The Squonk is a mythical creature reputed to live in the Hemlock forest of northern Pennsylvania. Legends of Squonks probably originated in the late nineteenth century, at the height of Pennsylvanias importance in the timber industry.
The earliest known written account of Squonks comes from a book by William T. Cox called Fearsome Critters of the Lumberwoods, With a Few Desert and Mountain Beast.
The legendholds that the creatures skin is ill fitting, being covered with warts and that, because it is ashamed of its appearence it hides from plain sight, and spends most of its time weeping. Hunters who have tried caching squonks have found out they have found out the creature is capable of dissolving completely in to a pool of tears and bubbles when cornered. A man named J.T Wentling is supposed to have coaxed the creature into a bag, of which when he carried it home it suddenely lightened. Upon further inspection he found that was left was the liquid remains of the sad animal.
The scientific name of the squonk lacrimacorpus dissolvens comes from the latin words meaning tear, body, and dissolve.