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On December 23, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported finding a dead black bear that had eaten a large amount of the cocaine from the jettisoned containers and suffered the black bear equivalent of a drug overdose.
Dec 1, 2022 · He was found dead the morning of Sept. 11, 1985, in the backyard of a house in Knoxville, Tenn., wearing a parachute and Gucci loafers. He also had several weapons and a bag containing about 35...
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.
Mar 13, 2023 · There’s a true story behind ‘Cocaine Bear’—and it’s no laughing matter. Unlike the movie, the real-life cocaine bear didn't go on a coke-fueled rampage, but it did consume a fatal amount of...
Feb 29, 2024 · Updated Feb 29, 2024. Cocaine Bear makes an entire movie around the drug-fueled animal killing people. Here is how accurate that is to the real Cocaine Bear's true story. Summary. Real Cocaine Bear didn't kill anyone, unlike in the movie, which amps up the action and horror for a wild ride.
Feb 24, 2023 · The movie dramatizes what happened when a bear ate cocaine that drug smuggler Andrew Thornton dropped from a plane. Here’s what to know about the real criminal.
Feb 28, 2023 · An autopsy conducted the next day confirmed Garner’s assumption. The bear had ingested just two to four grams, give or take, and then died of “acute cocaine intoxication,” the AP reported.
