Freak show at the fair...

There is a new vegetable category at the fair this year. It is called Freaks of Nature- Gardening and other Crops. This surprised me a bit. I didn't think the word freak was acceptable to use anymore. Maybe it is or isn't, it just seems like labeling something a freak (even if it is a vegetable) is wrong somehow...
Well, let's all embrace our differences and gawk at this year's offerings. There were a lot of entries, I am guessing the freak category is here to stay.

It's hard to tell from this picture, but it looks like the pumpkin grew on top of a deer antler.  The antler is embedded around the side of the pumpkin. I am not sure if it was planned or if the rack was a happy accident.

This is weird. This is supposed to be a tassel at the top of a corn stalk. This tassel grew an ear of corn instead. 

Somehow a gourd became a beehive. If this happened on our place, my hubby would have shot it with a shotgun from the safety of his truck.

This entry was my favorite freak. Here we have an empty plate, an exhibition tag that is torn and stained, no ribbon, and no vegetable. It looks more like a crime scene! I wonder what misfortune befell this entry? Maybe someone didn't pay their protection fee or what not.

This cucumber looks like something you'd pick up at the dog park.

A wide view of the freaks. Someone should call Maury Po*vich.

Can you find the freak? Don't tell me it's one of the girls. I know that already.... the freak entries are the unusually tall stalks of corn in the center. The one next to J must be 16 feet high!  Boo-yah!

This display was not part of the freak exhibit. This one only freaked me out. Why the baby? Why the American flag? Why the red pepper? Why why WHY?

On second thought, if you can't celebrate a basket full of summer vegetables with a doll in a flower costume festooned with American flags, then the terrorists have won.