Incredible Wounds of Governor Connally

[Drew Phipps]

Bob: Put the base joint of your right thumb (where it joins the hand) just under your breatbone. Make a fist. Rotate your hand till the thumb is pointing as nearly straight down as you can get it. Pull your elbow in tight to your chest so that the arm passes just under the nipple.


Dont you think that posture might account for the bullet entering the arm from the dorsal side and exiting from the palmar side and travelling somewhat closer to the writ joint as it passes thru?

I do not suggest the Z film is an accurate recording of the assasination; just for illustrative purposes of describing the posture:





It appears to me that the posture I described above roughly matches the position of Connally's hand during this time frame. At the beginning of this time, and also at the end, the hand might be too high, but if you look at the two frames just when Connally appears from behind the sign, the hand is not quite so clearly visible, which suggests to me that it was a bit lower with respect to the frame of the car while he was obscured.

If Connally was indeed holding his hat below his hand, his fingers and thumb must have been pointing generally downward.

Hmm. What is that reddish splotch under Connally's mouth? Never mind, its the red flowers in the back seat.