I've been having an interesting private conversation with Shaun Horrigan, who agrees with me that Umbrella Man took the throat shot. And we both think that there must have been a homing device that sent the dart exactly where it needed to go.
As you know, the projectile struck JFK in the lower throat, and not for one second do I think it was an accident; a miss. That was the target, and no one has any basis to assume otherwise.So, not only did it hit the target, but it hit it right in the center. The throat wound was described by several Parkland doctors as being "in the midline." And that includes Malcolm Perry. There's no way anyone could have accomplished that by sighting down an umbrella. Sprague and Cutler said that the dart was like a guided missile. It did not involve any great marksmanship by Umbrella Man.
So, what guided it? It must have been a homing device. But, where was the homing device?
Shaun Horrigan suggested that perhaps his tie was the homing device. And that makes sense because we know that the tie got nicked.
So, I have looked into it, and what I found out is that JFK changed his tie shortly before the motorcade began. He was wearing one tie in Ft. Worth, at his address outside the hotel and at the breakfast they had for him, and also on the plane. But, either on the plane, or after he deboarded, he changed his tie. And that is NOT subject to debate. The White House Historical Association says that he did that. And the two ties had very different outcomes. The first tie, which he put in his jacket pocket, was later give to a family friend, Preston Bruce, by Jackie. The second tie got nicked in the shooting, and it went to the National Archives, which still has it. And they have never displayed it publicly.
But, here is where it gets even weirder: the two ties look about the same. I can't see any visual difference between them. SO, WHY WOULD HE CHANGE FROM ONE TIE TO ANOTHER TIE THAT WAS IDENTICAL OR NEARLY SO?
I don't think that his mind would have been on his tie at all. So, I don't think it was his idea. I think that someone on his staff must have given him a reason why he really should change his tie. And when I say his staff, I mean his Secret Service agents.
So, I am very open to the posssibility that the second tie had the homing device that would guide the dart to his throat. So, I think Shaun Horrigan got it right, that it was the tie.
And to the naysayers, I ask: Why then did he change his tie? You think he got some egg on it at the Ft. Worth breakfast? It's not part of the record, and you can't make it up.
And I find it very strange that he would have two such identical ties. If you look at men's tie racks, no two ties are the same, and that's true of me too, although I hardly ever wear ties any more.
I think we uncovered history today. How many JFKers knew before today that JFK changed his tie between Ft. Worth to Dallas? But, now you know, and you know that the ties were very similar, which makes the whole thing even more suspicious. And remember how it started, with Shaun Horrigan wondering if JFK's tie was the homing device that guided the dart from the umbrella gun to his throat. Good thinking, Shaun.


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