It's raining .. whale?

I was talking with some friends the other day about the strangest and funniest videos we had come across over the years. Some of the best get mailed around over and over again. So I was quite surprised to hear they had not yet seen the video of the Oregon Highway Division using some creative techniques to dispose of a beached whale.

So, for your viewing pleasure.. here it is:


There is just something magical that happens when you mix a group of people who definitely rode the short bus to school with 20 cases of TNT and a 45 foot long, 8 ton whale. I was in awe when the Highway Division guy gets on camera and starts trying to be all serious in explaining their plan of attack for the impending explosion. You know his buddies were all off screen jumping up and down doing shots of moonshine, brimming with anticipation at yet another completely unecessary use of explosives.

For those of you having hard time understanding the Highway Division guy due to the accent, I have translated it for you.

Highway Guy: mummblemmmble.. DYNAMITE .. mmmblmmmble.. DEAD WHALE.. mmbllmm..BEEN DRINKING SINCE NOON .. mmmbl.. HEY GUYS! WATCH THIS!!

The new guy has some great comments in there as well such as:

"Where the blast blasted blubber beyond all reasonable bounds"

and

"Everyone at the scene was covered with chunk of dead whale."

Honestly.. it just doesn't get much better than that. Sure, there are lots of videos of uneducated rednecks and explosives on the net, but its usually a backyard thing that involves them removing their eyebrows and other facial hair or maybe a possum if they are feeling adventurous. This was epic. A rotting, 8 ton whale carcass. 20 Cases of TNT. The smart supervisor on vacation. A news team there to capture it all. Priceless.

The announcer at the end says that he hope the next time a whale washes up in that county that they will know what not to do. Screw that. Let's make a reality TV show out of that group of rocket surgeons touring around the country blowing up other dead animals. Cmon.. as much as you hate to admit it, you would watch that show. How can you not?

Based on the microphone the guy is holding and the general look of him, I'm guessing that film is from a couple of decades ago. Its quite possible those highway division guys are still sitting around the bar on a Friday night drinking and saying to each other, "Hey you guys member when we blowded up that whale?"

It takes a special person to mastermind a plan to cover 50+ people in chunks of rotting whale flesh. Kudos to you Mr. OregonHighwayDepartmentEngineer guy! Let's all have another round and salute "The real men of genius"!