So I just wasted 3 hours of my life watching film of JFK's assassination. That happened. I learned from it. It's pretty amazing what conspiracies people can create with the material at their disposal.
First of all I have to say that after reading and poking around, DeLillo's novel makes more sense than about 95% of theories out there.
The first one is my favorite. There is a theory on the internet that the driver of the motorcade shot the president. Literally that he turned around and shot him in the head, then drove off. That's somebody's explanation for the front facing shot and splatter of blood from the head. Like there are a lot of believers in this theory too. This is just a YouTube comment section from one video where Bill Greer (the driver of the motorcade) gave an interview:
autocollisionman 5 months ago
WILLIAM GREER WAS THE MURDERER
OooOoo OOooo 2 months ago
burn in hell Greer
Dr J 4 months ago
PIECE OF SHIT LYING KILLER
Jacquelyn Diamond 1 year ago
This is the bastard who killed JFK, Bill Greer is a goddamned murderer!
That's all fine and good, except for the fact that there are no frames in any films that I've seen (I have found 3 good films in my little search: Zapruder, Nix, and Muchmore) that come close to condemning him. However it is clear that the driver did slow down after the first shot. Greer's explanation in an interview was that the first shot sounded like a backfire, but then he looked behind him and saw blood on Connelly and hit the gas. That story sounds plausible, but many think that even though Greer didn't shoot Kennedy, he and the rest of the secret service were in on the assassination. Like have you ever noticed how only one secret service man actually reacted quickly to the shots? Fishy...
This stuff is getting way too interesting I need to stop while I'm ahead. There's also the Grassy Knoll theory which is actually really complex and basically completely discounts Lee Harvey Oswald but is actually coherent and makes you think. To sum it up, there was a guy (James Files) hiding behind a picket fence on the grassy knoll. Files shot once and hit (the big headshot). He says he was aiming for the eye but someone else shot JFK first and he had already started reacting so he was harder to hit. Once he shot the president, Files bit the shell, put it on top of the picket fence, then proceeded to put his gun in a briefcase and calmly walk away with it. Files also said he knew who shot the police officer and it wasn't Oswald either. There are some major hints of FBI and CIA involvement in this theory as well.
Basically, nobody actually knows who shot JFK except the guy who actually shot him,... If the man in the car was ACTUALLY Kennedy that is.
*cue X-Files theme*
