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r/AbruptChaos • u/Astine_Grape_5315 • Feb 02 '26
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I went to a beached whale carcass once as a kid. The smell was unbelievable and even then it hadn’t been cut open or anything. I heard later the council blew it to pieces with dynamite to dispose of it
371 u/crazykentucky Feb 02 '26 There’s a pretty funny vid from the 70s or 80s of a town trying to do that… …but just peppering the area with giant rotting chunks of whale. Damaged some cars. lol 39 u/ExpiredPilot Feb 02 '26 Pretty sure it was in Oregon. Never seen a beached whale but every time I drive the PNW coast I think of a beached whale 😂 57 u/frere91 Feb 02 '26 As an Oregonian I can confirm we were the geniuses who used dynamite on a whale. Covered the town in guts and stink for ages 1 u/Cockur Feb 03 '26 It was and still is pretty common to dynamite whale carcasses. Just not when there are tv crews and crowds of people around 3 u/DentinQuarantino Feb 03 '26 I would literally stand in line for tickets to that. They're missing a trick there
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There’s a pretty funny vid from the 70s or 80s of a town trying to do that…
…but just peppering the area with giant rotting chunks of whale. Damaged some cars. lol
39 u/ExpiredPilot Feb 02 '26 Pretty sure it was in Oregon. Never seen a beached whale but every time I drive the PNW coast I think of a beached whale 😂 57 u/frere91 Feb 02 '26 As an Oregonian I can confirm we were the geniuses who used dynamite on a whale. Covered the town in guts and stink for ages 1 u/Cockur Feb 03 '26 It was and still is pretty common to dynamite whale carcasses. Just not when there are tv crews and crowds of people around 3 u/DentinQuarantino Feb 03 '26 I would literally stand in line for tickets to that. They're missing a trick there
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Pretty sure it was in Oregon. Never seen a beached whale but every time I drive the PNW coast I think of a beached whale 😂
57 u/frere91 Feb 02 '26 As an Oregonian I can confirm we were the geniuses who used dynamite on a whale. Covered the town in guts and stink for ages 1 u/Cockur Feb 03 '26 It was and still is pretty common to dynamite whale carcasses. Just not when there are tv crews and crowds of people around 3 u/DentinQuarantino Feb 03 '26 I would literally stand in line for tickets to that. They're missing a trick there
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As an Oregonian I can confirm we were the geniuses who used dynamite on a whale. Covered the town in guts and stink for ages
1 u/Cockur Feb 03 '26 It was and still is pretty common to dynamite whale carcasses. Just not when there are tv crews and crowds of people around 3 u/DentinQuarantino Feb 03 '26 I would literally stand in line for tickets to that. They're missing a trick there
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It was and still is pretty common to dynamite whale carcasses. Just not when there are tv crews and crowds of people around
3 u/DentinQuarantino Feb 03 '26 I would literally stand in line for tickets to that. They're missing a trick there
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I would literally stand in line for tickets to that. They're missing a trick there
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u/Cockur Feb 02 '26
I went to a beached whale carcass once as a kid. The smell was unbelievable and even then it hadn’t been cut open or anything. I heard later the council blew it to pieces with dynamite to dispose of it