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The Wacky But True Story Behind the ‘Cocaine Bear’ Movie


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Inside Edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz1lrdEzvSc

A horror comedy where a massive bear goes on a killing spree after ingesting cocaine dropped in the woods by smugglers? It sounds ridiculous, but some of “Cocaine Bear,” directed by Elizabeth Banks and starring the late Ray Liotta, is based on a true and wacky story. The real Cocaine Bear died in 1985 after ingesting almost 80 pounds of cocaine that had been accidentally dropped in the forest by Andrew Thorton II.

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Bit shocked that Elizabeth Banks directed it.

Guess she needed something that actually made money rather than money-hating feminist propaganda?

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There was a bear that got high on rotting apples and went into urban areas just wandering around. They had to put it down.

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