Dead bear another strange twist in RFK Jr's faltering campaign

Bizarre headlines, a new opponent and limited cash have left the independent candidate struggling.

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The 70-year-old's recent confession about dumping a dead bear in Central Park is just the latest strange twist to a campaign that was already sagging in the polls.

Mr Kennedy seems determined to test the proposition that there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

In a move to get ahead of a lengthy profile published on Monday in the New Yorker magazine, he released a video where he discusses an accident involving a bear cub a decade ago – and the unlikely series of events that followed.

In the video, Mr Kennedy is speaking to actress and comedian Roseanne Barr over a half-eaten meal of takeaway beef ribs. He describes how he watched a nearby car hit and kill a bear cub while on a day trip hunting with a falcon.

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