A government agency has revealed that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the former independent presidential candidate, is under investigation for having supposedly chopped off a dead whale’s head and brought it to his home years ago.
The politician shared the bizarre news on Saturday September 14, when he was campaigning near Phoenix, Arizona. The former Democrat endorsed GOP nominee Donald Trump at the end of August, after he suspended his own presidential bid. He has since been seen with the controversial Republican on the campaign trail.
Kennedy told the pro-Trump crowd that he was sent a letter informing him that he was under investigation for “collecting a whale specimen 20 years ago.” He also suggested that the probe of the decades-old allegation was the result of his endorsement for Trump—although he did not provide evidence to support this motivation.
The independent politician neither confirmed nor denied whether he confiscated the dead whale’s head or chopped it off. However, Kennedy’s daughter Kathleen gave a detailed presentation of the incident back in 2012, during an interview she had with Town and Country magazine.
According to Kathleen, the crazy story took place when she was only six years old. She said during the interview that her father heard about the dead whale on the shore and, using a chainsaw, removed the animal’s head. He then secured it to their family minivan and drove home.
Kathleen recalled that “whale juice” came “pour[ing] into the windows” of the vehicle each time the car accelerated during the five-hour drive. She said that the family had put plastic bags on their heads, with holes at the mouth to allow airflow. She also said that it was “normal day-to-day stuff” for the family, despite being given “the finger” by people who were driving along the highway.
The open investigation was merely confirmed by the National Marine Fisheries Service, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The probe comes several weeks after Kennedy confessed to having dumped a bear cub in Central Park more than 10 years ago, becoming yet another bizarre accusation against the attorney who has been strewn across the newspapers for his odd history.
