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Published: 2009-09-08 06:09:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 5250; Favourites: 89; Downloads: 51
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You're probably wondering what the hell a "spring-heel" is. The Spring-Heeled Jack was a spooky guy in London that slashed people up with his claws and jumped really high. I always thought he was a legendary take on Jack the Ripper, but it turns out this myth predates ol' Rippy by 60 years!Anyway, that was another one of the Monster In My Pocket characters.
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I feel somewhat proud that I knew what a spring-heel was before finding this.
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Well done! ^___^ I first learned about him from that Monster In My Pocket toyline from the early 90s!
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I actually just found him by looking up myths and legends online and such.
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Nice! I need to do that more often. If I ever get free time again.
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He may have been the Marquise of Waterford, an insane nobleman. Spring Heeled Jack was, for many years, the most wanted man in England.
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I always thought the Spring Heeled Jack myth was tied to Jack the Ripper, until I found out ol' Springy predated Jack by about 60 years. The moral of the story: don't trust anyone in England named Jack.
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Thanks! One of my favorite characters from that toyline.
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And a great song by Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees. Lol
I love this.
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Ha, ha--really? I've never heard it! I'll have to look that up...
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Ohohoh, Spring-Heel, he's F@CKING SCARY!
Just like Ripper! XD
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Thanks! 
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I'm NOT sure... but i think to remember that Spring heel Jack was Before Jack the ripper... I'm 80% sure
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Yeah, you're right--I looked it up and the myth preceded Jack by about 60 years. What are the odds? They're so similar! Chances are the papers named the killer "Jack" in reference to the Spring Heel myth.
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i dont think it had anything to do with jack the ripper, it was a sighting of a mad man leaping at inhuman heights and tormenting people. awesome though. =] like the claws!
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Yeah, I always thought it did, but then I read that the Spring-Heel myth predated The Ripper by 60 years! If anything, it probably influenced what people thought of Jack the Ripper.
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you have a point there. =] anyways awesome pic!
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I love the spring heeled jack legend. Ma I want some spring boots!
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No kidding! 
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Thanks! I'm trying new coloring techniques with these, and it's working out so far!
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Thats sweet man! Keep it up!
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Wow i just love the colors! You're coloring is just sublime! I just love how it's all watercolor ish and just amazing? And youre attention to detail is just
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Thank you! I'm really happy with these--it's a new digital coloring style that has eluded me for ages, but now I've figured it out!
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Thanks! He turned out weird--exactly what I wanted!
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ha ha I think he's perfect XD
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Oh, I had a book about him when I was younger! I think he also supposedly left flaming footprints behind wherever he stepped but his claws were said to be cold as death and he was known to laugh wildly as he would leap away from the authorities.
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Cool! I always thought he was created as monster folklore for Jack the Ripper, but I guess the legend originated about 60 years before all that mess. Maybe it was the legend that prompted the newspapers to call him "Jack" the Ripper!
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Fergilicious scale:
1 = Wouldn't even let my cat crap on that.
10 = Fergilicious definition make the boys go loco.
Your score: 10!!!
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Yay! We are the champions! No time for Leahys!
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Exactly!!!! Victory screech!!!!!
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WOOOOOLEWOOOOOLEWOOOOOOLE!!!! XO
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Thanks! I've finally figured out how to color the way I want in Photoshop! It took forever, but I think it's turning out pretty well!
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Interesting that they'd make a toy based on a serial killer. 
"Mom! Timmy's monster just murdered my Barbie! WAAHHH!!"
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Ha! No kidding! Of course, the little plastic Jack from the toyline looked pretty lame--not at all like a scary serial killer!
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Thanks! Glad you like him! ^_^
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By the expression it seems like he wants to play.
I didn't know they created Spring H. Jack based on Jack the Ripper, I though they where two different crazy dudes.
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As far as I know he was--he was set in Victorian England, he slashed his victimes up, and one night he mysteriously jumped into the fog, never to be seen again. Sounds like wacky ol' Jack to me! 
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