A "Butterfly" Flaps Its Wings

We've all examined the evidence many times.  But does anyone truly believe it?  Caroline Kennedy, beloved daughter of America, with a tattoo? I know, it sounds farfetched.  And, I immediately counted myself among the skeptics, assuming that it was simply a spot or beauty mark or birthmark of some sort.  Here she is at the Democratic Convention ...

 

But upon closer investigation, the dark "spot" on Caroline's right forearm, does appear to have a shape all its own.

Of course, as we all know, the media went crazy.  Initial reports were far-ranging and, in some instances, pretty scandalous.  

Watchdog of the blogosphere, TYWKIWDBI (aka, "Things You Would't Know If We Didn't Blog About It"), seemed to sum up the buzz best with this photo and post...

"I've rotated the figure x3 and then embedded the composite for those who want to venture a suggestion as to what the tat's [sic] shape represents. 'An animal' is too vague. It almost reminds me of ancient petroglyphs, or a pictograph from cuneiform writing."

Soon thereafter, however, the Huffington Post seemed to put an end to the controversy by providing a quaint Kennedy-family anecdote explaining that the spot was, in fact, a tattoo of a butterfly, garnered in the 80's...

"During a night out in Hong Kong, Caroline, her brother, John F. Kennedy Jr., and her cousins Edward 'Teddy' Kennedy Jr., 47, and Kara Anne Kennedy, 48, challenged one another with a mischievous dare, a source said, noting that the group had consumed a few drinks. The boys challenged the girls to get a late-night 'tat' [sic] at a nearby parlor. Caroline and Kara went first and emerged 'bruised and bloodied,' emblazoned with butterflies on their arms."

But Kara Kennedy has, since the 1980's, never ventured into public wearing anything but a long-sleeved jacket or blouse.  Here she is, photographed with a diaper bag.

This suspicious behavior made me suspicious.  Kara's recent-y modesty seemed to indicate that there was, perhaps, more to Caroline's "spot" than initially met the eye.  And, that's when I had my aha! moment.  Using my microscope to analyze the photo (I've had it since childhood) (the microscope, not the photo), I was surprised to find quick and irrefutable evidence that the tattoo was and is, definitively, not a butterfly.  Here are the results...

It was and is, in fact, a large cluster of pubic lice.  

MESSAGE TO EVERYONE:  LEAVE CAROLINE ALONE.  IT'S NOT A TATTOO!!