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Stumpy and the Deer Flies

André Desrochers

2017 8 min

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How could one-armed ‘Stumpy’ invent what is – arguably – the world’s finest mosquito repellent? Maybe losing that arm helped!

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How could one-armed ‘Stumpy’ invent what is – arguably – the world’s finest mosquito repellent? Maybe losing that arm helped!

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• director
  André Desrochers
  
• producer
  André Desrochers
  
• script
  André Desrochers
  
• music
  Jérôme Langlois
  

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