The smuggler, Andrew Carter Thornton II, was the wealthy son of an elite Kentucky horse-breeding family.
It began 1985, when Cocaine Bear was found dead in the woods after eating roughly $15 million worth of coke from a duffle bag dropped from a drug smuggler's airplane. So how did Whit, Griffin, us, and the bear end up in such an unexpected place? "We wouldn't be in this moment right now if it wasn't for you." "You guys" - meaning - "were Citizen Zero of Cocaine Bear," said Griffin, referring to Roadside America's early spotlight on the bear back in 2017. The bear was found in the Chattahoochee National Forest near Blue Ridge, Georgia."Blow-globes" are among dozens of bear-themed souvenirs. Those that performed the autopsy later said that the bear's stomach was packed "to the brim" with cocaine. The autopsy of the bear revealed that the bear suffered all the afflictions consistent with a massive overdose from cerebral hemorrhaging to stroke. It's believed that the bear may have eaten a few million dollars worth of cocaine before its tragic and untimely death and overdosed shortly after that. Near the bear's carcass, a duffel bag and 40 kilograms of cocaine were found torn open and dissipated in the area. At the time, the bear had been dead for about a month. On December 22, 1985, the Associated Press reported that while authorities were searching for cocaine dropped by a former officer who was smuggling the drug into the United States, they found the remains of a black bear who had appeared to have gotten into the cocaine and overdosed.
The true story, although interesting, is a lot less monstrous. RELATED: Ray Liotta's Greatest Roles, From 'Goodfellas' to 'The Place Beyond the Pines' The Real Pablo Escobear The idea is hilarious, and somehow, its truth, while tragic, sits directly into '80s-cocaine-era pop culture. Honestly, it looks pretty dope and would appeal to more than just cocaine enthusiasts.
COCAIN BEAR MOVIE
Complete with outrageously over-the-top violence, and a star-studded cast including Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and the late, great Ray Liotta in his final movie role, Cocaine Bear gives us all the makings of a classic movie inspired by the era. The bear then goes on a murderous rampage, terrorizing those that cross its path. From the trailer, we can tell that Cocaine Bear is a campy Tucker and Dale-like thriller about a black bear who finds and devours at least a brick of cocaine that literally falls from the sky. In an original new addition to the 1980s cocaine trafficking genre that looks as insatiable as the rest, we are presented the story of a bear that has had just a little too much fun with the narcotic that plagued the bullish '80s. The trailer for Elizabeth Banks' Cocaine Bear has just been released, and as the name implies, it's quite the ride, to say the least.
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