On November 12, 1970, in Florence, Oregon, a 45-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed up on the beach. At the time, this beach fell under the jurisdiction of the Oregon State Highway Division, and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sight. The scavengers. The smell. These were the main problems Oregonians were facing when a dead sperm whale washed up on a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Happy botched whale corpse disposal day to you and yours. Just last year, Florence Mayor Rob Ward stood in front of a small crowd ...
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The exploding whale incident – Oregon’s most bizarre disaster
In an attempt to solve a “whale-sized” problem, Oregon officials blew up a beached whale with dynamite. What followed was chaos, carnage, and airborne blubber ...
Man behind Oregon's infamous exploding whale dies By Elizabeth Chuck, Staff Writer, NBC News An engineer who blew up a whale carcass in Oregon using some 20 cases of dynamite has died, but the biggest ...
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