RFK Jr once cut penis off ‘road-killed raccoon’ in New York, new book reveals
TL;DR
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cut the penis off a road-killed raccoon in New York in 2001, as revealed in a new book. The incident is part of a series of unusual encounters with dead animals documented in his diary.
Key points
- RFK Jr cut a raccoon's penis in New York in 2001.
- The incident is documented in his diary.
- The revelation comes from a new book about RFK Jr.
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Robert F Kennedy Jr once cut the penis off a road-killed raccoon in an incident that is just one of several involving dead animals that the controversial US health secretary has been involved in.
A new book called RFK Jr: The Fall and Rise was published this week and reveals a diary entry for Kennedy that describes the prominent vaccine critic and leader of the “Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement stopping his car on a New York highway on 11 November 2001.
“I was standing in front of my parked car on I-684 cutting the penis out of a road killed raccoon, thinking about how weird some of my family members have turned out to be,” Kennedy wrote in the journal.
He added: “My kids waited patiently in the car.”
Isabel Vincent, the author of the new book, told People that he took the raccoon’s genitals so he could “study them later”.
Kennedy has long had a fascination for animal bodies, especially those he finds dead which he sometimes collects and studies. Elsewhere in the book, the author notes that a journalist traveling with Kennedy in Long Island in 2001 reported that he was fascinated by dead seagull corpses.
“I’d like to pick up some of these dead seagulls for my skull collection,” the book quotes Kennedy as saying, though his schedule on the day did not allow him to pause his journey and harvest the bones.
There have been numerous stories involving Kennedy and his treatment of dead animals.
Environmental groups were outraged over a story which revealed the former presidential candidate once severed the head of a washed-up deceased whale with a chainsaw and strapped it to his car’s roof. He also once confessed to dumping a dead bear cub in New York’s Central Park, attempting to make it look like the creature was killed by a bicyclist.
Q&A
What incident involving a raccoon did RFK Jr describe in his diary?
RFK Jr. detailed an incident where he cut the penis off a road-killed raccoon on a New York highway in 2001.
What is the title of the book that reveals RFK Jr's raccoon incident?
The book is titled 'RFK Jr: The Fall and Rise,' published this week.
Why did RFK Jr cut the raccoon's penis according to the book?
He intended to study the raccoon's genitals later, as mentioned in his diary entry.
