A Boy and His Frog (and more strange things about Middle Georgia). Eli may have found his calling -- professional frog-catcher. I learned recently that before this was a military base, it used to be a swamp; so frogs, snakes, and gators (allegedly!) still roam the earth. This also explains the regular drive-by shootings (of mosquitoes) done from the back of a pick-up truck--picture a fumigator on wheels. And the neighbor recently rented a machine that bales pine-needles--first one of those I've ever seen. And then there's the squirrels. If it weren't for their fuzzy-tails, you'd think we were living in the midst of a prairie-dog colony. Lots of bait for those gators.