Why have 1,011 people wanted to view this picture?

The following picture with no other information was posted on July 23, 2009 on Boone County Watchdog at:  http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html

And as previously stated, over a thousand people have view the picture.  It is the second most poplar posting ever.

The four year old photo came from Cal Skinner and his blog, McHenry County Blog:  http://mchenrycountyblog.com/