1/ A lot people have shared their JFK theories today so here's mine. I got interested in the assassination as a kid because of the 25 year anniversary, read the Warren Report, read dozens of investigative books, watched lots of documentaries.
2/ I wasn't sure which conspiracy theory was the right one, probably the grassy knoll one, but was absolutely certain that there was a conspiracy. There was just way too much evidence of things that didn't fit the official narrative—or so I thought.
3/ Made it a goal to travel to Dallas as soon as I was old enough and able to afford it. I finally got there a few years later and everything that I believed fell apart in about 15 minutes.
4/ Stand on the grassy knoll or behind the picket fence and you immediately realize the angles don't work for a frontal shot. Same for the railroad bridge, Daltex building, manhole, or anywhere else.
5/ Back then you were still able to sit exactly where Oswald sat and when I did that, it all came together, all the pieces fit. It was whoever sat in that window, almost certainly Oswald, who did the shooting.
6/ You couldn't have found a kid more convinced than me that there was a conspiracy and all it took to undo that was 15 minutes at the crime scene. It was disappointing in a way but taught me an important lesson: Lots of charlatans and grifters around. Verify everything.
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