No problem with "there had / have been people (who) did / were doing / do / are doing strange things." Has someone suggested this is wrong? I missed it.
I mentioned in my first post that problems don't happen, and you replied that you knew that. What's up? (Bad things happen when you have problems.)
You say, "I have a headache." You don't say, "A headache happened to me." Tell me why?
Best wishes, - A.