Andrew Thornton II might have thought he was flying high in 1985. But his cocaine enterprise came crashing down figuratively and literally when he plummeted to his death during a botched smuggling operation. Citing the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Roadside America says Thornton smacked his head on the tail of the aircraft and waited too long to open his parachute. Kentucky for Kentucky claims he got he got entangled in his parachute. Either way, he became a grisly ornament on a driveway in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Three months later, authorities discovered what became of his sky coke. An incredibly unfortunate bear must have had a sweet tooth because it ate about $15 million worth of nose candy. A medical examiner remarked, “There isn’t a mammal on the planet that could survive that. Cerebral hemorrhaging, respiratory failure, hyperthermia, renal failure, heart failure, stroke. You name it, that bear had it.” The bear also had a strange postmortem adventure, ending up in the hands of legendary country singer Waylon Jennings before it eventually became a Kentucky tourist attraction.