In the late 1800's, there was something that terrorized England for like 60 years...and was named Spring-Heeled Jack. It wore what appeared to be a metal suit and helmet and was impervious to bullets. He could also jump extremely/abnormally high. The terrorizing stopped after it's final attack on England in 1906. Anyone ever here of this or have any idea on what it was?

Here are a bunch of Spring-heeled Jack threads that have already been opened.
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...ing-Heeled+Jack
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lol, thanks. I am FAR too lazy

I am from Liverpool originally and I can remember reading about cases of spring heeled jack in olden times in Liverpool. I have also read a local history book written by a guy who lived on the Wirral, the bit thats just over the River Mersey from Liverpool, about Devils footprints being found one morning in the area. Ill see if I still have the book anywhere.

I think the "Devil's footprints" were a seperate mystery - 1855 in numeorus villages in southern Devon, UK. That event(s) has similarities to the New Jersey Devil creature, a legend which dates back around 400 years. The popular depictions for both (obviously only artists interpretations and open to considerable license) suggest that the Chupacabra ain't a new cryptid

The creature was described as a human like figure with pointed ears, large glowing eyes, and a large pointed nose.

Bad, bad mothman.

Can you imagine a mysterious masked creature that looks like a black shadow, with a monkey-like face, flaming red eyes, and sharp metal claws, attacking people at night, jumping four stories high and disappearing into thin air? Bunk, you say? Well, that's not what the people in East Delhi, India, thought last year. In May, just such a creature was repeatedly spotted, instilling terror and claiming two lives. The craze got to a point where vigilante groups armed with sticks patrolled the streets at night on the lookout for the creature and police announced a 50,000 rupee ($1,067) reward for information leading to its capture. link

Don't forget that he was also purported to breathe blue fire, at least according to some reports.

In my opinion, there isn't enough evidence availible to say what Springheel Jack was. It could have been mass hysteria fueled by Jack the Ripper, who was also active at about the same time. It could have been a greatly exaggerated story of a serial mugger/rapist. Or it could have been an alien, God, psychic projections, the loch ness monster, santa claus, bigfoot, Batman, or a host of other things.

Unless something tangible shows up to suggest otherwise, I'd be VERY reluctant to accept the notion that there was anything supernatural involved. The only real evidence is witness testimony, which is far from reliable. However, it does make a good story.

Actually, the Springheel Jack stories remind me a great deal of the Mad Gasser stories of the first half of the 20th century. Those tales are almost universally attributed to mass hysteria, and I see no reason why Jack can't fit into that category as well.

-Pilgrim

i used to have a monster in my pocket of spring heeled jack thats where i first heard of him

Wow...batman, nice. Well , i have to agree with Pilgrim here and attribute most of it to mass hysteria. Very few of the actual reports could not be authenticated, and many of those that were had been dismissed as mistakes (such as a bird flying from roof to roof). I would say that jack is an invention of the media, just juiced up a bit by some gullible and/or paranoid people. It is much like the UFO's of today. There is one or two odd sightings, then everyone is seeing it, but usually, it's just a plane. As for the original story, I'd say it was either an interesting prank by some locals, or a pyschopath in an elaborate suit.

I would most likely state the oigins of his story can be merely be women and somtimes men in the area being attacked by highway men and sexual predators who in turn told there neighbors who might have claimed he was hopping aound like mad, could be contorted too he could leap high bounds, and with this rumor souddenly every attack is attributed to spring healed jack and everytime the witness would add something to spice there story up, (no to say they are lairs for they did expericance somthing horricfic), and the sexual predators in the area would probably act out the sotries of spring healed jack to give them the thrill of being the man on the springs

it could have been an early gas experiment to be used as a later weapon

For some reason I've always been fascinated by the legend of Spring-Heeled Jack.I remember reading about Jack when I was a kid and having dreams about him afterwards.Possibly one of the coolest freaks in the history of weirdness

actually half of those links dont work.

He enjoys quite a bit of popularity in England, from what I understand. At one time he even had his own pulp magazine (!). Much like the Jersey Devil, he has gradually gone from a menace to something of a folk hero.

-Pilgrim

yup, in the "penny dreadfuls" shj became a champion of the poor, akin to robin hood and a bit of batman thrown in.

Neat stuff, this, I never heard of the story until now.
"Spring-heeled Jack" was only known to me as a name for Jack the Ripper-but this predates ol' Saucy Jack by decades.
But as for the Mothman, I was there when it happened, and the bulk of the new legend is sheer bunkum, something dreamed up in hopes of luring tourist dollars into town.
The movie is underappreciated, though, a genuine look at how spooky might really happen.
And there wasn't a sequel, which was very nice, for once.
The Blair Witch, an artificial myth, wonderfully well played out for commercial gain, could have done with one less sequel, though that girl who appears in her birthday suit ought to get a second chance, she's really pretty!
Now comes the tale of the dread Bell Witch, and we can only hope for the best.
Has anyone considered the possibility that Nyerlathotep is involved in this-when I was active in the Society to Abolish the Worship of Rhan-Tegoth, we caught disturbing hints of hideous activities in Maryland.
Then we discovered that it was the legislature, back in session.
Still, they don't call them Deamoncrats for nothing, now do they?

I somehow doubt that the Crawling Chaos had anything to do with this...then again, who knows...

-Pilgrim

Go to Annapolis on the first day of the session, and you'll get an idea about 'The Goat with a Thousand Young'!
This is still a very interesting topic for me, as I thought I knew almost all the classics, but this Jack(who never eviscerated anyone)seems to me a rather light-hearted fellow, after a bit of fun, came as a total surprise.
I'm on to the tale of the Bell Witch, who once frightened Andrew Jackson, and is now the subject of a DVD for sale over the net.
What about this Tooth Fairy.............