# Cocaine Bear **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 9, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236 "2022-12-09T03:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/1 "2022-12-09T03:00:38Z")
I thought this was a farce until I read it’s based on a true story. Looks funny and frightening at the same time! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DuWEEKeJLMI/maxresdefault.jpg "Cocaine Bear | Official Trailer [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWEEKeJLMI) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/2 "2022-12-09T03:09:08Z")
Found this: > **[Yes, ‘Cocaine Bear’ Was Real. Here’s the Back Story.](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/arts/cocaine-bear-true-story.html)** > > Nearly 40 years after a 175-pound black bear found and ingested cocaine in a Georgia forest, the drug binge has inspired a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/3 "2022-12-09T03:14:16Z")
Clearly they are taking some liberties with the story but that does look entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/4 "2022-12-09T04:10:31Z")
“What the fuck is wrong with that bear!?!” Sad thing is this is one of the only movies currently out that I’d actually pay to see in the theater. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/5 "2022-12-09T04:31:00Z")
I’d be surprised if Jack Black wasn’t somehow involved with this. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/6 "2022-12-09T04:39:33Z")
This looks great! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/7 "2022-12-09T06:17:48Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Sad thing is this is one of the only movies currently out that I’d actually pay to see in the theater. I was thinking earlier today that my theater going days were over until I watched that trailer. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/8 "2022-12-09T07:07:01Z")
Seems like it would make a good drive-in or grindhouse flick. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/9 "2022-12-09T12:04:55Z")
It does promise to be……grizzly. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/10 "2022-12-09T12:06:41Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’d be surprised if Jack Black wasn’t somehow involved with this. Coke Fueled Panda? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/11 "2022-12-09T12:08:12Z")
I’ll definitely make a note to see this! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/12 "2022-12-09T12:21:13Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > > [@Gatopescado](#): > > > > I’d be surprised if Jack Black wasn’t somehow involved with this. > > Coke Fueled Panda? - 👏 👏 👏 ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/13 "2022-12-09T14:02:19Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Coke Fueled Panda? Coming soon, “Amped Up Sloth”. You can run but, well, you can run… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/14 "2022-12-10T02:45:39Z")
This requires no fees. > **[Cocaine Bear (bear)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Bear_(bear))** > > The Cocaine Bear, also known as Pablo Eskobear (sometimes spelled Escobear), was a 175-pound (79-kilogram) American black bear that overdosed on cocaine in 1985. The cocaine had been dropped by drug smugglers in the wilderness in Georgia, United States. The bear was found dead and was stuffed and displayed at a mall in Kentucky. It inspired an upcoming 2023 film, Cocaine Bear. > On September 11, 1985, former American narcotics officer and Kentucky-based drug smuggler Andrew C. Thornton II was t... ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/15 "2022-12-10T06:09:30Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > you can run… Not from The Meth Panther! ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/16 "2022-12-10T12:11:04Z")
Tim Treadwell was not available for his thoughts on the film. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-bear/976236/17 "2022-12-10T13:31:36Z")
Interestingly, Wikipedia says that the cocaine was dropped because it was too heavy, while other sources say that dropping it in the forest was the smuggler’s plan from the start. There is also speculation about what might have happened to the cocaine that the bear did not eat.