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Perak

Added	Wed, 05/06/2019
Hierarchy	Phenomena Неизвестные существа Сухопутные существа Перак
Область распространения	Czech Republic Slovakia
Характерные признаки	→ → → →
Sources	ru.wikipedia.org

A creature from the Czechoslovak urban legend in the years World War II.

The first mention of it dates back to 1940, when rumors about a certain "jumping man" began to appear in police reports: an unknown person appeared in different quarters of Prague, jumping high on some devices in the form of springs. He often jumped out of dark alleys and intimidated ordinary citizens to death.

Similar reports appeared until 1942. According to eyewitnesses, he could easily jump over a railway carriage and even jump over the Vltava River. For decades after the war, Perak was also portrayed as a Czech superhero.

Similar to the character of the English urban legend Jack the jumper.

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