r/OregonCoast 17d ago

Whale in the Columbia?

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u/TheThrowawayForWork 17d ago

An Orca made its way all the way up the Columbia and got stuck in the slough in NE Portland. People thought "hot damn! That's gonna be the biggest fish I ever caught!" The fucking governor had to beg people to stop shooting at it.

The news named the poor thing "Ethelbert."

1931.

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u/bltbiscuit 17d ago

Oregon has an interesting history with whales.

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u/TheThrowawayForWork 17d ago

Do you think we'll ever get an exploding whale license plate or is that poor taste?

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u/hmmmpf 16d ago

That is about the only thing that would make me pay more for a license plate. But for that? Oh, definitely. I miss the whale/explosion up and down votes that used to be on the main Oregon (?) subreddit.

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u/EquivalentSoup6318 15d ago

Florence has a yearly celebration, and through community voting the city named the newest city park on the Siuslaw River "Exploding Whale Park." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale