Presidential Hopeful Left Dead Bear From Upstate New York In NYC

A Presidential candidate says he's the person who took a dead bear from the Hudson Valley and left it in New York City.

The bear was found in Central Park about 10 years ago.

Dead Bear Found In Central Park

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In a bizarre twist, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who's running as an independent for President, told comedian Roseanne Barr that he's the person who left the dead bear in Central Park.

Kennedy was driving in the Hudson Valley, near Goshen, when he saw a young bear get hit and killed by another driver.

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"So I pulled over and I picked up the bear and put him in the back of my van," Kennedy told Barr in a video Kennedy posted to X. "The bear was in very good condition. I was just gonna put (the bear) in the refrigerator. You can do that in New York City, you can get a bear tag for a roadkill there."

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Kenney wanted to skin the animal and use it for meat.

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Kennedy was in the Goshen area to hunt. He says he and his friends stayed late because they were "catching a lot of game." But, he stayed too late to drop off the bear at his Westchester County home because he had dinner at Peter Luger's Steakhouse in New York City.

After dinner, he had no time to go home because he had a flight. He and his friends, who he admits were drinking (he says he wasn't) then crafted a plan.

"You know, at that time, this was the whole thing and a little bit of the redneck in me. I thought, there had been a series of bicycle accidents (in) New York City. They just put in the bike lanes and a couple of people got killed and (or) badly injured," Kennedy said. "I had an old bike in my car that somebody had asked me to get rid of it. I said, let's go put the bear in Central Park and it'll make it look like he got hit by a bike."

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The story made major headlines, but police never figured out how the bear ended up at Central Park.

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Kennedy said he's released details now because the New Yorker asked him to comment on the bear story.

"Looking forward to seeing how you spin this one, @NewYorker...," Kennedy tweeted.

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