On this day – November 12th 1970 – A whale was blown up in Oregon
Often referred to as the exploding whale is the incidence where the Oregon Highway Division tried to dispose of a whale corpse by blowing it up. A 7300 kg sperm whale was beached in Florence Oregon on the central Oregon Coast. The idea was that dynamite would disintegrate the whale into tiny pieces, small enough for scavengers to dispose of. The final load was half a ton of dynamite. A military veteran with explosives training advised the team to use less then the 20 cases of dynamite. The final explosion created large pieces that were flung in several direction and caused damages even to cars far away. The scavenger birds did not aid the process as believed, it was believed that they were frightened by the blast. The result can be viewed in the youtube movie below.
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