Creative Speculation

> It wasn't just Jean Hill but many people initially reported shots from that area, including persons riding in the motorcade.

So? Depending on who you trust to interpret the testimony, there were at least 20 (according to the HSCA) or as many as 52 (conspiracist Stewart Galanor) people who thought they heard shots from the knoll. But the point is that identifying where a shot came from is not nearly as simply as conspiracists imagine, and contrary to what you're trying to imply, it is quite possible that all of those people were simply wrong. I was pointing out was there are other valid reasons for that difficulty besides the echos and general perception difficulties that are usually mentioned when discussing this subject. Bottom line: You can't prove there was a shooter on the knoll with "ear witnesses."

> In the context of Seger's 90 degree argument, note that these eyewitnesses were facing in all directions, ...

So? That doesn't matter at all for the effect I'm talking about: To those close enough to hear the "crack" of the bullet as it passed and to accurately recognize where it appeared to come from, it would sound like it came from a direction perpendicular to the actual path, regardless of what direction they were facing.

> ... and yet all of them turned their attention to this one area.

Really? All of them? Gee, you wouldn't try to pull my leg, would you? All of them, including the larger number of "ear witnesses" who thought the shots came from the TSBD? Please explain why all of those people "turned their attention to this one area" if they thought the shot came from the TSBD. How about those who said they couldn't identify where the shots came from -- "all of them," too?

> (By the way, the Zapruder film most certainly does not "irrefutably" show a shot from behind).

Really? Please proceed; refute it.