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Feb 29, 2024 · The real animal died of overdose from consuming cocaine, but the movie transforms it into a killing machine for dramatic effect. The titular bear kills several people in the Cocaine Bear movie, and while the film is amazingly based on a true story, the real Cocaine Bear didn't kill anyone.
Feb 24, 2023 · What is the story behind Cocaine Bear? In December 1985, UPI ( via The New York Times ) reported that a 175-pound black bear "died of an overdose of cocaine after discovering a batch of the...
Dec 1, 2022 · Nearly 40 years after a 175-pound black bear found and ingested cocaine in a Georgia forest, the drug binge has inspired a movie.
Feb 24, 2023 · Investigators believed Thornton, a former Kentucky narcotics officer and lawyer, intended to return to the area to get the cocaine, but he died when he parachuted from the plane with 35 kilograms of cocaine strapped to his waist. The bear had actually been dead for four weeks before police made the discovery.
Cocaine Bear, also known as Pablo Eskobear (sometimes spelled Escobear) or Cokey the Bear, was a 175-pound (79-kilogram) American black bear that fatally overdosed on cocaine in 1985. The cocaine had been dropped by a group of Colombian drug smugglers in the wilderness in Tennessee, United States.
Mar 13, 2023 · Unlike the movie, the real-life cocaine bear didn't go on a coke-fueled rampage, but it did consume a fatal amount of cocaine left in the woods by smugglers.
Sep 28, 2023 · Yes, Cocaine Bear is based on the true story of a bear who ate way too much cocaine. Everything you need to know about the real story behind Elizabeth Banks' wild action-comedy.
Feb 24, 2023 · Cocaine Bear, starring Keri Russell, dramatizes what happened after a bear found a cocaine stash that real-life drug smuggler Andrew Thornton dropped from an airplane in 1985. Thornton had...
Dec 1, 2022 · The multimillion dollar coke haul was airdropped by traffickers during a botched smuggling operation, whereupon the hangry beast decided to gobble it all up, naturally. This had the effect of...
Feb 24, 2023 · The 40-year-old former lawyer and narcotics (!) police officer was on a cocaine run in a Cessna jet coming from Colombia when he jumped out of the plane, “hit his head on the tail of the...
