The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Highway_Division" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Oregon Highway Division">Oregon Highway Division</a> attempts to destroy a rotting beached <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_whale" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sperm whale">sperm whale</a> with explosives, leading to the now infamous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale#Sperm_whale_explosion_by_George_Thornton_of_the_Florence-Oregon_whale" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Exploding whale">"exploding whale"</a> incident.