Raining blubber

by · November 13, 2020

Screenshot from KATU news video as Oregon State Highway Division engineers blow up a sperm whale carcass with a half-ton of dynamite.
Fifty years ago, engineers used 20 cases of dynamite to clear eight tons of rotting sperm whale from a beach at Florence, Oregon.

The blast, made famous by Miami Herald humorist Dave Barry, resulted in chunks of stinking flesh raining down over a wide area, damaging cars and terrifying spectators.

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