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Cocaine Bear, also known as Pablo Eskobear (sometimes spelled Escobear) [2] [3] or Cokey the Bear, [4] was a 175-pound (79-kilogram) female American black bear that fatally overdosed on cocaine in 1985. The cocaine had been dropped by a group of drug smugglers in the wilderness in Tennessee, United States.
When Georgia investigators stumbled across the infamous Cocaine Bear in 1985 its cause of death was unmistakable.. The 175-pound black bear was found next to a duffel bag that had once been filled ...
Cocaine Bear (released as Crazy Bear in some countries) is a 2023 American comedy horror film directed by Elizabeth Banks and written by Jimmy Warden. [6] It is loosely inspired by the true story of the "Cocaine Bear", an American black bear that ingested several kilograms of a bag containing about 75 lb (34 kg) of lost cocaine. [7]
'Cocaine Bear,' the campy new thriller (directed by Elizabeth Banks) is based on a wild true story. Here's what to know about the real-life Cocaine Bear.
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Cocaine Bear: 1985: A 175-kilogram (386 lb) American black bear died in Georgia in 1985 after overdosing on cocaine. The cocaine had been dumped from an airplane piloted by Andrew C. Thornton II, a former narcotics officer turned convicted drug smuggler. [13] It inspired the 2023 film Cocaine Bear. [14] Deer 14 August 1987
Rumors have long circulated that the bear ate all 40 containers worth of cocaine, which would be about 35 pounds. That’s about as far as the story of the Cocaine Bear goes in real life.
Yes, “Cocaine Bear” is a real movie. Since the trailer first debuted for Elizabeth Banks’ very, very loosely based-on-a-true-story R-rated comedy has stoked a rabid zeitgeist. At a time when ...