a dead 45-foot 8-ton whale was found washed up in a beach
near Florence, Oregon,
the Oregon State Highway Division was tasked
with the problem of disposal, so, what did they decide to do to get rid of it?
.. [The carcass] couldn't be cut up and then
buried because no one wanted to cut it up. And it couldn't be burned. So
dynamite it was, some 20 cases or a half ton of it. The hope was that the long
dead Pacific gray whale would be almost disintegrated by the blast and that
small pieces still around after the explosion would be taken cared of by
seagulls and other scavengers ...
above is the infamous exploding whale video clip, have a look to see what happened when the dynamite was set off, now you may have thought that was the end of the story, but not so, you can now enjoy in the the city of Florence, Oregon, a new municipal park
named Exploding Whale Memorial Park. The name was selected by a
poll of citizens, and commemorates the infamous 1970 incident above, the ensuing
disaster became a tale to be told for generations,
and now the event will live
on forever in the Florence park, they even have a mascot named Flo, seen
above, you can read more about the park, and the exploding whale, at
Oregon Live, I wonder if they dug up any of the remains?
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