Lexington..is the second largest city in Kentucky...and the 60th largest city in the United States. Known as the "Horse Capital of the World", it is the heart of the state's Bluegrass region with many notable locations.. Like the Kentucky Horse park, The Red Mile, the University of Kentucky, and Transylvania University, with its Monroe Moosnick Museum, which was featured in episode two of Southern Oddities. But while the blue bloods of Kentucky want you to associate their state with thoroughbred race horses, bourbon, or even Abraham Lincoln, one rather famous taxidermized bear has become a state icon. Housed at the brick and mortar store, the Kentucky for Kentucky Fun Mall, as the locals call him...Cocaine Bear...aka Pablo Escobear. The story behind this stuffed bear is quite interesting and fantastical, and I'm sure your asking yourself why is this stuffed black bear named Cocaine Bear? As you are about to find out, the story of Cocaine Bear is so exciting it could of easily stepped off the pages of a Hollywood script, but in order to tell it we will have to go back to the 1970s and 80s, during the height of cocaine.

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Researched was used for this episode of Southern Oddities, and we couldn't have made it possible without the journalism and dedication from these awesome sources of information: Roadside America "Story 50220" KY Forky "Cocaine Bear" Outdoor Hub "Pablo Escobear Bizarre Story of Kentuckys Cocaine Bear" NY Times "Cocaine and Dead Bear" Kentucky "Local News Article 91223657" The Vintage News "Cocaine Bear" Today I Found Out "Amazing Tale Kentucky Folk Hero Pablo Escobear Cocaine Bear" Grunge "The Incredible Story of Kentucky's Cocaine Bear" Atlas Obscura "Gather Round for the Ballad of Cocaine Bear" Wikipedia "Lexington Kentucky"

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