Strange that in all the years I've been hearing this sort of nonsense, I can't find any recorded flight data to support it.
But I've found plenty that indicates the "plausible explanations" that you've listed above.
Perhaps confused flyers might land their drones into water, but "confused drones" don't land themselves in water.
The whole "confused drones" thing is a myth caused caused by folks with little understanding talking about drones getting confused...
You don't say which drone this refers to, but I find it very hard to believe.
Every Mavic, Air, Mini, Inspire and Phantom since at least 2015 records the flight data from every flight.
If "the water got you" there would probably be evidence of how that happened in your data.
That's just confused and confusing.
Electronics don't get "confused" and suck your drone into the water.
Your AI is as confused as you are.
There's no...