tags: dead whale, blast from the past, humor, streaming video
This video documents what happens when a dead beached whale, half a ton of dynamite, and an exclusion zone that was way too small all interact on an Oregon beach [2:35]
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Welcome to day 2 of sea monster week. This time the featured 'monster' is a beached carcass: it washed ashore at what was then called Moore's Beach (it's now Natural Bridges State Beach), just north-west of Santa Cruz, California, in 1925 and, while identified correctly in virtually all of the…
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Was a bowl of petunias involved too?
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No, the petunias are smarter then that.
I was there!!! Not actually for the explosion, but the day before. I was a small kid at the time. Along with all residents of Florence at the time, we had to go see what all of the news was about. You know you live in a small town when the whole family takes an outing to see a rotting carcass! Great fun! Not to be topped was an occurrence on the same beach a few years later when 21 whales washed up. Learning from the first mistake, they decided to burn these. What a wonderful week that was! Thanks for the memories!
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Was a bowl of petunias involved too?
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Not obscure at all to anyone who knows where their towel is.
Great comment, Bob. This must be one of the granddaddies of viral videos, and it's still one of my favorites (along with Pinky the Cat).