A lot of Americans mentally record where they were and what they were doing when they first heard that the Berlin Wall had fallen, John F. Kennedy was shot and the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded. But one famous tragedy has remained suspiciously ignored, until now.
This week marked the 39th anniversary of Oregon's famed "exploding whale," a beached whale that washed up on the shores of Florence, Oregon. Officials exploded it with almost half a ton of dynamite because they couldn't think of another way to remove the sea creature from the beach. We know go to reporter Paul Linnman who was live at the scene...
[via The Exploding Whale]
Remembering the most famous exploded whale in TV history
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11-14-2009 @ 9:46AM
HD said...
There are other famous exploding whales? Guess I've been out of the loop.
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11-14-2009 @ 10:22AM
Mike Poole said...
Oh, the humanity!
"As God is my witness, I thought whales would blow up."
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11-14-2009 @ 10:35AM
ME said...
Humans suck
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11-14-2009 @ 11:36AM
Dave said...
They're falling like bags of wet cement!
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11-14-2009 @ 12:09PM
C.A. said...
The fact that people thought this was a good idea just cracks me up. Truly hilarious. I feel sorry for the whale, but it was already dead at least. So funny.
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11-14-2009 @ 2:16PM
HD said...
Now we know what Rush Limbaugh's funeral will be like.
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11-14-2009 @ 3:13PM
Mary said...
I'll light the cord for that one.
11-15-2009 @ 3:40PM
Rob said...
Ah, Oregonians... The hillbillies of the west.
"So what do ya figure we should do with this here whale?"
"Well,.. I recon the best way would be to tow it out to sea and let nature take it's course"
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"Nah,.. that's too much work. Where do we keep the dynamite?"
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12-01-2009 @ 10:40AM
mdk said...
We's don't like outsiders movin' here tuh God's Own Kuntry of Oregon. We'uns gots a nice li'l inbreeding thang goin' on 'round here'abouts!
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