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EPISODE · Jun 17, 2020 · 8 MIN

Witness Recalls the Exploding Whale

from The John Oakley Show · host AM640 / Curiouscast

You can now visit the Exploding Whale Memorial Park on the Oregon coast. It was fifty years ago that the state of Oregon made the mistake of using dynamite to dislodge a beached whale. Kelly Umenhofer was there that day as a 13 year old boy. He joins the John Oakley Show to explain exactly what happened on that day in 1970 in Florence, Oregon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You can now visit the Exploding Whale Memorial Park on the Oregon coast. It was fifty years ago that the state of Oregon made the mistake of using dynamite to dislodge a beached whale. Kelly Umenhofer was there that day as a 13 year old boy. He joins the John Oakley Show to explain exactly what happened on that day in 1970 in Florence, Oregon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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