On the 11th of September 1985, a twin-engine Cessna 404 crashed into a ridge in a remote area of Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina, three months later a black bear was found dead in Georigia - listen to find out how these two events are related and the wild stories that follow!

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMrdx-YRiJ4&feature=youtu.be
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/50220
https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/pablo-eskobear-story-legendary-cocaine-8474914
https://kyforky.com/blogs/journal/cocaine-bear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_C._Thornton_II
https://www.odditycentral.com/travel/pablo-eskobear-the-legendary-cocaine-bear-of-kentucky.html
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/08/amazing-tale-kentucky-folk-hero-pablo-eskobear-cocaine-bear/
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/23/us/cocaine-and-a-dead-bear.html
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/03/14/cocaine-bear/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-12-mn-21488-story.html
https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/apr/28/fbi-cia-cocaine/
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/08/us/woman-to-go-on-trial-as-smuggler-s-helper.html
https://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/books/article44048643.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/10/14/death-of-a-sky-smuggler/38390bb6-509a-450d-af97-e8a695bd3b35/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/10/20/drew-thorntons-last-adventure/982df601-7c8c-4955-a09c-b6d1f3b0a426/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.