RFK Jr. admits to dumping dead bear cub in Central Park

The presidential candidate has admitted he was responsible for a dead bear cub that turned up in Central Park in 2014, shedding light on a decade-old mystery. ABC News’ Rhiannon Ally has the details.

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[Ohyeahduh]

I swear to god, it's like we're living in a Monty Python sketch or something.

[marcime]

Just when you think this Presidential race can't get any weirder RFK junior shows up and says "Hold my bear"

[davidkendrick]

What is up with the Kennedy's and dead bodies in cars???

[lostnlove]

I’m pretty sure dumping anything in a park is illegal especially a dead animal.

[healingsoul]

Dude is nuts. We don't need another insane president.

[mooonpaw]

"I thought it would be amusing for whoever found it." Jfc.

[tinamarie]

You know it's bad when Roseann Barr is shocked and speechless. What a complete whackadoodle

[ranrod]

Just... Wtf?! That's all I have to say.

[bretthaines]

Staging a hit-and-run with roadkill is insane, harvesting the fur is definitely illegal without a permit, and the entire exercise was a total waste of everybody's time... basically sums up his Presidential run too 🤷‍♂️

[GenRN]

This is some psycho level behavior. 10 years ago? This was not a high school prank. So he was gonna eat some road kill? Drives around with a dead animal in his car all day. What a friggin weirdo.

[derekcrockett]

All he has to do was call state wildlife and report it.

[reecom]

WTF! How would anybody know that he did it after 10 YEARS, unless he bragged about it years later! The guy is loosing it!

[Zzues]

He thought it would be amusing for someone to find a dead bear cub?... Can we stop these rich people from ruining the world we all live on?

[vincentasantiago]

No one gets the joke. He dumps a BEAR in NY and the market happens to collapse in NY after. No hope for humanity

[Qpon_Mama]

And worm for brains is the third option. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[johnsteelman]

At least he didn't leave the bear in the car to drown

[DrLarryMalerba]

The lamestream media is hilarious. Completely ignore the candidate until they can sensationalize some irrelevant detail of his life that has literally nothing to do with the substance of his campaign or his positions on the issues. I will never vote Dem again and I sure won’t vote Repug. But it’s guaranteed that I will vote for RFK Jr!

[BetsyBradley-hv]

Finally ABC gives Kennedy coverage. They were able to find something less than newsworthy.

[seaninness]

That story just keeps getting creepier. EVERYTHING about this is just one bad decision after another... of course he thought it was a good idea to run for office.

[chrisfry]

Wow this is what you post - not his policies or all his positive environmental acts! We need RFK and his honesty!