Why do people pluralise words by putting an apostophe then an s?

It's truly bizarre 🤔

To be clear: I know what an apostrophe is for. I'm asking because I've seen comments where people have used apostrophes to form plurals. One example I remember is "body's" instead of "bodies".

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SteelHands · 61-69, M

Perhaps you're not aware of that the purpose of an apostrophe before the s designates the possessive form of the noun. Yesterday's weather. As in yesterday (of it's own)

SW-User

I am aware of what they do. I'm asking why someone would feel the need to do it in general.

SteelHands · 61-69, M

Then it is either that they lack an understanding of the correct use in writing -or there's a small chance that you are misreading the sentences in question. Since some poorly written sentences it can be misunderstood. Without seeing the examples nobody can know for sure. That's why there are rules in writing.