The Insane True Story of Cocaine Bear

from Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast · host Ray William Johnson

In December 1985, authorities in Georgia discovered the carcass of a 175‑lb black bear in the Chattahoochee National Forest after it had ingested cocaine—estimated between 40 plastic containers of the drug—dropped earlier that year by smuggler Andrew C. Thornton II from his plane during a failed smuggling run.

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