In the decades since, the “Exploding Whale” has gone from a cautionary tale to a beloved piece of Oregon lore. The 55th ...
Thar she blows! The infamous intentional exploding of a whale carcass continues to ring through the halls of Oregon’s history ...
Fifty-five years ago, the State of Oregon made history by blowing up an eight-ton whale carcass on a beach in Florence.
Exploding whale fanatics will find a boatload of fun activities in Florence on Sunday, Nov. 16. There will be a 55-year ...
It’s been 55 years since Oregon state officials’ plan to obliterate a beached whale that washed up near Florence ended with a ...
Despite that, and despite the fact that KATU’s remastered clip of the explosion—uploaded in 2020—has more than 22 million views on YouTube, the exploding whale still feels like a private joke among ...
Eager to clear a popular beach in the US of a beached sperm whale, local authorities hatched upon a dramatic solution on ...
The explosion that sent huge chunks of whale blubber sailing into the sky is being brought to a whole new audience in a new ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - Authorities in Alaska had to remove 50 pounds of dynamite found in an old school bus Wednesday, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Anchorage office ...
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