By Stephanie Kelly
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Unbiased U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr mentioned in a video posted on-line on Sunday that he dumped a useless bear in New York Metropolis’s Central Park a decade in the past and staged it to appear like a motorcycle had hit it.
Kennedy urged within the video, which was posted on social media platform X, that he’s making an attempt to get forward of a not-yet-published story from the New Yorker.
“Looking forward to seeing how you spin this one, @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 (NYSE:) Valley in New York state when a lady in a van in entrance of him hit a younger bear and killed it. He put the bear’s physique into the again of his automotive as a result of he was going to pores and skin the bear and retailer its meat at his home, he mentioned.
However after a late dinner in New York Metropolis on the Peter Luger Steak Home, he needed to go straight to the airport and didn’t need to go away the bear in his car.
“I had an old bike in my car that somebody asked me to get rid of. I said, ‘Let’s go put the bear in Central Park and we’ll make it look like he got hit by a bike,'” he mentioned after which laughed, saying it could be “amusing” for whoever discovered it.
The Kennedy marketing campaign didn’t instantly remark additional on the incident.
In October 2014, the physique of a black bear cub was discovered within the bushes of Central Park and police launched a legal investigation into the dying.
Foul play was suspected within the case, Reuters reported on the time, 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 “big article” about him.
The New Yorker didn’t instantly reply to an emailed request for remark.
In a latest Reuters/Ipsos ballot, Kennedy was favored by 8% of voters. He has but to qualify for the poll in lots of states forward of the Nov. 5 election.
