The Exploding Whale Incident is one of the strangest, most memorable mishaps in American local history. On November 12, 1970, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Happy botched whale corpse disposal day to you and yours. Just last year, Florence Mayor Rob Ward stood in front of a small crowd ...
The word “meme” didn’t exist when Paul Linnman and Doug Brazil—a KATU-TV reporter and cameraman, respectively—chartered a flight from Portland to Florence one cool November day in 1970, and the notion ...
The sleepy town of Florence, Oregon, became the setting for one of the most bizarre news stories in American history. An eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore, measuring a whopping forty-five feet in ...
In 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon. The Oregon State Highway Division decided to dispose of the carcass using dynamite. Florence will celebrate the 55th ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When a whale dies in the ocean, an ecosystem grows around its ...
As ICE creates new deportation centers, Newport, on the quirky, impossibly beautiful Oregon coast finds itself a battleground in Trump’s war on immigrants. It’s not alone as ICE plans for hosts of ...
These whales are not just icons of the Salish Sea, they are living connections to place, culture, and history. In B.C. and Washington, First Nations and Tribes have long-held, deep relationships with ...