There are millions of cases just like this one. Something is absolutely going on . I'm researching for the latest book in my science fiction series (not as yet published as a series).
However it isn't fiction it's fact of a kind we don't understand yet. We may never understand it before we destory our planet - as shown to Paula in the future.
We're like the inhabitants of Flatland - we can't comprehend what life is like in other dimensions (string theory and quantuam physics). If you tried to explain to the residents of 2-D Flatland that there was a dimension where length, breadth and height existed, they'd think you were nuts!