The Loveland Frogman: Ohio's Bipedal Amphibian Terror

Multiple police officers encounter humanoid amphibian creatures along Ohio's Little Miami River. Credible witnesses spark decades of investigation.

Incident reports filed by Loveland Police Department document two separate encounters with unidentified bipedal entities exhibiting amphibian characteristics. Officer Ray Shockey's initial report describes a four-foot humanoid with textured skin observed near Little Miami River. Follow-up encounter by Officer Mark Matthews occurred at same location fourteen days later. No physical evidence recovered. Case remains in departmental files as unexplained wildlife encounter. Additional civilian reports from 1955 reference similar entities in vicinity. No departmental action taken on historical claims.

Loveland Police Department Incident Reports

Officer Ray Shockey filed an official incident report on March 3, 1972, documenting his encounter with an unidentified bipedal creature near the Little Miami River. Officer Mark Matthews submitted a follow-up report on March 17, 1972, describing a similar entity in the same location. Both reports remain in the Loveland Police Department files as unexplained incidents. Shockey's report describes a four-foot-tall humanoid with leathery, textured skin and a frog-like face that stood upright and moved with unusual agility. Matthews documented an apparently injured creature that stood on its hind legs when approached. Both officers were experienced patrolmen with clean service records and no history of filing unusual reports. The original police reports are not publicly accessible online but have been referenced in numerous investigations and books about the case. Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman examined the reports for his research published in *Mysterious America* (1983). Why would two professional officers risk their careers filing reports about creatures that officially don't exist?

Source: Loveland Police Department • March 1972

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