Spring 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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Spring-Heeled Jack last sighting, 1904 21 Sep 1904, WedLiverpool Echo (Liverpool, Merseyside, England) Newspapers.comSpring-Heeled Jack, Nov 1872 16 Nov 1872, SatThe Strathearn Herald (Crieff, Tayside, Scotland) Newspapers.comSpring-Heeled Jack, 1841 11 Apr 1841, SunThe Examiner (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.comSpring-Heeled Jack, 1838 04 Mar 1838, SunThe Examiner (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.comSpring-Heeled Jack retrospective, 1997 09 Jan 1997, ThuStar and Merseymart (Liverpool, Merseyside, England) Newspapers.comThe mystery of Spring-Heeled Jack, 1985 14 Nov 1985, ThuHarrow Observer (Harrow, London, England) Newspapers.comSpring-Heeled Jack, 1838 25 Feb 1838, SunThe Examiner (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.comSpring-Heeled Jack, 1838 accounts 03 Mar 1838, SatCambridge Chronicle and University Journal, Isle of Ely Herald and Huntingdonshire Gazette (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) Newspapers.com