Episode 46: The Frogman (LOVELAND FROG)
Mystery Category: Cryptids / Local Lore
The Story: On the banks of the Little Miami River in Ohio, sightings of a bipedal, frog-like creature have persisted since the 1950s. We investigate the Loveland Frogman and why this particular legend refuses to croak.
In Loveland, Ohio, the 2016 phenomenon of Pokémon Go led to a sighting of the legendary cryptid, the Loveland Frog, or reawakened decades-old stories of anthropomorphic frogmen roaming the waterways—and streets—of this small town. But separating fact-—or what seems to be fact—from fiction proves harder than it might seem.
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