Alternatively known as Womans Hollow Creek, the creek's name is probably a loose translation of the Spanish La Llorona, or "the weeping woman". According to legend, a woman who has recently given birth drowns her newborn in the river because the father of the child either does not want it, or leaves with a different woman.
The creek is alternatively named Womans Hollow Creek and could be an approximate translation of La Llorona, which signifies "the weeping woman" in Spanish. According to legend, a recently bereaved mother throws her child into the river because the father either does not want it or leaves with another woman.