On Monday, November 6, 2023 at 7:51:25 AM UTC-6, Sam McClung wrote:
Explain all shots aimed and fired at JFK without mentioning patsy Oswald nor anything he did.
hint: only two of these shots hit JFK
hint: excludes the 3 distraction shots fired by Cain not at JFK from the frame Oswald window
Difficulty rating: 10+
Bonus points: explain the changing ratio of Cain's 3 distraction shots to the attempted kill shots
Answer:
The 3 snipers, JD, Sturgis, and Roscoe, in that order, each fired a suppressed shot at JFK. Only Roscoe's shot hit JFK (neck/back transiting bullet). Cain fired his first unsuppressed acoustic distraction shot from the infamous 6th floor window.
The first gunfire sounds the witnesses heard were the 3 supersonic cracks of the suppressed shots in flight, resulting in so many indicating they heard "firecrackers" (plural).
After the first 3 suppressed shots and Cain's first unsuppressed acoustic distraction shot, Cain fired an unsuppressed acoustic distraction shot after each suppressed shot by the snipers, as follows.
Sturgis fired his second shot (miss). Cain fired his second unsuppressed acoustic distraction shot. Perhaps Sturgis missed both shots because of the case of Pearl beer he got the night before.
Roscoe fired his second shot (entered JFK's right temple, exited the rear right of his head). Cain fired his third unsuppressed acoustic distraction shot.
8 shots total fired in Dealey Plaza.
Per Nagell, a veritable genius:
"Zip! Zip! Zip! Bang! Zip! Bang" Zip! Bang!"
Zips being suppressed shots, bangs being unsuppressed shots, per me.
Cain's distraction shots were an attempt to hide the source of the suppressed shots fired by the 3 snipers and to try to make it sound as if all shots originated from the infamous 6th floor window. Suppressed shots have a crack while unsuppressed shots
have a crack and a bang. The crack is the sound of the supersonic bullet in flight in excess of the sound barrier. The bang is the muzzle blast sound from unsuppressed rifles. The crack is generally the first sound heard by witnesses of unsuppressed
gunfire.
All 3 snipers and Cain were using 7.65mm Mauser rifles. 7+6+5 = 18 = 6+6+6
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