25 ways Sonoma County is wonderfully weird

From the Fools Day Parade to streetlights with sweaters, Sonoma County can look mighty strange to outsiders. Here are 25 of the weirdest things about living here.|
CRISSI LANGWELL
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

A parade of fools marching through Occidental. A cow pie throwing contest. A Charlie Brown character statue on almost every corner. A contest dedicated to ugly dogs.

If any of these sound perfectly normal, you must be from Sonoma County. For everyone else, our county can look a bit strange. Click through the gallery above to see a few wonderfully weird things around Sonoma County.

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