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RFK Jr. confesses to dumping dead bear cub in Central Park after ditching plan to skin and eat it

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed in a conversation that he placed a dead "young bear" in Central Park 10 years ago.

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  1. CBS News

    RFK Jr. admits putting dead bear cub and old bicycle in New York City (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    "I said let's go put the bear in Central Park and we'll make it look like it got hit by a bike," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a video he posted on X.

  2. CNN

    RFK Jr. says he placed a dead bear cub in Central Park 10 years ago (opens CNN)

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    Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a social media video on Sunday that he drove a dead bear cub carcass from upstate New York and placed it in New York City’s Central Park 10 years ago, sharing the story in what he said was an effort to combat a forthcoming New Yorker a…

  3. RedState

    What the Heck?! RFK Jr. Tells Bizarre Story About Leaving a Dead Bear in Central Park (opens RedState)

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  4. ABC 11 Raleigh

    RFK Jr. confesses to dumping dead bear cub in Central Park after ditching plan to skin and eat it (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    ABC 11 Raleigh's feed description

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed in a conversation that he placed a dead "young bear" in Central Park 10 years ago.

  5. KTVZ Bend

    New Yorker publishes photo of RFK Jr. with dead bear cub. He joked it may be where he got his brain worm (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made light of a decade-old incident in which he drove a dead bear cub carcass from upstate New York to New York City and placed it in Central Park, joking, “maybe that’s where I got my brain worm,” referring to a …

  6. Fox5 Atlanta

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a dead bear in Central Park as a prank (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Fox5 Atlanta's feed description

    Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once retrieved a bear that was killed by a motorist and left it in New York’s Central Park with a bicycle on top, sparking a mystery that consumed the city a decade ago.

  7. The New Republic

    RFK Jr. Thinks His Dead Baby Bear Story Is Very Funny (opens The New Republic)

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    The New Republic's feed description

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is bragging about trying to keep the corpse of a bear cub.

  8. New Hampshire Union Leader

    RFK Jr. says he once dumped a dead bear in Central Park (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once left a road-killed bear cub in Central Park because his falconing expedition encroached on his airport-arrival time, he revealed in a video released Sunday.

  9. The Daily Dot

    Internet explodes as mysterious Central Park bear cub culprit revealed to be RFK Jr. (opens The Daily Dot)

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    The Daily Dot's feed description

    RFK Jr said he staged a dead bear in Central Park to make it look like it was hit and killed by a New York biker in 2014.

  10. Hot Air

    Let's Talk About RFK and the Dead Bear in the Park (opens Hot Air)

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  11. The Guardian

    RFK Jr says he was behind mystery of dead bear dumped in Central Park with bicycle (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    In a video on X, the independent presidential candidate said he and his friends thought the prank in New York would be funny

  12. Time

    RFK Jr. Admits to Leaving Dead Bear in Central Park (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    The independent presidential candidate confessed to dropping off the bear cub carcass in a mysterious incident a decade ago.

  13. Variety

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Releases Bizarre Video Telling Roseanne Barr About Finding a Dead Bear and Dumping It in Central Park (opens Variety)

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    Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy has released a bizarre video with Roseanne Barr discussing an incident with a dead bear dumped in Central Park.

  14. New York Post

    Cub reporter: RFK Jr.’s journo cousin says she had no idea he was behind dead bear when she wrote 2014 tale (opens New York Post)

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    Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cousin Tatiana Schlossberg says she had no idea he was behind the dead bear cub dumped in Central Park in 2014 when she reported on its discovery while working for the New York Times.

  15. Breitbart News

    Watch: RFK Jr. Admits to Dumping a Dead Bear in NYC's Central Park (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a bizarre video Sunday in which he admitted to dumping a dead bear cub in central park and staging an accident.

  16. WHDH Boston

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a dead bear in Central Park as a prank - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once retrieved a bear that was killed by a motorist and left it in New York’s

  17. Rolling Stone

    RFK Jr. Posed With Carcass of Bear Cub He Then Dumped in Central Park (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    Robert Kennedy Jr. admitted to dumping the body of a bear cub in Central Park ten years ago — but not before he took a picture with it.

  18. NPR

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. admitted to dumping a dead bear cub in Central Park (opens NPR)

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    Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. admitted to dumping a dead bear cub in New York City’s Central Park and making it look like a bicyclist had hit the animal.

  19. Newsweek

    RFK Jr. dead bear cub admission sparks avalanche of jokes, memes (opens Newsweek)

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    In 2014 the independent candidate dumped a bear in Central Park, staging it to look like a bicycle accident.

  20. New York Post

    RFK Jr. won’t face charges for dumping bear cub carcass in Central Park: ‘Absolutely bonkers’ (opens New York Post)

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    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be spared legal em-bear-assment for bizarrely dumping a black bear cub's carcass in Central Park because his 2014 park prank is beyond the statute of limitations for any crime or violation, former Manhattan prosecutor Mark Bederow and state wildlife officials told The Post…

  21. New York Post

    Graphic pic shows RFK Jr. posing with dead bear cub before dumping it in Central Park (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had posed for a bizarre and graphic photo with the dead bear cub he found in 2014 and would later dump in Central Park, according to a new report.

  22. Insider

    RFK Jr. says he planned to skin a dead bear cub after it was hit by a van but later dumped it in Central Park (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he dumped a dead bear cub near Central Park a decade ago. Reports of a similar incident from 2014 found no culprit.

  23. The Week

    RFK Jr. says he dumped dead bear in Central Park (opens The Week)

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    The Week's feed description

    Independent presidential candidate RFK Jr. told Roseanne Barr that he was behind a bear carcass incident that puzzled New Yorkers in 2014

  24. Forbes

    RFK Jr. Admits He Left A Dead Bear Cub In Central Park—Solving Decade-Old Mystery (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The strange wildlife discovery captured headlines and mystified police and New Yorkers until now.

  25. The Daily Caller

    RFK Jr. Confesses To Dumping Dead Bear Cub In Central Park After Abandoning Plan To Harvest It Nearly 10 Years Ago (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK) answered Thursday a decade-old question about who left a dead bear cub in Central Park.

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