The mining incident and the umbrella incident happened at different times. As far as I can tell, Lee's father was abusive to his wife and son due to the deppresion caused by his lost limb. As young Lee is seen playing with his umbrellas, we can see his father come at him,and it is implied that he is about to hurt him. We can also see Lee's slightly-beaten mom cling to the father's leg, attempting to hold him back. Apparently, in the ensuing struggle with Lee, the father falls onto his son's umbrellas, causing his forehead to be penetrated. The trauma that Lee felt after causing his father's death was one of the facets that triggered his methamphetamine-addled insanity.
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18 years ago
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bggabriel
18 years ago
OR what we saw at the end of the movies was those few seconds of brain activity that occur in a brain after the body has shut down, and is thought to be much like REM sleep. Theoretically, the aliens could just be a Freudian rationalization mechanism created by Lee in his last moments of consciousness in order to allow him to cope with the horrific things he had done.
Or there were aliens.
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