On November 12, 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon, posing a major disposal challenge. The Oregon Highway Division decided to blow it up with half a ton of dynamite ...

The sleepy town of Florence, Oregon, became the setting for one of the most bizarre news stories in American history. An eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore, measuring a whopping forty-five feet in ...

Man behind Oregon's infamous exploding whale dies By Elizabeth Chuck, Staff Writer, NBC News An engineer who blew up a whale carcass in Oregon using some 20 cases of dynamite has died, but the biggest ...