VFYW: Halloween Comes Early

For contest #293, which town by the sea?

A reader looks at the photo and guesses Washington state, “based on license plates, pickups, and Subarus … now I’m trying to find a school with a sleeping dog mascot.” That’s Dusty, as old-school Dishheads know. Another reader is also certain it’s a school:

I’m convinced this is somewhere on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The …