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Speaker 1: Today in March seventh, twenty twenty six, is the Frogman

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Festival in Loveland, Ohio. They help celebrate the Encryptid. Today,

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we hope you enjoy a replay of our episode The

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Loveland Frogman, which originally aired on the micro Terrors podcast

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in September of twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to micro Terrors, scary stories for kids where it's

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always the spooky season, full of chills, thrills, and spine

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tingling spooks. Micro Terrors are family friendly frights for those

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ages eight and up, and while our stories are for

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younger years, we are still talking about things that go

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bump in the night, and some children may not be

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able to handle what others can. Parental consent is recommended

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now Forts of Knights micro Terror The Loveland Frogman written

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by Scott Donnelly narrated by Darren Marler. They were first

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seen in nineteen fifty five. A man driving alongside the

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Little Miami River late at night spotted three strange figures

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standing by the side of the road. He described them

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as standing upright on two legs, roughly four feet tall,

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with leathery skin and having the faces of frogs. One

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of them, he claimed held a small stick or wand

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even that seemed to shoot sparks from its top. Then,

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in the early nineteen seventies, a police officer described seeing

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a similar creature crouched by the side of the road.

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When he put his lights on the mystery being, it

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popped up, popped the guardrail, and scurried down the hill

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into the river and out of sight. The small town

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of Loveland, Ohio was on edge. What was it the

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officer saw. Two weeks later, a second Loveland police officer

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patrolling the area at night, saw what he described as

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the same type of uncanny creature. It was also crouched

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by the side of the road. Only this time the

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officer allowed the town wide panic to consume his mind

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and he decided to take immediate action. He shot the

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creature and shoved it into the trunk of his police car.

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When he brought it back to the station to prove

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the creature's existence, it was only then in a light

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that he saw what it was. That he truly shot

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and killed a large iguana, more than likely someone's escaped pet.

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Things were quiet after that in Loveland. That was until

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twenty sixteen, when some kids playing an interactive mobile game

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were walking by a lake in town and spotted two

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lowing yellow eyes crusting the surface of the water. They

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snapped a photo and it quickly went viral. This was

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the last alleged sighting of the Loveland Frogmen until now,

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and it all started with a present that Keaton Frank

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opened for his tenth birthday earlier in the day, a

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remote controlled speedboat with a flashy, sleek modern design and

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bright green LED lights on its keel. Not only did

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he want to try out the boat, but he wanted

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to try it out at night to see the led

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lights in action. This prompted Keaton to arrange to meet

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his best friend Lance on the banks of the Little

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Miami River around nine pm, when the sun would be

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gone and the speedboat lights would be sure to impress.

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They expected to be elated by the boat. They didn't expect, however,

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for a local legend to surface and instill fear into

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their night. We joined Keaton and Lance as they arrived

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at the river banks. The river was a little choppier

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than expected. When Keaton and Lance pushed their way through

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the reeds and tall grass with their flashlights in hand,

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they both stopped inches away from the dark water and

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aimed their lights out. There weren't any boats that the

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boys could see or hear, so they chalked up the

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choppy current to the wind, even if it was on

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the lighter side. Crickets chirped from the reeds around them.

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As Keaton was quick to place his boat in the

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water turned on the lights. Lance excitedly instructed, I will

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that's the whole reason we're here at nighttime. Keaton responded.

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As the boat bobbed up and down over the small,

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slapping waves that tickled the rocky bank they stood on.

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Keaton turned on the remote With a single press of

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a button. The keel of the speedboat lit up. A bright,

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glowing green light illuminated the water beneath it. The glow

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was strong enough to shine out and tend Keaton and

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Lance's faces green as well. The boys looked at the

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glowing toy in the water in awe, their jaws a gape,

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an eyes wide glistening with its green radiance. Do it,

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Lance said, make it go. Keaton excitedly swirled his tongue

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around in his cheek as he began to absolutely dominate

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the remote control. The boat took off like a shot

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speeding away from the boys and out onto the river.

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Once it was too far away for Lance's flashlight to see,

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Keaton relied solely on the rapidly moving green smolder that

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zoomed across the dark water. They watched it go back

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and forth, zigzag and spin and circles. Kid, I try,

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Lance begged.

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Speaker 1: Keaton's seemingly permanent smile vanished from his face as he

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let go of the joystick. A glow out in the

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water came to a stop. He wasn't ready to give

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up his turn just yet, but then he remembered how

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his friend went out of his way to join him

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at night to set sail for the first time. Keaton

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reluctantly handed Lance the remote control. Don't break it, bro,

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Heaton said. Dude, was Lance's only response as he accepted

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the control roller and immediately continued the first sail. The

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green blow continued back and forth, zigzagging across the river.

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Lance controlled it well, too well for Keaton's liking. All right,

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give it back now, Heaton said, houlding out his hands.

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Old on Lance said, watch this trick. What no, no,

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no tricks, bro Keaton said, as he glanced out into

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the dark the green glow was zooming closer to them.

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It was coming closer and closer, louder and louder, and

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then it was gone. What the heck, where is it?

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You broke it, Heaton said, though I didn't. I didn't

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even do my trick yet. The lights must have got out.

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Lights just don't go out, Brow, Yeah, they do, sometimes

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they go out. They don't. Then the green below appeared again.

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It wasn't on the river's surface, though, it was underneath

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the water. Within the glow. The boys could have sworn

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there was something holding it, like it was either wrapped

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up and discarded trash or tangled in some underwater weeds.

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But then whatever it was wrapped up in moved. It

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now appeared to be a shadowy, humanoid like figure. What

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is that? Lance asked out loud. Keaton wasn't sure. He

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remained silent. The two of them just stared out into

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the water, where they watched someone or something examined the

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boat underneath the water. He hit the joystick again, Keaton said,

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Lance complied and pushed the joystick forward. They couldn't hear

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the boat, but they could see that their action upset

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whatever it was that was holding onto the boat. The

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shadowy underwater entered. They thrashed back and forth and let

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go of it. It surfaced about ten feet away from

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the bank, capsized, and his green lights flickered a couple

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of times before they went out for good. Aim the light,

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Keaton demanded. Lance dropped the controller and pulled his flashlight

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back out. He aimed it at the boat and then

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watched his Keaton jumped into the water and waded out

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as far as he could before having to swim for it.

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Lance was nervous. Keaton was thinking about the boat, but

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Lance was thinking about whatever was underneath the water. Whatever

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it was had to still be there. Keath did be careful.

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Lance shouted out, but Keaton didn't hear him. He swam

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the rest of the way to the boat, where he

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tucked it under his arm as if he were saving

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a drowning victim. Just then, something grabbed Keaton's leg. It

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was a slimy hand. He felt all of its fingers

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wrap around his ankle one at a time and grip

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him tightly. Keaton panicked, Unable to stay afloat with just

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one hand. He let go of his boat and screamed

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out for Lance, bro help me. Keaton shouted as a

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second slimy hand grabbed his other ankle and pulled him under.

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Lance just watched in horror as his friend disappeared in

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the dark river. He held his flashlight on the area,

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trying to look for any sign of Keaton. Then a

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surge of bubbles exploded from the surface, followed by Keaton's

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flash out of the water. He screamed again, help Keeton,

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then swam with every ounce of strength he had. Once

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he was in a shallow enough spot, he stood up

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and Lance stepped in to help him out the rest

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of the way. What happened? Lance panicked, who was that?

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Keeton collapsed on the rocky bank and tried to catch

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his breath, but the terror wasn't over yet. A loud

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splash in the river drew both of the boy's attention.

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Lance aimed as flashlight, and together they watched the local

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Loveland legend emerge from the river. It stood upright, just

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as tall as the boys were, and awkwardly marched toward them,

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slightly hunched forward. It was dark green, with black spots

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scattered about its body. Its fingers and toes were webbed.

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Its head and face resembled that of a mutated frog.

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The flashlight reflected off its eyes, giving them an eerie

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yellow glow. The frogman continued to encroach on them with

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unknown intent, emitting a haunting croaking sound. Keeton and Lance

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were shaking in fear. Never had they seen anything like

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this in their lives. This is what nightmares were made of.

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Then the frogman reached behind its back. It pulled out

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a small black stick or wand the boys, thinking it

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was a weapon, scrambled to their feet. That's what A

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fiery display of sparks began to shoot out the top

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of the object. Keith had pulled his flashlight from his

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pocket and pelted it at the creature. Stay back. Keithon shouted,

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but the frogman continued to methodically encroach on the boys,

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unfazed by the shouting and pelting. Suddenly, something else moved

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in the bushes at their backs. The boys spun around,

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expecting to see another frogman popping out to attack them

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from behind, but instead of a second amphibious monster, it

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was a grown man in a tactical police uniform, holding

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out a flashlight in one hand and his service weapon

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in another. The bright beam of the flashlight startled the frogman.

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The police officer fired two shots from this weapon, but

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the frogman quickly dodged the shots, turned around, and scurried

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back into the water, disappearing within seconds. It's haunting croke

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fading away. The police officer helped Keaton and Lance through

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the brush and to the top of the embankment, to

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where his police cruiser sat. It's blue lights spinning on top.

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Are you boys okay? He asked. Keaton and Lance only nodded,

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still stunned by what they had just witnessed down by

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the river. What was that thing? Keaton managed to ask.

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The officer just sighed, uh, something that's been around Loveland

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for decades, He said, something my grandfather saw once, and

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now I have too. The officer looked down at the boys,

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and I'm sure it won't be the last time someone

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sees it or them. The officer's final words of them

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stuck with Keaton and Lance the rest of the night.

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It heavily implied that there might have been even more

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of those frog men lurking around owned the Little Miami

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River in Loveland, Ohio. Coming up next week on micro

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