Nov 122023
 

On November 12, 1970, a 45-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed up on the beach at Florence, Oregon. What unfolded next has become an epic representation of taking a bad idea and running with it.

The Oregon Highway Division, lacking experience in whale carcass disposal but high on creativity, decided that dynamite was the way. — Read the rest

External feed Read More at the Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/11/12/happy-oregon-tried-to-explode-a-whale-day.html

 2023-11-12

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.