South knoll of Dealey Plaza

Could this have been the ideal sniper's nest?

Here is my first collection of photos from my visits to Dallas and Dealey Plaza this week.

First up is the rarely discussed south knoll overpass area, which could line up well with the path of the throat and the head shots.

The car in the middle of the street is positioned over the X, marking the president's position at the moment of the headshot, for perspective. The visible X on the road behind marks the approximate spot of the throat shot.

A non-zoomed view from the south knoll of the shooting zone.

When you consider Kennedy’s head was facing straight or perhaps slightly to his left and tilted down at the moment of the fatal shot (if Zapruder’s film is taken as authentic), then it is conceivable that a right-temple strike could have come from the south knoll.

The Zapruder film shows a bullet or bullets striking Kennedy in the head on the right side, causing a skull flap to open and expose the right side of his brain. There is also evidence of a large exit wound or avulsion in the right rear of his skull in the occipital/parietal region.

A screen grab from the Zapruder film shows Kennedy’s head position before the fatal headshot. The limo was in the center lane, like the one in my photo above.

The south knoll overpass space, with the perfect area to hide from the view of anyone on the overpass.

The path to the parking lot above the south knoll makes for a quick escape route (a metal fence was not there in 1963).

After standing in the window next to the alleged sniper’s nest on the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository building, the north grassy knoll behind the picket fence and the retaining wall, and finally, the south knoll overpass nook, I can say my preferred location would have been the south knoll.

The target would have been coming toward me in the kill zone, I would have been hidden from view, and my escape would have been quick and easy.

Until visiting the grounds this week and seeing the entire site for myself, I would not have thought this would have been the case, but such is the value of boots-on-the-ground research.