This is funny

[Hardnotty]

http://perp.com/whale/video.html

[Spelled~Wrong]

oh man....DUCK!......he he he...I love it!

[gbpack4]

It takes a while to download the video, but it is well worth the wait.

Here's more on the story:

On November 12, 1970, the Oregon State Highway Department performed the detonation, in an attempt to remove a beached whale, discovered dead on the shore five days earlier, upwind from the coastal town of Florence. The decision was made to disintegrate the whale with explosives, with the belief that it would be broken down into small fragments that would then be picked up by gulls, crabs and other scavengers. Twenty 50 lb. cases of dynamite were placed under the 45 foot Pacific Gray whale, and a quarter mile radius was cleared of spectators for safety. The explosion, captured on film by several news teams, was more vigorous than anticipated, and many in attendance were hit by whale debris. Much of the whale carcass remained unexploded on the beach, and was buried where it laid. Nobody was injured, though everyone in attendance was coated in a " sticky film" by the ensuing cloud of rotting whale vapor. The most damage was suffered by a car parked 450 yards from the blast site. A 1970 Oldsmobile, owned by Walter Umenhofer, was struck by a large blubber fragment, which entirely flattened the roof, effectively totaling the car. The car had been purchased two days earlier from Dunham Olds in Eugene, a dealership then advertising "A Whale of a Deal".