Some trace the legend of the drop bear back to a sketch by legendary Australian comedian and actor Paul Hogan (best known to foreigners as Crocodile Dundee), on his show “The Paul Hogan Show ...

The drop bear is a longstanding urban legend in Australia which has often been used to prank tourists. ... American expat brands Australians a bunch of 'liars' - and she's not the first to say it.

Ask almost any Australian about a drop bear, and they’ll likely recount a close encounter with this carnivorous, fanged cousin of the Australian koala.

The rise of the drop bear. If the Drop Bears had been formed just 20 years later, they might not have had to explain their name so often. In the age of the internet, the myth of the drop bear has ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2020 and has been updated. (CNN) - Ask almost any Australian about a drop bear, and they'll likely recount a close encounter with this ...

But with the drop bear, there’s a twist. No Australian actually believes it exists – it’s just used to scare people, normally of the foreign variety.

Some trace the legend of the drop bear back to a sketch by legendary Australian comedian and actor Paul Hogan (best known to foreigners as Crocodile Dundee), on his show “The Paul Hogan Show ...

By Ben Westcott (CNN) — Ask almost any Australian about a drop bear, and they’ll likely recount a close encounter with this carnivorous, fanged cousin of the koala. They might describe how a ...