Pérák, the Spring Man, was an urban legend and rumour most popular in the Czechoslovak city of Prague during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in the midst of World War II. In the decades follow
Pérák in Žižkov
In Petr Stančík's fiction, the Libeň gasholder serves as a base for Pérák
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Spring-heeled Jack was an entity in English folklore of the Victorian era. The first claimed sighting of Spring-heeled Jack was in 1837. Later sightings were reported all over the United Kingdom and w
Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague
…tradition suggests that some of Pérák's leaps were of an extraordinary magnitude, including the act of jumping over train carriages, similar to England's Spring-heeled Jack. A contemporary and possibly associated rumour concerned a "Razor Blade Man" who was said to slash at victims with razors attached to his fingers…
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A public session at the Mansion House, London (c. 1840)
Ad for Spring Heeled Jack, a penny dreadful (1886)
North Camp in Aldershot as it looked in 1866