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Old 09-16-2008, 03:12 AM   #1
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Default Spring heeled jack!



Picture this, it's 1838, you are walking home from a country pub late one evening along a dark and lonely lane, your only illumination being the lantern you are carrying. Suddenly you hear a scream and much commotion a little way off in the distance. You quicken your pace, and soon after you make out a figure running towards you along the lane. You stop dead in your tracks as it bounds passed. You only see it briefly in the light of your lamp, but what you see terrifies you, a tall, thin figure with a hideous face and glowing red eyes, it has large hooked nose, and its ears appear to be pointed, you can't make out more as its head is covered with somekind of fitted cap, and it is wrapped in a large black cloak. It looks like the devil himself. As it disappears off into the distance you then see a horde of shouting villagers running up the lane after it, bearing torches and armed with cudgels and farm implements, and a few pistols. The crowd surges by, and two men stop you, demanding to know your activities that night, satisfied with your account they rejoin the chase, taking a narrow path across a field hoping to head off the phantom. You join them. As you catch up with the mob you see they are chasing the figure into cul de sac terminated by a high hedge row. Cornered the figure briefly turns and with a ringing laugh claws the air with what appear to be long silver talons, one man aims a pistol but is blinded by balls of blue fire which seem to shoot out of the phantom's mouth. It then turns and effortless leaps over the 15ft hedge, gunshots ring out but the figure is unhurt. Spring Heel Jack has done it again you hear someone say as the phantom's sinister laughter fades into the distance.

This is the folk legend of Spring Heeled Jack that we have inherited from some very real events occurring all over England throughout the 19th Century. But what was the truth behind it?Who is/what was this creature of the rooftops?
http://www.blackcatpress.co.uk/Sprin..._Jack_Page.htm
Spring Heeled Jack (also Springheel Jack, Spring-heel Jack, etc), originally called Springald by some media, is a character from English folklore said to have existed during the Victorian era and able to jump extraordinarily high. The first claimed sighting of Spring Heeled Jack that is known occurred in 1837.[1] Later alleged sightings were reported all over England, from London up to Sheffield and Liverpool, but they were especially prevalent in suburban London and later in the Midlands and Scotland.[2]

Many theories have been proposed to ascertain the nature and identity of Spring Heeled Jack. The urban legend of Spring Heeled Jack gained immense popularity in its time due to the tales of his bizarre appearance and ability to make extraordinary leaps, to the point where he became the topic of several works of fiction.

Spring Heeled Jack was described by people claiming to have seen him as having a terrifying and frightful appearance, with diabolical physiognomy that included clawed hands and eyes that "resembled red balls of fire". One report claimed that, beneath a black cloak, he wore a helmet and a tight-fitting white garment like an "oilskin". Many stories also mention a "Devil-like" aspect. Spring Heeled Jack was said to be tall and thin, with the appearance of a gentleman, and capable of making great leaps. Several reports mention that he could breathe blue and white flames and that he wore sharp metallic claws at his fingertips. At least two people claimed that he was able to speak in comprehensible English.
http://www.thesupernaturalworld.co.u...0Heeled%20Jack

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Old 09-16-2008, 07:42 AM   #2
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Just funny that sometime last week I was thinking about that spring healed jack. Why? No reason at all- just popped through my mind, remember reading about him in a weekly series called the 'unexplained' years ago. And now again. Add to this I've been working on my roof at home!
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Old 09-16-2008, 12:38 PM   #3
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Wild ain't it!-he's a strange manifestation and there are loads of tales about him. Some accounts regard him as some sort of protagonist of women yet one woman saw him running across rooftops jumping from roof to roof-she had to stay at a neighbour's house for 3 days to seek consolation from her outright fear of what she observed!! Could have been a crazy roofer looking for his radio!lol.
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