The Loveland Frogman: Ohio’s Most Endearing Cryptid

What happens when a strange animal sighting, a late-night police report, a handful of contradictory details, and decades of local storytelling all collide?

In this episode of My Latest Fixation, Joshua heads just outside Cincinnati to Loveland, Ohio—a charming Little Miami River town with an unexpectedly enduring cryptid: the Loveland Frogman.

From an eerie 1955 roadside encounter to a 1972 police sighting near Riverside Drive, the Frogman has never had one settled appearance. Is he an amphibious humanoid? A reptile? An iguana with unfortunate timing? Or is he proof that darkness, headlights, and human memory make a deeply unhelpful committee?

We explore how this strange local story grew beyond its original sightings, why Loveland embraced its resident cryptid, a ...