When an eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore on the Oregon coast, officials believed dynamite was the fastest way to remove the rotting carcass. Instead, the massive explosion launched huge pieces of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florence, Oregon, is famous for an exploding whale, but the town has much more to offer. It sits near the Oregon Dunes National ...
In 1970, officials in Oregon thought they had found the perfect solution to a massive whale carcass that had washed ashore: ...
Home to the Oregon coast’s infamous exploding whale incident, Florence has a lot more going for it than its most notorious footnote. About a three-hour drive south from Portland, the coastal city ...