Keyboard posessed - Up arrow thinks it's an F6 key on extended keyboard

I hope someone can help with this problem. Suddenly my Apple extended keyboard has become possessed. When I press the Up arrow I get an error beep and screen flash. If I'm in the finder in column view and attempt to use the up arrow the highlighting indicator returns to the bottom of the column and beeps. If I press it again and there is a sub folder it will move to the next column.
If I open the character viewer it shows that when the up arrow is pressed the F6 key is also activated. This is extremely annoying when trying to move up and down columns.
I've checked the keyboard layout and the other usual suspects, voice commands and universal access, as well as keyboard shortcuts and can find wrong here.
I suspect my fat fingers have inadvertently pressed some strange combination summoning some keyboard demon. The question, how to get rid of it?
I've connected the keyboard to another Mac and it does not replicate the problem. However, creating another user account repeats the same problem.
Anyone have an idea how to exorcise this demon?
Thanks.

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