Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sight. The scavengers. The smell. These were the main problems Oregonians were facing when a dead sperm whale washed up on a ...

Happy botched whale corpse disposal day to you and yours. Just last year, Florence Mayor Rob Ward stood in front of a small crowd at Exploding Whale Memorial Park to announce that the whole month of ...

In 1970, a massive sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon, creating a public problem officials didn’t know how to solve. With crowds gathering and decay setting in, authorities approved an ...

The word “meme” didn’t exist when Paul Linnman and Doug Brazil—a KATU-TV reporter and cameraman, respectively—chartered a flight from Portland to Florence one cool November day in 1970, and the notion ...

Planning a movie night with 'The Exploding Whale of Florence, Oregon' on your favorite screen? Tracking down where to stream, rent, buy, or watch where to stream or rent this directed movie can be a ...

Eager to clear a popular beach in the US of a beached sperm whale, local authorities hatched upon a dramatic solution on November 12, 1970. The 14m sperm whale was too heavy and in too difficult a ...