Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes a campaign announcement at a press conference in Philadelphia on Oct. 9, 2023.
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In an unprecedented election cycle, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stunned many with a bizarre confession. The independent presidential candidate disclosed that a decade ago, he picked up a dead bear cub from a highway and secretly transported it to Central Park, reportedly to create the impression that the bear had fallen victim to a bicyclist.
In a recent video, Kennedy recounted, “I pulled over and I picked up the bear and put him in the back of my van, because I was going to skin the bear… I was going to put the meat in my refrigerator.”
He even shared a grimacing photograph with the dead bear, depicting an exaggerated reaction as though being bitten.
Kennedy recalled that he transported the bear cub’s corpse after dining in New York. Amidst his dinner, he realized he had a flight to catch later that evening, presenting a rather odd dilemma for the candidate.
In the video, he explains how he and friends — who had consumed alcohol while he remained sober — took the bear’s remains into Central Park, discarding them alongside an old bicycle that was also situated in his vehicle.
The next morning, two women stumbled upon the bear cub in Central Park. Local reports indicated that authorities suspected it may have been “murdered.”
A forensic investigation subsequently revealed that the bear cub was a six-month-old female weighing 44 pounds.
Kennedy whimsically stated in his video that he thought staging the scene would be “amusing.”
In the aftermath, Kennedy and his friends observed the ensuing media frenzy as authorities scrambled to decipher the circumstances surrounding the cub’s untimely demise.
The incident raised public concern about potential wildlife encroachment into urban areas, while many sympathized with the unfortunate cub’s fate, lamenting its role in a human prank that diverted resources away from real issues needing attention.
