[James]

RFK Jr admits dumping bear carcass in New York's Central Park

Phil McCausland
5 August 2024, 02:14 BST
Updated 2 hours ago

Robert F Kennedy Jr has recounted how he dumped a dead bear cub in New York's Central Park in 2014.

The clip, posted on X account on Sunday, shows the independent presidential candidate describing to US actress Roseanne Barr the incident that mystified New Yorkers 10 years ago.

Mr Kennedy said a woman had killed the bear with her car when he was driving outside the city, and he put it in his van with the intention of harvesting its meat.

He shared the anecdote as the New Yorker magazine published a story about the incident on Monday.

According to the New Yorker, external, Mr Kennedy was "tickled" by the discovery of the bear while heading to a falconry outing in the rural Hudson River Valley.

An image included in the article shows Mr Kennedy grimacing with his hand inside the dead bear's mouth after he loaded the carcass in the back of his car.

The magazine quoted an anonymous source as saying that Mr Kennedy "thought it would be funny to make it look like an errant cyclist" had killed it.

The account is broadly similar to the one provided by Mr Kennedy on Sunday.

In his video, Mr Kennedy tells Barr that he was driving to go falcon-hunting near Goshen, New York in 2014 when the bear was killed.

"I was going to skin the bear... and I was going to put the meat in my refrigerator," he says. "And you can do that in New York state: Get a bear tag for a roadkill bear."

New York state allows for roadkill to be taken, but authorities must be notified. Mr Kennedy does not appear to have done that.

Instead, he says he continued to his falconry event, then went on to dinner at Peter Luger Steakhouse in New York City, about 75 miles (121km) south of Goshen.


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"At the end of the dinner, it was late and I realised I couldn't go home," Mr Kennedy says. "I had to go to the airport, and the bear was in my car, and I didn't want to leave the bear in my car because that would have been bad."

That is when, he says, it occurred to him that there had been a series of bicycle accidents in New York and that he had an old bicycle in his car.

"We thought it would be amusing for whoever found it," he says.

"The next day... it was on every television station. It was a front page of every paper and I turned on the TV and there was like a mile of yellow tape and 20 cop cars, there were helicopters flying, and I was like, 'Oh my God. What did I do?'"

He then notes that a fact-checker from the New Yorker called him and asked whether he was involved, which appears to have prompted him to release this video.

The bear's corpse was discovered by a woman walking her dog, The New York Times said in its 2014 story, external. The carcass had been placed under some bushes and an abandoned bicycle.

New York's Department of Environmental Conservation told the BBC on Monday that an investigation determined the bear had died from a high-speed collision. It added that charges cannot be brought for incidents more than a year old.

The Times' story from 2014 was written by a one of Mr Kennedy's relatives - Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former president John F Kennedy.

Mr Kennedy's story comes as support for his presidential campaign has dwindled to single digits in polls since Kamala Harris entered the race for the Democrats.

He maintains that he has no intention of ending his presidential bid.

Probably shouldn't laugh at this absurdity but I did, especially with how wild the news is at the moment.

BBC News - RFK Jr admits dumping bear carcass in New York's Central Park
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2j3353vvdvo

[bots]

i watched the video, it was just batshit

It raised more questions than it explained

It's also worth noting this isn't a student type of prank, he was 60 at the time

[Ray.]

The magazine quoted an anonymous source as saying that Mr Kennedy "thought it would be funny to make it look like an errant cyclist" had killed it.

He must've gotten the idea from that time the CIA killed his uncle and made it look like a communist did it.

[James]

Reminds me of the Michael Owen ran over a rabbit Tweet.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by James

Reminds me of the Michael Owen ran over a rabbit Tweet.

Wtf.

[Quantum Boy]

"Mr Kennedy said a woman had killed the bear with her car when he was driving outside the city, and he put it in his van with the intention of harvesting its meat."

A truly surreal sentence.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

"Mr Kennedy said a woman had killed the bear with her car when he was driving outside the city, and he put it in his van with the intention of harvesting its meat."

A truly surreal sentence.

…yeah, it’s not a regular every day sentence……is bear a much eaten meat, then…?…

[bots]

i want to know why someone asked him to get rid of their bike. Can you imagine going up to someone and saying .... get rid of this bike for me

Also, i don't think there is any car parking that close to the park, so they must have carried a dead bear along the street

[Ammi]

…it’s quite the after dinner story/anecdote, isn’t it…after they’ve all tucked into their griddled bear steaks…’so funny thing about bear steaks…there was this one time………………….’….

[Beso]

Remindes me of the time me and my cousin found one of those maribooboo things dead and our guide told us the locals would pick it up for eating if it was fresh enough.

[Quantum Boy]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i want to know why someone asked him to get rid of their bike. Can you imagine going up to someone and saying .... get rid of this bike for me

Also, i don't think there is any car parking that close to the park, so they must have carried a dead bear along the street

It probably belonged to the other "bear" he found in the road the previous day. Meat already harvested

[Liam-]

Can we start admitting that someone with self confessed worms in their brain is probably not very well and should be taken care of medically for their own safety?

[Quantum Boy]

Originally Posted by Liam-

self confessed worms

[arista]

[Robert F Kennedy Jr has recounted how he
dumped a dead bear cub in New York's
Central Park in 2014.

The clip, posted on X account on Sunday,
shows the independent presidential candidate

describing to US actress Roseanne Barr
the incident that mystified
New Yorkers 10 years ago.

Mr Kennedy said a woman had killed
the bear with her car when he was driving
outside the city, and he put it in his van
with the intention of harvesting its meat.]



Yes back in 2014
good on him.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

At least you are a Clever one