That Old Tree posted:

It's actually an uplifting story about how Jorp is a loving weird self-destructive charlatan!

Before his daughter "dietician" fixed him with her all-meat diet (or maybe it was a misstep after starting the diet, who cares?) he drank some cider and was plagued by night terrors and literally didn't sleep for a literally unbelievable three+ weeks.

So, essentially, he made up some bizarre, impossible pseudo-science story where he was terrorized by some apple juice.