The story:
On
9 November 1966 at dawn (presumably around 5AM), McCartney had angrily
driven off in his car after an argument during a recording session.
Whilst on the way he picked up a fan, Rita, who needed a ride home.
Then, he crashed the car, cracked his head open and died as a result.
To spare the public from grief, the Beatles replaced him with ‘William
Campbell’ or 'Billy Shears', the winner of a McCartney look-alike
contest a few years before the accident. It was said that their record
label made them to do so in order to keep their careers alive as living
legend The Beatles. Due to guilt to lying to their fans about Paul's
death, John, George and Ringo (and probably a few close friends who
knew about the death) left clues on their album covers, lyrics, music
videos, movies, simply everywhere! So we, the fans, would come play the
game and figure it out eventually that Paul McCartney is actually
really dead.
The first clues:
The
famous Abbey Road cover has been said is the ultimate proof of the
bizzare theory of the time - that Paul McCartney was in fact dead.
Since the Abbey Road cover was said to hid clues to the untold story of
the Beatles, it has become one of the most iconic covers in history,
spawning such conspiracy theories still being talked for decades.
1. THE FUNERAL
The procession of The Beatles across the zebra crossing, say the conspiracy theorists, represents Paul's funeral.
John
Lennon leads in a white suit and symbolises the preacher; Ringo Starr
is the mourner or possibly the undertaker, dressed in black; George
Harrison, in scruffy shirt and trousers, denotes the grave-digger; Paul
is wearing an old suit and is the only one who is barefoot, walking on
a hot tarmac. This, they argued, was a sign that Paul was the corpse.
2. THE CIGARETTE
Paul
McCartney is left-handed, but here holds his cigarette in his right
hand. At the time, cigarettes were commonly referred to as 'coffin
nails'. This, therefore, could be seen as a message that Paul's 'coffin
lid' had been nailed down and that the man in the picture was a
lookalike.
Paul
is also out of step with the other band members. Each of the others has
his left leg forward, but Paul has his right leg forward - again
marking him out as different.
3. THE REGISTRATION PLATE
The
white VW Beetle in the background has the registration LMW 28IF - 28
being the age conspiracy theorists say Paul would have been IF he
hadn't 'died'. It has also been suggested that the LMW stands for
'Linda McCartney Weeps' - referring to his new wife whom he had married
earlier that year.
4. THE SPECTATORS
In
the background, a small group of people dressed in white stand on one
side of the road, while a lone person stands on the other.
Is this meant to be Paul, alone and different from the others?
5. THE POLICE VAN
On
the right-hand side of the road is a black police van, believed to be a
reference to the police who kept quiet about Paul's 'death'.
According
to legend, the band's manager, Brian Epstein, bought their silence, and
the presence of the Maria is meant as another subtle thank you.
6. THE LINE OF CARS
A
line can be traced from the VW Beetle to the three cars in front of it.
If it is drawn connecting their right wheels it runs straight through
Paul's head, with theorists suggesting that means Paul sustained a head
injury because of a car crash.
7. THE BLOODSTAIN
On
the Australian version of the album, the cover showed what could be a
bloodstain splattered on the road just behind Ringo and John,
supposedly backing claims of a road accident.
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