In 1970, a 45 foot long, eight ton whale washed up on the beach near Florence, Oregon. Local officials weren’t sure what to do with the stinking, decomposing whale - so they decided to get rid of it by blowing it up with half a ton of dynamite. This is the story of the Exploding Whale of Florence.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale

https://www.xplodingwhale.com/

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/florence_whale_explosion/

https://davebarry.substack.com/p/the-exploding-whale

Watch the whale blow up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir34

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