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 ...

Fifty-five years ago, a dead sperm whale washed ashore near Florence — and what happened next became one of the most infamous moments in state history. Engineers from the Oregon Highway Division, ...

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 ...

Happy botched whale corpse disposal day to you and yours. Just last year, Florence Mayor Rob Ward stood in front of a small crowd at Exploding Whale Memorial Park to announce that the whole month of ...

1970年11月9日、アメリカ・オレゴン州のフローレンスという町の海岸に、体長約45フィート(13.7メートル)のコククジラが漂着しました。処理に困ったオレゴン州当局は「クジラを爆破解体する」という決定を下し、見物客やTVカメラの前でダイナマイトを使っ ...

The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The ...