Florence, Oregon, marks 56th 'Exploding Whale' anniversary with events
Happy Exploding Whale Day to all who celebrate! 🐋💥 youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...
David Eoll3I know the actual incident occurred in the early 70s, but in 1998 it became one of the first "viral videos". It took hours to download. 😂
HarrisEve2This is what the Internet was made for Thank you kind person
putinhas no idea 🇵🇸1Great moment in history. Thank you for reminding us
e.w. niedermeyer141a tradition like no other...
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE119feels like it comes earlier every year
letithappenalreadymama6send this video to your 12yo family members
Reweth 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦🐦⬛4One of my favorite tidbits of information is that removal of animal carcasses with explosives is an actual accepted practice, with manuals and tables. It just doesn't scale to something the size and construction of a whale. lemurking.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Lazear4This and Edmund Fitzgerald day falling so close together means November really should national maritime heritage month.
Andrew 🇿🇦 Davis3Ah, those were the good ol' days (of meat explosions).
Brandon Bishop3I really hope there's an oral history project that goes through all the decision making that led to this....
Stinque3We were an hour east in Eugene, didn’t get any on us.
Keith W. Dickinson2Every tech bro with a bright idea.
Ladies, Gentlemen, those in between or undecided. Today is the anniversary of the Oregon Highways Division's finest hour. youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...
Upside Downie5It’s right up there with the WKRP Turkey Drop
Nate is waking up 3It's sad that despite the aggressive success of this operation, this methodology was not more widely adopted.
The Brisco & Bucky Adventure Show3My parents were living in Florence when that happened (they heard the blast, but didn't see it first-hand) so every time we drove along the coast for the rest of my childhood, I had to hear the story. Of course, this was all pre-internet, so I was in my 30s before I ever actually saw the video.
Ecogrrl2This makes me laugh every dang time it crosses my timeline
the Oregon exploding whale was very much the inspiration for the kaiju carcass in my books, since nobody wanted a repeat of the exploding whale and everybody decided to just leave the kaiju carcass in the middle of Portland and put a food cart pod in front of it.
donrowlett.bsky.social8We are attending the exploding whale anniversary Festival in Florence this weekend! thatoregonlife.com/2026/11/flor...
Alana Storm3Going to be really disappointed in the fictional city government when they shutter the food cart pod and build a luxury hotel out of the kaiju carcass.
And in other excellent news today, it’s also the anniversary of The Exploding Whale of Oregon
Odd This Day10...which you can read unrolled, if you like
Bob Malone4Th early internet really gave life to this obscure news report, and after this and frog in a blender, I really feel like it’s all been downhill ever since.
Jon Hendry1First time I saw that was, oddly enough, in 1994 on a video projector at Swiss Bank Corporation’s office at the Chicago Board of Trade, at my first job out of college. It was a bit surreal.
Dutchscientist 🚴👨🎓 & Meg the Tuxie 😺1That one I still remember!
I vividly remember moving from California to Oregon at age ~10, observing the amount of media and popular attention the whole exploding whale situation still enjoyed after more than 20 years, and realizing how profoundly backwater the entire damn state is
e.w. niedermeyer39happily, I have grown as a person, and now regard Oregon as a bunch of absolute yokels (laudatory)
jamesdolson.bsky.social3California has never produced anything nearly as majestic as this exploding whale news report. Oregon should hold it's head high with pride at the pinacle of both modern and media culture.
"However, everyone on the scene was covered in small particles of dead whale." Happy Exploding Whale Day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CL...
Island of Reil3RFK Jr. unavailable for comment
Bear Real Last Name Unknown2Happy Exploding Whale Day to all who celebrate, which needs to be all of you because this. THIS is America's greatest boundary waters disaster ever. The Edmund Fitzgerald was tragic, yes, and haunts us to this day The exploding whale? This shit is GREAT
