A Coded Message?
Some people have another, stranger theory about Napoleon’s hidden hand. Speculations have run wild over the years, with people claiming that Napoleon’s bizarre stance was actually meant to serve as a coded message aimed at his friends or enemies.
Of course, this view is generally regarded as a conspiracy theory. So, if Napoleon didn’t have a deformity and the gesture wasn’t from pain, and it wasn’t a hidden message, just what was it?