Spring-Heeled Jack

Spring Heeled JackSpring Heeled Jack was a curious figure from the Victorian era, who terrorized English society. Thought to have a goatee beard, pointed ears and horns, claws and flashing fiery eyes he was feared by the public. Accounts mentioned him leaping from rooftops, and some claimed he fired blue and white flames. The first sightings appears in the late 1830s, following attacks on the public. The last sighting came from Everton in 1904. Who is Spring-Heeled Jack?

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