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From: Jasper
Date: 9/22/00
Time: 7:45:20 AM
Kari, Thanks to Maggie, we can all see that Arnelle estimated she got home between 12:30 and 1:00, she parked her car and went straight to bed.
Rosa estimated that she first heard the voices at 12:00 and she really didn't know when they ended because she had no interest at the time in looking at the clock. Her best guess is 12:30 or 12:45. My best guess is 12:10 or 12:15 based on the normal distortion of time in moments of distress. Rosa was watching television when she last heard O.J.'s voice. That gave her a fairly good guide as to when the next voices she heard began. Therefore I don't think she was off too much there even though she didn't look at the clock. How long the voices lasted is another story.
The dovetailing of Rosa's time with Arnelle's is an illusion. All things considered, you have to rule out Arnelle's voice as one of the voices Rosa heard BEGINNING at 12: 00. Arnelle's Rockingham clock doesn't start until 12:30 at the earliest. Even if Rosa was correct about not hearing the voices end until 12:30 or 12:45 and Arnelle was correct about getting home between 12:30 and 1:00, there is still a half-hour to one-hour separation in time. There was probably a greater separation in time than that.
Rosa was scared. That meant her adrenaline was pumping, which meant that her brain was processing information much faster than normal. When your brain works faster everything else seems to move slower. There is also the anticipation factor. Because the voices frightened her, Rosa was eager for them to stop. But you don't need adrenaline to explain how anticipation distorts our sense of time. If you've ever been with kids on a long trip, I will be surprised if you haven't heard these words every ten minutes or less: "Are we almost there, yet?" --Jasper