In a brazen call to acquire
Pablo EscoBear,
aka the mythical "Cocaine Bear," arguably the world's most famous taxidermied mammal, Ripley's Believe It or Not!
has issued a challenge to acquire the body of the
Ripley's, the American franchise known for its extravagant memorabilia collection, seems almost desperate to
acquire the embalmed body of Pablo EscoBear to add to its collection of rarities.
In an interview with the site Kentucky for Kentucky Fun Mall, Sabrina Sieck, the spokesperson for Ripley's, explained the intentions of the franchise.
"
We would like to give Pablo Escobear a home and rank him among the most famous hibernators in history
."
Although the intention is clear, the amount that Ripley's is willing to pay to have EscoBear has not yet been confirmed.
Pablo EscoBear.
The bear that became a myth after a tragic end.
Why Ripley's wants to buy Pablo EscoBear
The sudden interest in the stuffed mammal, who died from eating cocaine, comes after the Elizabeth Bank film "Cocaine Bear," which grossed $23.1 million in its opening weekend. .
Ripley's believes that such a famous bear, despite its misfortune, deserves to be displayed as a featured piece.
If added to Ripley's collection of historical oddities and artifacts, Pablo EscoBear would rank among some of history's most curious hibernators, including
a black bear found with a tire around its waist.
It would also share space with
Gatlinburg
;
a brown bear trained in the Russian circus to ride a bicycle.
As well as skeletons of prehistoric cave bears.
"We are very serious. That is why we are convinced that Pablo EscoBear has great historical value," Sieck told the Courier Journal.
"We want the bear to have more of a lifespan instead of just being a pop culture bust."
Pablo EscoBear: the bear that consumed cocaine and died
In 1985, when the police in Georgia, United States, found the lifeless body of the bear, later named Pablo EscoBear,
the cause of death was as strange as it was unequivocal: an overdose of cocaine.
The bear was found next to a duffel bag that had been filled with more than twenty kilos of cocaine before being dropped from a drug smuggler's plane.
Cocaine Bear.
And the animal's corpse had an incredible journey.
On September 11, 1985,
an elderly Kentucky man named Fred Myers woke up to find a dead man in his driveway.
As if this wasn't weird enough, the deceased man was wearing a bulletproof vest, Gucci loafers, night vision goggles, a large backpack, and a parachute.
Objects that tell the story of Pablo EscoBear.
When the police arrived and investigated further, they discovered that he was also carrying two guns, a couple of knives, $4,500 in cash, rope, and food.
Three months after Thornton's death,
the black bear was found dead in Georgia's Chattahoochee National Forest
, the same forest in which the plane crashed.
The animal was surrounded by 40 empty packages that had been opened, all containing cocaine.
Unfortunately he had eaten almost all of them.
The sad end of the body of Pablo EscoBear: the miraculous cocaine addict bear?
The body of Pablo EscoBear made a long journey through the United States.
At the beginning of 1990, a forest fire forced the staff of the National Recreation Area to temporarily transfer
the bear, which had been embalmed, to a warehouse to keep it in good condition.
Then after only a month in the warehouse, it was kidnapped by an unknown thief who sold it to a pawn shop.
In turn, the pawnshop owner sold it to country musician Waylon Jennings, who gave it to a friend of his who lived in Las Vegas, a certain Ron
Thompson, a well-known dealer and party organizer in the city. of Sin.
Pablo EscoBear.
The miracle bear?
Thompson displayed the bear in his gigantic mansion outside Las Vegas until 2009, when he passed away.
According to those close to him
, Thompson told him about Pablo EscoBear as a confidant and was convinced that the embalmed body worked miracles.
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