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This strange humanoid has been terrorizing for 67 years. English society. He was elusive, invulnerable to bullets, fired from the mouth the flame and jumped up to 10 meters in length and up to 5 in height, jumped over the fences, galloped from roof to roof. His the appearance caused horror in people. In 1850 he was declared an enemy English society, for his head was a breathtaking reward.
First exit
Late September evening of 1837, a London businessman coming back home. The road ran past the cemetery. Place itself by unpleasant for walking, and even more so at night, and a man with looked around with anxiety if there would be any restless dead man or ghost. And he waited.
A figure appeared above a high cemetery fence in a jump and sank on the other side of the fence. Few seconds lit the moon monster silently stared at the man. Then turned and disappeared into the darkness. The first leaflet appeared at the police station monster description: huge burning eyes, claws on hands, pointed ears and nose, from special signs – the ability to perform huge jumps.
Soon, the second, then the third, lay down on the first sheet. Monster started attack people. In the eyes of several passers-by he attacked Polly Adams tore the clothes on her and thrust her claws into her belly. In October 1837, Mary Stevens became a victim: “This is a monster.” attacked me from the dark, began to tear clothes, he had cold and sticky fingers, just like a dead man’s. ”To the girl’s cry passers-by ran, but the monster ran away from them, jumping over the wall at 9 ft (3 m).
The show goes on
In the following days, the creature made several more attacks in same area. New wounded men and women appeared. It began to appear on the streets of London almost every night. Owner Nicholas Douglas Pub Shot At It But Bullets Didn’t Cause It no harm. An enraged monster grabbed Douglas, raised to the height of the second floor and dropped down. Fearless shooter stayed alive, but very hurt. Rumors of a monster flooded London leaked into the newspapers, the monster gained a name and became Jack the Jumper.
On January 9, 1838, the issue of Prygun’s attacks on Londoners was raised. Lord Mayor of the city, Sir John Cowan. Not believing in any monsters, he suggested that all these are tricks of the “unknown villains” and ordered the police to catch the bastards. For any information about the Jumper significant rewards were announced. But Jack the Jumper is not just did not stop his attacks, on the contrary, they became even more cocky.
On February 20, there was a knock on the door of Mr. Alsop’s house. Approached Jane Alsop banging introduced himself as a policeman, stated that they caught Jack the Jumper and asked for a candle. When the girl opened the door, she saw a tall thin man in a cloak, whose eyes “were like red balls.” Releasing clubs of white and blue flame, he attacked the girl, tearing clothes on her claws.
Jane screamed and rushed into the house. The jumper rushed after her caught up on the stairs and began to tear her neck with claws. To scream the relatives ran out, but Jack the Hopper hid, committing giant jumps. According to the girl’s descriptions, the stranger was wearing a cloak, under which is a white tight-fitting body clothing, on the head a certain a kind of helmet.
On February 23, Springbok rang the house on Turner Street. When the boy who opened the door, seeing a man in a raincoat with burning red eyes screamed, a stranger hit him in the face and jumped onto the roof of a neighboring house.
On February 28, late at night, Jack Jumper blazed from his mouth with blue a flame right in the face of Lucy Skales passing by. Girl fell Without feelings. Four witnesses saw a monster after this jumped onto the roof of the house next door and ran away, jumping from one roof to another.
Jack Jumper has become the most famous villain in the UK. Of numerous stories about meetings with him “fashioned” the image: tall, athletic build, long black coat, under wearing white body-tight clothing, a helmet on his head, disgusting devilish face with bulging burning eyes, pointy ears, large claws on the hands.
They wrote about him in newspapers, composed plays, cheap magazines published thriller stories about his adventures, mothers scared a monster of naughty children: “And to those who behave badly, at night the dreaded Jack Jumper comes and takes it with him. ”
Hunter Jumper
Slightly calmed down in the late 30s, in the mid-40s Jack-Jumper renewed his terror. Again, messages about the attacks of the Jumper. Across England, people were afraid to go out in the evening on the street. The idea was established in society that this was the devil’s messenger. The jumper did not rob anyone, did not kill anyone (his actions – no more than hooligan antics), but the fear of meeting someone unknown gradually flooded the country. In 1850, Jack the Jumper was declared an enemy state, a reward was promised for his head. Behind the monster the hunt began.
Hundreds of people were on duty at night on the streets, traps were set on Prygun and snares (in which no one except stray dogs and cats came across). They shot him several times, right at point blank range, but the demon only laughed in response and ran away, making giant leaps.
In 1870, Jack the Jumper “got” the British Empire which was the subject of discussion in parliament. English lawmakers lowered the police directive: “With a bandit owning tricks movement in an ethereal unsupported environment, urgently needed and decisively put an end to it! “The police responded snapped:” Themselves try it! How to appease a monster that is elusive and invulnerable to bullets? ”
Encore Outputs
In November 1872, Jack the Jumper was seen in the southeast of England in Packham, in May 1873 – in Sheffield. In 1877, the demon entered the military camp in Aldershot. Sentinel, on which the Jumper went, shot at point blank, but he did not fall, but approached and hit the arrow on face. “His hands were cold, like a corpse,” – wrote in a report soldier.
Comrades ran to the cries of a frightened sentry. Demon seeing them, jumped onto the gate and stood there calmly while the soldiers fired at him. When the last charge was fired, Jack jumped to the ground, exhaled in blue flame and headed toward the shooters. The frightened soldiers fled.
In 1877, the Springbok was seen in Lincolnshire. The crowd chased after and gasped as Jack jumped onto the Newport Arch. Police officers opened fire. According to later reports, “when hit in he heard a bullet metallic sound, as if the bullets hit empty bucket. “Jumping from the arch, Jack the Jumper in a few jumps on 30 feet (9m) rushed off from the pursuers.
In 1904, Jack Jumper gave a “farewell performance” in Liverpool. In front of numerous “spectators” he jumped on the roof of the church of St. Francis Xavier on Salisbury Street, saddled cross and, swinging, broke it. And then demonstrated the “horse racing on the roofs. “Several police officers who witnessed the” show “, left us with a detailed description of it. This was the last appearance. Jack Jumper in public.
The monster left the UK, but remained in popular culture: superheroes of numerous comics on a whim of the authors became externally very much like Jack the Jumper: an athletic figure, a body-fitting leotard, a cloak behind his back, an egg-shaped helmet on his head … Doesn’t it remind anyone?
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Jack the Jumper disappeared, and remained an unsolved mystery. The most diverse theories about its origin are put forward: extraterrestrial alien, resident of the parallel world, demon caused occultists, an android from the future, failed in a temporary hole – which do you like more? And if he ever decides come back … there will be something for journalists to write about.
Did the return take place?
In September 2008, a statement was received from the Liverpool Police from 16-year-old student Elizabeth Penok. Late night girl came back home after the party and before her, literally falling from the sky, a stranger appeared in a flickering tights, tight-fitting muscular body, with eyes alternately flashing either yellow or red.
The girl screamed heart-rendingly and rushed to knock on the first a door A few people jumped out of the house and began witnessing a terrific acrobatic show: a stranger jumped on the roof of a 3-storey building and disappeared, jumping 15-20 m. The performance is not over? Was it just an intermission?
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Source: “Steps of the Oracle” №11 / 05.23.2016
UK Monsters
