THE incredible true story of a bear who ate an entire duffel bag full of cocaine after it fell from a plane has inspired a wild new film.
The bizarre discovery of an overdosed 175lb black bear in the middle of a forest in Georgia, USA led to an even stranger case where a drug smuggler strapped up with £12m of cocaine fell from the sky.
An upcoming horror comedy film titled Cocaine Bear is loosely based on the events of the true story.
It all started back in 1985 when a bear was found in the middle of the Chattahoochee National Forest after ingesting 75lb of the powder.
A team of pathologists were stunned to discover millions of pounds worth of cocaine inside its stomach.
“Its stomach was literally packed to the brim with cocaine,” the medical examiner who looked at the bear told the owners of Kentucky for Kentucky, a shop which promotes the state.
“There isn’t a mammal on the planet that could survive that.
“Cerebral haemorrhaging, respiratory failure, hyperthermia, renal failure, heart failure, stroke. You name it, that bear had it.”
The discovery of the overdosed bear was quickly linked to the mysterious death of an ex-narcotics cop and lawyer turned drug smuggler.
Andrew Thornton II was found dead on a driveway in Tennessee with a failed parachute on his back.
