# Huge frog in my yard **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154 "2017-06-17T02:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/1 "2017-06-17T02:01:01Z")
Tonight the dogs were barking up a storm and when I went out to check, saw them barking at [this.](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/StG61/Frog2_zps7v3qjg1z.png) StG ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/2 "2017-06-17T02:06:36Z")
Wow. That is impressive. Did it just sit there and let you put the can next to it, or was it already there? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/3 "2017-06-17T02:08:40Z")
He’s probably all swollen up from the Coke he just drank. Did you try to burp him? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/4 "2017-06-17T02:09:53Z")
There’s a pond near us that has huge bullfrogs! The dogs (ours and others’) have invariably been fascinated with them. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/5 "2017-06-17T02:12:36Z")
Do you live in Calaveras County, by chance? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/6 "2017-06-17T02:20:57Z")
Yes, he just sat there while the dogs barked and while I placed the can for perspective and took the pics. I don’t know if you can tell, but he was all puffed up - he was probably twice as tall as the prone can. And no, not Calaveras county. Middle Tennessee. StG ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/7 "2017-06-17T02:38:48Z")
Not sure if you took my post at face value, but either way: [The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celebrated_Jumping_Frog_of_Calaveras_County) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/8 "2017-06-17T02:46:59Z")
All he needs is a top hat and a cane! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/9 "2017-06-17T02:51:47Z")
That should have [Ray Milland’s hand hanging out of its mouth.](http://www.impawards.com/1972/posters/frogs_xlg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/10 "2017-06-17T02:59:16Z")
It won’t let me see pictures without disabling my add blocker ☹ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/11 "2017-06-17T03:01:06Z")
You could be in [big trouble.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6LugDz1E4o) ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/12 "2017-06-17T03:02:32Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > All he needs is a top hat and a cane! Hello my baby Hello my honey Hello my ragtime gal 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/13 "2017-06-17T03:39:18Z")
**FloatyGimpy** - Sorry, I don’t know how to change that. StG ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/14 "2017-06-17T03:42:40Z")
I get a happy little twinge every time I see a photo of a bullfrog, brings back great childhood memories. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/15 "2017-06-17T14:28:09Z")
Bullfrogs can indeed get huge and even much bigger than the handsome guy in the photo. I am from Louisiana so I am probably the only one thinking - dinner…Frog legs are dammed good but only Louisiana people and the French seem to realize that. My father used to take me frog gigging in the bayou when I was little. You take a flashlight with red cellophane over the light, a small boat, a spear and net. The giant frogs can’t see red light so you can catch go straight up to them and spear or net them. Laissez les bons temps rouler. That is some good eating. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/16 "2017-06-17T15:22:28Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Bullfrogs can indeed get huge and even much bigger than the handsome guy in the photo. I am from Louisiana so I am probably the only one thinking - dinner…Frog legs are dammed good but only Louisiana people and the French seem to realize that. My father used to take me frog gigging in the bayou when I was little. You take a flashlight with red cellophane over the light, a small boat, a spear and net. The giant frogs can’t see red light so you can catch go straight up to them and spear or net them. > > Laissez les bons temps rouler. That is some good eating. I grew up frog gigging in the storm drains of southern Ca right in the middle of the city. I continued the practice maybe once a year or so well into my forties. I like frogs as friends but I also like eating them. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/17 "2017-06-17T15:46:34Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > **FloatyGimpy** - Sorry, I don’t know how to change that. You could re-up it at [http://imgur.com/](http://imgur.com/). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/18 "2017-06-17T18:04:21Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Hello my baby > Hello my honey > Hello my ragtime gal 🆒 Ev’rybody do the Michigan Rag Ev’rybody likes the Michigan Rag ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/19 "2017-06-17T20:32:49Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Tonight the dogs were barking up a storm and when I went out to check, saw them barking at [this.](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/StG61/Frog2_zps7v3qjg1z.png) > > StG Now that’s a cheap date. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154/20 "2017-06-17T23:32:54Z")
I have never seen such big frogs as I’m seeing this year in our swamp/broken pool. There are a lot fewer of them but I swear they’re cat sized. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-frog-in-my-yard/789154.md?page=2)