Lexington, Kentucky: Cocaine Bear
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KY For KY
- Address:
- 1315 Winchester Rd, Lexington, KY
- Directions:
- KY For KY, in the Eastland Shopping Center. I-75 exit 110. Turn west onto US-60/Winchester Rd. Drive two miles. Shopping Center entrance on the right, just past the green Welcome to Lexington sign.
- Hours:
- M-Sa 10-6, Su 12-6 (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 859-303-6359
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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Famous bear that died after eating $15 million in cocaine dropped from a plane by a drug smuggler, who also died. Immortalized in a very loosely based 2023 Hollywood film.
Roadsideamerica.com Report... [02/19/2023]Cocaine Bear:
Despite being dead for nearly 40 years, Cocaine Bear has officiated a wedding in Lexington, Kentucky. Hollywood heartthrob, Oscar-ceremony crasher is there nothing this bear can't do?
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The KY For KY store, home of Cocaine Bear, is still in the same strip mall, but it moved a few shops down from where it was.
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