On this, the 37th anniversary of Oregon’s Exploding Whale, let us engage in a little thought experiment.
For a moment, just pause and reflect upon all those things in your life that you take way too seriously… that cause you to lose sleep or to sleep too much… that create stress and anxiety in your life. [...]

Southern California has recently been confronted with figuring out how best to dispose of a huge, 60-ton blue whale carcass. The rotting hulk was towed into harbor for examination by scientists on September 22, and after being dissected and having several internal organs removed, the whale was towed out to sea. A few days later, [...]

Way up in the northwestern corner of Oregon is the small town of Clatskanie. Despite being over 200 miles away from where Oregon’s infamous whale made its debut, it lays claim to its own unique connections to the Exploding Whale.
In an editorial in The Clatskanie Chief, publisher and editor Deborah Steele Hazen writes, “There [...]

Register-Guard columnist and perennial exploding whale enthusiast Bob Welch has once again referenced Oregon’s exploding whale in one of his columns.
In “Dozer, not dynamite, eases whale’s final passage” — part of his “Where are they now?” series — Welch discusses the fate of the 40-foot gray whale that recently washed up on Oregon’s [...]

On Sunday, May 27, 2007, the carcass of a 40-foot California Gray Whale washed up on a beach near Seal Rock, Oregon, a mere 40 or so miles north of where Oregon’s original exploding whale incident occurred. Scientists have been unable to determine a cause of death. The whale will be buried in a nearby [...]

As the Register-Guard’s resident exploding whale-lover, Bob Welch has written about Oregon’s exploding whale several times. See what happened when he recently asked readers to submit their top 4 made-in-Oregon movies.