Carl just shrugs and says he knows a guy who knows a guy.
In Van Helsing, Friar Carl is able to get Dragon's Fire for the titular slayer of evil, which utterly baffles him since he believed it couldn't be acquired anymore. Paranormal Prison: In one of the interviews in the prologue, a man says his aunt's stepsister's husband's uncle claims to have seen a mohawked Indian in the solitary confinement building, known to the locals as "Siberia". Terry disbelievingly repeats Danny's claim that he "know a guy" and immediately has him turned over to the police for parole violation. 
So, when Terry presses him, Danny claims that he met a guy in prison who has information on every job pulled in the western United States, and Danny can use his connections to get him to give up the perpetrators. For the purpose of getting Benedict to show what kind of person he really is Danny needs to keep him talking for a few minutes, but obviously can't actually admit it.
At the climax of Ocean's Eleven, Terry Benedict assumes that Danny Ocean is responsible for the heist that just robbed Terry's casino. Later, Ron reveals that he actually heard the news directly from Hagrid and made up the rest of the chain. She gives up when Harry asks her to repeat the list. This bit of news had apparently been relayed through several other people before reaching Ron, and Hermione frustratedly tries to list them all out. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Ron, who is currently not on speaking terms with Harry, has Hermione relay the news to him that Hagrid wants to see him. For added hilarity, he voices everyone when recounting this to the audience. Luis does this multiple times in the Ant-Man films. But I know some people that know some people that robbed some people." Not to be confused with I Know A Guy, which redirects to Friend in the Black Market. Or So I Heard, where the character is downplaying potentially embarrassing knowledge by claiming to have it secondhand rather than via direct experience. See also Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!, where this is not only true, but makes a character significantly powerful. Usually the elaborate case is used as an hope/promise for a plan, which very rarely delivers. Other times, it's reversed they really do know the person well, and are making up this long string of connections to socially or legally distance themselves from the other party. 
Sometimes, despite this, the person acts as if he or she knows the person really well. The chain can be simple (I know this guy who knows this guy) to elaborate (My uncle's drinking buddy's doctor works with this guy whose brother's fiancee.). This trope is where a character states a relationship with someone else through a long and indirect chain of connections.
Sponge Bob Square Pants, " The Camping Episode"
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