Impartial U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. mentioned in a video posted on-line Sunday that he dumped a lifeless bear in New York Metropolis’s Central Park a decade in the past and staged it to appear like it had been hit by a bicycle.
Kennedy advised within the video, which was posted on the social media platform X, that he’s making an attempt to get forward of an as-yet-unpublished New Yorker story.
“I can not wait to see the way you deal with this, @NewYorker…” Kennedy posted on his X account with a video of himself at a kitchen desk speaking to comic Roseanne Barr.
Kennedy mentioned within the video that he was driving to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York when a girl in a van forward of him struck and killed a younger bear. Kennedy put the bear’s physique behind his automobile as a result of he was going to pores and skin it and retailer its meat at dwelling, he mentioned.
However after a late dinner at Peter Luger Steak Home in New York Metropolis, she needed to head straight to the airport and did not need to go away the bear in her car.
“I had an outdated bike in my automobile and somebody requested me to eliminate it. I mentioned, ‘Let’s put the bear in Central Park and make it appear like it acquired hit by a motorcycle,'” he mentioned, then laughed, saying it could be “humorous” for whoever discovered it.
Kennedy’s marketing campaign didn’t instantly remark additional on the incident.
In October 2014, the physique of a black bear cub was present in bushes in Central Park and police launched a legal investigation into the dying.
Reuters reported on the time that foul play was suspected, and state wildlife officers later concluded it was probably struck and killed by a car.
Kennedy mentioned within the video that the New Yorker had requested him in regards to the incident and was planning on doing a “huge piece” on it.
The New Yorker didn’t instantly reply to an emailed request for remark.
In a latest Reuters/Ipsos ballot, Kennedy was the favourite of 8 p.c of voters. He has but to qualify for the Nov. 5 election in lots of states.
