Once upon a time, Oregon blew up a whale carcass on the beach near Florence. The news broadcast of the event has now been viewed millions of times all over the world. If you needed a palate cleanser, we got you.

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• Video of the broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir34
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220527115433/https://tourism.oregonstate.edu/the-case-of-the-exploding-whale/
• https://www.milb.com/news/emeralds-announce-exploding-whale-alternate-identity
• https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2013/10/george_thornton_the_odot_engin.html
• https://www.offbeatoregon.com/H001_ExplodWhale.html
• https://www.theexplodingwhale.com/evidence/resources/dave-barry-article/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal-road-crews-to-blow-up/63143771/
• https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thar-she-blows/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110717092953/http://tafkac.org/animals/exploding.whale/son_of_blubber.html
• https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KOdVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6114%2C3133152
• https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2020/11/12/fifty-years-later-florence-oregon-embraces-tale-exploding-whale/6259171002/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/us/exploding-whale-memorial-park.html
• https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/1abd0qa/a_whale_carcass_explodes_on_a_beach_in_florence/
• https://emeralds.milbstore.com/collections/exploding-whales/Department_T-Shirts
• https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/history/florence-oregon-whale-explosion-history/
• https://katu.com/news/local/exploding-whale-day-54-years-since-whale-infamously-blown-up-on-oregon-beach
• https://katu.com/news/local/florence-locals-celebrate-50th-anniversary-of-exploding-whale-11-15-2020#
• https://www.theexplodingwhale.com/
• https://www.amazon.com/Exploding-Whale-Other-Remarkable-Stories/dp/1558687432/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1WZMJGBW9ZM3H&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TRp-LQjLHkqwOdOo5q1UTlZ2g6xk_ayAssrLOKY-BCvVZ1Bwd7aYyvy7DLz4U5rzJHK7itIJbj5FMEcKnifeRA.A-jFUoQiUAcIqrD-CdtVscoIDSS7amVZBWa8osHnxW8&dib_tag=se&keywords=exploding+whale+book&qid=1748144103&sprefix=exploding+whale+book%2Caps%2C337&sr=8-1
• https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/registerguard/name/walter-umenhofer-obituary?id=17951162