Response to Critics:
Freak Accidents
Some critics, such as the one at http://www.philly.com/ philly/news/shooting_holes_in_theory_that_a_Secret_Service_agent_killed_President_Kennedy.html allege suggest that Donahue’s theory can’t be true because “accidents don’t get any freakier.”
The fact that there is even a term for “freak accidents” tells us something about the fact that they can and do occur. My own aunt was killed in a freak accident. However, let’s look at some of the more well-known freak accidents that have occurred in history.
A quick Internet search will provide you with many more examples of “freak accidents.” The argument that Kennedy couldn’t have been the victim of a freak accident is specious.
There may even be precedent for a political figure being accidentally killed by his own bodyguard. An episode of the Travel Channel series Monumental Mysteries entitled “Superman, Montgomery March, Who Killed Huey Long” (original air date August 1, 2014) introduced me to the possibility that Louisiana Governor Huey Long was accidentally killed by his own bodyguards, with reiteration of both sides of the controversy found at the website http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/09/the_enduring_mystery_of_who_ki.html.
Freak Accidents
Some critics, such as the one at http://www.philly.com/ philly/news/shooting_holes_in_theory_that_a_Secret_Service_agent_killed_President_Kennedy.html allege suggest that Donahue’s theory can’t be true because “accidents don’t get any freakier.”
The fact that there is even a term for “freak accidents” tells us something about the fact that they can and do occur. My own aunt was killed in a freak accident. However, let’s look at some of the more well-known freak accidents that have occurred in history.
- The Titanic
- Jimi Heseiden - owner of Segway electric scooters, was testing a new model, lost control, went over a cliff into a river.
- Draco the Greek. In ancient Greece, it was a great honor to have someone throw their cloak over you, especially during a parade. Draco was so popular that too many cloaks were thrown over him, and he smothered to death.
- James Otis Jr. Otis was famous American Revolutionary who predicted that he would be killed by lightning, and was.
- Nitaro Ito – Ito was a political hopeful for Japanese House of Representatives. He wanted sympathy votes, so he staged a knife attack on himself & accidentally cut his thigh artery.
- Basil Brown – Brown was a health nut who touted the health benefits of carrot juice. He died of liver poisoning caused by too much vitamin A from drinking too much carrot juice.
- Brandon Lee was the son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee. While filming a scene for the movie The Crow, the actor playing the villain accidentally fired a dummy round (i.e., a drilled-out bullet containing no gunpowder) into Lee and killed him. The dummy round was left in the barrel of the gun from previous use, when it was reloaded with a blank charge for the filming.
- In 1998, during a soccer game in Congo, all 11 members of the Bassanga team were killed by a single lightning strike, while all the members of the home team were spared. It was thought that witchcraft may have been involved, since teams in that area had been known to hire witch doctors to put hexes on the opposing teams.
A quick Internet search will provide you with many more examples of “freak accidents.” The argument that Kennedy couldn’t have been the victim of a freak accident is specious.
There may even be precedent for a political figure being accidentally killed by his own bodyguard. An episode of the Travel Channel series Monumental Mysteries entitled “Superman, Montgomery March, Who Killed Huey Long” (original air date August 1, 2014) introduced me to the possibility that Louisiana Governor Huey Long was accidentally killed by his own bodyguards, with reiteration of both sides of the controversy found at the website http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/09/the_enduring_mystery_of_who_ki.html.