That's only the most obvious answer if you start with the pre-conceived explanation like "there is nothing but what I can see."
Man-invented gods make sense, animals, super-men with anger management issues, the planet itself. The need to find something more takes a different explanation.
It's fine for you to have your narrative, of course. The author of the article told us that his narrative was his own belief, he didn't ask us to accept it as fact. You should not ask us to accept yours as fact either.
Because it's not obvious to me.
Don’t worry, I don’t expect most people to be able to see what I see.