[Maverick68]

Spring Heeled Jack was responsible for personal terror in my youth:
When I was around 10 years old, I went to stay the weekend with my uncle and aunt.
As is always my habit, I was the last to go to bed as I enjoyed staying up to the wee hours of the morning.
I decided to read a book on urban-legends/myths, and lo and behold, came across the story of “Spring Heeled Jack”.
Needless to say, it was a sleepless night, especially considering the room I was staying in had no curtains and I was CERTAIN that Mr. Jack was peering in on me everytime I closed my eyes...

[Nikas777]

I thought I was the only one who ever heard of Spring Heeled Jack. Last night on the History Channel show "Monster Quest" on floating humanoids they described an incident in America in the 50s where a Spring Heeled Jack like figure terrified a home. I was like - whoa - Spring Heeled Jack in modern times?

Even if it is BS - and by that I mean it is a figment of people's imagination it is fascinating to me because people imagine the same thing seperated by thousands of miles and decades of time.