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Spring-Heeled Jack (Victorian Mystery!)

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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I Don't Think a Springhill Jack Was Said to Have Four Unusual Abilities

Early witnesses in 18 38 didn't see anything like that. The alsop family saw jack flee by scampering across the fields, and lucy scales's sister just saw him walk away. In the 18 77 accounts, the witnesses didn't see any unusual leaps either. It's only in later second hand accounts that we find him making unusual leaps. I don't a springhill jack was said to have four unusual abilities, unusual leaps, fire breathing talons and being bullet proof. When it comes to the unusual leaps, this appears to be an exaggeration. Jack may have jumped down from a height in these cases, which is something anybody can do, if you climb up high first

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