Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oregon is known nationally for its trees and outdoor recreation, but what about the exploding whale? In November 1970, a dead ...
An Oregon highway engineer who blew up a dead beached whale with a half-ton of dynamite in 1970 has died at the age of 84. George Thomas Thornton gained national attention over the exploding whale, ...
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Oregon’s exploding whale became a bizarre public disaster
Oregon’s attempt to remove a dead sperm whale by explosion became a chaotic and cautionary tale.
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