Authorities are looking for evidence that Nashville RV bomber Anthony Quinn Warner spent time hunting aliens and was interested in “lizard people,” ABC News reported.
Police sources told the agency that investigators found some of Warner’s writings containing ramblings on various conspiracy theories.
Some of the notes were about the lizard or the reptilian conspiracy – the idea that shape-shifting creatures take on human form in an attempt to take over the world.
Authorities believe the 63-year-old loner also spent time hunting for alien life forms in a nearby state park, the agency said.
It is not clear whether any of these beliefs or behaviors are related in any way to the suicide explosion on Christmas morning.
Investigators are also investigating whether Warner, a local IT expert, was motivated to attack an AT&T building out of fear of 5G cell technology and his paranoid suspicions that it is killing people and being used to spy on Americans.
The explosion significantly damaged cellular service in Tennessee and across the south.
It was preceded by an audio recording of the trailer urging residents to evacuate the area, suggesting to investigators that their motive was destruction, but not death.
Warner may also have believed that the suicide attack would cause him to be revered as a “hero”.