jerrywayne
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Loveland Frogman
Here is an interesting article on Snopes about the Loveland Frogman.
http://www.snopes.com/2016/08/05/loveland-frogman-spotted-again/
Part of the problem with "cryptid" sighting reports relate to how bungled or mixed up the accounts may be as reported and over time. Consider the following from the article:
"[Officer] Matthews explained that the first officer to encounter the purported Frogman, Ray Shockey, called him one night in the March of 1972* after spotting something strange on Riverside Drive/Kemper Road near the Totes boot factory and the Little Miami River.
"'Naturally, I didn't believe him … but I could somehow tell from his demeanor that he did see something,' Matthews said.
"Later that month, Matthews was driving on Kemper Road near the boot factory when he saw something run across the road. However, it wasn't walking upright and didn't climb over the guardrail as the urban legend of the Frogman goes. The creature crawled under the guardrail. Matthews said he 'had no clue what it was.'
"'I know no one would believe me, so I shot it,' he said.
"Matthews recovered the creature's body and put it in his trunk to show Shockey. He said Shockey said it was the creature he had seen, too.
"It was a large iguana about 3 or 3.5 feet long, Matthews said. The animal was missing its tail, which is why he didn't immediately recognize it.
"Matthews said he figured the iguana had been someone's pet and then either got loose or was released when it grew too large. He also theorized that the cold-blooded animal had been living near the pipes that released water that was used for cooling the ovens in the boot factory as a way to stay warm in the cold March weather.
"'The thing was half dead anyway when I shot it,' he said."
Here is an interesting article on Snopes about the Loveland Frogman.
http://www.snopes.com/2016/08/05/loveland-frogman-spotted-again/
Part of the problem with "cryptid" sighting reports relate to how bungled or mixed up the accounts may be as reported and over time. Consider the following from the article:
"[Officer] Matthews explained that the first officer to encounter the purported Frogman, Ray Shockey, called him one night in the March of 1972* after spotting something strange on Riverside Drive/Kemper Road near the Totes boot factory and the Little Miami River.
"'Naturally, I didn't believe him … but I could somehow tell from his demeanor that he did see something,' Matthews said.
"Later that month, Matthews was driving on Kemper Road near the boot factory when he saw something run across the road. However, it wasn't walking upright and didn't climb over the guardrail as the urban legend of the Frogman goes. The creature crawled under the guardrail. Matthews said he 'had no clue what it was.'
"'I know no one would believe me, so I shot it,' he said.
"Matthews recovered the creature's body and put it in his trunk to show Shockey. He said Shockey said it was the creature he had seen, too.
"It was a large iguana about 3 or 3.5 feet long, Matthews said. The animal was missing its tail, which is why he didn't immediately recognize it.
"Matthews said he figured the iguana had been someone's pet and then either got loose or was released when it grew too large. He also theorized that the cold-blooded animal had been living near the pipes that released water that was used for cooling the ovens in the boot factory as a way to stay warm in the cold March weather.
"'The thing was half dead anyway when I shot it,' he said."
