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 g

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.