Did The Real Cocaine Bear Actually Kill Anyone?

The titular bear kills several people in the Cocaine Bear movie, but did Cocaine Bear kill anyone in real life? The hit 2023 release directed by Elizabeth Banks is based on real events that happened in 1985 when a black bear ingested an entire brick of cocaine. For the purposes of Cocaine Bear‘s story, the narrative follows different groups of people who come into contact with the drug-filled apex predator. This leads to a Cocaine Bear killing spree, and most of the movie is filled with gruesome deaths that range from terrifying to outright hilarious