Robert F Kennedy Jr has admitted to dumping a dead bear cub in Central Park solving a bizarre mystery that has baffled New Yorkers for a decade. READ MORE: https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/rfk-jr-bear-central-park-roseanne-barr-v77rlghdl The Independent presidential candidate revealed he once retrieved a bear killed by a motorist and left it in the iconic park with a bicycle on top of it — sparking a puzzle that consumed the Big Apple. Kennedy made the disclosure in a three-minute video posted on social media Sunday in an apparent attempt to get ahead of a forthcoming New Yorker magazine story. In the video, Kennedy recounted the strange tale to actress Roseanne Barr. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/ #rfkjr #usa #bear #newyork