Home to the Oregon coast’s infamous exploding whale incident, Florence has a lot more going for it than its most notorious ...
In one of the most hilariously weird examples of Oregon history, on November 12, 1970, officials decided to use a half-ton of dynamite to dispose of a dead whale (which apparently really stank) that ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A stranded whale was found on Seaside Beach last week. It was the fourth whale found on the Oregon Coast this year. The number of whales washing up on Oregon and Washington ...
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The exploding whale incident

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 ...