Editing Spring-heeled Jack (section)

==Counterpart in Prague==
A similar figure known as [[Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague]] was reported to have been seen in [[Czechoslovakia]] around 1939–1945. As writers such as [[Mike Dash]] have shown, the elusiveness and supernatural leaping abilities attributed to Pérák bear a close resemblance to those exhibited by Spring-heeled Jack, and distinct parallels can be drawn between the two entities.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The stories of Pérák provide a useful example of how the traits of Spring-heeled Jack have a broad cultural resonance in urban folklore. Pérák, like Spring-heeled Jack, went on to become a folklore hero, even starring in several animated superhero cartoons, fighting the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]], the earliest of which is [[Jiří Trnka]]'s 1946 film ''Pérák a SS'' or ''[[Springman and the SS]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-press-release-jiri-trnka-at-bfi-southbank-in-april-2012-03-06.pdf|title="Jiří Trnka At BFI Southbank in April 2012", (Trnka Shorts for Adults) BFI press release March 2012.}}</ref>