WATCH: Reporting from the Loveland Frogman Festival

Loveland, Ohio – The attendance this year for Saturday at the 3rd annual Frogman Festival was about 1200 attendees with participants in and out throughout the day. A second day was added this year, and Sunday had over 750 attending and participating.

Many were families, with kids under 12 getting in for free. There were 70 vendors plus a tattoo studio and a roasted nut stand. There was also an intuitive reader and a face-painter. Erin Shaw from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Warren County Park District was there again with a nature exhibit including turtles and Caesar the snake.

Over the course of the weekend, there were 12 presentations by 13 speakers on topics ranging from the origins of the Frogman story, to Mothman, to the expansion of consciousness.

The Strange Road, one of the sponsors with a YouTube channel that explores topics in the supernatural based out of Columbus, ran the audio visual system for the third year in a row. Performances were added this year to entertain young and old alike, with Wump Mucket Puppets packing the Lily Pad Room for a show both days. The Dakarai World Dancers gave a great performance both days.

Creep It Real, a husband and wife duo from Lebanon, sang tunes about cryptids, and Aaron Crary provided ethereal sounds produced electronically with a laptop and mixer.

The event was sponsored primarily by Cryptid Camp, a new trading card game in the realm of Pokemon and Magic The Gathering. Attendees got free promo cards only available at the event with an interpretation of the Frogman in the style of the card game.

Jeff Craig, along with family and friends, produced the Frogman Festival. The Oasis Conference Center provided a great venue with staff running the concessions for the crowd that included lunch items, snacks, and beverages, including beer.

The found footage horror movie, Frogman (2023), was screened on Saturday night with producer and writer Anthony Cousins and other crew present to share the scoop on the movie, with big news revealing a sequel will soon be in the works.

Several local media outlets covered the event, including the sponsor Loveland Magazine. A duo calling themselves the Ohio Broadcasting Company, based in the Loveland area, were wandering around to compile shots and shorts from the crowd for a documentary about the festival. CET, the local public TV affiliate, got B-roll to feature in an upcoming segment on art.