Frogs invade Rosedale neighborhood

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Updated: 5/14/2008 7:39 pm
Bryant and Laura Loke said thousands of tiny frogs that have invaded their Rosedale neighborhood.

They said on any given day, the little critters can been seen hopping their way through yards, and even into homes.

As the old fairy tale goes, you kiss a frog and it will turn into a prince.

For these folks their new visitors are nothing but a royal pain in the behind.

They're small. they hop, and their new home is this neighborhood off Calloway Drive.

Some travel in large groups, while others prefer to double up.

It's been going on for about two weeks now and folks who live here at getting a little jumpy as their frog friends hop and swim from house to house.

Bryant Loke said, "You'd see cars go by, and see them slinging up frogs like they were rocks."

The frogs have been migrating from a drainage sump in the area, and have literality spread out through this entire neighborhood.

Residents like Bryant Loke and his wife Laura admit their amphibious friends have overstayed their welcome.

Down the street Lorenzo Gonzalez welcomes the wandering frogs into his yard, but was surprised to find out they werent just passing through.

Gonzales said, "Hundreds of thousands of them came out of the sump one morning, but they work their way here. We got a lot of them but it's not an epidemic."

Gonzalez said his family wont try to get rid of the frolicking frogs, they're almost part of the family.

Gonzalez said, "We like them. The kids like them. We have to fish them out of the pool sometimes, but it's not that big of an inconvenience."

Meanwhile, Kern Mosquito and Vector Control in Bakersfield said they don't deal with infestations like this one, and say more than likely the frogs will either die off, or find another place to live.




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Kimmer - 5/19/2008 8:19 PM
This is one of the signs of an impending earthquake. The same thing happened in China before their quake. http://pinewooddesign.co.uk/2008/05/12/earthquake-cloud-prediction/ It's the last picture. This is only one site with the photo.

Kimmer - 5/19/2008 8:17 PM
This is one of the signs of an impending earthquake. This happened in China before their quake.

Canchaser - 5/19/2008 10:53 AM
My husband & I were swimming in our pool about 9 pm last night & our pool light is not working. So when a frog jumped in right next to me it scared me to death! Then after my husband tossed him out in the grass he came running back and was going to jump in again! We live on Palm & Heath and I have noticed a few frogs lately. Usually at night. I hope they dont become a problem.

Diversified - 5/19/2008 6:25 AM
We have had frogs in our yard since we have lived in the NW (over 5 yrs ago). We live off of Noriega and Old Farm. I actually just saw a frog last night sitting in our driveway and it was the size of a softball. It was HUGE! I cannot stand them, but my husband loves them, because they eat bugs/insects. They have actually burrowed underneath our house. So I have no idea how many tunnels we have underneath our home, and I am just waiting for our house to collapse into a large pit that has been dug by our infestation of frogs. Our exterminator says that there is nothing they can do about the frogs..... What? why? well, they need to get it together and do something because besides scaring me to death walking up to my door at night and having this huge frog in your path, they leave poops everywhere that look like little tootsie rolls all over our porch.

rabbit0860 - 5/15/2008 11:56 AM
could it be a sign of imminent earthquake

rabbit0860 - 5/15/2008 11:56 AM
could it be a sign of imminent earthquake?
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