Oregon’s Exploding Whale - 1970 KATU (original report)
[theexplodingwhale.com] The original footage of the exploding whale first appeared on KATU Channel 2 Portland, OR, in 1970. The story was reported by Paul Linnman; the photographer was Doug Brazil. This is the lower-quality, unabridged report from 1970.
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i love America… they do it simple and easy.
I tell ya, I get no respect. Other day, I’m sleepin’ on the beach in Portland, some schmuck lays dynamite by my side blows me up. Turns out it was my wife! Oh, I tell ya, no respect, no respect at all.
landblubber newsmen?
oh, 70’s, you crack me up.
HWALE.
love the way he says that
I wish I could have watched this live. I was born too late, they would never do this again.
whale fail
only in america
poor whalesoul
Who the hell thought it was a good idea to blow it up?
faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail.
because the blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds
lol thats awesome they all get hit by whale debris lmfao they have to flee the site while get pwned by whale fire
‘the seagulls had been standing nearby all day’
The message here is don’t blow up whales?
I remember reading a book as a kid based on a story like this, only the kid in the book had to go into the whale to plant the dynamite, and left his watch in there…
The whale couldnt take it anymore.
haha wow this is is hilarious
the car deserved it! effing dumb humans!
what the fuck where they thinking!?!? hahaa
Wow, I live near there…
HAHA That just made my day ” the seagulls were nowhere in sight to clean up the mess as thought”
“the chunks were so big that no respectable seagull would tackle it anyway”
HWAYLE
Got a problem? blow it up!
All the whale wanted was a Bonghit it Portland, ughhhhh Rednecks
BWHAHAHHA LOL