{"id":604513,"date":"2024-11-09T09:03:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T14:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/?p=604513"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:01:19","slug":"ribbit-or-rubbish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/podcast\/ribbit-or-rubbish\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbit or Rubbish?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"143\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/PageTitle-Season8ep4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/PageTitle-Season8ep4.png 800w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/PageTitle-Season8ep4-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/PageTitle-Season8ep4-768x137.png 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/PageTitle-Season8ep4-150x27.png 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/PageTitle-Season8ep4-696x124.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/7619e4c6-5de6-4851-af07-0e3d42e75f7d\/episodes\/6629be63-c96a-4217-a1d8-10785b439a9b\/embed?theme=light-gray-blue\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Earth Ranger Emma dives into a ribbiting mystery in Loveland, Ohio! Legend has it that a four-foot-tall frog once roamed the quiet streets at night, wand in its hand and magic in the air. Emma\u2019s on a mission to debunk this tale, but things get wild when she stumbles upon a giant \u201cfrog\u201d in the most unexpected place. Is it really a magic-wielding frog army, or just a case of mistaken identity? Join the fun as Emma busts myths, explores the quirky side of small-town folklore, and maybe even learns a dance move or two!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"164\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/HorizontalEpisodeTile-S8-E4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/HorizontalEpisodeTile-S8-E4.png 640w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/HorizontalEpisodeTile-S8-E4-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/HorizontalEpisodeTile-S8-E4-150x38.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ryan&#8217;s wild quest to prove myths real has Emma visiting another US State: Ohio to investigate the stories of the Loveland Frogman. According to the 1955 start of legend, a creature with a frog-like face was seen standing on two legs, some versions even detailing it holding a wand with magic sparkles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan takes this legend even further, theorizing that the frogmen are &#8220;Secret Scientists&#8221; who escaped from a top-secret laboratory. That&#8217;d make a fun book or movie&#8230;but that&#8217;s <em>far<\/em> from the truth!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_StandingFrog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604460\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_StandingFrog.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_StandingFrog-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_StandingFrog-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_StandingFrog-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_StandingFrog-696x462.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sure, some frogs, like the tiger-legged monkey frog, prefer walking rather than hopping, but no specials can stand and walk around on two legs the way humans do. There&#8217;s also the strange detail about &#8220;leathery skin,&#8221; which is unlike any real frog\u2014frog skin is smooth and moist, not leathery like a lizard&#8217;s. Just looking at these two photos, it&#8217;s clear how different the skin &#8220;texture&#8221; of a frog and a lizard is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_Greenfrog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604461\" style=\"width:530px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_Greenfrog.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_Greenfrog-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_Greenfrog-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_Greenfrog-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_Greenfrog-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"680\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-greeniguana.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604462\" style=\"width:521px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-greeniguana.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-greeniguana-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-greeniguana-236x160.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-greeniguana-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-greeniguana-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-greeniguana-696x473.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of lizards &#8211; it&#8217;s believed that it&#8217;s an iguana that people might have mistaken for a frog! In 1972 police officer Ray Shockey reported a sighting of a creature looking a lot like the frogman of the legends. Two weeks later, a colleague of his Mark Matthews saw and shot an animal that fit the description. After picking it up, the police realized that this animal was a green iguana that had dropped its tail!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_iguanadroppedtail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604463\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_iguanadroppedtail.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_iguanadroppedtail-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_iguanadroppedtail-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_iguanadroppedtail-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast_iguanadroppedtail-696x522.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Like many other lizards, iguanas can drop their tails. They do this when they feel threatened and use it as a way to surprise and distract potential predators. Don&#8217;t worry! They have a special <strong>regenerative <\/strong>ability to grow back their bone and skin. They get to have their tail back after a few months! <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-uprightiguana.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604464\" style=\"width:762px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-uprightiguana.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-uprightiguana-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-uprightiguana-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-uprightiguana-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast-uprightiguana-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There you have it, Earth Rangers! The legend of the Loveland Frogman was solved when it was revealed to be an iguana. It could still have been a cool lizardman story, but most people like to &#8220;embellish&#8221; details to make them more fantastical and surreal. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"88\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Save-A-Message.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50049\" style=\"width:225px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>What do you think of the Loveland Frogman Legend? Do you think it&#8217;d have been cooler if it had been a lizardman?<\/strong><br><strong>Let us know some other cool cryptids you wish Ryan or Emma talked about! Ryan\u2019s going nuts coming up with some, but why not talk about other cool legends here?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Ranger Emma dives into a ribbiting mystery in Loveland, Ohio! Legend has it that a four-foot-tall frog once roamed the quiet streets at night, wand in its hand and magic in the air. 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