Gallery of Information

55th Anniversary Coverage (2025)

• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver via Eugene Emeralds

• 5 Minor League promos that John Oliver hilariously highlighted on Last Week Tonight

• City of Florence Proclamation

• More to come!

 

54th Anniversary Coverage (2024)

• KEZI - Florence community celebrates 54 years since whale blown up on beach 

• KEZI Newscast on 11/11/24

• KEZI Newscast on 11/12/24

• Oregon Coast Beach Connection - Florence's Exploding Whale Memorial Celebration Gets Early Start on Oregon Coast's Famed Blunder

• Siuslaw News - Florence celebrates the exploding whale

• KPIC - Happy Anniversary: 54 years later, Oregon still can't get enough of its exploding whale

• KATU - Happy Anniversary: 54 years later, Oregon still can't get enough of its exploding whale

• Register Guard - Why did Oregon blow up a whale on the coast 54 years ago? Remembering exploding whale day

• The Oregonian - Exploding Whale Day now a full-fledged holiday on the Oregon coast. Here’s how to celebrate

• EverOut.com

• YahooLife! via Register Guard

• PassangerBooks.com - Exploding Whale Day

• Central Oregon Daily - No, Oregon isn't going to blow up a whale carcass on the North Coast

• KOIN - Oregon State Parks says they won’t blow up beached whale carcass

• Siuslaw News - Whale of a Tale: Crisis Communications Keynote Announced for the People's Coast Summit

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53rd Anniversary Coverage (2023)

• The Story Of Oregon’s Exploding Whale And The Wild Footage Left Behind

• Emeralds Announce “Exploding Whale” Alternate Identity

• CNN - This baseball team chose an exploding whale as its new identity

 

52nd Anniversary Coverage (2022)​

• Siuslaw News - Portland Pickles pay homage to our history

• The Oregonian - Watch the Portland Pickles explode a giant whale replica
  to remember a piece of Oregon history

• Portland Pickles Exploding Whale Night Video

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51st Anniversary Coverage (2021)​

• NewportNewsTimes - Florence celebrates ‘The Exploding Whale’

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50th Anniversary Coverage (2020)

• Siuslaw News - 50 years of Florence’s (in)famous ‘whale tale’

• Register Guard - After 50 years, the exploding whale still lives as the oddest moment in the history of Florence 

• BeachConnection.net - Wacky Oregon Coast History: Nov. 12 is Happy Exploding Whale Day, New Facts

• The Oregonian - Oregon’s exploding whale, 50 years later: 10 ways to celebrate the big blast of blubber

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49th Anniversary Coverage (2019)

• KATU News - Oregon's infamous whale explosion occurred on this day 49 years ago

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48th Anniversary Coverage (2018)

• Siuslaw News - Groups commemorate 48th anniversary of Florence’s famous fail

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General Media Coverage

• AtlasObscura.com - Exploding Whale Memorial Park

• Metro.co.uk - Council uses exploding whale analogy to tell people to listen to the experts

• Wired.com - What's the Pressure Inside an Exploding Whale?

• iflscience.com - The US Forest Service Guide To Completely Obliterating A Horse With Explosives

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Other ode to the Whale

• Corvid Sketcher John Perry Post