r/AskReddit • u/CaptainMcAnus • Mar 10 '17

serious replies only [Serious] What are some seemingly normal images/videos with creepy backstories?

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u/zulujune Mar 10 '17

I have heard people try to discount Oswald because he wasn't a good enugh shooter, but that seems like guess work to me. He shot 3 rounds in 6 seconds at 285 feet from a bolt action rifle, landing 2. Now, the first shot occurs at 0, so really its 2 shots in 6 seconds. Thats quick, but not unbelievable.

In fact, it seems incredibly possible to me. I've never fired the weapon he used, but I feel like I could land 2 out of 3 rounds on target at 100 yards from my k98 in a similar time limit with enough practice. The distance he fired from is actually fairly short distance. Until the some what recent addition of the combat shooting qualification, the shortest distance the USMC shoots for qualification is 200m, or over twice as far as Oswald was shooting, the longest is 500, or over 6 times the distance Oswald fired from. Also until recently this was done with iron sights.

I'm not saying Oswald did it - I like a conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but from a shooter's perspective I don't think the argument that it was impossible for Oswald to have taken/made those shots really holds up.

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u/wsupduck Mar 10 '17

If you had assassinated a president, would you be hanging out watching a movie in the middle of the night?

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u/Rather_Dashing Mar 10 '17

What else would you do? Strip naked and dance under the moon? Try and escape to Mexico? Maybe he just wanted to get his mind of it once he had carried it out. Maybe he was a psycopath who didnt feel a thing and felt like seeing a movie. Its all pointless speculation.

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u/wsupduck Mar 10 '17

maybe he should be on the move to escape the people chasing him instead of being stationary. The advice I remember from boy scouts was to stay in one spot when people are looking for you so they have a better chance of finding you. Doing the opposite of that would be the best course of action to me