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Related: About this forumOn November 12, 1970, a whale blowed up real good on the Oregon coast.
Hat tip, Dennis Donovan
Thu Nov 12, 2020: 50 Years Ago Today; Dead whale removal goes horribly wrong in Oregon 🐳 💥
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#OTD in 1970, the Oregon Highway Division consulted with the U.S. Navy and decided the best way to dispose of a whale carcass was to blow it up with a 1/2 ton of dynamite. The explosion caused blubber to rain down on spectators for over a 1/4 of a mile. The TV segment is classic.
A five-foot chunk of the whale hit a new Oldsmobile that spectator Walter Umenhofer had bought at a dealer's "whale of a deal" promotion. Due to the physical damage and the smell that permeated the car, insurance covered the full retail value of the Olds.
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On November 12, 1970, a whale blowed up real good on the Oregon coast. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2022
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calimary
(84,385 posts)1. Sheesh!
I guess that would qualify as an act of God.
PSPS
(14,145 posts)2. Did Billy Sol Hurok cover this too?
Maybe he was still working the fields back then.
twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)3. George Costanza could have saved it.
bahboo
(16,953 posts)4. a classic moment of dumbassery....
brush
(57,630 posts)5. Well, that was dumb. How could they think that would work?