Between the Mason jars containing Kentucky Derby winners' horse poop and the neon-colored skeleton resting near an assortment of preserved chicken wings shelved at the Kentucky for Kentucky Fun Mall in Lexington, Ky., it's clear that owner Griffin VanMeter loves the weird parts of his state's history.
The resurrection of Cocaine Bear
The first part of the search involved contacting the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which connected VanMeter to the retired medical examiner who had performed the bear's autopsy in 1985.per Kentucky for Kentucky's website Then, in the early 1990s, when park employees had to evacuate its facilities due to the threat of an approaching wildfire, the bear was moved to a temporary storage room in a nearby town — from where it would soon be stolen. Eventually, the bear was found in a Nashville pawn shop by none other than country legend Waylon Jennings, who was apparently a"huge collector of taxidermy," VanMeter notes.
When VanMeter knew they had the real thing, he quickly made steps to bring it back to Kentucky. Knowing full well of the bear's potential, his company also decided to buy the trademark and intellectual property for the name Cocaine Bear, which they have leased to Universal Pictures for the film.
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