Paranormal experts from Living TV's Most Haunted programme are to reopen the case of a Manx haunting which made headlines worldwide. Historian Richard Felix is to travel to the Island next month to investigate the infamous Dalby Spook – following in the footsteps of his hero, legendary psychical researcher Harry Price.He said: 'I've been a follower of Harry Price for many years and I can't wait to get started. The Isle of Man has a plethora of ghostly stuff, it's absolutely incredible – but the Dalby Spook is right up there with the best.'Richard and fellow Living TV star, parapsychologist Ciaran O'Keefe, visited the Island last month to give a talk to the newly formed Manx Paranormal Society.And it was during their visit that they first heard about the strange tale of Dalby's talking mongoose, detailed in Harry Price's book The Hunting of Cashen Gap.The case of the Dalby Spook surfaced in 1931 when a family living in a cottage at Doarlish Cashen heard strange sounds coming from behind panelling.Thirteen-year-old Voirrey Irving claimed a creature with yellow fur, bushy tail and flat snout, had introduced himself as 'Gef, an extra clever mongoose from Delhi'.Gef could sing as well as talk and, with Voirrey's tuition, his vocabulary grew rapidly. He roamed the area to relate gossip back to the Irvings.Legendary paranormal investigator Harry Price travelled to the Island to probe the strange affair – but he failed to come to any conclusion as to the truth or otherwise of the sightings.Reports of Gef ended when the Irvings left Doarish Cashen in 1935. The next owner, a Mr Graham, said he snared and killed a strange-looking animal.Richard will begin his research when he travels to the Island on October 3 and 4 to film a DVD on the ghosts of the Isle of Man.He said: 'There is a great possibility of basing a new Most Haunted programme on the Dalby Spook.
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