Respuesta :
It is a tall tale. Because you can realistically make frogs eat gun shot to make them heavier
A cultured Easterner relates his recent visit to a talkative old man at a western mining camp. Rather than providing information that the Easterner is looking for, the old man keeps him waiting while he spins a tall tale about a betting man and his pet frog.
So I would say that it is a tall tale.