Moses Nebogipfel

Origin
Appearing in an 1885 story by H.G. Wells, Dr. Nebogipfel appears in an abandoned, low farm building called the Manse around a half-mile outside the Welsh village of Llyddwdd. The Manse, in the past, served as home for a Calvinist Methodist minister. The doctor's method of arrival is rumored to have been by skimming, sieve-like instrument which he rides down the nearby mountain, Pen-y-pwll,, where upon arrival he descended down the chimney. In another rumor, he was thought to have arrived by train and walked straight to the Manse.

"He was a small-bodied, sallow faced little man, clad in a close-fitting garment of some stiff, dark material, which Mr. Parry Davies the Llyddwdd shoemaker, opined was leather. His aquiline nose, thin lips, high cheek-ridges, and pointed chin, were all small and mutually well proportioned; but the bones and muscles of his face were rendered excessively prominent and distinct by his extreme leanness. The same cause contributed to the sunken appearance of the large eager-looking grey eyes, that gazed forth from under his phenomenally wide and high forehead."

The doctor begins to receive packages at the Manse, some marked POISON and some full of glassware, chemicals, and other items related to scientific research. This fact succeeds in increasing the suspicions of local villagers.