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I am the fifth dimension

• mysterypie 9y ago
  If you want a quick summary of what this is about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gef https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gef
  • bykovich2 9y ago
    The linked article is much, much better, much more nuanced and insightful, than the Wikipedia page.
• evincarofautumn 9y ago
  Clearly Gef was a regular old European Tailypo. ;) I love stories like these, where it seems like a legend gets perpetuated not out of malice or for personal gain, but maybe a sense of being “in too deep”. Assuming there was no Gef, there was no way to admit it while saving face, and the ruse wasn’t hurting anyone, so they just kept it going.
• chybby 9y ago
  The things you know about when you listen to Neil Cicierega https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyzQ-ZFSQic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyzQ-ZFSQic
• gadders 9y ago
  There may not have been a talking mongoose, but there really was a talking seal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_(seal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_(seal) Amusingly it had a really strong New England accent as well.