There are few things more romantic than a dead, beached whale that's full of gas. Enter Killam as Darren, an older surfer who urges Gadget to skip the bonfire and meet him on the beach by an unusual ...

Boaters captured the gruesome scene of a dead whale bobbing in the ocean, letting out 'one final burp' before exploding- releasing blood and rotten guts. The 'National Geographic Moment' was observed ...

A council’s attempt to push the stay-at-home message using a cautionary tale of an exploding whale has struck a chord with social media users. Doncaster Council decided to recount the 1970 story of a ...

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 ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand authorities were cutting holes in 300 whale carcasses on Monday, popping the dead animals "like balloons", to avoid them exploding as they decompose on Golden Bay ...

On Thursday, Nov. 12, 1970, an event happened that put the town of Florence on the map. A highway engineer, faced with the need to dispose of an eight-ton whale carcass that had washed up on the beach ...

In 1970, near Florence, Ore., some 75 gawkers gathered on a local beach to gaze at the putrid 8 ton carcass of a 45 foot ...

On November 9, 1970, a gray whale about 45 feet (13.7 meters) long was washed ashore on the coast of the town of Florence, Oregon, USA. Oregon officials, who were in trouble, decided to 'explode the ...

Two weeks ago, “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” took one of the show’s pivots away from focusing on serious current topics to feature a hilarious segment on the over-the-top names, mascots, and ...

New Zealand authorities have been cutting holes in 300 whale carcasses, popping the dead animals "like balloons" to avoid them exploding as they decompose on Golden Bay after more than 600 whales ...