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Gather round children and let me regale you of the "tail" of the whale (PUN intended)!
50 years ago a 45 foot, 8 ton whale washed up on the beach in Florence, Oregon. It was a god awful stinky mess to say the least, and getting stinkier by the day. None of the local residents could remember the last time a whale carcass had washed up so the method of how to dispose of such a large corpse had been lost to time.
But don't you fret children! Because the Oregon State Highway Department stepped up and came up with a plan! A plan that involved a half ton of dynamite!
Now as luck would have it, this was "modern times," so you don't have to rely on my retelling of the story, as the whole event was captured on glorious video!
Grab your popcorn children and settle in to see what happens when a half ton of dynamite meets an 8 ton whale carcass! I mean, what. could possibly go wrong?
Story here...
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50 years ago a 45 foot, 8 ton whale washed up on the beach in Florence, Oregon. It was a god awful stinky mess to say the least, and getting stinkier by the day. None of the local residents could remember the last time a whale carcass had washed up so the method of how to dispose of such a large corpse had been lost to time.
But don't you fret children! Because the Oregon State Highway Department stepped up and came up with a plan! A plan that involved a half ton of dynamite!
Now as luck would have it, this was "modern times," so you don't have to rely on my retelling of the story, as the whole event was captured on glorious video!
Grab your popcorn children and settle in to see what happens when a half ton of dynamite meets an 8 ton whale carcass! I mean, what. could possibly go wrong?
Story here...
Oregon's infamous whale explosion occurred on this day 49 years ago
FLORENCE, Ore. (KATU) – It was the whale explosion seen ‘round the world. Today, November 12, 2019, marks the 49th anniversary of KATU's infamous whale explosion. When a 45-foot, 8-ton whale washed ashore on a beach near Florence in November 1970, the Department of Transportation had a stinky...
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