Originally published: September 28, 2022

Virginia may be for lovers, but Ohio is for the Loveland Frogmen. Journey to the midwest on this episode's latest installment of our state cryptid series, the land of the Frogman, the Mothman, the Ohio Grassman, and so much more. 

Sources:

• Cryptid Ohio
• Top 10 Cryptids Still Creeping Around Ohio- Exemplore
• The 11 Most Bizarre Mythical… Columbus Navigator
• The Werewolf of Defiance- Fox19
• The Mothman Museum- citybeat.com
• Cryptid Profile: The Crosswick Monster- Pine Barren Institute
• Meet the Monsters: The Crosswick Monster- monstersofohio.com
• The Peninsula Python: An Absolutely True Story- the Atlantic
• Monsters, Cryptids, and Mysterious Wild Beasts: West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, and Beyond, Jannette Quackenbush (2019)
• The Loveland Frogmen-WLWT
• Loveland Frogman Race
• The Gadsden Times, Oct. 18, 1985 (article on the Loveland frog)
• Binkowski, Brooke. “ ‘Loveland Frogman’ Spotted Again?” Aug. 5, 2016. Snopes. 
• Leggate, James. “Officer who shot ‘Loveland Frogman’ says story is a hoax” Aug. 5, 2016. 
• Mulvey, Ricky. “The Loveland Frog: Still a Legend; Now a Loveland Movie,” January 28, 2010. 
• Long, Changquan et al. “Neural signs of flexible categorization: Evidence fromt eh flexibility of inclusion of humans in animal/non-animal categorization,” Elsevier, April 2020.
• Bessie, the Lake Erie Monster
• Ohio Grassman, Green-Clawed Beast, Big Muddy Monster, episode of Monsters and Mysteries

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