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Oh, Oh.
A suggestion or 3.
Post lost/wanted posters around the village with pictures of frogs on. Get them out before the drums start up.
Acquire a large dead snake and hang it from a tree. Both creating a plausible scenario.
Do you have a hazmat suit, a fully stocked, reinforced "Safe Space" to exist in?
Do your wife's family have access to explosives?
Keep your dash cam on 2/7, connected to the internet so somebody around the world can monitor it, whilst you grab 40 winks.