It was said that squonks were so sad about their skin, that often they would cry themselves into such a puddle that they would literally dissolve right before hunters that caught them!īut it also seems that squonks just need a nice, big hug.Īdvanced technology and less forests took their homes away, according to folklore. When cornered and escape seems impossible, or when surprised and frightened, it may even dissolve itself in tears. Because of its misfitting skin, which is covered with warts and moles, it is always unhappy…Hunters who are good at tracking are able to follow a squonk by its tear-stained trail, for the animal weeps constantly. The squonk is of a very retiring disposition, generally traveling about at twilight and dusk. According to William Cox’s story “The Squonk” in ‘Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods’ in 1910, There was a book that created the tale of the squonk. It appears that squonks loved hemlocks, at least according to old lure. At the time they were mentioned in pop culture, most of the woods around were hemlocks. It is a mythical creature ( we hope!) that resided in the forests of Northern Pennsylvania. It makes for scary stories around fires at a camp.
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Legend has it that when the temperature features its full winter-chill, the squonk’s bitter tears of pain will freeze so fast that you can follow its trail in the woods.Īs we open our “Skooky Things 3” series on the dark woods that surround us, and mysteries that abound within, we needed to focus on one of the oldest, gloomiest, and most frightening of cryptids that reportedly make trees their home.
It will go wandering around your local forest, weeping while it does due to its sadness.
The squonk’s visual appearance, if you are lucky enough to see one, will feature warty, loose fitting skin. It will be a scream mixed with anger, and pain.
The squonk will make itself known widely in the woods around you - it will be clear to express itself with a long and drawn out moan. As each passing evening gets hauntingly dimmer earlier by the minute, and each night features a few extra decreases of colder air, a roaring fire or porch light may be the only thing that can save you from. A chill in the air, darkness falls in forests faster in October.
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