While this might not have been a pleasant story to cover, according to Linman it was a career defining moment: "It’s something that reoccurs in my life in one way or another every single day. It would not have been a pleasant way to go. Linman said that on the day he feared for his life: "It was soon raining down on all of us… it became louder and louder until you realise, wow, if one of these chunks hits me, I'm a goner."
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Authorities, the Eugene Register-Guard reported, buried the carcasses instead. In 1979, when forty-one sperm whales beached themselves and died on a beach south of Florence, the possibility of blasting the carcasses to bits with dynamite was quickly passed over.
EXPLODING WHALE TV
This beloved tale has reared its head once more, after Great Big Story tracked down Paul Linman, the TV journalist who covered the event. The tale of the exploding whale was a cautionary one. Yes, the whole ridiculous debacle exemplified the phrase "it seemed like a good idea at the time". One particularly large section ended up crushing a car.Īmazingly no one was seriously injured, but everyone present was showered in stinking whale viscera. There have been several cases of exploding whale carcasses due to a buildup of gas in the decomposition process. Well, you only need to watch the video to see the scale of the devastation.Ĭhunks of red hot whale blubber exploded into the air, showering onlookers who ran from the scene. The infamous KATU Exploding Whale video has remastered To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the infamous beached whale incident that took place in Florence, Oregon on November 12th 1970, the.
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