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Spring-heeled Jack the mysterious ghost

During the Victorian era, a mysterious entity has created panic in most part of England. He would appear from nowhere in any part of England, especially London. He has a devil-like figure who leaps from roof top to roof top. He was like an " Acrobatic Ghost". Press and public named him "Spring heeled Jack" because of his ability to leap into the air. His prime victims were women and soldiers. He was generally observed between seven in the evening to midnight. Any attempt made to trap him or to attack him, either he would jump supernaturally high or just vanish in thin air. As first the tales of this devil-like figure were not accepted. But people started coming forward and started claiming that, they have seen him. In October 1837, a girl named Mary Stevens, who was working as a servant. She was walking to Lavender Hill, where she works. And on her way thr