Gef the mongoose

Not much is known of the being called Gef. By his own claim, he is, or has at least taken the form of an extra-extra clever mongoose who was born somewhere in India in the year 1852 and proceeded to inhabit a farmhouse on the Isle of Man in 1930.

He was never shown to have any malevolent tendencies, instead helping out the resident family by hunting mice and rats, alerting them to any unfamiliar dogs, wake people up and put the fireplace out at night. He would also accompany members of the family to and from the market, hidden in the hedges lining the road.

When questioned, he would answer cryptically, giving no concrete answers and instead appeared to brag about his powers and appearance. “I am a freak. I have hands and I have feet, and if you saw me you'd faint, you'd be petrified, mummified, turned into stone or a pillar of salt!” “I am the fifth dimension” and “I will split the atom!”

After the farm was sold, the new owner claimed to have killed Gef but the daughter of the family said that the creature he’d killed wasn’t Gef. For all we know, he is still at large, running through hedges and keeping an eye on unfamiliar dogs...