ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Louie Steven Wilt, the umbrella-wielding bystander at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy who some conspiracy theorists believe was part of a plot to murder the president, was spotted in the crowd at the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benizir Bhutto.Video of the Bhutto murder shows Wilt several feet from Bhutto's armoured car immediately before she was shot. Wilt opened and waved an umbrella in Bhutto's direction, and Bhutto can be seen turning toward him and mouthing, "Oh, no, it's Umbrella Man." Then the fatal gunfire erupted.
Wilt, dubbed "Umbrella Man" because he opened and waved an umbrella several feet away from Kennedy's motorcade in Dallas just seconds before the President was shot on November 22, 1963, has been accused by some of sending secret signals with his umbrella to the JFK shooters. Moments after the President's motorcade sped away, photographs show Wilt casually sitting on a curb of the grassy knoll, above.
Wilt denied any connection with the Bhutto shooting, claiming it "was all just a crazy mix-up," and that he was in Pakistan "for fun and relaxation, not to murder anyone. I'm at the point that I hate leaving the house when it rains for fear of creating a panic when I open my umbrella," he said.
