Ok I admit it

[Esquilax]

This wasn't a vague sighting though, she very clearly saw him, there was not question about it, it didn't appear in some piece of furniture or something, he was simply standing there, plainly for the eye to see.

So she says, but the human memory isn't as accurate as you might think. Our memories inflate in importance, warp to fit the narrative we want to be true, and are just generally tainted by our perception. Embellishments just happen, dude: what might have been a flash in the corner of the eye becomes a clear, eye contact visualization over repeated tellings of the story.

You need to let go of this idea that human experience is perfect or always worthy of attention. It's just not; we have entire fields of study dedicated to refining our own personal experiences down to just the facts.