Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once retrieved a bear that had been killed by a motorist and left it in New York’s Central Park with a bicycle on top, creating a citywide mystery a decade ago. Kennedy recounted the incident in a video posted to social media on Sunday, stating that it would be included in a New Yorker article he anticipated would be damaging.
The article, published on Monday, featured a photo of Kennedy with his fingers in the bear’s bloodied mouth and a mock grimace on his face. A bloodstain is visible on his left pant leg. This incident adds to the series of unusual events in Kennedy’s quixotic campaign, which has divided his famous family and caused concern among both Republicans and Democrats about his potential impact on the presidential race.
Kennedy has acknowledged having a parasite that lodged in his brain and died. He denied eating a dog after a friend shared a photo with Vanity Fair magazine showing Kennedy dramatically preparing to bite a charred animal, clarifying that it was a goat.
In the video, Kennedy tells the story to actress Roseanne Barr, explaining that he was on his way to a falconry excursion with friends when a woman driving ahead of him hit and killed a young bear. He put the bear in his vehicle with the intention of skinning it and eating the meat, but the day got away from him.
