It was a hallucination.

If you’re willing to commit outright fraud, lots of crime is easy. But also the penalty for ever being discovered can be severe.

They also didn’t deny it happened. They would check logs before paying out.

Yeah, seems like a regression

The Drumhead is one of my favorites

she’s a black woman? Seems like that’s enough for a lot of people.

Don’t ignore the mystery part. With the migrant boat the outcome was immediately known. The sub outcome was unknown and people love to wonder.