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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]
On November 12, 1970, Florence was the site of a famous scene when the Oregon Department of Transportation used 20 cases of explosives to try to blow up a dead beached whale, with unintended consequences. [9] [unreliable source?] [10] [11] [12] In 2020, residents voted to name a new park Exploding Whale Memorial Park. [13]
A town in Oregon renamed one of its parks after a rotting beached whale carcass town officials exploded 50 years prior. In November 1970, the Oregon Highway Division attempted to dispose of a ...
Pieces of dead whale went everywhere including the beach, bystanders, a parking lot and a park, severely damaging at least one car. [8] Willamette Week reports "The decision to publicly dynamite an enormous mammal has become one of Oregon's all-time most bizarre moments." [8] This became known as the "exploding whale incident". [9]
SeaWorld is planning on launching a new park in Abu Dhabi -- the new park will be lacking the signature feature of SeaWorld's past parks.
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).
An unusual journey. In her 26 years working with right whale sighting networks, Albert has seen right whales travel into the Gulf fewer than a half-dozen times.
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.