With the discovery of the 'iguana,' the whole mystery seemed to be solved. Except Matthews’ story only explained the 1972 sightings. What about the three frogmen spotted in 1955?

Skeptics point out that Creature from the Black Lagoon came out in 1954, so Americans had amphibious lake monsters on the brain at the time.

But the Creature from the Black Lagoon notably doesn’t have a magic sparkling wand, and he has a much larger stature than the 3.5-foot-tall frog people chatting along the Little Miami River.

In other words, many believe there are still questions left unanswered when it comes to the Loveland Frog. The cryptid certainly continues to spark Cincinnatians’ cultural imaginations.

Cryptid hunters checking out Loveland can wear their very own “I saw the Loveland Frog” T-shirt. A video game developer called Glorious Trainwrecks made a spiritual successor to the classic arcade game Frogger, where instead of helping a pixelated frog cross the road, you guide a frogman through traffic safely.

Most notably though, the Loveland Frog is famous for being the only cryptid with its own musical. Ohio writers and actors Joshua Steele and Mike Hall wrote the bluegrass musical Hot Damn! It’s the Loveland Frog!, which debuted May 29, 2014, at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

In the show, Luke Honeywell and his girlfriend Dharla set off with a bluegrass band to find Luke’s missing grandfather, supposedly snatched by the frogman himself.

The couple runs from moonshiners, learns about the frogman’s legend from shadow puppets, and are interrupted from time-to-time by fake commercials from a local taxidermist.

The frogman’s unique Cincinnati flair inspired Hall, a long-time Loveland resident, and audiences shared the love. The show ran for five performances, all sold out.

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