1) Italian legendary creature 
The squasc (pronounced ˈskwaʃ) is a mythological being of the Eastern Lombardy region folklore. It is said to be small, hairy, tawny, similar to a squirrel without tail, but with an anthropomorphic face. Its nature is somehow between that of a bad spirit (assimilable to the boogeyman or Blackman) and that of an elf or imp. Like the former, the s...