Murdoch’s film “Oh, Whale,” a journalist reflects on a weird, odorous story that defined his career—and on what it taught him ...

Florence's weekend festival honors the infamous 1970 incident with film screenings and live music from The Exploding Whales.

The anniversary of one of Oregon's most "explosive" events is coming soon and the Lane County community that made history 56 ...

Florence is once again celebrating the town's strangest claim to fame — the day officials tried to blow up a beached whale and sent blubber raining down on a parking lot. The coastal Oregon town will ...

In 1970, officials in Florence, Oregon used dynamite to dispose of a beached whale, but the explosion sent chunks of blubber raining down on spectators and nearby cars.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everyone remembers the Florence exploding whale of 1970 (pictured), but Warrenton beat them by several years in the exploding ...