{"id":2319154,"date":"2024-08-04T22:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T02:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-says-he-left-a-dead-bear-in-central-park-as-a-prank-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-04T22:01:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T02:01:56","slug":"robert-f-kennedy-jr-says-he-left-a-dead-bear-in-central-park-as-a-prank-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-says-he-left-a-dead-bear-in-central-park-as-a-prank-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a dead bear in Central Park as a prank &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frobert-f-kennedy-jr-says-he-left-a-dead-bear-in-central-park-as-a-prank-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2319154&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evan-mcmullin-is-the-democrats-utah-senate-candidate\/\" title=\"Evan McMullin Is The Democrats\u2019 Utah Senate Candidate\">independent presidential candidate<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abysmal-harvard-named-worst-school-for-free-speech-scores-zero-out-of-100\/\" title=\"Harvard ranked worst for free speech, scores zero out of 100.\">recently made\u2063 headlines<\/a> by confessing to a \u2062bizarre prank he pulled a decade ago.\u200b In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-no-new-proactive-step-on-tiktok-deal-under-biden\/\" title=\"White House: No New \u2018Proactive Step\u2019 on TikTok Deal Under Biden\">social media video<\/a>, he \u200crecounts how he\u2062 retrieved a dead bear\u2062 that had \u200bbeen\u200d killed by a motorist and left it in \u200dCentral Park, with a bicycle placed on top.\u200b This incident, \u2062which sparked considerable public interest at the time, was intended \u2064as a joke. Kennedy shared this\u2063 story during a conversation with actress Roseanne\u200d Barr.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he indicated that more details about this incident will \u2064be featured in an upcoming article in *The New Yorker*, which he predicts will reveal more\u200d about his unconventional campaign. This \u200brevelation adds to \u2064a series of unusual events associated with Kennedy&#8217;s \u200dcandidacy, which has drawn mixed \u2063reactions from political figures across the spectrum. He has\u200c also responded to certain controversies \u200cin his \u2062life, including clarifications about a \u2063photo of him with a\u2062 charred animal, which he claims was a goat\u200d and not a dog, \u200bas \u200bsome speculated.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a dead bear in Central Park as a prank<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1704653\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> Independent presidential candidate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>&nbsp;once retrieved a bear that was killed by a motorist and left it in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York&rsquo;s Central Park<\/a> with a bicycle on top, sparking a mystery that consumed the city a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy describes the incident in a video that was posted to social media Sunday, adding it will be included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>in a forthcoming <em>New Yorker<\/em> article<\/a> that he expects to be damaging.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s the latest bizarre incident in Kennedy&rsquo;s quixotic campaign that has divided his famous family and left Republicans and Democrats alike concerned about his potential impact on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-met-with-boos-calls-of-traitor-at-faith-freedom-conference\/\" title=\"Mike Pence Met With Boos, Calls Of \u2018Traitor\u2019 At Faith &amp; Freedom Conference\">presidential contest<\/a>. Kennedy has acknowledged 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 take a bite of a charred animal; Kennedy said it was a goat.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking forward to seeing how you spin this one, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewYorker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NewYorker<\/a>&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G13taEGzba\">pic.twitter.com\/G13taEGzba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1820132549798347109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the video, Kennedy recounts the story to actress Roseanne Barr. He says he was heading to a falconry excursion with friends when a woman driving ahead of him hit and killed the young bear with her vehicle. He says he put it in his own vehicle, intending to skin it and eat the meat, but the day got away from him.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, he says, he was in Manhattan and needed to get the bear carcass out of his vehicle. His friends, fueled by alcohol, concocted the Central Park plan as a prank, he said, adding he was not drunk himself. At the time, bicycle accidents were getting significant media attention, so Kennedy and his friends thought it would be funny to make it look like the bear was hit by a bicycle.<\/p>\n<p>Two women walking their dogs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/-----83c6d181437c488bb19c0baf7808df5e\">found the dead bear<\/a>&nbsp;and alerted authorities, touching off a mystery that captivated the city for a few days. Bears are not among the park&rsquo;s known wildlife population.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bike was dusted for prints and the animal sent to Albany for a necropsy, which determined the bear was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-c9c451a0181a4e07a1a67b376c6ddd2c\">likely hit by a vehicle<\/a>&nbsp;and was not a victim of animal cruelty. But how the bear ended up in Central Park remained a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was worried because my prints were all over that bike,&rdquo; Kennedy tells Barr in the video.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1704653\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1704653\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims he once left a dead bear in Central Park as a joke. The independent presidential candidate recounted the story in a video shared on social media, revealing that he had found the bear, which had been struck by a car, and placed it in Central Park with a bicycle on top\u2014a prank that intrigued the city about ten years ago. He mentioned this incident will be featured in an upcoming article from The New Yorker, which he believes could be damaging to his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>This unusual event is just one of many odd occurrences during Kennedy&#8217;s unconventional campaign, which has created rifts within his well-known family and raised concerns among both Republicans and Democrats regarding its potential influence on the election. Kennedy has previously acknowledged having dealt with a parasite that affected his brain but denied eating a dog after Vanity Fair published an image of him seemingly preparing to bite into what appeared to be charred meat; he clarified it was actually goat.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Kennedy shares details of the incident with actress Roseanne Barr. He explains that while heading to go falconing with friends, he witnessed a woman accidentally hit and kill the young bear. Initially intending to use it for food, circumstances led him to end up in Manhattan where he needed to dispose of the carcass from his vehicle. His intoxicated friends suggested leaving it as part of their prank in Central Park since bicycle accidents were making headlines at that time; they thought it would be amusing to imply that the bear had been struck by a bike.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery was made by two women walking their dogs who reported finding the dead bear, leading authorities into an investigation that captured public interest for several days\u2014especially since bears are not typically found within park boundaries. The bike was examined for fingerprints while officials sent the animal for necropsy analysis in Albany; results indicated it had likely been hit by a vehicle rather than being subjected to cruelty. However, how exactly it ended up there remained unsolved\u2014Kennedy expressed concern over leaving fingerprints on the bike during his conversation with Barr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2319155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Robert-F.-Kennedy-Jr.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[8259,37165,22713,37164,32076],"class_list":["post-2319154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bear","tag-central-park","tag-prank","tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Robert-F.-Kennedy-Jr.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2319155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}