LucidElement Posted August 30, 2013 #1 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Just a cool article I read, thought id share it with you guys, for those who love old western history. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/29/newly-discovered-image-shows-billy-kid-claims-historian/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidElement Posted August 30, 2013 Author #2 Share Posted August 30, 2013 (edited) I was just briefly analyzing the original photo of billy the kid, (article states if this is a real photo it would only be the SECOND known billy the kid pic) The ear definition looks to match up. You can always compare and contrast a persons identity from the ear structure. Edited August 30, 2013 by LucidElement 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiloh17 Posted August 30, 2013 #3 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Nice find, and with Dan Decker being identified as the other man in the photo, who was a known friend of Billy's, and the photo once belonged to the estate of Pat Garrett, the man who shot Billy, well, I'd say it's Billy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted August 30, 2013 #4 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Thanks for the link, Lucid! Our fascination with murderers never ceases to amaze me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted August 30, 2013 #5 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I use to live near Las Cruces NM - which Old Messilla is a suburb of... William Bonney (Or William McCarty as he was born) is still quite the public figure there... It's also the general area where Pat Garrett was later killed... It's rather odd now that "Billy The Kid"a self professed killer of 21 people (though the actual count is considered at 9 or so) has become a folk hero - and Pat Garrett has become somewhat of a villain - largely because of the controversy around how he killed Bonney... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antilles Posted August 30, 2013 #6 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Does look a bit like the well known photo of him. Is there an extant photo of Dedrick that could be compared to the man on the left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlesq1 Posted August 31, 2013 #7 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I've never understood the fascination with Billy the Kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidElement Posted September 1, 2013 Author #8 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Ya the old west interests me. I haven't studied much about it but from what I read it is really interesting part of American history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skep B Posted September 1, 2013 #9 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Lies, that looks nothing like Emilio Estevez 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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