hope that we might meet another member of your household.

507
00:41:51,051 --> 00:41:54,346
-Yes, of course, you're here to see Gef. -Indeed.

508
00:41:54,971 --> 00:41:57,432
Now, is the creature here? May we see him?

509
00:41:58,141 --> 00:41:59,434
Creature... oh, well.

510
00:42:00,143 --> 00:42:03,396
Gef is always here, you know, you might say. He's always about...

511
00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:07,400
But he is not currently in the house.

512
00:42:07,734 --> 00:42:10,528
At the moment. See, he left about a week ago.

513
00:42:11,404 --> 00:42:15,408
Shortly after we informed him you were comin' actually. He gets a bit upset,

514
00:42:15,492 --> 00:42:19,287
you know, when we bring 'experts' in, ta see 'im. He sees it as an insult.

515
00:42:19,371 --> 00:42:22,874
He says 'e knows 'e exists, so why's 'e got to prove it to anyone else?

516
00:42:23,041 --> 00:42:25,168
But theres nothin' to worry about, you know, I assure ye!

517
00:42:25,252 --> 00:42:27,295
As I said, Gef's always here, this is his home.

518
00:42:28,171 --> 00:42:31,675
If I had to guess, I would say the wee rascal's probably watchin' us right now.

519
00:42:32,175 --> 00:42:33,009
Eh?

520
00:42:34,177 --> 00:42:35,553
Tryin' ta get the measure 'a ye.

521
00:42:38,682 --> 00:42:42,143
No, but there's a cave, about half a mile up the' mountain, an'

522
00:42:42,686 --> 00:42:45,188
often when he's not in the house that's where I find him.

523
00:42:45,814 --> 00:42:48,024
That's almost certain where he's gonna be.

524
00:42:49,401 --> 00:42:51,319
Anyway come inside an' 'ave cuppa tea.

525
00:42:51,403 --> 00:42:54,114
My wife's baked a raspberry tart, ye just got to taste.

526
00:42:54,197 --> 00:42:55,740
Oh, that sounds lovely.

527
00:42:56,116 --> 00:42:57,200
Come on.

528
00:43:19,055 --> 00:43:22,475
I've foun' that when Gef's not here in the house with us, oftentimes

529
00:43:22,559 --> 00:43:25,520
he kin' be found up in' cave towar' the top a' the mountain.

530
00:43:25,603 --> 00:43:27,522
If I had ta wager, that's where 'e is, now.

531
00:43:27,605 --> 00:43:28,440
I see.

532
00:43:29,357 --> 00:43:31,234
It's a bit of a hike to get up there, though. You know?

533
00:43:31,318 --> 00:43:33,737
It's all uphill, an' the trail's a bit uneven.

534
00:43:34,487 --> 00:43:36,865
Wouldn't bother Gef much I presume, wit' 'is quick little feet.

535
00:43:36,948 --> 00:43:40,035
But it'll be a bit trying, for our awkward human paws.

536
00:43:41,703 --> 00:43:45,415
So...'e aint here at the moment, as we determined.

537
00:43:46,875 --> 00:43:48,877
D' know what else we do with the day.

538
00:43:49,461 --> 00:43:52,213
Well. Let's see that cave.

539
00:43:57,344 --> 00:44:00,347
Do ye know how many breeds 'a sheep there are in the world?

540
00:44:01,723 --> 00:44:03,224
I confess I do not.

541
00:44:04,142 --> 00:44:05,185
Many thousands.

542
00:44:08,188 --> 00:44:11,358
Although only a rare few of 'em are what we call 'fine wool',

543
00:44:11,441 --> 00:44:12,984
an' they aren' s' common 'ere.

544
00:44:13,068 --> 00:44:15,820
Although I've 'ad a lot 'a success wit' the Rambouillet,

545
00:44:15,904 --> 00:44:18,198
although they generally don't prefer the rain.

546
00:44:20,241 --> 00:44:21,076
Fascinating.

547
00:44:23,244 --> 00:44:25,372
-What's fascinating? -Sheep.

548
00:44:26,706 --> 00:44:27,540
Oh.

549
00:44:38,593 --> 00:44:40,512
All right. Here we are.

550
00:44:41,221 --> 00:44:42,972
One 'a Gef's favorite hiding-spot.

551
00:44:44,557 --> 00:44:45,392
Gef!

552
00:44:46,559 --> 00:44:47,977
Gef! Ya in there, ol' boy?

553
00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:51,606
I got Dr. Fodor an' 'is lovely assistant 'ere ta see you.

554
00:44:52,357 --> 00:44:54,109
See the cave goes in a fair bit.

555
00:44:54,192 --> 00:44:57,821
Because 'e aint answerin', an' we can't see 'im, doesn' mean 'e aint here.

556
00:45:02,867 --> 00:45:05,286
You know, perhaps... ye don't have to, a' course,

557
00:45:05,370 --> 00:45:07,580
but perhaps if ye announce yerself to 'im

558
00:45:08,456 --> 00:45:11,835
just say there's absolutely no doubt in yer mind that 'e's real...

559
00:45:11,918 --> 00:45:15,338
That might assuage his concerns 'e may 've, an' convince him to show himself.

560
00:45:17,173 --> 00:45:19,217
What exactly would you like me to say?

561
00:45:19,300 --> 00:45:22,554
Just that. Just tell 'im who ye are, tha' ye're sure he is real,

562
00:45:22,637 --> 00:45:24,514
an' that ye don' mean no harm to 'im.

563
00:45:24,597 --> 00:45:26,808
-That ye're na' here ta vivisect 'im or anything. -Just say hello.

564
00:45:26,891 --> 00:45:28,268
-Hello? -Hm.

565
00:45:28,935 --> 00:45:29,769
Hello.

566
00:45:31,104 --> 00:45:31,938
Very well.

567
00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:40,155
Hello.

568
00:45:42,198 --> 00:45:43,450
Hello, Gef.

569
00:45:44,868 --> 00:45:46,077
-Go on, go on. -Right.

570
00:45:47,912 --> 00:45:50,290
My name is Dr. Nandor Fodor.

571
00:45:51,374 --> 00:45:52,208
And...

572
00:45:53,543 --> 00:46:00,508
Mr. Irving has instructed me to inform you that I believe that you exist.

573
00:46:00,925 --> 00:46:02,135
And...

574
00:46:04,053 --> 00:46:08,975
I would add that if you are currently residing in this cave,

575
00:46:09,058 --> 00:46:10,852
would you be amenable to...

576
00:46:11,978 --> 00:46:15,523
venturing out, so that we may converse?

577
00:46:18,067 --> 00:46:19,694
I am very excited.

578
00:46:20,445 --> 00:46:21,779
To make your acquaintance.

579
00:46:25,533 --> 00:46:27,202
-How was that? -That's brilliant.

580
00:46:27,285 --> 00:46:28,870
-Really good. -Brilliance.

581
00:46:29,537 --> 00:46:31,247
You know if he is in there,

582
00:46:31,331 --> 00:46:33,166
I've absolutely no doubt in my mind

583
00:46:33,249 --> 00:46:35,710
-that speech is certain to draw him out. -Really?

584
00:46:41,424 --> 00:46:42,300
Damn.

585
00:46:42,967 --> 00:46:43,885
Oh, damn.

586
00:46:44,802 --> 00:46:45,637
What?

587
00:46:46,054 --> 00:46:48,264
I'm truly sorry, Dr. Fodor. I really am.

588
00:46:49,057 --> 00:46:51,518
Seems our little friend isn't here at the moment.

589
00:46:52,101 --> 00:46:56,231
Perhaps he is in town. You know probably slipped past us as we were climbing up.

590
00:46:56,314 --> 00:47:00,235
Be back at the house, playing in Voirrey's room. 'e got a little space there...

591
00:47:00,318 --> 00:47:03,321
Yeah, I know. I know. I did read Dr. Price's diary.

592
00:47:05,990 --> 00:47:08,743
It seems Gef isn't gonna grace us with his presence.

593
00:47:09,077 --> 00:47:10,995
Maybe we should venture into the cave anyway?

594
00:47:13,748 --> 00:47:16,292
You see one unfortunate characteristic of Gef,

595
00:47:16,834 --> 00:47:19,087
is that he can be a bit of a thief, at times.

596
00:47:19,170 --> 00:47:23,550
Often we find this or that trinket or bauble missing; a trifle from the kitchen.

597
00:47:24,092 --> 00:47:26,803
Others in town have reported similar incidents. Maybe...

598
00:47:27,470 --> 00:47:30,014
He has been ferreting away some of his plunder here?

599
00:47:33,476 --> 00:47:34,978
Please, after you.

600
00:47:36,229 --> 00:47:40,733
I will just leave my bag here, because if you fall I'll need my hands.

601
00:47:40,817 --> 00:47:43,111
-Yes, you go first. Be careful. -Yes.

602
00:47:44,112 --> 00:47:45,446
Yes, as I suspected.

603
00:47:46,322 --> 00:47:48,241
A veritable trove of ill-gotten goods.

604
00:47:48,866 --> 00:47:49,867
Come on, come see.

605
00:47:51,035 --> 00:47:52,245
Oh, yeah.

606
00:47:53,288 --> 00:47:55,748
-God. -Yes, look at this.

607
00:47:59,085 --> 00:48:00,086
I would say...

608
00:48:01,296 --> 00:48:03,965
unquestionably, that's Gef's as well.

609
00:48:04,048 --> 00:48:06,759
Want to take that back to London with you, for testing?

610
00:48:06,843 --> 00:48:10,471
Thank you Mr. Irving. I'll make sure this gets safely back to London.

611
00:48:12,432 --> 00:48:15,310
I did once see a mongoose in India, 1929.

612
00:48:15,393 --> 00:48:16,811
Nice. Did it talk?

613
00:48:24,777 --> 00:48:26,070
What are you laughing at?

614
00:48:27,071 --> 00:48:27,905
Nothing.

615
00:48:30,325 --> 00:48:32,994
Was there a pair of women's undergarments back there?

616
00:48:39,459 --> 00:48:43,212
Look, what I have hear, everybody on this island has their "Gef" story.

617
00:48:43,296 --> 00:48:46,507
An account of their encounter with this creature. Tell me yours.

618
00:48:48,968 --> 00:48:51,179
-I got no Gef story. -No?

619
00:48:52,013 --> 00:48:55,350
I find that incredible, considering you reside on the Irving Farm.

620
00:48:58,436 --> 00:48:59,646
I got no Gef story.

621
00:49:01,272 --> 00:49:02,482
You an' I both know.

622
00:49:04,525 --> 00:49:05,526
There ain't no Gef.

623
00:49:06,903 --> 00:49:08,029
What did you just say?

624
00:49:10,073 --> 00:49:11,282
What did you just say?

625
00:49:15,286 --> 00:49:17,205
Oh golly... lemonade..

626
00:49:17,288 --> 00:49:20,500
I'm going to need to use the loo before we brave that road again.

627
00:49:20,583 --> 00:49:22,502
Could you just? Thank you.

628
00:49:24,337 --> 00:49:25,838
Just... Thank you!

629
00:49:55,952 --> 00:49:56,953
Just like that.

630
00:50:12,844 --> 00:50:17,181
-Oh. Hello, Ms. Anne. -Hello Voirrey. Sorry for the intrusion.

631
00:50:17,265 --> 00:50:20,017
I was just coming upstairs and I heard you singing.

632
00:50:24,939 --> 00:50:25,940
May I come in?

633
00:50:33,197 --> 00:50:35,074
Gosh, you have such a lovely room.

634
00:50:35,908 --> 00:50:38,119
That was Noel Coward... the song?

635
00:50:39,954 --> 00:50:41,205
You have a lovely voice.

636
00:50:42,248 --> 00:50:43,082
Thank you.

637
00:50:43,958 --> 00:50:44,876
So do you.

638
00:50:45,668 --> 00:50:47,795
Oh, that's very kind of you to say.

639
00:50:50,923 --> 00:50:54,427
Would you mind telling me a bit more about your talent?

640
00:50:55,094 --> 00:50:57,930
I could teach you if you like. It's quite simple, really.

641
00:50:59,140 --> 00:51:01,851
-I'm not sure I'd be any good. -<i>It's quite simple.</i>

642
00:51:03,561 --> 00:51:04,729
<i>I promise.</i>

643
00:51:05,521 --> 00:51:09,776
You just did it. That's incredible.

644
00:51:10,985 --> 00:51:14,614
Keep your mouth mostly closed. Your tongue loose.

645
00:51:15,698 --> 00:51:18,701
There are certain sounds that are easier to make, without moving your lips.

646
00:51:19,494 --> 00:51:20,328
Try it.

647
00:51:21,078 --> 00:51:23,206
-Now? -Now.

648
00:51:24,123 --> 00:51:25,082
Speak.

649
00:51:26,542 --> 00:51:29,962
Hello. Hello. Hello.

650
00:51:32,131 --> 00:51:35,051
-Yes. I should need a bit more practice, I think. -Indeed.

651
00:51:36,093 --> 00:51:37,804
The way you throw your voice?

652
00:51:38,888 --> 00:51:39,889
It's a marvel.

653
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:41,474
It is.

654
00:51:42,850 --> 00:51:46,187
That is something, I would be very interested in learning.

655
00:51:46,270 --> 00:51:50,274
I could teach you the theory, I think. But it requires a lot of practice.

656
00:51:50,358 --> 00:51:51,359
Oh, I'm sure.

657
00:51:52,944 --> 00:51:55,822
Humans can actually determine from whence a sound comes.

658
00:51:56,656 --> 00:51:59,617
We hear with our eyes, as much as we do our ears.

659
00:52:00,618 --> 00:52:03,871
Sound has no direction, only modulation.

660
00:52:05,164 --> 00:52:07,458
Sounds that are further away, sound different.

661
00:52:08,376 --> 00:52:11,128
-And those nearby. -Oh.

662
00:52:11,504 --> 00:52:15,299
Gosh. It's... it's fascinating.

663
00:52:37,613 --> 00:52:38,614
You are a wonder.

664
00:52:39,282 --> 00:52:40,533
Why don't you give it a try?

665
00:52:41,033 --> 00:52:42,326
I have no idea how.

666
00:52:46,122 --> 00:52:47,123
Just try.

667
00:52:48,749 --> 00:52:51,752
Focus all your attention on to that spot on the wall,

668
00:52:54,422 --> 00:52:55,548
and make it sing.

669
00:52:56,799 --> 00:52:57,800
Make it sing.

670
00:52:59,260 --> 00:53:00,636
-I don't know how. -Try.

671
00:53:08,978 --> 00:53:09,896
Yeah, yeah.

672
00:53:11,147 --> 00:53:12,940
Put your voice into the space.

673
00:53:13,816 --> 00:53:15,234
Make the space sing.

674
00:53:18,279 --> 00:53:20,489
All right. I don't think it's going to work.

675
00:53:49,185 --> 00:53:51,812
They're gonna be waiting for me. I have to go.

676
00:54:21,425 --> 00:54:24,679
I sincerely apologize for having brought you here.

677
00:54:25,179 --> 00:54:26,847
Oh, there's no need to apologize.

678
00:54:27,515 --> 00:54:29,100
They are very kind people.

679
00:54:30,518 --> 00:54:31,519
Lunatics.

680
00:54:32,061 --> 00:54:34,397
The lot of them. Particularly the patriarch.

681
00:54:34,939 --> 00:54:37,984
I remain entirely mystified as to their motives,

682
00:54:38,067 --> 00:54:42,154
but am certain that this is an inexplicable farce.

683
00:54:43,990 --> 00:54:46,784
The only one among them with any sense whatsoever

684
00:54:46,867 --> 00:54:48,869
would seem to be their man, Errol.

685
00:54:50,121 --> 00:54:51,956
Well, I think they're all very kind.

686
00:54:52,415 --> 00:54:53,249
There was...

687
00:54:55,376 --> 00:54:59,964
There was a pair of undergarments in that cave today. Did you notice that?

688
00:55:01,799 --> 00:55:04,093
A woman's small clothes.

689
00:55:08,055 --> 00:55:10,725
Do you really think there's no possible chance?

690
00:55:10,808 --> 00:55:13,936
-They're telling the truth? -I beg your pardon.

691
00:55:14,603 --> 00:55:16,564
I know today was unusual.

692
00:55:17,189 --> 00:55:20,901
And I know that the Irvings are unusual.

693
00:55:21,777 --> 00:55:24,655
This thought keeps going round and round in my head. Why?

694
00:55:26,365 --> 00:55:31,037
If it is as you said and it's all a great charade, then what is the Irving's motive?

695
00:55:32,663 --> 00:55:35,541
-Ere of the arrival of Gef... -At the alleged arrival!

696
00:55:36,125 --> 00:55:37,960
Ere the alleged incident,

697
00:55:39,378 --> 00:55:41,797
the Irvings were a well-to-do family,

698
00:55:42,339 --> 00:55:46,177
they've a pristine reputation they're financially secure.

699
00:55:47,428 --> 00:55:49,221
Didn't strike me as con artists.

700
00:55:50,347 --> 00:55:52,475
If they were charging admission, perhaps.

701
00:55:55,061 --> 00:55:57,188
You really have no theories whatsoever?

702
00:55:58,105 --> 00:55:59,356
Now that you've met them.

703
00:56:00,149 --> 00:56:04,320
If it were an individual person suffering from these delusions;

704
00:56:04,403 --> 00:56:08,074
If it were just Mr. Irving espousing the existence of this creature

705
00:56:08,157 --> 00:56:10,576
at the behest of his family and the townspeople,

706
00:56:10,659 --> 00:56:14,246
then perhaps I could formulate a thorough psychological evaluation.

707
00:56:14,330 --> 00:56:19,335
But the fact that it is the entire family, the entire town, it would seem...

708
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:23,339
So you think it is some sort of mass hysteria?

709
00:56:26,467 --> 00:56:27,676
And you do not believe,

710
00:56:29,595 --> 00:56:31,347
it is in the realm of possibility

711
00:56:31,889 --> 00:56:34,892
that the Irvings are telling the truth and that Gef is real?

712
00:56:36,185 --> 00:56:37,019
Do you?

713
00:56:48,739 --> 00:56:51,450
Anne? Is everything...

714
00:56:52,868 --> 00:56:54,703
Sorry ta disturb you so late, sir.

715
00:56:55,871 --> 00:56:57,289
But there's a call for you.

716
00:56:59,125 --> 00:57:00,042
A call?

717
00:57:04,004 --> 00:57:07,550
At this hour? From whom? Is it from America?

718
00:57:09,260 --> 00:57:10,636
Not from America, sir.

719
00:57:11,971 --> 00:57:12,805
The call...

720
00:57:14,098 --> 00:57:14,932
it is from...

721
00:57:17,351 --> 00:57:18,185
him.

722
00:57:33,993 --> 00:57:34,827
Hello.

723
00:57:38,998 --> 00:57:41,417
Hello, this is Dr. Nandor Fodor.

724
00:57:45,588 --> 00:57:48,757
There does not appear to be anyone on the other end of the line.

725
00:57:48,924 --> 00:57:52,011
-<i>Dr. Fodor...</i> -Yes. Yes. Hello.

726
00:57:52,094 --> 00:57:54,847
With whom am I speaking, please?

727
00:57:54,930 --> 00:57:58,642
<i>I am a freak! I have hands</i> <i>and I have feet</i>!

728
00:57:58,726 --> 00:58:01,353
<i>And if you ever saw me,</i> <i>you would be paralyzed</i>,

729
00:58:01,437 --> 00:58:04,815
<i>petrified, mummified, and</i> <i>turned to a pillar of salt</i>!

730
00:58:05,399 --> 00:58:06,233
All right.

731
00:58:06,317 --> 00:58:08,235
<i>I am the fifth dimension!</i>

732
00:58:08,319 --> 00:58:12,114
<i>I am the eighth wonder</i> <i>of the world.</i> <i>I can split an atom.</i>

733
00:58:12,448 --> 00:58:15,784
Yes. Gef, is that you?

734
00:58:16,327 --> 00:58:18,078
<i>I am the Holy Ghost!</i>

735
00:58:19,330 --> 00:58:21,790
Yes, that... that is wonderful.

736
00:58:21,874 --> 00:58:26,712
Gef... I went to.. today with Mr. Irving to a cave

737
00:58:27,254 --> 00:58:30,466
where you have previously been observed and...

738
00:58:31,508 --> 00:58:34,637
Well, had you been there, you would have heard me proclaim and

739
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:38,974
in no uncertain terms, my sincere belief in your...

740
00:58:40,392 --> 00:58:42,061
...well ..existence.

741
00:58:45,689 --> 00:58:48,651
And... so I suppose I should say,

742
00:58:48,734 --> 00:58:52,488
I would very much like to meet you in person, if you were so inclined.

743
00:58:54,573 --> 00:58:59,328
I promise you, I have no malicious intentions towards you whatsoever.

744
00:59:02,331 --> 00:59:04,333
<i>I shall never see you again.</i>

745
00:59:05,251 --> 00:59:06,085
Again?

746
00:59:08,212 --> 00:59:11,048
Did you see me today at the cave?

747
00:59:17,221 --> 00:59:18,180
<i>Your father.</i>

748
00:59:22,518 --> 00:59:23,435
What about him?

749
00:59:26,689 --> 00:59:30,192
<i>That's what your</i> <i>father said to you.</i> <i>Before you left.</i>

750
00:59:30,776 --> 00:59:33,195
<i>I shall never see you again.</i>

751
00:59:37,992 --> 00:59:38,909
What?

752
00:59:41,453 --> 00:59:42,288
<i>Tomorrow.</i>

753
00:59:42,997 --> 00:59:47,334
<i>Tomorrow... I shall</i> <i>let you.. see me.</i>

754
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:51,922
How could you know that about my father?

755
00:59:54,883 --> 00:59:55,718
Hello?

756
01:00:28,417 --> 01:00:32,463
I am... I mean, was.. something of a public figure?

757
01:00:32,546 --> 01:00:37,593
Some scientific and pseudo-scientific journals

758
01:00:37,676 --> 01:00:40,179
have published articles about me, haven't they?

759
01:00:41,388 --> 01:00:45,476
Theoretically, if you wish, to discover certain facts about my life.

760
01:00:45,559 --> 01:00:47,770
How I left Budapest for New York.

761
01:00:48,312 --> 01:00:52,566
And then, surmise how... a certain conversation may have gone.

762
01:01:17,716 --> 01:01:20,594
Fine morning to the both of ye! I trust ye slept, soundly?

763
01:01:20,677 --> 01:01:22,304
-Yes. Thank you. -No.

764
01:01:30,604 --> 01:01:33,023
I'll admit I was very surprised,

765
01:01:33,107 --> 01:01:36,944
waiting to hear the news that Gef had extended an invitation to ye personally!

766
01:01:37,027 --> 01:01:38,612
Called ye on the phone, did 'e?

767
01:01:39,154 --> 01:01:41,156
Someone called me last night. Yes.

768
01:01:41,740 --> 01:01:45,202
I wonder whose telephone he accosted for the purpose, the wee devil.

769
01:01:45,285 --> 01:01:46,703
The Guileys, I'd wager.

770
01:01:46,787 --> 01:01:50,624
They've got an old Candlestick Phone right next to the window in their foyer.

771
01:01:50,707 --> 01:01:52,584
It would been easy for him to slip in and dial you.

772
01:01:52,668 --> 01:01:56,004
-He's got such nimble little fingers. -Does he now.

773
01:02:12,646 --> 01:02:13,856
Here we are.

774
01:02:15,190 --> 01:02:16,024
Thank you love.

775
01:02:17,192 --> 01:02:19,445
Will Voirrey be joining us today?

776
01:02:19,945 --> 01:02:23,240
I'm afraid she's not feeling well, poor girl.

777
01:02:23,907 --> 01:02:27,536
She's got a mild allergy to ragwort, if ye can believe that.

778
01:02:28,454 --> 01:02:32,416
-So summers can be a bit... -I see.

779
01:02:35,252 --> 01:02:36,962
Oh! I nearly forgot!

780
01:02:50,976 --> 01:02:54,188
Encyclopaedia of Psychic Science.

781
01:02:54,271 --> 01:02:55,606
What a mouthful!

782
01:02:56,190 --> 01:03:00,819
It arrived at Pavel's yesterday, shortly before their usual closing time.

783
01:03:00,903 --> 01:03:03,822
But they waited for me to rush over and pick it up.

784
01:03:05,616 --> 01:03:06,867
I can't wait to read it!

785
01:03:07,868 --> 01:03:10,496
I'll give you my honest thoughts, when I've finished.

786
01:03:11,955 --> 01:03:13,040
Yesterday, you say.

787
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:17,377
Well, I... I hope you enjoy it.

788
01:03:18,295 --> 01:03:21,131
"The only comprehensive survey of every kind

789
01:03:21,215 --> 01:03:24,009
of psychical phenomena known to mankind".

790
01:03:26,345 --> 01:03:29,014
Well I presume Gef's not in it.

791
01:03:29,848 --> 01:03:32,100
So ye'll have to write a sequel, after today?

792
01:03:39,525 --> 01:03:42,402
Looks like ye weren't the only one Gef called, las' night!

793
01:03:49,952 --> 01:03:53,413
Well, exactly. It's a pleasure to receive so many of you 'ere today.

794
01:03:53,497 --> 01:03:55,916
I hope you will excuse my not having provided adequate refreshments

795
01:03:55,999 --> 01:03:59,086
for the occasion. And uh, 'ad my wife and I had known so many of y're comin',

796
01:03:59,169 --> 01:04:00,671
we'd have tea and biscuits for the lot of ya.

797
01:04:00,754 --> 01:04:03,590
But, Gef failed to inform us that he had spoken to so many of you.

798
01:04:04,258 --> 01:04:05,676
Called me in the dead 'a night, 'e did!

799
01:04:06,218 --> 01:04:10,847
Asked after sister, an' 'er drinkin'. How in the bloody hell 'd 'e know 'bout that?

800
01:04:11,765 --> 01:04:16,979
Called me Candy, nobody's called me tha' since me gramma passed on 20 years ago!

801
01:04:17,563 --> 01:04:21,650
Yes! Yes, I know we're all very excited! But please, please now as I was saying...

802
01:04:22,276 --> 01:04:25,028
We have guests who've traveled a great distance in order

803
01:04:25,112 --> 01:04:26,947
to investigate, our friend, Gef.

804
01:04:27,698 --> 01:04:30,534
That's Dr. Nandor Fodor and his assistant, Anne.

805
01:04:31,159 --> 01:04:35,497
Dr. Fodor is one of the world's leading experts in the field of the paranormal.

806
01:04:36,164 --> 01:04:39,710
A term I think we can all agree, aptly describes ol' friend, Gef.

807
01:04:41,003 --> 01:04:44,464
Now as we all know, Gef can be a bit of a skittish fellow, at times.

808
01:04:44,548 --> 01:04:48,051
I mean, I was genuinely surprised he was open to this viewing. So...

809
01:04:48,135 --> 01:04:50,762
Unfortunately, it is all gonna be a bit brief.

810
01:04:50,846 --> 01:04:53,599
An' while I'd like you all to be able ta talk to 'im,

811
01:04:53,682 --> 01:04:57,102
if we all start shouting 'e just gonna get agitated an' run off. So...

812
01:04:57,227 --> 01:05:00,147
Do I 've 'ye agreement from the lot of ye?

813
01:05:00,230 --> 01:05:02,608
That ye' gonna do your bes', to remain calm?

814
01:05:02,691 --> 01:05:04,693
-Yes. -Yeah. -Really?

815
01:05:05,360 --> 01:05:06,278
Oh, yeah.

816
01:05:06,945 --> 01:05:07,988
Right then.

817
01:05:09,323 --> 01:05:10,282
This way, please.

818
01:05:25,714 --> 01:05:27,341
Right. Just take a step back, please.

819
01:05:27,591 --> 01:05:29,676
It's a bit dark in here! Isn't it?

820
01:05:29,885 --> 01:05:31,970
Now, we're gonna take back the sheet.

821
01:05:32,638 --> 01:05:33,805
I think, it's only fair

822
01:05:33,889 --> 01:05:37,351
that we allow our distinguished guests to be the first to address Gef.

823
01:05:46,860 --> 01:05:49,696
Is... is that him? There? In the box?

824
01:05:49,780 --> 01:05:52,032
That little... little tuft of fur?

825
01:05:52,115 --> 01:05:54,701
Well 'e's bein' a bit shy after all.

826
01:05:54,785 --> 01:05:58,080
Why? Can you tell him to come out so we can see him?

827
01:05:58,330 --> 01:06:01,416
<i>Can you tell him to come out</i> <i>so we can see him</i>?

828
01:06:04,002 --> 01:06:06,880
Ask 'im yer question now, 'fore 'e 'as a change 'a heart.

829
01:06:06,963 --> 01:06:11,218
Yes, Gef. Hello. Thank you for letting us meet you in...

830
01:06:12,427 --> 01:06:13,679
person at last.

831
01:06:13,762 --> 01:06:18,183
Mr. Irving said that we could ask you a question. Is that all right?

832
01:06:18,850 --> 01:06:20,852
Hmm... yes.

833
01:06:22,312 --> 01:06:25,941
Right. When we spoke on the telephone the other night,

834
01:06:26,024 --> 01:06:27,609
you said something.

835
01:06:27,693 --> 01:06:31,238
You repeated something that my father said to me a long time ago.

836
01:06:31,780 --> 01:06:34,491
How did you know, that he said those words?

837
01:06:34,574 --> 01:06:38,036
How did you know that he told me he would never see me again?

838
01:06:38,954 --> 01:06:46,586
<i>I have seen beyond the</i> <i>bounds of infinity and drawn</i> <i>down daemons from the stars.</i>

839
01:06:46,670 --> 01:06:51,883
<i>I have harnessed the shadows</i> <i>that stride from world to world</i>

840
01:06:51,967 --> 01:06:56,972
<i>to sow death and madness.</i>

841
01:06:58,432 --> 01:07:00,892
Come on, get him outside. Let's give him some air.

842
01:07:00,976 --> 01:07:03,270
This may be a bullshit. Take a look.

843
01:07:05,564 --> 01:07:07,149
I am... I am deeply sorry.

844
01:07:07,232 --> 01:07:10,986
All the commotion will 've scared poor Gef off. But as I said to ye before,

845
01:07:11,069 --> 01:07:12,571
'e always returns, in time.

846
01:07:32,507 --> 01:07:34,259
You have been here all along.

847
01:07:36,094 --> 01:07:38,638
You know that this is a great farce.

848
01:07:39,848 --> 01:07:42,601
You know that these people are mad.

849
01:07:44,102 --> 01:07:45,353
And yet you do nothing.

850
01:07:46,062 --> 01:07:47,272
You indulge them.

851
01:07:48,231 --> 01:07:49,274
So do you.

852
01:07:50,734 --> 01:07:53,278
I am here in the name of scientific research.

853
01:07:53,570 --> 01:07:54,738
If you say so.

854
01:07:56,740 --> 01:07:58,200
None of this bothers you.

855
01:07:58,867 --> 01:08:02,662
These people obsessed with an entity that they cannot even reliably prove is real.

856
01:08:03,038 --> 01:08:05,874
That it is adults perpetuating this nonsense.

857
01:08:05,957 --> 01:08:08,752
Men and women who are, for all intents and purposes,

858
01:08:08,835 --> 01:08:11,171
ordinary functioning members of society.

859
01:08:12,339 --> 01:08:13,673
Why do you care so much?

860
01:08:15,091 --> 01:08:17,886
It is my job to care. To understand.

861
01:08:20,180 --> 01:08:23,767
All anyone wants in this world... is to be happy.

862
01:08:25,352 --> 01:08:28,438
Maybe you'd be happier if you let people believe what they want to believe.

863
01:08:29,981 --> 01:08:33,735
Your perspective, is endearing, but childishly simplistic.

864
01:08:34,236 --> 01:08:37,906
Who in this world is happier than a child? Hm?

865
01:08:39,741 --> 01:08:40,617
Maybe...

866
01:08:41,952 --> 01:08:43,328
simple ain't so bad, aye?

867
01:08:44,454 --> 01:08:46,331
But these people are lying!

868
01:08:46,414 --> 01:08:47,916
Everyone lies.

869
01:08:47,999 --> 01:08:51,461
They are intentionally, inexplicably misleading others!

870
01:08:52,587 --> 01:08:54,130
People love that mongoose.

871
01:08:54,506 --> 01:08:57,133
-The one that does not exist? -Yeah.

872
01:09:00,720 --> 01:09:03,723
Well I intend to expose that they're lying.

873
01:09:05,517 --> 01:09:06,518
Okay.

874
01:09:11,565 --> 01:09:14,192
-You must be a lot of fun at parties. -Excuse me?

875
01:09:17,529 --> 01:09:22,784
I am invited to and attend many parties more than you, I would wager!

876
01:09:23,159 --> 01:09:26,788
And I have many interesting conversations at these parties!

877
01:09:26,872 --> 01:09:31,042
Enlightening... entertaining discussions with people from every field of study

878
01:09:31,126 --> 01:09:33,128
-and strata of society. -Yeah.

879
01:09:33,879 --> 01:09:36,006
When you walk away, they call you an asshole.

880
01:09:40,218 --> 01:09:41,219
Asshole.

881
01:09:48,018 --> 01:09:51,563
Whereby... I previously stated that the housekeeper, Errol,

882
01:09:51,646 --> 01:09:55,400
was the only person at the Irving estate with even an ounce of sense...

883
01:09:56,484 --> 01:10:01,156
I rescind that statement now. I believe he may be the craziest of them all.

884
01:10:02,157 --> 01:10:05,994
"Why do you care so much"? He had the gall to ask me.

885
01:10:08,079 --> 01:10:13,460
With casual disregard for my almost 20 years of research in this field.

886
01:10:14,294 --> 01:10:17,964
Research which, I may say, has proven invaluable to many.

887
01:10:22,761 --> 01:10:25,388
"Let people believe what they want to believe."

888
01:10:26,348 --> 01:10:29,059
That doesn't see neither the worst advice in the world.

889
01:10:32,479 --> 01:10:34,105
Should I have remained a lawyer?

890
01:10:34,898 --> 01:10:37,275
You always said you hated practicing law.

891
01:10:37,359 --> 01:10:38,485
I did.

892
01:10:39,069 --> 01:10:44,991
My father... his dream was that I remain in Budapest and marry Hanna Varga.

893
01:10:47,452 --> 01:10:49,079
A simple life.

894
01:10:51,289 --> 01:10:52,916
Would that have made you happy?

895
01:10:54,209 --> 01:10:55,043
No.

896
01:10:57,337 --> 01:10:59,589
But I might still be with my father now.

897
01:10:59,673 --> 01:11:02,842
And not on this accursed island chasing an imaginary mongoose.

898
01:11:08,473 --> 01:11:09,683
He's not imaginary.

899
01:11:12,394 --> 01:11:13,228
I'm sorry. What?

900
01:11:14,980 --> 01:11:15,939
Gef.

901
01:11:16,982 --> 01:11:18,483
I think, he not only exists,

902
01:11:19,192 --> 01:11:22,278
much as the Irvings have described him, but I'm certain of it.

903
01:11:22,696 --> 01:11:24,030
You're certain of it?

904
01:11:37,252 --> 01:11:39,921
You had better not fucking be serious.

905
01:11:41,548 --> 01:11:44,384
-Good night, Nandor. -It's Dr. Fodor!

906
01:11:45,510 --> 01:11:46,720
And good night!

907
01:11:55,020 --> 01:11:56,229
Maurice!

908
01:11:59,232 --> 01:12:00,442
Dr. Fodor.

909
01:12:02,318 --> 01:12:05,989
I have just received a call from the Irving family.

910
01:12:08,074 --> 01:12:09,325
I see.

911
01:12:09,993 --> 01:12:16,958
And they have requested that I come up... to... perform some further investigation,

912
01:12:17,042 --> 01:12:18,460
at their residence.

913
01:12:18,835 --> 01:12:22,505
So I will need you to drive me up to the farm.

914
01:12:23,173 --> 01:12:24,799
It's a bit late, isn't it?

915
01:12:26,259 --> 01:12:30,096
Oh, and I will need to borrow this.

916
01:12:43,068 --> 01:12:44,277
Gef!

917
01:12:45,445 --> 01:12:46,863
Are you here Gef?

918
01:12:49,491 --> 01:12:51,701
Gef! It's your friend Dr. Fodor!

919
01:12:53,828 --> 01:12:56,456
I'd just love to speak with you for a moment.

920
01:12:58,708 --> 01:13:00,919
I'll let you steal my underpants!

921
01:13:01,461 --> 01:13:02,587
Dr. Fodor?

922
01:13:04,047 --> 01:13:06,508
-Is everything all right? -Ah!

923
01:13:07,884 --> 01:13:10,261
Ah, feeling better, are we Voirrey?

924
01:13:10,345 --> 01:13:12,055
You know, I must confess we weren't expecting

925
01:13:12,180 --> 01:13:13,848
another visit from you this evening.

926
01:13:15,266 --> 01:13:16,476
Where is Gef?

927
01:13:16,559 --> 01:13:19,813
He's not here, at the moment. I'm afraid today's excitement scared him off.

928
01:13:19,896 --> 01:13:22,398
But if you return tomorrow at a reasonable hour...

929
01:13:22,482 --> 01:13:24,818
-Gef! -Dr. Fodor! Please!

930
01:13:24,901 --> 01:13:28,404
I need... I need to come inside for some further investigation.

931
01:13:28,988 --> 01:13:31,991
I don't think that's a good idea to allow you in our home, at this time,

932
01:13:32,075 --> 01:13:34,828
-in your condition. -Oh, in my condition?

933
01:13:36,162 --> 01:13:41,167
Very well. If you'll not let me in, I'll conduct my own investigation out here.

934
01:13:42,377 --> 01:13:43,586
Gef!

935
01:13:46,881 --> 01:13:48,716
I'm going to check the barn.

936
01:13:52,720 --> 01:13:53,763
Dr. Fodor!

937
01:13:54,389 --> 01:13:58,268
I've instructed Margaret to go and alert the constable. Now I would advise you

938
01:13:58,351 --> 01:14:00,228
to accompany Maurice back to his car,

939
01:14:00,311 --> 01:14:03,731
and he will take you back to your inn, where you can sleep this off.

940
01:14:11,489 --> 01:14:12,699
Gef!

941
01:14:14,200 --> 01:14:15,410
Geffer?

942
01:14:18,121 --> 01:14:19,539
I want to talk to you!

943
01:14:21,124 --> 01:14:22,959
We can talk more about my father!

944
01:14:24,878 --> 01:14:27,589
I'll--I'll give... give you a signed copy of my book!

945
01:14:28,047 --> 01:14:29,674
Dr. Fodor! No!

946
01:14:36,723 --> 01:14:38,141
Apologies, my friend.

947
01:14:54,240 --> 01:14:55,533
Auh.

948
01:15:05,293 --> 01:15:06,127
Hello?

949
01:15:07,837 --> 01:15:08,671
Hello!

950
01:15:10,548 --> 01:15:14,177
<i>Sounds like someone got</i> <i>a bit hammered this evening</i>!

951
01:15:17,055 --> 01:15:21,768
<i>Georgie Porgie Pudding Pie.</i> <i>Where do we go, after we die</i>?

952
01:15:22,227 --> 01:15:23,436
Who's there?

953
01:15:26,606 --> 01:15:31,611
<i>If only you were little</i> <i>like me, you could squeeze</i> <i>between these bars and be free</i>!

954
01:15:37,200 --> 01:15:38,409
This is madness.

955
01:15:41,663 --> 01:15:43,998
Gef, is it?

956
01:15:47,335 --> 01:15:50,380
I refuse to participate in this...

957
01:15:51,506 --> 01:15:53,466
farce, any longer.

958
01:15:54,801 --> 01:15:57,553
Hello? Hello!

959
01:15:59,514 --> 01:16:04,894
I require the use of a telephone, so I may call my assistant to arrange my release.

960
01:16:07,063 --> 01:16:10,316
I've an account at the Abbey Bank in London,

961
01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:13,528
if I'm required to post some kind of bond.

962
01:16:16,030 --> 01:16:22,662
Or, if you would prefer, my attorney is Marlon Sandersen Esq., in New York City.

963
01:16:22,745 --> 01:16:27,292
I can assure you I'll be placing a call to him, if I'm not released immediately.

964
01:16:32,630 --> 01:16:34,841
Right, right. So be it.

965
01:16:39,387 --> 01:16:41,055
Damn you!

966
01:16:41,306 --> 01:16:44,559
Whoever you are! How did you know what my father said to me?

967
01:16:46,644 --> 01:16:49,564
-Did... did you read my book?

968
01:16:50,023 --> 01:16:55,028
What... what do you hope to gain.. from this... this insanity?

969
01:16:55,862 --> 01:16:59,949
Is it... is it some kind of.. financial incentive? Or...

970
01:17:01,034 --> 01:17:02,869
Do you just crave attention?

971
01:17:04,329 --> 01:17:06,706
That's it. That's it, isn't it?

972
01:17:07,457 --> 01:17:09,459
Well, then show yourself!

973
01:17:10,126 --> 01:17:13,296
If you are able to squeeze through these bars,

974
01:17:13,463 --> 01:17:16,716
like you say, then step into the corridor and let me look at you!

975
01:17:16,799 --> 01:17:19,135
Let me get a good look at you, Gef!

976
01:17:24,557 --> 01:17:31,773
I intend to publish an article about this entire incident on my return to London.

977
01:17:32,648 --> 01:17:37,737
And... the.. tone... of that article, the way in which I portray you,

978
01:17:37,820 --> 01:17:41,366
and the Irving family, and this entire accursed island,

979
01:17:41,449 --> 01:17:45,661
shall be determined by this moment, and whether or not you let me look upon you.

980
01:17:55,254 --> 01:17:56,464
Please!

981
01:17:57,048 --> 01:18:00,343
<i>What if there is nothing</i> <i>after this?</i>

982
01:18:00,635 --> 01:18:04,055
<i>No Heaven, no Hell.</i> <i>Just... nothing.</i>

983
01:18:04,138 --> 01:18:08,142
<i>No awareness of the fact</i> <i>that we were ever aware at all.</i>

984
01:18:08,768 --> 01:18:11,229
Stop it! Please!

985
01:18:13,981 --> 01:18:15,691
Just show yourself.

986
01:18:16,859 --> 01:18:21,989
Just for a moment, please. Just show me that you're real.

987
01:18:22,949 --> 01:18:26,077
Just a tuft of your little tail.

988
01:18:29,831 --> 01:18:33,209
Wait! What if you scratch my arm?

989
01:18:34,043 --> 01:18:36,671
With your claws, just a little scratch. Please.

990
01:18:37,630 --> 01:18:41,134
Please, I'm begging you. Just a little scratch, with your little claw.

991
01:18:42,009 --> 01:18:46,639
<i>I don't want to hurt you.</i> <i>Even though you want to hurt me.</i>

992
01:18:46,973 --> 01:18:51,436
I don't! I don't want to hurt you. What do you mean?

993
01:18:52,395 --> 01:18:54,021
I mean you no harm.

994
01:18:54,564 --> 01:18:59,861
And I don't mind. Really. Just... I'm asking, I'm begging you, please.

995
01:19:00,027 --> 01:19:03,239
Just scratch my arm, there. Just on the wrist.

996
01:19:03,448 --> 01:19:05,700
-Aughhh!

997
01:19:21,174 --> 01:19:22,175
Thank you.

998
01:19:25,344 --> 01:19:26,762
You all right?

999
01:19:30,933 --> 01:19:34,687
I think it's time, that I returned to London.

1000
01:20:15,228 --> 01:20:17,146
After careful consideration...

1001
01:20:17,855 --> 01:20:19,982
I've decided that upon returning to London,

1002
01:20:20,066 --> 01:20:22,485
I'll be tending my resignation as your assistant.

1003
01:20:24,237 --> 01:20:26,155
Because of the mongoose.

1004
01:20:26,697 --> 01:20:27,782
Yes.

1005
01:20:29,492 --> 01:20:31,327
And because I am unhappy.

1006
01:20:36,082 --> 01:20:37,291
So am I.

1007
01:20:43,965 --> 01:20:48,135
I will offer my wholehearted recommendation,

1008
01:20:48,219 --> 01:20:50,930
to any future prospective employers.

1009
01:20:51,013 --> 01:20:54,559
-Should they contact me regarding you. -Thank you.

1010
01:20:55,560 --> 01:20:56,894
And...

1011
01:20:59,564 --> 01:21:00,982
I will miss you.

1012
01:21:03,818 --> 01:21:05,736
I will miss you too, Nandor.

1013
01:21:07,238 --> 01:21:11,576
-Well, then don't leave. -I have already decided.

1014
01:21:12,201 --> 01:21:14,620
Well, then undecide.

1015
01:21:19,834 --> 01:21:22,837
Do you really, really, really want me to stay?

1016
01:21:23,754 --> 01:21:26,966
I would be utterly lost, without you.

1017
01:21:33,681 --> 01:21:34,515
Well.

1018
01:21:37,184 --> 01:21:38,978
Were I to consider staying,

1019
01:21:41,314 --> 01:21:44,275
I should require a raise in pay, by a dollar an hour.

1020
01:21:45,192 --> 01:21:46,193
Oh.

1021
01:21:49,322 --> 01:21:52,742
-Fine. -And a letter of introduction,

1022
01:21:52,825 --> 01:21:56,996
to Dr. Elliot Weaving, of the University of Kent's Paranormal Research Department.

1023
01:21:57,079 --> 01:22:00,625
-I despise that man. -He respects you.

1024
01:22:01,834 --> 01:22:04,587
-Fine. Anything else? -Yes.

1025
01:22:06,881 --> 01:22:10,593
You must consider... the possibility at least...

1026
01:22:11,761 --> 01:22:13,179
that Gef is real.

1027
01:22:15,640 --> 01:22:18,100
I wish you the best in all your future endeavors.

1028
01:22:22,146 --> 01:22:23,606
-A dollar an hour? -Yes.

1029
01:22:24,148 --> 01:22:25,650
And the letter of introduction.

1030
01:22:26,942 --> 01:22:28,361
Reluctantly, yes.

1031
01:22:29,820 --> 01:22:31,238
Then I accept.

1032
01:22:32,865 --> 01:22:34,075
Welcome back.

1033
01:22:53,177 --> 01:22:54,804
The Calvert, was it?

1034
01:22:55,221 --> 01:23:00,267
It was. But I regret to inform you that...

1035
01:23:02,978 --> 01:23:05,523
-I've quit drinking. -Oh.

1036
01:23:06,232 --> 01:23:08,401
The trip was that bad.

1037
01:23:10,444 --> 01:23:14,073
-From Mr. James Irving. -Oh God.

1038
01:23:17,076 --> 01:23:18,077
"Dr. Fodor!

1039
01:23:18,869 --> 01:23:22,456
"While your trip to Dalby Mountain began somewhat auspiciously,

1040
01:23:22,540 --> 01:23:26,001
"the way in which you made your departure was blah blah blah.

1041
01:23:26,210 --> 01:23:29,463
"I regret to inform you that I have employed

1042
01:23:29,547 --> 01:23:33,968
"the honorable Karl Leibovitz, an attorney from Leeds who specializes

1043
01:23:34,051 --> 01:23:38,305
in litigating cases involving libel, slander, and defamation suits."

1044
01:23:38,389 --> 01:23:40,599
Oh. Incredible.

1045
01:23:40,683 --> 01:23:45,521
Blah blah blah and we get to the: "I inform you of all this not as a threat,

1046
01:23:45,604 --> 01:23:48,816
"but as a piece of information for you to keep in mind, when and

1047
01:23:48,899 --> 01:23:53,320
if you ever decide to publish an account chronicling your time at Cashen's Gap."

1048
01:23:55,573 --> 01:23:56,574
Oh.

1049
01:23:58,534 --> 01:24:01,203
You want me to order you a glass of water?

1050
01:24:01,287 --> 01:24:02,246
Uh, please.

1051
01:24:04,623 --> 01:24:06,667
What about Gef himself?

1052
01:24:07,334 --> 01:24:09,170
Have you heard from the bastard?

1053
01:24:09,754 --> 01:24:13,382
He calls me once a week, at least.

1054
01:24:14,717 --> 01:24:17,261
He called me about a month ago.

1055
01:24:17,428 --> 01:24:21,432
Told me, that I had left one of my shoes behind, and that he was keeping it safe,

1056
01:24:21,515 --> 01:24:23,976
in his little cave, should I ever care to return.

1057
01:24:24,894 --> 01:24:26,270
Son of a bitch!

1058
01:24:29,607 --> 01:24:33,569
Gef... has become a bit of a local celebrity.

1059
01:24:34,361 --> 01:24:39,492
Did you hear about the case of R.S. Lambert and the British Broadcasting Co.?

1060
01:24:40,034 --> 01:24:41,243
Indeed.

1061
01:24:41,410 --> 01:24:47,416
And did you hear that after you left, a filmmaker by the name of Rogers Sanz

1062
01:24:47,625 --> 01:24:55,216
brought a film crew to the Isle to attempt to obtain evidence of Gef?

1063
01:24:56,300 --> 01:24:58,677
Via motion pictures.

1064
01:24:59,178 --> 01:25:02,807
Did I hear! The Haunting of the Isle of Man.

1065
01:25:03,182 --> 01:25:06,477
I attended the film's 'premiere', if you could call it that.

1066
01:25:06,977 --> 01:25:10,564
<i>On the remote Isle of</i> <i>Man, a little seen</i> <i>but much heard little creature</i>

1067
01:25:10,648 --> 01:25:13,025
<i>going by the name of</i> <i>Gef is fast becoming</i>

1068
01:25:13,108 --> 01:25:15,444
<i>as famous a mystery as</i> <i>the Loch Ness Monster,</i>

1069
01:25:15,528 --> 01:25:17,404
<i>only this elusive</i> <i>creature talks.</i>

1070
01:25:17,488 --> 01:25:21,742
<i>Baffling experts with</i> <i>his sinister</i> <i>and powerful pronouncements.</i>

1071
01:25:23,035 --> 01:25:25,037
I saw it shortly thereafter.

1072
01:25:25,871 --> 01:25:31,293
I think it... unequivocally puts the mystery of Gef's existence to rest.

1073
01:25:38,843 --> 01:25:42,346
Will you be publishing an article about your experience, then?

1074
01:25:42,429 --> 01:25:48,018
Considering how litigious our friend Mr. Irving has become?

1075
01:25:49,019 --> 01:25:50,437
I think I will, yes.

1076
01:25:51,981 --> 01:25:53,983
A braver man than I!

1077
01:25:55,860 --> 01:25:58,821
Well I'll portray the Irvings and their

1078
01:25:59,405 --> 01:26:02,825
imaginary pet in a far kinder hue than they deserve.

1079
01:26:03,576 --> 01:26:06,829
And though my time at the farm was admittedly...

1080
01:26:07,997 --> 01:26:09,206
horrific.

1081
01:26:09,290 --> 01:26:12,668
as the weeks and months pass, I recall with...

1082
01:26:13,627 --> 01:26:18,132
more and more fondness... my bizarre time there.

1083
01:26:18,757 --> 01:26:20,968
I feel the same.

1084
01:26:24,138 --> 01:26:29,435
And in the end... do you feel as though you understand any better?

1085
01:26:30,436 --> 01:26:32,771
The phenomena, that is Gef?

1086
01:26:33,689 --> 01:26:37,693
Or the motives of the Irvings?

1087
01:26:39,278 --> 01:26:40,279
Perhaps.

1088
01:26:41,947 --> 01:26:45,951
-Why is it that we write, Dr. Price? -Hmmm.

1089
01:26:49,496 --> 01:26:52,791
To chronicle our experiences, I suppose?

1090
01:26:53,876 --> 01:26:55,294
To remember.

1091
01:26:56,587 --> 01:27:03,177
Perhaps you can recall every detail of the cases you've investigated, but I fear...

1092
01:27:04,136 --> 01:27:09,558
entire sections of my life have faded from view...

1093
01:27:10,768 --> 01:27:12,770
That is not what I meant.

1094
01:27:12,853 --> 01:27:16,982
To journal certainly, but why do we publish our writings?

1095
01:27:18,233 --> 01:27:20,069
To remember, you said.

1096
01:27:20,152 --> 01:27:24,615
No, we publish our writings to be remembered.

1097
01:27:24,698 --> 01:27:28,869
We so not speak of it, often, but we want our names to be known.

1098
01:27:29,370 --> 01:27:31,789
To be recognized within our field, and without.

1099
01:27:32,831 --> 01:27:36,126
-I do not want fame! -Neither do I.

1100
01:27:36,627 --> 01:27:42,091
But we would not publish our findings, we would not write novels, Dr. Price,

1101
01:27:42,174 --> 01:27:44,802
if we did not wish them to be read.

1102
01:27:47,763 --> 01:27:52,226
It is incredibly ironic that one of the most profound questions

1103
01:27:52,351 --> 01:27:56,021
I have ever been asked was by none other than Gef himself.

1104
01:27:56,772 --> 01:27:58,399
You're kidding!

1105
01:27:59,817 --> 01:28:00,734
No.

1106
01:28:02,069 --> 01:28:05,280
"What if there is nothing after this?"

1107
01:28:05,906 --> 01:28:07,324
The creature entreated.

1108
01:28:09,118 --> 01:28:12,746
"No Heaven, no Hell. Just nothing."

1109
01:28:14,248 --> 01:28:17,251
"No awareness that we were ever aware at all."

1110
01:28:20,963 --> 01:28:23,966
-A grim query! -Indeed.

1111
01:28:25,467 --> 01:28:28,929
What if there is nothing before, or after?

1112
01:28:31,098 --> 01:28:33,142
What if this is all there is?

1113
01:28:35,561 --> 01:28:37,563
If that is so, then

1114
01:28:37,646 --> 01:28:41,900
all that's left after our bodies die, are the things we leave behind.

1115
01:28:42,568 --> 01:28:45,446
In your case, and in mine it is our writings.

1116
01:28:45,529 --> 01:28:48,073
The tales of the bizarre places we have been,

1117
01:28:48,157 --> 01:28:53,454
the people and phenomena we have observed. That we have experienced these things,

1118
01:28:53,954 --> 01:28:57,708
is what makes us unique, among the two billion or so people on this planet.

1119
01:28:59,168 --> 01:29:01,378
What, then, makes the Irvings unique?

1120
01:29:02,880 --> 01:29:04,715
For what will they be remembered?

1121
01:34:09,102 --> 01:34:12,481
Yeah, I just wanted to give out a shout to

1122
01:34:13,398 --> 01:34:15,692
the entire, well, almost...

1123
01:34:16,276 --> 01:34:23,116
the entire cast and crew on the production of <i>Nandor</i> <i>Fodor and the Talking Mongoose</i>.

1124
01:34:23,200 --> 01:34:27,037
An extraordinary cast, incredible crew, amazing DoP.

1125
01:34:27,120 --> 01:34:30,540
Extraordinary costume, set. I mean, everything was amazing.

1126
01:34:30,624 --> 01:34:32,459
Apart from working with Adam.

1127
01:34:33,001 --> 01:34:36,630
See, he is a bit of a diva, to say the least.

1128
01:34:36,838 --> 01:34:39,925
I've been in this business for over 40 plus years.

1129
01:34:40,008 --> 01:34:42,928
I've worked with some great actors, great writers, directors,

1130
01:34:43,011 --> 01:34:44,763
all kinds of great people.

1131
01:34:44,846 --> 01:34:47,182
But I've never worked with a complete ***.

1132
01:34:48,350 --> 01:34:51,144
And the guy who wins that prize is a guy called Adam Sigal.

1133
01:34:51,228 --> 01:34:53,522
Who calls himself a director.

1134
01:34:53,605 --> 01:34:56,108
Really, really challenging guy, yeah.

1135
01:34:56,942 --> 01:35:01,446
You get a project. And you read it and you get excited about it.

1136
01:35:02,739 --> 01:35:06,701
And the money is good and all that stuff, and then you get there and it's just...

1137
01:35:08,328 --> 01:35:10,330
this guy at the helm.

1138
01:35:13,041 --> 01:35:15,961
The man's a fool, couldn't direct traffic.

1139
01:35:16,044 --> 01:35:17,879
And I was like oh by the way.

1140
01:35:17,963 --> 01:35:22,426
It's two words that I wanted to just swap around,

1141
01:35:22,509 --> 01:35:24,803
because I just think it might fly a little bit better.

1142
01:35:25,512 --> 01:35:29,558
did you say about my script?

1143
01:35:30,392 --> 01:35:34,312
If something wasn't going right, he would just stand up and shout,

1144
01:35:34,396 --> 01:35:37,441
and then just storm off, and you wouldn't see him for hours.

1145
01:35:38,191 --> 01:35:41,778
And then when he was ready to come on set, he wouldn't come back on set.

1146
01:35:41,862 --> 01:35:45,031
He would just send back an Alsatian called Gavin,

1147
01:35:46,199 --> 01:35:50,036
who he then would scream from the other room; Gavin's now directing!

1148
01:35:51,538 --> 01:35:53,498
And you can tell, obviously

1149
01:35:53,582 --> 01:35:57,377
when watching the movie, the parts that are directed by a dog.

1150
01:35:57,461 --> 01:35:59,087
Because they're better!

1151
01:35:59,171 --> 01:36:01,131
I can't talk now.

1152
01:36:01,590 --> 01:36:03,592
He grabbed me by the back of my hair.

1153
01:36:03,675 --> 01:36:07,387
He slammed my face down really hard on my desk.

1154
01:36:08,889 --> 01:36:10,140
That was day one.

1155
01:36:10,807 --> 01:36:15,520
Adam Sigal is a *** bubble,

1156
01:36:15,604 --> 01:36:19,024
and I wish, that mother off back to Florida

1157
01:36:19,107 --> 01:36:22,736
with the rest of the hicks that he hangs out with.

1158
01:36:22,819 --> 01:36:26,281
What a .