Why are you embarrassed? The only thing that we do not agree on is whether the head shot was the third and last shot. I say that the evidence is rather persuasive that it was and you think there was a shot after Oswald had obviously hit his target. If I am right, then you would have to agree that there was a second shot around z270.
On what basis do you suggest that the leaves were more dense on November 22, 1963 than on December 3, 1963? I disagree. To suggest that he didn't, without evidence, would be the odd thing.Bugliosi and the WC thought he was hit around z210 and the HSCA thought he was reacting to an external stimulus before disappearing behind the Stemmons sign. It is only relatively recently that the z223 SBT has become fashionable.
The HSCA thought Kennedy suddenly turned towards his wife approx.-Z200 as he went behind the sign. But whoever suggested that didn't have a very clear set of Zapruder frames, because later analysis showed the President's remained facing forward in that interval.
I don't like to repeat myself (we have gone over this before) but since you insist: Where do you think the bullet exited? Where do you think his right nipple is? It struck the jacket sleeve a good half an inch from the end of his jacket cuff which is pressed against his chest at the level of his right nipple in z271:
How can the right arm be "pressed" again the jacket? The crown of the hat would be several inches into his chest. You kidder. Connally is leaning into the seatback of his seat, so his right nipple is lower than his left. On the line-of-sight to Zapruder, the right nipple would be seen visible just above the car rail (though some distance from the car rail itself if shown in other views).
Embarrassing to whom? The baby? The bullet would not deflect much but it definitely would have deflected some because it depressed the rib enough to cause a fracture near the spine. But the path from the armpit to the right nipple did not require much deflection. Since it occurred when he was turned to the right (as Nellie told Dr. Shaw and Dr. Shires) his right nipple moved to the right. Just sit in a chair and keeping your hips facing forward twist your torso around to the right and you will see what I mean. The right nipple moves right so that it is practically on the side. The path from the rear along the fifth rib from the entry point to the right nipple is practically a straight line.
Does your body not have connective tissue? Assuming a male breast with little fat, then whatever you move your right nipple by twisting your body, there's a corresponding movement of the armpit. Rotating an horizontal cross-section of the upper torso doesn't significantly change the relative position of elements on that section. There might be more variation for rotation at the waist level, which is not held rigid by the rib cage.
I did not propose that he saw the hair flutter. Hickey did - he said he saw it (Hickey CE1024 statement 30Nov63 18H762):
- "At the moment he was almost sitting erect I heard two reports which I thought were shots and that appeared to me completely different in sound than the first report and were in such rapid succession that there seemed to be practically no time element between them. It looked to me as if the President was struck in the right upper rear of his head. The first shot of the second two seemed as if it missed because the hair on the right side of his head flew forward and there didn't seem to be any impact against his head. The last shot seemed to hit his head and cause a noise at the point of impact which made him fall forward and to his left again."
Hickey appears to be talking about some kind of "double-hit" to the head, which some some others also noted. If Hickey is so accurate about his details, where in the film does it show Kennedy "straightening up to an almost erect sitting position" )after having slumped to his left) and "almost sitting erect"?
Hickey is supported by the zfilm. Hickey was turned around to the rear still at z255 (Altgens #6) but he said he turned forward and heard the last two shots while looking at the President.
How do you know Hickey hadn't looked back earlier? Or that he was too ashamed to say he continued looking back until after hearing a second shot?
Your Theory requires Hickey to turn his head around between Z55 and Z271 (just shy of one sec), locate where the President is, observe him "slumped forward and to his left, and was straightening up to an almost erect sitting position" and then witness "the hair on the right side of his head flew forward". All in one second.
So that means the last two shots occurred after z255. The only time that JFK's hair lifts up during the period z255-z312 is from z273-z276.
The hair lifts more so earlier ...
You fooler.
I don't like to use terms like "ridiculous"
Sometimes words fail.
but if it is to be used, I would say that would be better used to describe your suggestion that Hickey imagined but did not see JFK's hair fly up in those 3 seconds between z255 and z312 and then by some miracle coincidence JFK's hair actually did fly up then just as he described. Maybe it is time to let go thinking that the head shot was the second shot.
Mason, aren't you ready just demonstrating your "prowess" as a defense attorney who would rather sow doubt in the minds of a jury than get at the truth? That this is good exercise for the "paying" clients, thugs, murderers, white-collar predators.