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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Nov 12, 2024, 06:44 AM Nov 12

On this day, November 12, 1970, a whale blowed up real good on the Oregon coast.

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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.



Hat tip, Dennis Donovan

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:10 AM: 50 Years Ago Today; Dead whale removal goes horribly wrong in Oregon 🐳 💥


Additional hat tip, regnaD kciN

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Harold! underpants Nov 12 #1
I moved to Oregon some 5 years later EYESORE 9001 Nov 12 #2

underpants

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1. Harold!
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 07:00 AM
Nov 12

There’s one part of the news story in which ch you can hear what sounds like and older woman chastising her husband. I think his name was Harold.

One of the funniest (long) news reports you’ll ever see.

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