Sometimes we like to idolize our parents and think they were smarter than we think to justify their behavior. Some adults do that with their heroes too.
But if this was the only way of him being little out there manifested, it was harmless, but your father sounds like someone who might have needed help. Some parents act on their delusions while being angry and things become dangerous and create unsafe place for kids or other adults.
Even spies go nuts from time to time. People find correlations in things that are not linked by causality.
I farted and bitcoin price came down. I farted and additionally soiled my pants and bitcoin price returned to previous levels. There is no causality or any link between those events. Intentionally soiling own pants with hope to raise Bitcoin price will not work.
You should make a twitter account and report every time. Fart for signaling my bot to go long for BTC, and shart for shorting it. Trust your stomach, we can be rich.