Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sight. The scavengers. The smell. These were the main problems Oregonians were facing when a dead sperm whale washed up on a ...
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 ...
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The exploding whale incident
In an attempt to solve a “whale-sized” problem, Oregon officials blew up a beached whale with dynamite. What followed was ...
We continue our Amazing America 250 celebration by bringing it back to our region.We are once again looking at the story of the Overmountain Men of our region a Unsolved: The murder of Sharon ...
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 ...
Gov. Hochul is pushing a new plan to cut red tape and accelerate housing and infrastructure development. Lawmakers continue pushing for safety changes on Route 7 WRGB- Calls for safety changes along ...
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The Exploding Whale Incident – Oregon
In 1970, officials in Florence, Oregon, tried to dispose of a beached whale using dynamite—sparking one of the strangest and most infamous events in news history. Heavy snow warning as up to 10 inches ...
Reporter Paul Linnman and photographer Doug Brazil visited the Oregon Coast on November 12, 1970 during what eventually became known as the Exploding Whale Incident. (KATU) FLORENCE, Ore. (Amazing ...
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