You know, I certainly don’t think anyone had a presidential candidate telling the story of dumping a dead bear cub in a park on their 2024 bingo cards, but here we are.
As RedState reported Sunday, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared a video to the Twitter/X machine over the weekend where he talked to comedienne/actress Roseanne Barr about how, during an outing with friends for a day of falconry back in 2014, a woman driving in front of him allegedly hit a bear cub and killed it.
He said he stopped and picked up the cub, intending to take it home to skin it for the meat. But because the day and evening ran long and he didn’t want to leave the bear in his vehicle any longer, he and some of the people he was with proceeded to take an old bike of his and place it, along with the bear, in Central Park to make it look like someone had hit it with a bike.
READ MORE: What the Heck?! RFK Jr. Tells Bizarre Story About Leaving a Dead Bear in Central Park
His claims, though bizarre, seemingly resolve a 10-year mystery for New Yorkers, and got RFK Jr. ahead of an apparent story the New Yorker publication worked on that referenced the incident.
But beyond that, the New York City Sanitation Dept. has also gotten in on the action, injecting some much-needed humor into the story Monday by posting a tweet that references how to properly dispose of dead animals in the Big Apple. Though the post didn’t mention the Kennedy video specifically, I think it’s pretty obvious from the names on the bags that they had his story in mind as they posted it:
Wondering how to dispose of a dead animal in New York City? Get the facts: https://t.co/7j88pwjh3c pic.twitter.com/QPYzdaPB4I
— NYC Sanitation (@NYCSanitation) August 5, 2024
On the page, it talks about what to do if the dead animal is on private property versus public property. Based on what Kennedy said, it sounds like the bear was found on public property. There’s a form they have for that:
You can report a dead animal for removal from public areas, such as:
- Sidewalk
- Streets
- Highways
- Parks
- Beaches
- Bodies of water
Report a dead animal on public property.
According to the New York Post, Kennedy did not go through the proper channels to be able to tag the bear and take it home – but he won’t face charges or fines due to the statute of limitations running out:
Kennedy, an environmental lawyer now on the outs with many of his former allies, said he had planned to obtain a bear tag to harvest the cub’s meat.
But he didn’t do that bear minimum under the state’s Environmental Conservation Law, which sets steps for people who want to keep roadkill meat, including reporting such crashes to law enforcement.
Illegally possessing bear without a tag and illegally disposing of a bear for violations that typically draw fines of up to $250 for a first offense.
Gee. A Kennedy getting away with wrongdoing. Who’da thought?
Flashback–>> Trashed: NYC’s Dramatic Debut of Side-Loading Garbage Truck Does Not Get the Intended Reactions
