Did LOST's Jack Shepherd become the next smoke monster?

Even if you've happily wasted years of your life arguing with your friends about Lost's many mysteries, at least you can agree about what happened when Jack Shepherd died. In the series finale, a mortally wounded Jack staggered to a clearing in the jungle and died peacfully, Vincent the dog beside him... And then the next thing that happened to Jack was when he woke up in the weird "sideways" world. Right?

Well, maybe not. In a lengthy new post, the Lost Answers Tumblr makes a fairly persuasive case that Jack actually became the island's new smoke monster. The article is an addendum of sorts to an article that the same blogger wrote for Cracked.com offering up a jokey but surprisingly informative list of 108 answers to many of the questions raised by the series.

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