It all began on November 9 when a gray whale washed up on the beach at Florence. (Still shot above from the video clip by KATU).įor about a decade now, November 12, the day it happened, has actually acquired the greeting of “Happy Exploding Whale Day.” You find the salutation mostly on the internet every anniversary of the event, but you’ll occasionally hear it shouted in Portland, Oregon bars that week as state residents revel in the quirky milestone that brought some interesting attention to it.Įvery year, it seems, new fun facts about the Exploding Whale come to light, including a goofy celebration held by locals, Exploding Whale Day’s connection to another infamous Oregon resident, and more. The infamous Exploding Whale of the Oregon coast was a remarkable and bizarre event back in 1970 in the little town of Florence, but it reached an insane and ever-growing legend status over the decades since.
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