There is far too much in Scripture that indicate they were real events, not metaphysical.
Take another harder look.
"When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd.
So he began teaching them many things." Here the subject of the crowds' need, what they hungered for, was clearly identified as teaching. Mark 6:34
When the disciples said that the crowd was hungry and restless Jesus told them " feed them yourselves". Remember what Jesus told Peter? If you love me, feed my sheep.
When he asked what was available to feed the crowd with they had five loaves and two fish which equals seven, which happens to be the exact number of disciples that Jesus had at that time. A loaf of bread, a metaphor for a teacher and fish, a well known metaphor for a follower of Christ.
So he had them break up the crowd into groups of fifty, the exact number of troops slain each time by Elijiah with fire from the sky, and he had them feed/teach the crowd everything they had already learned from Jesus,
to their satisfaction.
When they were finished there were twelve baskets full of uneaten pieces which represent the aspects of what Jesus taught that the crowd could not swallow, but were accepted by the twelve disciples that Jesus ended up with.
He taught a large and very skeptical crowd, fed up with tyranny, subjugation, and injustice and well accustomed to false messiahs to their satisfaction with only himself and seven followers and ended up with 12 disciples.
A miracle!
See?
This is what I meant by saying that there is a hidden story there and a rational way to interpret each of the miracles of Jesus that conforms to reality that does not require a suspension of disbelief.
If you think that you will be satisfied continuing to believe that God poofed fish sandwiches out of thin air, in spite of all the evidence to the contrary, especially the evidence provided by the reality that you have lived in for your entire life, go ahead and try to pretend that you still can't see.