JFK's Tie Knot

[Alan Ford]

You make a couple of valid points, Mr. Josephs, but no great surprise given the source. In respect to your first point, I also wonder if an actual bullet round tore it's way through the president's back, then suddenly pole-vaulted upwards of five inches somehow (they say magically), then through the back of the neck base all the way through to the front-flesh of the neck, then onward through the initial stages of shirt fabric, then onto the knotted tie surface in the rear, then all the way through to the front of the knotted tie, yet (rather than leave the tie ragged, heavily torn throughout) the surface bears a mere nick only...

In respect to the blood you've noted sir, a nurse on duty at Parkland medical also noted a small hole in the president's neck with blood oozing out slowly (her words, not mine).

Of course, the question that begs to be answered here is where is the bullet hole on the tie?

Even the president's front shirt material is void of a bullet hole, though it does bear a couple of small slits suggesting it was surgically cut, but, again, no distinct, unmistakable bullet hole in the tie or in front of the shirt akin to what we see in rear footage of both his jacket and shirt.

Actually, the whole point of my argument re: 5 vertical icons in the tie knot vs. 6 vertical icons centres around the nick being in the anatomical left vertical row of icons instead of the right vertical row. This would place the nick on the left outer edge of the tie knot, and allow a projectile to pass trough only the outer coloured layer of fabric.

Where the projectile came from is another question altogether, although I can assure you it was not the back wound.

Sharp attention to detail all around, Mr. Prudhomme. The introduction of your observations surrounding the vertical and horizontal layout inconsistencies upon the tie is indirectly cancelling the check on the alleged exploits of the so called magic bullet. Well done sir!

Shifting gears, in respect to the placement of the nick, your excellent point is well taken; however, what are the chances that the photo image we are viewing is possibly inverted? The reason I ask is during some reading earlier today while following your contributions over at the EF, a Parkland nurse in Trauma 1 noted that the throat wound lay more to the right side of the president's neck (essentially in agreement with your placement of the nick). Yet in the photo the nick aligns right instead of left.

What makes you so confident in your statement here, quote, "Where the projectile came from is another question altogether, although I can assure you it was not the back wound."? Does your confidence have anything to do with Dr. Humes' inability to find an actual exit path for the back wound? That would certainly explain why neither the tie nor the president's shirt has an actual exiting bullet hole. At the very least, IF an actual bullet had come in contact with the knotted tie there would be more extensive damage than a mere nick.

Say, Arlen, you got a sec'?