On Wednesday, the parks department posted to Facebook clarifying that it has no plans to blow up the whale carcass, citing a post making the rounds that claimed otherwise. Detonation comes up practically every time there’s a beached cetacean in Oregon, as people relive the infamous exploding whale incident of 1970. “History isn’t repeating itself,” the parks department wrote on Facebook. “It isn’t happening.” Click the link in our bio to read more Photo courtesy of Oregon State Parks #Oregon #OregonCoast #ExplodingWhale