Lexington, Kentucky: Cocaine Bear
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.
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We learned that the cocaine bear's formal name is "Pablo Eskabear." They sell tons of cocaine bear-related items, as well as other tributes around the store. The owner, a millennial diehard Bernie Sanders supporter, designs all of the artwork. They even have a crackhead bear painted on their delivery truck.
[Ben Perdue, 08/05/2016]
This taxidermy bear looks ordinary, but he died of a drug overdose after eating cocaine that was dropped in Chattahoochee National Forest by a drug smuggler, Andrew Thornton.
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Cocaine Bear
Kentucky Fun Mall
- Address:
- 1315 Winchester Rd, Lexington, KY
- Directions:
- Kentucky Fun Mall, 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) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 859-303-6359
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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There's a small exhibit on Mr. Thornton in the GBI Crime Lab Museum in Decatur, Georgia. In 1985 he tossed ten duffel bags full of coke out of his single-engine plane, then attempted to parachute with the last 77 pounds strapped to his body. He died.