Identification of Springheel Jack in "Strawberry Spring"

"Strawberry Spring" is a famous short story by Stephen King tinged with the color of Gothic horror. It tells serial killing committed Springheel Jack which happened on foggy nights in strawberry spring. There no direct description way narrator looks or dresses but some clues can be obtained through deliberate reasoning. This article focuses deduction killer based upon textual analysis descriptions environment, dialogues, actions, and psychological states related to will paid close attention to. constitutes most intriguing point this novel that murderer masked fog had never been disclosed readers try track down criminal as detective. Through reading, an unexpected conclusion drawn himself killer.