Coleman Frog

The Coleman Frog is a 19 kilograms (42 lb) taxidermy frog on display at the Fredericton Region Museum in Fredericton, New Brunswick. It was previously owned by a man named Fred Coleman, who ran a nearby lodge in the 1880s. The frog was captured from Killarney Lake, at which time it weighed 7.3 pounds (3.3 kg). Supposedly, the immense size of the frog was caused by the fact that Coleman fed it whiskey and whey. It died in a "dynamite accident" and was sent to Bangor, Maine to be stuffed. Skeptics say that the frog is a fake that was used to promote a cough syrup that would "relieve the frog in your throat". The Museum will not allow DNA testing to be done on the frog to confirm if it is real or fake.