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** Perhaps the sole reason they [[spoiler: opened the door to him]] was so they could exact their vengeance on him more directly.
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** Perhaps the sole reason they [[spoiler: opened the door to him]] was so they could exact their vengeance on him more directly.directly.
*** Possibly, except he's seen with Jim and the others watching the Land Cruiser leave shortly afterwards and nobody appears to be doing anything to him. The answer is simple. [[spoiler:Mrs. Carmody's death broke the spell and the group returned to something resembling sanity.]]
*** Possibly, except he's seen with Jim and the others watching the Land Cruiser leave shortly afterwards and nobody appears to be doing anything to him. The answer is simple. [[spoiler:Mrs. Carmody's death broke the spell and the group returned to something resembling sanity.]]
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** His belligerence against David may not have been against David specifically, but was simple denial. What was happening outside was horrific and beyond the realms of his usual expectations, so his brain locked into the idea that none of this is happening. He would not accept that it was happening. Even accusing David of pulling a prank would have been the preferable option, because if it were a prank, no one's life would be in danger.
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** His belligerence against David may not have been against David specifically, but was simple denial. What was happening outside was horrific and beyond the realms of his usual expectations, so his brain locked into the idea that none of this is happening. He would not accept that it was happening. Even accusing David of pulling a prank would have been the preferable option, option to him, because if it were a prank, no one's life would be in danger.
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** His belligerence against David may not have been against David specifically, but was simple denial. What was happening outside was horrific and beyond the realms of his usual expectations, so his brain locked into the idea that none of this is happening. He would not accept that it was happening. Even accusing David of pulling a prank would have been the preferable option, because if it were a prank, no one's life would be in danger.
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** It's very brief but there's a moment just after David mentions Norm's name when the store manager turns to one of the cashiers and clearly says "Where's Norm?", as though it's only just that moment occurred to him that Norm isn't there, and the cashier then also looks around for him. Given that the manager then sees the tentacle for himself - that being what ultimately changes his mind - and the cashier is seen several times helping David's group, it's fairly reasonable to assume without having it spelled out that Norm's disappearance was considered to be either proof that David and the others were telling the truth, or else proof that it's all an elaborate prank and (as the OP said) that Norm simply went home. Either way, it's something that presumably merely pushes people into a deeper belief of what they're already assuming to be the case with regard to the whole situation, since they're all already scared and in the process of establishing factions by that point.
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** The thing is, the proof is there for Norton to see (in the form of the tentacle that they severed) and David even ''repeatedly'' encourages him to go and look. Regardless of how well David was explaining it (and he actually doesn't resort to insulting Norton until Norton insults their group first), he made it ''very'' clear that there was a severed tentacle that Norton could easily go and find. Norton simply made up his mind not to believe any of them. And worse, he made up his mind based entirely on pre-existing prejudices - assuming that David's making it all up to make him look silly and has somehow managed to recruit four others during a crisis when he's also got a ''terrified young son'' to be worrying about, and the others all being "hicks". Sure, Norton didn't see the monster attack but he never once attempts to engage in even the possibility that these clearly terrified men are telling him the truth; he's not even in the group that goes with the store manager to see the tentacle.
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** Have you noticed how everyone slowly turned around to look back at Mrs. Carmody after the alien attacked Jessup? The two guys in the front were smiling, but not everyone who turned around to look back at her were, somewhat gives you a feeling of distrust, especially the way she did somewhat look perplexed after she noticed everyone was looking at her. It is quite possible most if not all just thought she got what she deserved.
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** [[spoiler: If they'd chased the group outside, Ollie probably ''would'' have shot those men. But so long as they are content to let him and the others leave, there's no need to. And Ollie may have been hoping that they'd come to their senses once Mrs. Carmody was dead and no longer brainwashing them.]]
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** [[spoiler: Maybe so, but how come they let the store manager back in? His buddy killed their leader not two minutes earlier and there were people who still believed her and were outraged at her death (e.g. the woman who screamed murderer at Ollie as they were leaving). I mean, if I were one of her followers, I would have just locked the door and walked away.]]
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** [[spoiler: Maybe so, but how come they let the store manager back in? His buddy killed their leader not two minutes earlier and there were people who still believed her and were outraged at her death (e.g. the woman who screamed murderer at Ollie as they were leaving). I mean, if I were one of her followers, I would have just locked the door and walked away.]]]]
** Perhaps the sole reason they [[spoiler: opened the door to him]] was so they could exact their vengeance on him more directly.
** Perhaps the sole reason they [[spoiler: opened the door to him]] was so they could exact their vengeance on him more directly.
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** [[spoiler: Why didn't he also kill the mechanic and the butcher? They were her right-hand men and proved to be extremely dangerous and homicidal as she was, possibly even more (especially the butcher).]]
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** [[spoiler: Why didn't he also kill the mechanic and the butcher? They were her right-hand men and proved to be extremely dangerous and just as homicidal as she was, possibly even more (especially the butcher).]]
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** [[Why didn't he also kill the mechanic and the butcher? They were her right-hand men and proved to be extremely dangerous and homicidal.]]
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** [[Why [[spoiler: Why didn't he also kill the mechanic and the butcher? They were her right-hand men and proved to be extremely dangerous and homicidal.homicidal as she was, possibly even more (especially the butcher).]]
