Umbrella man

On the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza, dozens
of people captured photographic evidence of the murder. The most
important evidence was taken by Abraham Zapruder and shows Kennedys
fatal head shot. In order to determine exactly what happened that day,
government officials have examined and scrutinized every angle of the
videos. In some cases, mysterious people of interest have been identified.
One of the most famous examples is the Babushka Lady, who was
witnessed filming near the assassination, but never identified by the
police.Another mysterious figure that was seen during the JFK
assassination is the umbrella man. The umbrella man can be seen in several
videotapes and photographs of the assassination, including the Zapruder
film. He is the only person in Dealey Plaza with an umbrella, which has
been deemed unusual because it was a clear day. In the videos, the umbrella
man can be seen opening his umbrella and lifting it high above his head as
JFKs limousine approached. He then spun the umbrella clockwise as the

limo slowed down and JFK was shot. In the aftermath of the assassination,
the umbrella man sat down on the sidewalk next to the Stemmons Freeway
sign. He then got up and walked towards the Texas School Book
Depository. The true identity of the umbrella man has never been
discovered. His actions have been at the center of multiple movies that
examine the JFK conspiracy theory, including Oliver Stones film. The
theory suggests that the man used the umbrella to signal the shooters. More
specifically, he could have been signaling Kennedys driver, who was
ordered to slow the vehicle. Many people who witnessed the assassination
said that Kennedys limo came to an almost complete stop in the middle of
the street before he was shot.A less common theory is that the umbrella
man used a poison dart to immobilize JFK during the assassination.
Another person of interest is the dark-skinned man that is seen standing
next to the umbrella man. During the Zapruder film, the dark-skinned man
is witnessed making sudden movements toward JFK at frame 202. It almost
looks like he makes a Nazi salute motion towards the president. The same
dark-skinned man was photographed speaking into a walkie-talkie in
Dealey Plaza. In 1978, after an appeal to the public by the U.S. Committee
on Assassinations, a man named Louie Steven Witt came forward and
claimed he was the umbrella man. Witt says he brought the umbrella to
Dealey Plaza in order to heckle Kennedy. Another theory is that the
umbrella man was Cuban American Manuel Artime, who had a close
relationship with E. Howard Hunt. Artime died mysteriously in 1977,
which is the same time the U.S. assassination committee was investigating
the umbrella man.