The legend of the Squonk is actually an apocryphal one. William T. Cox described it in a book published in 1910 called Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods but there’s no evidence that the legend was ever shared by people in the hemlock forests of Pennsylvania. Regardless, The Squonk has become a cryptid icon in this region. It’s a creature with so much self-hatred and despair that it mourns its very existence, crying everywhere it goes. It’s said to disappear into a puddle of its own tears when onlookers gaze upon it. When it’s on a real crying jag, it’s said to move so slow it can be captured, only to instantly disappear and leave the hunter with a wet bag of tears.