Talk:Squonk

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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future: O'Neil, Gerard (2014). "The Squonk: A Small Tale From Franklin County". In White, Thomas (ed.). Supernatural Lore of Pennsylvania: Ghosts, Monsters and Miracles. Charleston, S.C.: History Press. ISBN 1-62-619498-X. Sloboda, Neil (2016). "Squonk". In Fee, Christopher R.; Webb, Jeffrey B. (eds.). American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales: An encyclopedia of American folklore, Volume 1. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 887–888. ISBN 978-1-6106-9567-1.

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Why is Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings not mentioned in Jorge Luis Borges ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MartinHarper (talk • contribs) 09:51, 10 January 2003 (UTC)

Because no one has mentioned it. But since this is a wiki, you can mention it yourself. You certainly know more about than I do; I'd never heard of it before.  :-) KQ —Preceding undated comment added 10:02, 10 January 2003 (UTC)

It's there now. -GTBacchus —Preceding undated comment added 23:15, 11 January 2003 (UTC)

I know I've heard of this thing before, but I definitely haven't ever read that book. I'm sure this is mentioned in a book I have read. It's slowly driving me insane though. So that's a plus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.73.254.205 (talk) 14:53, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Squank

Another cultural reference it well could be "Squank", 3rd trak from the ZZ Top's first album in 1971, about a monster living in the swamps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.158.101 (talk) 14:19, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Steely Dan song

I was surprised not to see the reference to "Have you ever seen a Squonk's Tears well look at mine. A line from a Steely Dan Song - Any Major Dude (will tell you) on their Pretzel Logic Album of 1974. Anothersquonk (talk) 16:10, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Black walnuts

Does anyone know if there is truth to the rumor that they can create canopy gaps by attempting suicide by eating the bark of black walnuts? Harry Meanwell (talk) 14:35, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

that could be because black walnuts have a chemical that harms plants. But of course the squank is 110% real!Realfakebezalbob (talk) 00:30, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Samuel Johnson

See author Samuel Johnson’s famous 18th-century dictionary, where squonk is a very tearful animal who stands in a puddle of its own tears. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wicketdg1 (talk • contribs) 21:06, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Random Older Mention

I found a mention of a squonk from a 1878 settler's diary in Nebraska but they don't go into detail so I assume it's unrelated? Bit weird though as I'm not sure what else they could be referring to!

Ref is - "The Settler's Calendar, Prairie Schooner, Vol. 41, No. 2, NEBRASKA CENTENNIAL ISSUE (SUMMER 1967), pp. 133-136" Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 11:43, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Genesis: A Trick of the Tail

Squonk was also a song on the early Genesis album A Trick of the Tail. 2601:248:400:C780:94C5:6AEE:EBAE:F13 (talk) 20:56, 27 November 2022 (UTC)