Dark Side of the Holler

Dark Side of the Holler

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The Saddest Thing in the Woods Is You

Why the Squonk refuses to leave us alone

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Waylon Graves
May 05, 2026
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You know the feeling? Late at night, staring at a wall, running back through every failure and wrong turn. Every thought you’d bury if you could. And that quiet certainty sitting on your chest, that if anyone ever saw you, the real you, they’d leave.

So maybe you’re like me, and you go walking. Out past the last light, into the woods, trying to outrun th…

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