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21-11-18, 05:46
Tl;wr: orso incappa in 40 sacchetti di cocaina abbandonati nel bosco, li divora e muore della più potente overdose mai registrata.
In 1985, when a black bear found and ate 88 pounds of cocaine in Georgia, he became the victim of a powerful smuggling ring
Strange as it may sound, this actually happened. It turns out no one can ingest so much cocaine and stay alive–not even a 175-pound black bear from Georgia.
Later dubbed Pablo Eskobear, the bear was on his usual walk-around through the woods in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in December 1985, doing ordinary bear things like back-scratching against a tree or looking for food for the harsh winter ahead, when instead of apples or a river full of fish, he stumbled upon 40 plastic bags full of the purest cocaine there was and, hungry as it was, he ate it all up, down to the last speck.
He was not looking for trouble, yet Pablo could not get enough of the star-spangled powder. He died on the spot.
“There isn’t a mammal on the planet that could survive that,” explained the medical examiner of Georgia’s Bureau of Investigation who was assigned to investigate after a nose-powdered lifeless bear was found lying next to the emptied containers in the middle of the woods. When he did the autopsy, he confirmed what was suspected.
“Its stomach was literally packed to the brim with cocaine,” he said after opening the carcass. The animal was deemed to have suffered an uncomfortable end: “Cerebral hemorrhaging, respiratory failure, hyperthermia, renal failure, heart failure, stroke. You name it, that bear had it.” No one knew how much time it took nor how the bear managed to stay alive long enough to lick everything from the bags.
The death naturally raised questions and was reported by every major newspaper in the United States. After all, it was the strangest drug overdose ever encountered. How did it come to this? How did this unfortunate bear end up coming across $15 million dollars’ worth of cocaine?
Continua qua: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/03/14/cocaine-bear/
In 1985, when a black bear found and ate 88 pounds of cocaine in Georgia, he became the victim of a powerful smuggling ring
Strange as it may sound, this actually happened. It turns out no one can ingest so much cocaine and stay alive–not even a 175-pound black bear from Georgia.
Later dubbed Pablo Eskobear, the bear was on his usual walk-around through the woods in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in December 1985, doing ordinary bear things like back-scratching against a tree or looking for food for the harsh winter ahead, when instead of apples or a river full of fish, he stumbled upon 40 plastic bags full of the purest cocaine there was and, hungry as it was, he ate it all up, down to the last speck.
He was not looking for trouble, yet Pablo could not get enough of the star-spangled powder. He died on the spot.
“There isn’t a mammal on the planet that could survive that,” explained the medical examiner of Georgia’s Bureau of Investigation who was assigned to investigate after a nose-powdered lifeless bear was found lying next to the emptied containers in the middle of the woods. When he did the autopsy, he confirmed what was suspected.
“Its stomach was literally packed to the brim with cocaine,” he said after opening the carcass. The animal was deemed to have suffered an uncomfortable end: “Cerebral hemorrhaging, respiratory failure, hyperthermia, renal failure, heart failure, stroke. You name it, that bear had it.” No one knew how much time it took nor how the bear managed to stay alive long enough to lick everything from the bags.
The death naturally raised questions and was reported by every major newspaper in the United States. After all, it was the strangest drug overdose ever encountered. How did it come to this? How did this unfortunate bear end up coming across $15 million dollars’ worth of cocaine?
Continua qua: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/03/14/cocaine-bear/