In an attempt to solve a “whale-sized” problem, Oregon officials blew up a beached whale with dynamite. What followed was chaos, carnage, and airborne blubber.

Oregon is known nationally for its trees and outdoor recreation, but what about the exploding whale? In November 1970, a dead sperm whale washed up on a beach near Florence on the Oregon Coast.

It wasn’t that long ago that an Exploding Whale Day seemed like a wild idea, a fever dream born from a viral video pulled out of the depths of Oregon history, but in Florence the event has ...

The whale will naturally decompose ... use dynamite to blow up a dead whale that washed ashore in southern Oregon. The exploding whale incident wouldn't happen now, Boothe said, noting how ...

And, after the episode’s end credits rolled, there was one more glimpse of the KATU footage of the whale exploding in Oregon.

The original exploding whale incident that happened decades ago in Oregon is now so famous there’s a memorial park in its honor on the Siuslaw River near where it happened.

In the latest edition of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness wraps up the latest outdoors news and includes a handful of fun places to travel in February. Urness also highlights two great ...

The Eugene Emeralds decided to revisit this dramatic incident in Oregon history with the hope ... the temporary re-brand’s homage to the exploding whale “is a lesson and learning from our ...