This was believed to be around the time of the first Squeltchin sighting. It was theorized that the energy anomalies were an effect caused by friction generated when our world rubbed against the world of the dead. Top scientists and religious figureheads grasped at straws for an explanation. As these events occurred more frequently, the public became uneasy, and it became impossible for officials and world leaders to ignore. Additionally, more and more incidents would occur of people who would disappear seemingly without a trace, and in some cases return months to years later in a state of insanity. Sightings of what people believed to be ghosts, demons, or cryptids popped up all over the world in droves. At some point in this time, more reports of strange occurrences began to surface. By 1994, they went from once every week or so, to once every five to ten minutes. Invisible to the naked eye, these energy crackles became more powerful and frequent over time.
Unknown energy sources began to crackle across the world. In the fall 1991, there is record of an anomaly recorded in North America that set everything in motion. Some people seem to believe they can hear human language in their chaotic voices. Yet they say that is the name burned into their brains upon witnessing these nightmarish humanoids.
Obviously it is a rather absurd name for a creature.
Nobody is even for certain how their name came about. What is a Squeltchin? Nobody is for certain.