Or, do you think the Prophet Mohammad made up the whole story to make friends and influence people, but his story got out of control, and so he had to pile one story onto another story to keep his followers happy until he had one great mess on his hands?
Are Muslims going to come and burn my house down after reading this message? I hope not.
Possibly, but it is more likely he was visited by Satan who was masquerading as Gabriel. Satan is known in the Bible as both The Great Deceiver and the Angel of Light.