Pablo Escobar ‘Cocaine Hippo’ Killed by Automotive After Crash in Colombia

An offspring of Pablo Escobar‘s famed “cocaine hippos” from the Eighties was killed in Colombia … after getting struck by a automotive.

The accident went down Tuesday on a freeway close to Medellín — not too removed from the late drug lord’s huge property, which has since been became a vacationer scorching spot, full with a zoo and different points of interest … and from the place this animal presumably escaped.

Primarily based on stories, it seems like the driving force was cruising alongside at night time, and ran smack dab into the huge beast. The hippo’s useless physique was laid out on the road within the aftermath … it is no simple process to take away an animal that measurement. Amazingly, the driving force was unhurt.

This is somewhat historical past so that you can assist make sense of this. For starters, hippos should not native to South America, however as a result of Pablo smuggled 4 hippos into the nation means again when … they will really be discovered on the continent now, particularly in Colombia.

The OG hippos (one male and three females) have since died, however their many youngsters and grandchildren reside on — apparently, there are actually about 150 hippos in and round that space, all courtesy of Pablo’s choice.

With so lots of them now within the space, these freak accidents are literally considerably of a daily incidence in Colombia. There was one other crash in December, and the hippo roadkill is making a nationwide dialog about what the hell to do with the carcasses.