RFK Jr. Once Beheaded a Whale with a Chainsaw and Tied It to Minivan

Another bizarre, animal-related story has emerged about Robert F Kennedy Jr. His daughter disclosed that he once beheaded a dead whale and tied its head to the roof of the family’s minivan before setting off on a five-hour drive. Kathleen Alexandra “Kick” Kennedy made this revelation in a 2012 interview with Town and Country, where she traced her own “taste for the extreme” back to her “dad’s eccentric environmentalism.”

The story resurfaced recently, prompting calls for the government to investigate RFK Jr. for potentially violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. This news comes just weeks after the 70-year-old, who was running for president as an independent before suspending his campaign and endorsing Donald Trump, admitted to dumping a bear cub in New York’s Central Park a decade ago.

In the resurfaced 2012 interview, Kick Kennedy recounted a day when she was six years old, and the family learned that a dead whale had washed up on the beach at Hyannis Port, southeast of Boston. The actor-turned-philanthropist said that upon hearing the news, her dad went to the beach with a chainsaw to cut off the whale’s head.

He then strapped the grim body part to the roof of the family’s minivan using bungee cords and drove the family to Mount Kisco, New York—a drive of about four to five hours. “Every time we accelerated on the highway, whale juice would pour into the windows of the car, and it was the rankest thing on the planet,” Kick recalled. “We all had plastic bags over our heads with mouth holes cut out, and people on the highway were giving us the finger, but that was just normal day-to-day stuff for us.”

After the story resurfaced, environmentalists from the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund urged government officials to investigate whether RFK Jr. violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. In a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the agency pointed out that it is “illegal to possess any part of an animal, dead or alive, that is protected under either statute. Continued possession of any whale skull represents a significant and ongoing violation of the law.”

Earlier this month, RFK Jr. released a video admitting that he dumped the carcass of a bear cub in Central Park back in 2014. The video, featuring actor Roseanne Barr, shows RFK Jr., the nephew of former president John F Kennedy, recounting how he saw a car hit and kill the cub in upstate New York. He picked up the carcass, put it in his car, and planned to skin, butcher, and keep the meat in his refrigerator. However, realizing he had to go to the airport and couldn’t deal with the dead bear, he and his intoxicated friends decided to leave it in the Manhattan park.

The discovery of the dead cub in the park the next day made headlines and remained a mystery for the next decade. Following RFK Jr’s confession, authorities have stated he will not face state charges over the matter.

Another strange revelation came to light when it emerged that RFK Jr. once claimed a parasitic worm ate part of his brain and then died inside his head. According to The New York Times, RFK Jr. recounted this wild story during his deposition for his divorce in 2012. He testified that he initially feared he had a brain tumor but learned after visiting doctors that there was a dead parasite inside his head. “I have cognitive problems, clearly. I have short-term memory loss, and I have longer-term memory loss that affects me,” he said.

RFK Jr’s eventful presidential campaign ended recently when he suspended his bid and endorsed Trump. This move drew immediate backlash from members of his own family. His sister, Kerry Kennedy, expressed her dismay, saying she is “disgusted” by her brother’s “obscene” backing of the Republican candidate. She claimed he had “set fire” to their father senator Robert F Kennedy’s memory.

Source: Town and Country, The New York Times