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A Series Of Tragic Events

The assassination of president John F. Kennedy has been a target for conspiracy theorists for many years. It is understandable that such a major tragic event as the assassination of the president of the United States would trigger such effect. On the other hand, many believe that the Warren Commission failed on the investigation and have pointed out errors, changing stories, oversights, and even exclusion of evidence. It doesn’t help either the fact that Lee Harvey Oswald who was concluded to be the shooter was fatally shot by Jack Ruby just two days after his arrest. Due to shock and panic, the witnesses who attended the motorcade that day provided conflicting statements. The investigation relied heavily on pictures and video footage taken by the bystanders. Many unanswered questions could have been resolved with up close film taken by a woman who is known as the “Babushka Lady”. This was the nickname given to an unknown woman who can be seen using her camera directly at the president’s motorcade before, during and after the assassination.

Unknown Identity Of The Babushka Lady

The nickname came from the fact that this mysterious woman was wearing a headscarf similar to scarves worn by elderly Russian women. The word babushka means grandmother or old woman in Russian. She was either facing away or had her face covered by her camera in most of the evidence film that was recovered. This made it impossible for the authorities to identify her. Oddly enough after the shooting took place she can still be seen standing using her camera as the rest of the crowd took cover. She did not seem to be in panic or in shock, unlike the rest who attended the motorcade. Despite the massive efforts and requests by the authorities for the woman to come up, the Babushka lady never came forward. It is believed that the evidence filmed by her camera during the shooting could have been critical to the investigation. After the shooting, this mysterious woman can be seen crossing Elm street joining the crowd. She is last seen walking east on Elm street.

Beverly Oliver Claims To Be The Babushka Lady

In 1970, seven years after the shooting a woman by the name of Beverly Oliver told conspiracy researcher Gary Shaw that she was the Babushka lady. She confessed that the film was taken that day using a Super 8 film Yashica and was shortly given to two men who identified themselves as FBI agents. Beverly claimed that the two men promised to return the film within 10 days but she never heard back from them. The only problem is that the Super 8 film Yashica camera was not made until 1969 and John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22nd, 1963. Further analysis of the images captured of the Babushka lady identified her as a middle-aged well-built woman. Beverly Oliver would have been 17 years old the day JFK was shot. Other physical characteristics of Beverly Oliver are completely inconsistent with those of the mysterious Babushka lady. No other woman has come forward to this day.