Independent United States presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr posted a video on social media in which he confessed that he dumped a dead "young bear" in Central Park 10 years ago.

According to ABC News, in the video posted on Kennedy's X account, shows a conversation between the presidential candidate and veteran actress Roseanne Barr.

In the video, Kennedy, 70, told Barr, 71, that he was driving in upstate New York when a woman in a van in front of him hit and killed the bear.

He said that he pulled over and put the bear in the back of his vehicle, planning to skin it and put the meat in his refrigerator, which is allowed in New York.

However, after a day spent "hawking," and a long dinner in New York City, he said that he did not have time to put the bear in his house before catching a flight out.

After being encouraged by others, Kennedy decided to place the dead bear in the New York City park next to a bicycle he happened to have in his car to make it appear as if a bicyclist struck the bear.

Kennedy said bicycling accidents with pedestrians were big news at the time.

The dead bear made news when a woman discovered it the next day, though Kennedy was never tied to the incident.

Kennedy said at the end of the video that he told the story to get ahead of an upcoming New Yorker profile of him, which he believes will include details of the incident.

"Looking forward to seeing how you spin this one [New Yorker]," he wrote on X to accompany the video.

According to a campaign official, the Kennedy campaign is not worried about any legal ramifications stemming from his bear incident.