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A widely reported case of an exploding whale occurred in Florence, Oregon, in November 1970, when the Oregon Highway Division (now the Oregon Department of Transportation) blew up a decaying sperm whale with dynamite in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass. The explosion threw whale flesh around 800 feet (240 metres) away, and its odor ...
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).
The explosion of animals is an uncommon event arising from natural causes or human activity. Among the best known examples are the post-mortem explosion of whales, either as a result of natural decomposition or deliberate attempts at carcass disposal. [1] Other instances of exploding animals are defensive in nature or the result of human ...
Eastern North Pacific blues found off California are estimated to be about 1,500 animals,” the company wrote in another caption. Credit: Capt. Dave’s Whale Watching via Storyful
Capt. Dani Fasser was sitting off the coast of Southern California with a group of whale watchers. The Catallac, a boat from the whale-watching company Newport Landing, sat about 9 miles from the ...
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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.
Dana Point, where the footage was filmed, was crowned the dolphin and whale watching capital of the world in 2019, according to Capt. Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari.