Marking the 52nd anniversary of the day Florence, OR. blew up a whale.

"“The beach erupted in a 100-foot-high column of sand and whale,” Larry Bacon reported in the Register-Guard. “Chunks of the animal flew in every direction, and spectators began to scream and run for cover when they glimpsed large pieces soaring directly overhead.” A sedan parked near the onlookers was crushed by a large chunk of blubber"

Yes, a whale. Yes, with dynamite. Yes, there are pictures.