Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.), a third-party candidate, has recently released a controversial video in which he confesses to the disposal of a deceased bear cub in Central Park, New York City.
In the video, he admitted to staging the scene to make it appear as though the bear had been hit by a cyclist.
The release of this video was timed to preempt an upcoming article in the New Yorker about the incident.
According to reports from the San Francisco Chronicle, the female black bear was found in October 2014, concealed in bushes and partially covered by a bicycle.
An investigation was initiated at that time but did not lead to any public revelations until the recent release of Kennedy’s video.
In this video, Kennedy is seen speaking with Roseanne Barr about his actions, explaining that he picked up the bear after witnessing it being struck by a van driven by a woman.
He then admitted to initially planning to skin and consume the bear but ultimately ran out of time.
Consequently, he decided to leave the bear and an old bicycle from his van in Central Park during a period when there had been an increase in bicycle accidents within the city.
“The next day, it was on every television station,” Kennedy told Barr. “Luckily, the story died down after a while.”
Looking forward to seeing how you spin this one, @NewYorker… pic.twitter.com/G13taEGzba
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 4, 2024
The strange admission comes after another unusual incident in which he was accused of consuming a barbecued dog. He refuted the claim. In a recent article, Vanity Fair presented an in-depth profile of Kennedy, featuring shocking accusations about his personal and political life, prominently including the assertion that he ate a dog during a visit to South Korea.
Last year Robert Kennedy Jr. texted a photograph to a friend. In the photo RFK Jr. was posing, alongside an unidentified woman, with the barbecued remains of what appears to be a dog. Kennedy told the person, who was traveling to Asia, that he might enjoy a restaurant in Korea that served dog on the menu, suggesting Kennedy had sampled dog. The photo was taken in 2010, according to the digital file’s metadata—the same year he was diagnosed with a dead tapeworm in his brain. (A veterinarian who examined the photograph says the carcass is a canine, pointing to the 13 pairs of ribs, which include the tell-tale “floating rib” found in dogs.)
The photo immediately went viral on social media, with many calling it a display of animal cruelty. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the photo, saying it was actually of a barbecued goat in Patagonia.
“You know when your veterinary experts call a goat a dog, and your forensic experts say a photo taken in Patagonia was taken in Korea, that you’ve joined the ranks of supermarket tabloids,” the candidate wrote in a post tagging Vanity Fair on X. “Keep telling America that up is down if you want. I’ll keep talking about the fact that working families can’t afford houses or groceries because our last two presidents went on a $14 trillion debt joyride, paid for by hard-working Americans.”
“The DNC media’s garbage pail journalism may distract us from President [Joe] Biden’s cognitive deficits but it does little to elevate the national debate or reduce the price of groceries,” he added.
Hey @VanityFair, you know when your veterinary experts call a goat a dog, and your forensic experts say a photo taken in Patagonia was taken in Korea, that you’ve joined the ranks of supermarket tabloids. Keep telling America that up is down if you want. I’ll keep talking about… pic.twitter.com/SGX3QpoaRZ
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) July 2, 2024
According to the Vanity Fair article, RFK Jr. was accused of driving his first wife, Mary Richardson, to suicide and of sending explicit texts of women’s genitalia to his friends, raising questions about consent.
Additionally, Eliza Cooney, a former part-time babysitter for his children, alleged that he was involved in sexual harassment and groping incidents on multiple occasions.
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