ʻO ka Golden Gate Estates, kahi kaiāulu pilikino e kū hohonu ana i loko o ka Florida Everglades, kahi momi huna. Ma aneʻi kahi ʻohana Rosen, mai ka makahiki 1960, i hoʻolālā i kahi hoʻolālā ʻāina e loaʻa kālā ai. Ua hohola ʻia nā ʻāpana o ka waiwai no ka mile me ka ʻole o ka hale hoʻokahi i kūkulu ʻia ma luna o lākou.
Ua kūʻai ʻia kahi ʻāpana o kēia ʻāina, i kapa ʻia ʻo Alligator Alley, e ka mokuʻāina ʻo Florida no ke kumu o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kāna kūlana kumu. Hihiu iki kēia wahi, a he home ia no nā ʻano laha like ʻole me nā bea, bobcats, dia, puaʻa, a me nā panther, i waena o nā mea ola ʻē aʻe.
Ua loaʻa iā ia ka moʻolelo kūloko, ʻo kēia ʻāina kahaha kekahi home no nā kamaʻāina ʻē aʻe. Kapa ʻia lākou ma ke ʻano he Squallies. ʻO nā mea humanoid pōkole me nā ihu e like me nā puaʻa ka wehewehe maikaʻi loa no kēia mau mea. Inā ua ʻike ʻoe i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo The Private Eyes 1980, me Don Knotts a me Tim Conway, ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau holoholona e like me ka monster worgler, akā ma ka liʻiliʻi.
Ma muli o ko lākou kino pōkole, ua kapa ʻia kēia mau mea squally he mau keiki. Ua manaʻo ʻia he home ia no kahi heluna kanaka o 30-50 mau mākua i hoʻokahi manawa. Manaʻo kekahi he noho paha kekahi o lākou i kēia wahi a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Florida.
Pehea i loaʻa ai kēia mau Squallies, manaʻo ʻia e kekahi ʻano hoʻokolohua keʻena aupuni. ʻIke nō, hele hewa nā mea i ka wā a lākou i huli ai i mau puaʻa. Ua kupu mai nā moʻolelo e ʻōlelo ana no kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua haʻalele - ma kahi kokoke i DeSoto Boulevard a me ke Alanui ʻAilana Lawai. Aia ma aneʻi, kahi i hana ʻia ai a i hānau ʻia ai nā ʻano ʻōlelo. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Squallies mai ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka manawa. Mai kēia, ua ʻeha lākou i kahi helu o nā maʻi.
ʻO nā moʻolelo hou aʻe e pili ana i kahi wahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Naithlorendum Sanctuary. Ma aneʻi kēlā e hele ai kekahi, ua kī ʻia e kekahi ʻelemakule pupule. Inā ʻaʻole paha, he ʻāpana ia o ke kaiāulu ʻepekema a i ʻole he mea pale kiaʻi ʻike ʻole ʻia.
Ua lilo kahi ʻano paranoia i kēia wahi ʻoiai makaʻu ka poʻe i ko lākou ola a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ʻoiai lākou e noho nei. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka Squallies e hopu i kekahi kanaka i hoʻokokoke a laila e ʻai ola iā lākou. Mai ka makahiki 1960, ua ʻōlelo ʻia kekahi mau hanana ʻano ʻē e pili ana i ka Squallies, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou ʻaʻole i hōʻike maopopo ʻia.
An wale kēia kūloko kuaaina? Loaʻa paha. Akā hoʻi i ka lā 14 o Iune o 2011, ua hoʻopaʻa nā mākaʻi ma Florida i kahi hōʻike o kahi kāne e koi ana ua wāwahi ʻo ia i kāna mokokaikala no ka ʻike ʻana i kahi "boogeyman" i kū i mua ona.
Ma hope mai, ua haʻi ʻia ʻo Florida Highway Patrol i kēia kāne ʻo Mr. James Scarborough nona ka makahiki 49 mai ka Golden Gate Estates i loaʻa i nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi ma kēia hanana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua kī ʻia ʻo ia e kahi kanaka puaʻa e nānā ana ma hope o ka haki ʻana i kāna motika. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo kēia Squallies kahi poʻe ākea e holoholo manuahi ana.
Ua like ka moʻolelo o ka Florida Squallies me ka moʻolelo o ka ʻO Pig Man o Cannock Chase, UK. Aia he mau haneli o kēia mau kaʻao o ka poʻe feral malihini ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i kēia mau moʻolelo.
