My bad. I have America brain.

He owned the bears body. He gifted it to a trafficker living in Vegas (not the original guy who killed cocaine bear). Just know there’s a lot of cocaine and a lot of criminals involved.

It’s the theater near Mailbu Jack’s in Ashland.

Excellent summary. The t-shirt company went through great lengths to find the body. They contacted a medical examiner in Georgia who autopsied the bear. He told them it was gifted to Chattahoochee River National Rec. Turns out a wildfire threat caused an evacuation in the 90’s so the bear was moved into temporary storage. It was discovered a month later that someone had stolen the bear along with other items. That’s when Waylon Jennings comes into play. The thief had taken the items to a pawn shop. The owner contacted Jennings to tell him the cocaine story and asked if he’d be interested in buying it. He took him up on the offer. For unknown reasons he took it to Las Vegas where it lived with a coke dealer until his death. The t-shirt people found out it was sold at auction and managed to get the list of buyers. They saw it was sold to a Chinese man who owned a medicine shop. The man had since passed but his wife was alive. They contacted her and explained everything. Neither she nor her husband knew of the bear’s history. They then asked if she’d be willing to part with it. She told them it always creeped her out and she’d give it to them for free if they’d pay for shipping. And that’s how Cocaine Bear ended up back in Kentucky wearing cool hats as the t-shirt shop’s mascot. The end.

Good guess! But you’re off about 100 miles. It’s a smaller town.

I doubt anyone was planning to give it an Oscar.

Kentucky

The theater said they’ll add salted caramel whiskey or whipped cream vodka if you ask for it. Lol.

FYI Cocaine Bear is actually a real story. The movie obviously embellished the story. He dropped dead instead of going on a killing rampage. But the true story of his death and the tracking down of his body is crazy. The drug trafficker was from KY and he’s currently housed in the state, which is why they’re doing special stuff. I highly recommend looking it up. His body was passed off through multiple people and Waylon Jennings owned him at one point.