Spring Heeled Jack is an English urban legend.
He is said to have looked devilishly, with claws on his hands and bulging eyes. He wore a helmet and a tight black cloak reminiscent of oilskins. Spring Heeled Jack was tall and strong and could jump very well, hence his name. According to some witnesses, he was able to spit blue and white flames.
In September 1837, he jumped over a cemetery enclosure and landed in front of a businessman who got scared because of Jack's devilish appearance but was not attacked.
Later, Jack attacked women. He tore open her clothes, grabbed her breasts and scratched her stomach. Then he fled and left his victims unconscious and bleeding, but alive. Often he jumped into the carriage of a carriage, whereupon the coachman lost control of the coach and seriously injured in the following accident. Witnesses said that Jack escaped by jumping over a wall nearly three meters high.
Spring Heeled Jack became more and more popular. In 1845, he threw a girl into a ditch, where she drowned. When someone shot him in the Aldershot barracks, it had no effect. After 1904, there were alleged, but unconfirmed sightings.
It was thought that a madman had disguised himself and spit fire to scare and harass women. However, Spring Heeled Jack was still active long after the death of the suspect nobleman. It has also been suggested that Spring Heeled Jack is a kangaroo disguised by a tamer. By other assumptions, he is a demon, an extraterrestrial or comes from another dimension.
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