Identification of Booth's body

[mikegriffith1]

(12-08-2018 07:21 PM)L Verge Wrote:  You have hit every nail squarely on its head - but I suspect that our correspondent will just claim that all your statements are "silly." Despite coming full circle and ending up back at his first assertions, it appears that our efforts to explain away his claims will never suffice. Like many folks, he thinks he's in the spotlight and loves it. See the postings about Eisenschiml that I made yesterday. It's all about attention and fame -- historical fact be d---ed.

I appreciate the free psychoanalysis of why I'm posting here. Heck, I had no idea I was participating in this forum because "he thinks he's in the spotlight and loves it." Nor was I aware that "it's all about attention and fame"! Wow! Who knew?!

Anyway, no, she did not hit "every nail on the head." She ignored most of the facts I presented, claimed that there are no leaves on trees in Virginia and Maryland in late April, claimed that Booth's limited exposure to sunlight during his flight caused the freckles and the appearance of aging, and seemed unaware of the relevant sources on Booth's flight.

I see some folks are still worked up over the duration of Booth's flight. It's very simple: If you want to include his alleged stay with the Garretts, then you need to consider the impact this has on the claim that Booth's flight was so harsh and taxing that it changed his appearance to the point that his corpse "bore no resemblance" to how he looked in life.

It's a bit silly to claim that the "half-starved," "sunken-faced," and "haggard" body on the Montauk was Booth if you're gonna claim that the Boyd at the Garrett farm was Booth, given the fact that that man received several meals there, slept under a roof both nights, and spent most of his waking hours socializing and relaxing with the Garretts. You also need to explain why none of the Garretts described the man as appearing half-starved, sunken-faced, etc.

Personally, I can't see how the visit at the Garrett farm can constitute "flight" or "being on the run." If he went to the Garrett farm, his "flight" ended when he arrived, since, per the official version, he never left there but was killed there, and since he was well fed, slept indoors, and spent many hours relaxing and socializing while he was with the Garretts.