Oregon D.O.T. Blows Up a Dead Whale
In 1970, an 8-ton, 45-foot-long sperm whale, dead for some time, washed up on the Pacific Ocean beach south of Florence, OR. After a while, it posed an interesting problem. It reeked! So, the Oregon Department of Transportation, who then had authority over beaches, decided the best thing to do was... Sign in to see full entry.