Camcocaine Bear • Tested

The real story is just as bizarre as the fiction. Andrew Thornton II, a former narcotics officer turned drug smuggler, dropped bags of cocaine from a Cessna before jumping out of the plane himself. Unfortunately for Thornton, his parachute failed due to the heavy load he was carrying.

Months later, investigators found a black bear in the Chattahoochee National Forest surrounded by RAVAGED cocaine bundles. The medical examiner who performed the necropsy famously stated that the bear's stomach was "packed to the brim" and that no mammal on earth could have survived that level of intoxication. From Taxidermy to "Pablo Escobear" CAMCocaine Bear

In 1985, a drug smuggling mission went sideways in the Georgia wilderness, leaving behind a 175-pound black bear and a duffel bag stuffed with 75 pounds of cocaine. While the real bear died tragically of an overdose, the legend grew into a taxidermied icon and, eventually, a viral Hollywood slasher. The Wild (and True) Backstory The real story is just as bizarre as the fiction

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