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Remembering the most famous exploded whale in TV history

by Danny Gallagher, posted Nov 14th 2009 9:00AM

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]

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mdk

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!

December 01 2009 at 10:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob

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?"

November 15 2009 at 3:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Guess Who

Now we know what Rush Limbaugh's funeral will be like.

November 14 2009 at 2:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Mary

I'll light the cord for that one.

November 14 2009 at 2:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
C.A.

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.

November 14 2009 at 12:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave

They're falling like bags of wet cement!

November 14 2009 at 11:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Deb

Humans suck

November 14 2009 at 10:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike Poole

Oh, the humanity!

"As God is my witness, I thought whales would blow up."

November 14 2009 at 10:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Guess Who

There are other famous exploding whales? Guess I've been out of the loop.

November 14 2009 at 9:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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