Poe and Aliens?

While I do enjoy mostly Poe's Poems, my favorite of his short stories has always been The Fall of the House of Usher...except for the end, but I will get to that.

When the narrator considered what it was that so unnerved him about the Usher house, he thought, " It was a mystery all insoluble; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered. I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of this power lies among considerations beyond our depth."

I love this quote because one, it really shows waht Poe's writings are basically all about: not the natural, real, tangile things that scare us, but really its our own minds. The last sentence, "considerations beyond our depth" is great because it kind of hints at the insanity of Usher. I feel like "depth" most likely means into our very being, the unknown within us. It is interesting to think about what are unhinged thoughts are capable of producing. In Usher's case, it was capable of producing images and visions that in the end killed him.

Now for the dreaded ending...but not dreaded in the way you think. It is scary in a way, yes, but for some reason I am always left unsatisfied and a bit disppointed at the ending no matter how many times I read it. FOR SOME REASON IT ALWAYS MAKES ME THINK OF ALIENS!!!...I have no idea why but I always get the feeling of a kind of cowboys vs. alien thing going on.

I cant explain it so please dont ask me to.