Frog toys sell out at PDX store as Portland’s newest viral symbol: ‘We are one together’

Paper Epiphanies in the Portland airport’s new terminal has sold out of stuffed frogs, with customers seeing them as a symbol of Portland unity.

PORTLAND, Oregon — Frogs are the latest craze in Portland. 

What started as a single protester dancing in an inflatable frog costume near the South Waterfront ICE building has grown into a full-blown phenomenon — with an entire “army” of frogs and a flood of social media attention.

“It is literally unbelievable — they’re the new symbol of Portland,” said Victoria Venturi, owner of Paper Epiphanies, a Portland gift company with a store at Portland International Airport (PDX). 

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