The last tiny thread you are hanging on to is whether the Shadow Person is in position before the first shot. Even if this can be demonstrated to be the case (which I don't think it can) Oswald's own words, that he was in the building for the assassination, demonstrate he is not Prayer Man.
Nope! None of these people on the steps and on the landing can be said to be
inside the building. They can however be said to be
in the building, because they are within its enclosed front entrance, which still belongs to the building. None of them has left the building by stepping down into the street.
Mr Oswald hears the reporter's question, 'Were you in the building at the time?', as an
accusation, and his response makes clear what his focus is: how
preposterous it is to hold against him the fact that he was at his place of work. Not fully understanding a) the true accusation that is being brought against him; b) the fact that he will be shot dead before getting a chance to clear his name, he does not think to go into semantics with the reporter. A pity, but there you have it. Thankfully, the discovery of the Hosty note settles the issue once and for all: Mr Oswald claimed to have gone "outside to watch P. parade". Good luck finding wiggle-room ambiguity in those words!
The Hosty note
also destroys the lie that Mr Oswald confirmed a post-assassination encounter with a cop and Mr Truly in the second-floor lunchroom just after the assassination. We now know that Mr Oswald claimed to have visited that lunchroom
before the motorcade-------------a claim that would be vindicated by Ms Carolyn Arnold (who was
not privy to the Hosty note, any more than the rest of the world was!).
Mr Oswald went out on the front steps to watch the motorcade. He is probably Prayer Man. If you still disagree, perhaps you might tell us who
you think Prayer Man could be? Can you offer even one candidate name? That would be great, cos no one else has been able to... and that's after seven years of the most intense effort!
The only Magical Thinking going on here, Mr O'Meara, is coming from those who wish to explain away the truly devastating Hosty note!