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Behold. You will not believe. A white buffalo, one of the rarest in the world. And monkeys, we have lots of monkeys!

And, over there, the fastest and strongest. Land-speed records and amorous huggers. The most hugs ever given in one hour happened right here, at the Expo Center. A World Record! You won’t believe what you don’t know about Central Oregon.

And Highway 97 is filled with more than juniper trees, ticky-tacky hotels and tractors. Look to your right and see a marvelous tree that is growing shoes! And look left, what’s that? A giant arrow in the ground from Cupid. And the roof of the house from The Wizard of Oz.

Ticket? No. No need. Just open your eyes. Central Oregon is filled with oddities. And no, this is not a traveling circus. It is here, every day of the year.

Click here to enter a world of wonder.

This article appears in Jul 23-31, 2014.

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COME ONE! COME ALL!

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 23, 2014

<h1>COME ONE! COME ALL!</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 23, 2014</p> <p>Behold. You will not believe. <a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/central-oregons-wildest-animals/Content?oid=2384878">A white buffalo, one of the rarest in the world</a>. And monkeys, we have lots of monkeys!</p> <p>And, over there, the fastest and strongest. <a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/current-guinness-world-records/Content?oid=2384852">Land-speed records and amorous huggers</a>. The most hugs ever given in one hour happened right here, at the Expo Center. A World Record! You won't believe what you don't know about Central Oregon.</p> <p>And Highway 97 is filled with <a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/unbelievable-rock-castles/Content?oid=2384855">more than juniper trees, ticky-tacky hotels and tractors</a>. Look to your right and see <a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/laced-up-and-nowhere-to-go/Content?oid=2384861">a marvelous tree that is growing shoes</a>! And look left, what's that? <a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/oz-is-real-it-really-is/Content?oid=2384869">A giant arrow in the ground from Cupid</a>. And the roof of the house from <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>.</p> <p>Ticket? No. No need. Just open your eyes. Central Oregon is filled with oddities. And no, this is not a traveling circus. It is here, every day of the year.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ArticleArchives?tag=Believe%20It%20Or%20Not" target="_blank">Click here to enter a world of wonder</a>.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/come-one-come-all-2384849/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=31203&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/come-one-come-all-2384849/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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