Huggy most normal people go with the most likely explanation.
When I'm searching for the last cookie in the cookie jar that only I can reach and find nothing, I assume I must have eaten it and not realized it was the last one or forgotten.
When you're searching for the last cookie and find nothing, do you assume it was abducted by aliens after which it underwent numerous operations and experimentation and was subsequently returned to the wrong cookie jar?
When I'm searching for the last cookie in the cookie jar that only I can reach and find nothing, I assume I must have eaten it and not realized it was the last one or forgotten.
When you're searching for the last cookie and find nothing, do you assume it was abducted by aliens after which it underwent numerous operations and experimentation and was subsequently returned to the wrong cookie jar?