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Despite this, Elizabeth Banks is scheduled to direct a film
based on the true story of Cocaine Bear – AKA Pablo EskoBear. To be honest,
unless Paddington 3 sees Paddington's marmalade addiction take a dark turn,
it'll be tough to top Paddington 3 as the strangest bear movie of the year next
year.
On September 11, 1985, an elderly man in Kentucky awoke to
find a man's body in his driveway, which would have been an odd start to a
Wednesday even if the corpse hadn't been wearing a bulletproof vest and tied to
a parachute, which he was.
This was just a small part of his arsenal, which also
included night vision goggles, several handguns, and nearly $14 million in
cocaine. As you would expect in this case, the elderly gentlemen called the
cops, who named the body as Andrew C. Thornton II, a former paratrooper,
narcotics officer, and lawyer who combined these specific skillsets when he
became a parachuting drug smuggler for a ring known as The Company.
Thornton, who had been awarded a Purple Heart after being
wounded while serving in the Dominican Republic during a revolt, had placed his
plane on autopilot before jumping out, and was planning to hand over the
cocaine once he arrived in Kentucky safely. He plunged to the ground when the
plane crashed 96.5 kilometers (60 miles) away.
It's unclear whether his parachute failed to deploy or
whether he just waited too long. His friends said he liked to play a game where
he would wait as long as he could before opening it. You don't get into drug
dealing by parachuting in the middle of the night because you're afraid of
danger.
What about the cocaine bear, though? I understand what
you're saying. What was the name of the bear who liked to eat cocaine?
Three months later, a 79.4-kilogram (175-pound) black bear
was discovered in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia, near where the
plane was discovered, surrounded by 40 opened plastic packets containing traces
of cocaine. Despite its size, the bear was no match for the approximately 31.8
kilograms (70 pounds) of cocaine contained in the packets, and it died of an overdose.
The medical examiner who looked into the animal's stomach
told Kentucky For Kentucky that it was practically filled to the brim with
cocaine. There isn't a mammal on the planet that could withstand such a
situation. Cerebral hemorrhage, respiratory failure, hyperthermia, renal
failure, heart failure, and stroke are some of the disorders that can occur.
Everything you could think of, the bear had it.
Despite the condition of the bear's insides, the bear's
exterior seemed to be in good shape. The story of Pablo EskoBear reached a
strange conclusion at this stage. The body was sent to be stuffed by the
coroner. It then went to live in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation
Area's visitor center.
Friend of the band Kevin got this shot of Cocaine Bear with our album. Feels apropos. Thanks @KYforKY ! pic.twitter.com/7Kd3hwAbQR
— cc kinnick (@cc_kinnick) July 11, 2016
Following a fire, the bear was relocated to Dalton, where it went missing shortly after. The bear had already been sold to country music legend Waylon Jennings, who didn't know the backstory, by the time other stolen objects were discovered in a pawn shop.
The bear then traveled to Vegas, where it stayed for years
in the mansion of Ron Thompson, a man who organized entertainment for
millionaires while they were in town. After Thompson died and his belongings
were auctioned off, it was purchased by Zhu T'ang, the owner of a traditional
Chinese medicine store, and sent to Reno.
T'ang's wife was terrified for years because it stayed in
the store.
After being tracked down by Kentucky for Kentucky, who
clarified its backstory, the bear was happily returned to Kentucky in 2016,
where visitors can see it at the Kentucky Fun Mall in north Lexington. A
fitting resting place for a poor bear who was intrigued by a bag of cocaine,
ate it, and then devoured 39 more bags.
Originally Published By IFL Science. Read The Original Article Here.
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