Explosions are messy at the best of times, but when the thing exploding is an animal, or part of an animal, it rarely ends ...

On November 9, 1970, a gray whale about 45 feet (13.7 meters) long was washed ashore on the coast of the town of Florence, Oregon, USA. Oregon officials, who were in trouble, decided to 'explode the ...

In 1970, officials in Oregon thought they had found the perfect solution to a massive whale carcass that had washed ashore: ...

On November 12, 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon, posing a major disposal challenge. The Oregon Highway Division decided to blow it up with half a ton of dynamite ...

The bizarre, blubber-filled story behind Oregon’s 1970 Exploding Whale Incident This is the crazy story of the 1970 Exploding Whale Incident in Florence, Oregon. It’s been 55 years since Oregon state ...