The Loveland Frogman. Illustration: Daniel Eskridge / Shutterstock The Loveland Frogman is a 4-foot-tall, bipedal frog turning up in Ohio folklore since the 1950s. And if a bill recently introduced to the legislature there passes, he'll become Ohio's official state cryptid . But if there is doubt as to the creature's materiality, House Bill 821 , sponsored by Ohio legislators Tristan Rader and Jean Schmidt, is verifiably real. The legendary and beloved amphibious creature known as the Loveland Frog, or Loveland Frogman, first reported in the 1950s and said to inhabit the banks of the Little Miami river near Loveland, Ohio, described as a frog-like, bipedal creature standing approximately four feet tall, which has inspired books, documentaries, local festivals, artwork, merchandise, local tourism, and cryptid enthusiasts and researchers, and has contributed to the local economy, creative culture, and unique cultural identity and oral history of this state, is adopted as the official state cryptid.…