**Allah has hidden Jinnaat from our view for a purpose and yes they can be nasty but ONLY with Allah's permission and thats why in sura naas Allah tells us to seek HIS refuge from the evil, whispers and superstitions. so, we must NOT ask for help from any other deity.
In most cases, the jin stories are all fabrications and hullecinations and they must seek psychiatric help.
May Allah protect us all from the evils, whispers and superstitions instilled in us by Ins or jins. aameen**
Except for the underlined part of the sentence I do agree with your post.
In essence, these so called encounter do sound like our own figment of imaginations and hallucinations.
For some reason those who believe in these events tend to have more encounters.
Darkness, night time, sleepiness, empty dark house, large empty spaces, trees, and moonlight...all seem to be pre-requisites for these encounters.
A well lit, sunny, hot summer day with people on street and traffic somehow is not usually the essential part of these encounters.
Eyes can only see what mind prepares eyes for them to see.
I had a discussion a while ago with a very educated and scientific person who believed in these encounters and on those people who claim to have Jins in their possession. None of his argument made any sense. These 'Aamils' are there to rob people of their money and play psychic games with naive people.
Anyhow I did not want to interrupt or discourage anyone from sharing the experiences here.