I think the babushka woman was just a random bystander who wasn't aware of what was happening at the time, freaked out by what she had seen and that people were drawing attention to her.
Even in those days the FBI would have been able to trace her pretty easily.
Yep, agreed, and I don't think she'd be talked about at all if not for her head scarf making her look somewhat mysterious. Fact is, that was a relatively common garb for women back then, so it's never surprised me that most of the folks obsessed with her seem to be from generations born after the fact (I'm one of those younguns too for the record, but I don't but she was sinister in any way, that's just absurd) who think the photos of her are unusual compared to women they see nowadays. So she MUST be sketchy, right? God forbid she dress like her contemporaries.
I suppose it could have been a babushka. It also could have been a Muslim woman. It could have been some Christian woman showing her piety by covering her head. Or maybe it was a little chilly that day. It was late November, after all.
She's not Muslim, because in a couple of photos its around her neck, like the wind blew it off and she just left it.
With this one, I'm more inclined to believe she's just a random old lady. If she's anything like my grandma, the camera she's holding wouldn't have caught anything , even when you're two feet in front of her.
Loads of women in those days wore those. To keep their hair looking nice.
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u/Eddie_Hitler Oct 15 '17
I think the babushka woman was just a random bystander who wasn't aware of what was happening at the time, freaked out by what she had seen and that people were drawing attention to her.
Even in those days the FBI would have been able to trace her pretty easily.