Earlier this year, we pointed out an article that suggested that the Exploding Whale may have been the first example of a viral video. Now the BBC is reporting that our beloved Exploding Whale video — which you can watch right here — is the fifth most watched viral video on the web! On the [...]

Just a quick blurb to make sure that the 36th anniversary of Oregon’s Exploding Whale does not go unnoticed. It was on November 12, 1970, that the Oregon Highway Division detonated a half-ton of dynamite around the rotting carcass of a sperm whale… and made history.
The date also marks the first anniversary of our [...]

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Another chapter in Oregon’s illustrious history of blowing stuff up was written at 7am on May 21, 2006 — a Sunday morning. 2,800 pounds of explosives were packed into about 3,000 separate holes drilled into the lower half of the cooling tower at the Trojan Nuclear Plant. (Yes, the plant was defunct prior [...]

Paul Linnman, the intrepid TV news reporter behind the exploding whale video, retired from TV in 2004 and now works at Oregon radio station KEX. In a recent article, The Oregonian newspaper asked several well-known Oregonians, including Linnman, about their coffee habits. Linnman started his comments by saying:
I have only two remaining addictions: Coffee and [...]

I have not got my paws on a copy yet, but Register-Guard columnist (and author, speaker, and teacher) Bob Welch — ardent fan of the Exploding Whale and whose columns have made regular mention of it — has a new book out called My Oregon. Here’s Bob’s description:
A collection of 100-plus Register-Guard columns written from [...]

Happy 35th anniversary to Oregon’s Exploding Whale! I think Bob Welch put it best in his recent column: This story isn’t about death. It’s about a whale that refuses to die. A whale that lives on.
Lives on indeed! News coverage of the anniversary continues…

Bob Welch: Tale of flying blubber keeps bubbling up - RegisterGuard.com [...]