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As I was pulling away from the last light-controlled intersection in Potsdam yesterday, bound for Camp, something jumped up in front of my car. It was smaller than a bird, and wasn’t anything kicked up by another vehicle. It seemed to land somewhere on the hood close to where it meet the windshield, but I couldn’t see what it was. 10 seconds later, it jumped up again, this time landing on the little ledge of my door, just behind the driver-side mirror. It was a tree frog!!<\/p>\n

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At this point I am up to speed and doing 30 MPH. \u00a0The little guy is still hanging on. \u00a0I reach the village limits and speed up to 45, thinking he’d have enough of this and jump for it. \u00a0Nope! \u00a0He still hangs on. \u00a0With the 55 MPH sign in sight, I pull over. \u00a0The frog just sits there. \u00a0I start to lower my window and realize that’s going to squish its leg, so I open my door. \u00a0The frog jumps down. \u00a0I don’t get out of the car–I just close the door, roll up the window, and head on my way.<\/p>\n

St. Regis Falls…Paul Smiths…Bloomingdale…Franklin Falls…Wilmington…Jay. \u00a0I stop to visit a friend. \u00a0And just as I roll to a stop and my shifter slides into Park, up from out of seemingly nowhere comes the frog!!<\/p>\n

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Where the hell was he that whole time? If reptiles are capable of experiencing fear, I can only imagine this thing was terrified! \u00a0I got out of the car and took one more picture. \u00a0Then I poked him and he jumped away. \u00a0To the ground. \u00a0And away from the car this time. \u00a0(I checked.) \u00a0So if anyone is keeping track, as of yesterday Potsdam NY is minus one tree frog, now a resident of Jay.<\/p>\n

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