Oregon Exploding Whale 50 Years Later: Watch the Remastered …
2020年11月12日 · 50 years ago, Oregon blew up a whale carcass with dynamite on live TV. Now, watch the remastered footage of one of the craziest local news segments ever.
Exploding whale - Wikipedia
A widely reported case of an exploding whale occurred in Florence, Oregon, in November 1970, when the Oregon Highway Division (now the Oregon Department of Transportation) blew up a decaying sperm whale with dynamite in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass. The explosion threw whale flesh around 800 feet (240 metres) away, and its odor ...
Dead Whale + Dynamite = Bad Idea - YouTube
2006年5月6日 · News Report from 1970 when an engineer in Oregon decided that the proper way to get rid of an 8 ton dead whale would be to dynamite it. Result? An exploding ...
‘It was like a blubber snowstorm’: Why Oregon blew up a whale in …
Here are the basic facts: On Nov. 9, 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton dead sperm whale washed up on the shore of the coastal town of Florence, Oregon. It was huge. It was stinky. And it needed to be gone...
50 Years Ago a Whale Exploded in Oregon, Now There's ... - Newsweek
2020年7月2日 · More than a hundred people showed up to witness the explosion, with officials hopeful that the dynamited whale would disintegrate into pieces small enough to be cleaned up by sea gulls. Instead,...
1970: Watch the video of the infamous ‘Oregon Exploding Whale’ incident ...
On Nov. 12, 1970, it was decided that the rotting carcass of an eight-ton sperm whale, which had washed up on the shore of a beach near Florence, Oregon, had to be removed.
12th November 1970: A dead whale is blown up with dynamite by …
2020年11月11日 · On 9 November a dead 45-foot long sperm whale weighing approximately 8 tons washed up on a beach south of the small city of Florence on the central Oregon coast. The decaying whale was...
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history ... - YouTube
2020年11月11日 · The infamous exploding whale incident occurred Nov. 12, 1970, in Florence, Oregon. A whale washed ashore on the Oregon beach and with no other means to dispose of it, officials came up with a...
Beached whale: Internet mourns Oregon man who dynamited dead whale …
2013年11月1日 · Beached whale: George Thomas Thornton, the well respected engineer whose 1970 decision to dynamite a 45-foot-long whale carcass led to caused an online sensation decades later, passed away on...
Why did Oregon blow up a whale? What to know for exploding whale …
2024年11月11日 · In November 1970, a dead sperm whale washed up on a beach near Florence on the Oregon Coast. To get rid of it, officials decided to put dynamite around it and blow it up. Here's why the whale...
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