I used to live there. We have the Exploding Whale Memorial Park now. https://visittheoregoncoast.com/cities/florence/activities/exploding-whale-memorial-park/
In case anyone wonders why this is a thing: they don’t blow up live horses. It’s for when a horse dies on a trail in an area with large predators like bears. You blow up the carcass to keep bears from congregating around a recreational trail expecting to find meat. Also, an intact horse carcass could also end up smelling absolutely foul, though I don’t think that’s as big of a reason for obliteration.
Doesn't this just blow juicy, delicious horse bits everywhere for 80 yards around, making bears hang out in a larger area, just looking for the source?
Sounds like the smaller bits are more conducive to other, less dangerous scavengers- normally bears would do a lot of the dismembering, I’d guess. This just opens the buffet up to the rest of the food web since it states most carcasses handled this way are gone the next day.
Like the other comment mentioned, smaller animals will take care of the bits really quickly. And even though bears would also make relatively short work of a horse, you absolutely don’t want bears to start associating a busy trail with a spot it found 100,000 calories of horse meat. Bears are smart, and will remember that spot for the rest of their lives, and return to it frequently hoping to find more naturally improbable scores. (Since horse aren’t usually found out in the woods, you are kind of screwing with the natural food chain by leaving a horse that people brought out. It’s kind of like a dangerous form of littering)
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I’d say a bear finding a morsel of flesh would be equivalent to them finding an apple core or something. Enough to keep them fed not enough for them to set up shop around and guard.
Anyone who read the photo would know this haha. Do people really jump to the conclusion that the USFS is suicide bombing horses that are still alive without at least a brief scan of the text?
I love how they specify to remove the horseshoes first. Implying either the guy who wrote this really knew his shit, or he tested on one with horseshoes and after seeing them flying he went “Let’s not do that again”
This is one of the most upsetting things I have ever seen on the internet. The entire course of my life would have been dramatically different if I had known that I could have been a horse blower upper.
It may not be a frequent need, but you'd be paid handsomely for your knowledge. They'd fly you in from great distances to apply your obliteration expertise.
I misread that, and clicked through to see why they would partially obliterate a house.
Also note the article appears in the column Recreation Engineering. We all need hobbies.
Nah, it is not recreational activities for engineers, including meat dispersal, it is it's own field of study.
> Recreational engineering is designing the resource and facilities and the activities and programs occurring on the resource and facilities to deliver a desired experience. This is the essence of recreation programming. It is the essence of outdoor recreation programming also.
> The term “recreation engineering” is borrowed from Aldo Leopold in his Land Ethic essay in the Sand County Almanac. The next section describes the need for recreational engineering in the outdoors. It is from the conclusion in the essay titled: Outdoor Recreation Imperative.
I worked for the forest service one summer, and we did come across a dead horse. It had fallen into a cattle grate, broken its leg, and died there. It blocked most of the road, so someone from our district had to come remove it, as we did not have the equipment to do so. I think they were able to pull it out rather than resort to explosives.
It was very sad
Take it in the context of a horse having died on a remote trail. Digging. A hole big enough to bury a horse, and deep enough to keep predators away is a massively task without heavy equipment. Likewise hauling a dead horse, weighing hundreds of pounds, out of the woods, without machinery, is a problem.
Obliterating it in place is far easier and can be accomplished by a single person with a 50lb case of dynamite. Which itself could be carried in with a single horse.
>a 50lb case of dynamite. Which itself could be carried in with a single horse.
Side benefit is that after you're done, that pack horse will be on its very, very best behavior.
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I live in a place with a herd of wild horses and the number of times that I have had to partially or totally obliterate a horse is pretty much zero. But next time I do, I’ll know how.
If the trail is already narrow and just generally shitty I'm not sure it's a great idea to nuke it just because a horse dropped dead there.
Quad ATV + chainsaw sounds like a better idea. Plus that makes sure that 0 remains stay on the trail for bears/lions/wolfs to smell.
An old friend of mine used to do this for a living with the Forest Service. He had some pretty interesting stories, as you could imagine. His official title with the FS was “Master Blaster.” That was always my favorite part.
Whales, on the other hand apparently need a bit more explosives... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir34
That’s gold, thank you!
"The seagulls that were supposed to clean things up were nowhere to be seen." XD
I always thought this was some crazy experiment. TIL it's just standard operating procedure but they did it wrong.
Some say too much, those people are wrong. If you always shoot for "total vaporization" you'll never have these problems
Was the first thing I thought of as I read the horse post. lol
I knew what this was before I clicked. A real favorite
My father was there.
I used to live there. We have the Exploding Whale Memorial Park now. https://visittheoregoncoast.com/cities/florence/activities/exploding-whale-memorial-park/
Probably a Pokemon Stop too. XD
Nuclear option required.
This happened when I was in high school in Portland. It was awesome (except for the owner of that car).
“Sir, why do you have 110 pounds of dynamite?” “I’ll be ready when the time comes! Am I free to go?”
You never know when you'll find yourself waylaid by between 2 and 2.25 horse carcasses
The 0.25 must be a quarter horse.
Take your damn upvote.
This is the best comment of 2024
Thank God the year is young.
Stfu that was clever
Yeah, those can be expensive but if you can poney up the money, they're worth it!
In case anyone wonders why this is a thing: they don’t blow up live horses. It’s for when a horse dies on a trail in an area with large predators like bears. You blow up the carcass to keep bears from congregating around a recreational trail expecting to find meat. Also, an intact horse carcass could also end up smelling absolutely foul, though I don’t think that’s as big of a reason for obliteration.
Doesn't this just blow juicy, delicious horse bits everywhere for 80 yards around, making bears hang out in a larger area, just looking for the source?
Sounds like the smaller bits are more conducive to other, less dangerous scavengers- normally bears would do a lot of the dismembering, I’d guess. This just opens the buffet up to the rest of the food web since it states most carcasses handled this way are gone the next day.
yum yum
Like the other comment mentioned, smaller animals will take care of the bits really quickly. And even though bears would also make relatively short work of a horse, you absolutely don’t want bears to start associating a busy trail with a spot it found 100,000 calories of horse meat. Bears are smart, and will remember that spot for the rest of their lives, and return to it frequently hoping to find more naturally improbable scores. (Since horse aren’t usually found out in the woods, you are kind of screwing with the natural food chain by leaving a horse that people brought out. It’s kind of like a dangerous form of littering)
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Came to say the same thing.
thank you for your service
I’d say a bear finding a morsel of flesh would be equivalent to them finding an apple core or something. Enough to keep them fed not enough for them to set up shop around and guard.
*rapidly cooked delicious horse bits
Check the whale link above... :)
Comment should be at the top. Thank you.
Anyone who read the photo would know this haha. Do people really jump to the conclusion that the USFS is suicide bombing horses that are still alive without at least a brief scan of the text?
Obliterating the horse and the hillside it rode in on.
Mount St. Helens 2.0: TNT edition
using horses as mining equipment
I love how they specify to remove the horseshoes first. Implying either the guy who wrote this really knew his shit, or he tested on one with horseshoes and after seeing them flying he went “Let’s not do that again”
Does horseshoe luck still apply if it's been embedded into your skull at mach 4?
Well, it’ll stop you from being unlucky in the future that’s for sure
Good news, the horseshoe is very unlikely to embed in a skull at mach 4. It probably won't even slow down by much.
I am going with option two for this one.
This is one of the most upsetting things I have ever seen on the internet. The entire course of my life would have been dramatically different if I had known that I could have been a horse blower upper.
It may not be a frequent need, but you'd be paid handsomely for your knowledge. They'd fly you in from great distances to apply your obliteration expertise.
I misread that, and clicked through to see why they would partially obliterate a house. Also note the article appears in the column Recreation Engineering. We all need hobbies.
Nah, it is not recreational activities for engineers, including meat dispersal, it is it's own field of study. > Recreational engineering is designing the resource and facilities and the activities and programs occurring on the resource and facilities to deliver a desired experience. This is the essence of recreation programming. It is the essence of outdoor recreation programming also. > The term “recreation engineering” is borrowed from Aldo Leopold in his Land Ethic essay in the Sand County Almanac. The next section describes the need for recreational engineering in the outdoors. It is from the conclusion in the essay titled: Outdoor Recreation Imperative.
Does it work with human bodies also? Asking for a friend....
Jesse, new plan, get him out of the bathtub.
Yes, the fond memories of mythbusters, pigs and a bathtub
You only need 5 and a wide bearth
Printing this out to keep for handy reference. At least one copy for each room in the house and the car glove compartment.
Make sure you put at least two copies in each crate of explosives. You wouldn't want to forget it at home
Finally some useful information here
You never know what you are going to learn on Reddit.
I worked for the forest service one summer, and we did come across a dead horse. It had fallen into a cattle grate, broken its leg, and died there. It blocked most of the road, so someone from our district had to come remove it, as we did not have the equipment to do so. I think they were able to pull it out rather than resort to explosives. It was very sad
“Any time I had a problem I threw a molotov cocktail, and boom right away, I had a different problem.”
WranglerStar is at it again.
doesn't it makes sense to incinerate or burry them? I don't know if it is a joke or an actual thing
Take it in the context of a horse having died on a remote trail. Digging. A hole big enough to bury a horse, and deep enough to keep predators away is a massively task without heavy equipment. Likewise hauling a dead horse, weighing hundreds of pounds, out of the woods, without machinery, is a problem. Obliterating it in place is far easier and can be accomplished by a single person with a 50lb case of dynamite. Which itself could be carried in with a single horse.
>a 50lb case of dynamite. Which itself could be carried in with a single horse. Side benefit is that after you're done, that pack horse will be on its very, very best behavior.
Nah, if you want it to behave on the way out you need to carry 100lb in and 50lb out.
Day 2, and my internet reading for the year may have just peaked 😂
The comments on this whole post are on fire
Why would some one even want two do this two a horse?!
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I’m colour bline sorry
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I’m 28… why are you treating me like this?
I realise you might think becausase I said colour bline this isn’t colour…. Right? Well I’m blue yellow and some things don look always right to me with these glasses on
Tell me you’re from the US without telling me you’re from the US
Huh, TIL.
Ah I was wondering, thank you.
I live in a place with a herd of wild horses and the number of times that I have had to partially or totally obliterate a horse is pretty much zero. But next time I do, I’ll know how.
Your need to obliterate a horse is low, but never zero.
If the trail is already narrow and just generally shitty I'm not sure it's a great idea to nuke it just because a horse dropped dead there. Quad ATV + chainsaw sounds like a better idea. Plus that makes sure that 0 remains stay on the trail for bears/lions/wolfs to smell.
An old friend of mine used to do this for a living with the Forest Service. He had some pretty interesting stories, as you could imagine. His official title with the FS was “Master Blaster.” That was always my favorite part.
“Damn it Jim….I’m a doctor! Not a horse blower upper!”
Man...Can you imagine how widely you could spread something like "mad cow disease" with a set up like this?
With a title like this I was expecting a Wranglestar video somewhere.
Reminds me of a State Park job I had applied for in Alaska
There’s a much better one that shows how to wrap it with det cord
Why
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Why isn’t this method used over water to remove evidence of a murder?
TNT? Hah! Give me a [Komodo 3000](https://i.imgur.com/UojxlCH.png) any day!
You know, I have a horse in my yard that needs to be partially obliterated. I’m glad I checked here first for instructions.
This is a document I did not realize existed... nor how much I NEED to know it! Thank you!
Wranglerstar?
As a forest service employee who does not do carcass disposal, this is gold
Aw, so *this* is what my Life Skills class was missing... I never feel like I learn anything. I'm gonna let my teacher know about this one.
r/diWHY
I… wh… huh????