thanks for all of your input it really makes you think are shj mothman and the jersey devil one and the same thing?

there is a theory that he was a visitor from another world! what with his strange attire and glowing eyes!

Originally posted by dashdespatch
there is a theory that he was a visitor from another world! what with his strange attire and glowing eyes!

Yeah I've heard that, like how gravity doesn't affect him as much.

He apparently was so foolhardy he'd taunt sentry's at barracks and shrug off gunshot wounds. So possibly wearing body armour as well!
Maybe back in the 19th century alien's / EBE's just wanted to lord it up and play games before the serious stuff started in the 20th century??

Yeah I've heard that, like how gravity doesn't affect him as much.

He apparently was so foolhardy he'd taunt sentry's at barracks and shrug off gunshot wounds. So possibly wearing body armour as well!
Maybe back in the 19th century alien's / EBE's just wanted to lord it up and play games before the serious stuff started in the 20th century??

The story about him shrugging off gunshot wounds, actually grew out of an incident where barracks sentries fired at him with blanks. I came across that story when I was looking into the similarities between SHJ and the New Jersey Devil (NJD).

My own theory on his "gravity defying" leaps, is that his oilskin "cape" was actually a set of leathery wings (like NJD).

The list of similarities between the two entities (SHJ and NJD) is incredible when you look closely at it, including;
glowing red eyes,
long (metal-like) talons,
hooves or cloven feet,
the ability to breath blue-coloured flames or "fire",
a fantastic ability to leap over high walls or onto rooftops
and Black or very Dark Wings/cloak of oily skin.

Anyway, just a theory!

cheers,
GTD

Originally posted by R3N3G4D3
There's a man called Tom Slemen

Yes! 'Strange But True?' was the book that got me into the weird and wonderful

Originally posted by mthgs602
Those are a pair of Acrobatic boots from the game "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion"

Ha ha thats funny

lmao exactly what I thought when I found this, one could have mad thief and archer skills with them.

Gonna look more into this now, interesting to see where games etc get their influence from

My partner did the score for a film called Spring Heeled Jack, which was about the return of the Victorian horror, who for some reason decided he was going to hunt down some young adults and murder them.
It was a pretty terrible film on most counts (apart from the music ), and it was never given a general release due to there being a lack of ethnic actors.