"people always have a great resistance to change...just like my dogs. They want everything to remain predictable and familiar. They feel safer with the devil they know than the devil they don't. "


That is one interpretation.    Some people tend to have a need for an answer, and when they cannot explain something, they MUST have an answer so they will accept a fanciful and unproven explanation that will wrap things up in their mind. People are gullible and cannot except that they cannot answer ever question. Belief in UFO's, ghosts, conspiracies, etc. are a comfort zone for those folks. It is far easier to accept this rather than question and dig further - or accept that they do not have an answer for everything they see.

It is not a question of things remaining "predictable" or "familiar", it is a question of NOT jumping to conclusions until proven.