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In 2020, residents of Florence voted to name a new recreational area "Exploding Whale Memorial Park" in honor of the incident; [17] it also has a memorial plaque. [1] For the 50th anniversary of the event, KATU pulled the original 16 mm footage from the archives and released a remastered edition of the news report in 4K resolution. [18]
Paul Linnman (born January 25, 1947) [1] is an American former television news reporter and anchor in Portland, Oregon, and radio personality in the same city.He is perhaps best known for his 1970 KATU report on the attempt by the Oregon Highway Division to dispose of a dead, beached whale by exploding it (beaches open to motor vehicles are considered state highways in Oregon).
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There have been two real-life documented incidents of exploding whales.The better known explosion occurred in Florence, Oregon in 1970 when a dead Gray Whale was blown up by the Oregon Highway Division in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass and became famous when American humorist Dave Barry wrote about it in his newspaper column.
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Khloé Kardashian made some waves after revealing that she fears whales in the season 4 premiere of The Kardashians — and now she is being inundated with whale photos, videos and memes. “Can ...
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