might not seem like the kind of movie to be based on a true story, but the movie isn't lying to you, there really is a real-life tale behind the wild new movie.
It's actually a tragic tale that didn't end well for the bear who, in real life, weighed about 175lbs and died as a result of consuming the cocaine. It was said that the bear's stomach contained nearly 35lbs of cocaine, although only a few grams made it into its bloodstream.Cocaine Bear) getting ready to jump out of a plane, having jettisoned several duffle bags of cocaine. As far as we know, this is essentially how it happened in real life.
He was reportedly travelling with Bill Leonard, who claims that Thornton never told him what he was transporting. Thornton often bailed out of his planes, but on this journey, he got paranoid that federal agents were following their plane. But Thornton's fateful journey also proved fateful for a black bear who came across one of the duffle bags in the wilderness. Four months after Thornton's death, a bear's corpse was found near 40 packets of cocaine, all of which had been found empty.
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