The real-life Cocaine Bear — or what's left of him — was set to perform his very first wedding ceremony this Monday at noon at a store in Lexington, Kentucky. While we have a lot of questions ...

According to the movie’s official website, it’s “inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it.” The real life bear was ...

and garnered the bear joking nicknames like “snow bear” and “Pablo Escobear.” But the story of the real cocaine bear began decades earlier—and highlights the effects of humans ...

but the story about a high bear is very real. Its lore is likely to grow with the movie, which was directed by Elizabeth Banks and is set for a Feb. 24 release. “Cocaine Bear” stars Keri ...

Yes, sort of. While the cartoonish violence depicted in the Cocaine Bear movie certainly did not happen in real life, the movie was inspired by a real-life black bear who was found, dead ...

On Dec. 22, 1985, The Associated Press reported the following from Blue Ridge, Georgia: "Investigators searching for cocaine dropped by an airborne smuggler have found a ripped-up shipment of the ...

So, considering people can now go see the real bear before seeing the movie, how much of the absurdity in Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear is true? Let’s take a look at the truth behind the fiction.

Image Keri Russell, left, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Margo Martindale in a scene from “Cocaine Bear.” The film is loosely — very loosely — based on real events.Credit...Pat Redmond/Universal ...