RFK Jr admits to dumping bear carcass in New York's Central Park

Presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr says the 2014 incident that mystified New Yorkers was a prank.

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The clip, posted to his X account on Sunday, shows him with controversial US comedian Roseanne Barr as he describes bizarre circumstances that led to an incident that mystified New Yorkers 10 years ago.

Mr Kennedy said a woman had hit and killed the bear with her car when he was driving behind her outside of the city, and he put it in his van with the intention of skinning the animal and harvesting its meat.

It appears he shared the anecdote to get ahead of a story in The New Yorker magazine published on Monday.

According to the New Yorker , Mr Kennedy was "tickled" by the discovery of the bear while on a falconry outing in upstate New York. When he discovered the bear, he loaded it onto the back of his truck.

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