RFK Jr. admits to leaving dead bear cub and old bicycle in Central Park nearly 10 years ago

Imagine the scene: a dead six-month-old female black bear cub found in New York City’s enchanting Central Park, tucked beneath an old bicycle. For years, the mystery of how this curious and macabre sighting came to be has puzzled many. But now, the truth has come to light, as independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. has stepped forward to claim responsibility for the bizarre incident.

In a candid video posted on X, Kennedy revealed the unlikely series of events that led to the bear cub’s unusual placement in Central Park. He recounted how he stumbled upon the bear in the morning while on a falconing expedition, only to witness a woman in a van inadvertently striking and killing the young animal.

“So, 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, and it was in very good condition, and I was going to put the meat in my refrigerator,” Kennedy explained. “And you can do that in New York state. You can get a bear tag for roadkill bear.”

However, as fate would have it, his falconing activities extended longer than anticipated, leading him to rush to a dinner engagement at Peter Luger Steakhouse in the bustling city. With no time to return home to Westchester, Kennedy found himself faced with a dilemma.

“And the bear was in my car, and I didn’t want to leave the bear in the car because that would have been bad,” Kennedy admitted. “So, then I thought, you know, at that time this was a little bit of the redneck me. There’d been a series of bicycle accidents in New York, they had just put in the bike lanes and so a couple of people were getting killed and it was every day and people badly injured every day, it was in the press.”

It was in this moment of spontaneous decision-making, fueled by a touch of whimsy and perhaps peer influence, that Kennedy concocted the idea to stage the bear and bicycle tableau in Central Park.

“I said let’s go put the bear in Central Park and we’ll make it look like it got hit by a bike,” Kennedy remembered. Little did he anticipate the sheer magnitude of attention and media frenzy that would follow his curious prank.

“The next day, it was like it was on every television station. It was the front page of every paper, and I turned on the TV and there was like a mile of yellow tape and there were 20 cop cars, there were helicopters flying over it. And I was like, ‘Oh my God, what did I do?'” Kennedy shared.

As the story quickly snowballed into a sensational spectacle, with forensic investigations and speculations swirling, Kennedy found himself caught in a whirlwind of unexpected scrutiny and intrigue.

“And then there were some people on TV in Tyvek suits with gloves on lifting up the bike and they’re saying they’re gonna take this up to Albany to get it fingerprinted,” he recounted. “And I was worried because my prints were all over that bike.”

Despite the initial flurry of media frenzy, the story eventually settled into obscurity until the New Yorker magazine revisited the strange event, prompting Kennedy to come forward and confirm his role in the peculiar incident. With a tone tinged with regret and resignation, Kennedy acknowledged the impending backlash that may arise from the resurrection of this long-buried tale.

“It’s going to be a bad story,” Kennedy somberly predicted. The saga of the Central Park bear and the mysterious bicycle may have finally found its resolution, but the enigmatic allure of this curious chapter in New York City’s history continues to captivate and intrigue.