Time Traveling Text Message

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Nick509

Temporal Novice
I had something pretty cool happen to me. On Thanksgiving night, I sent a text message to my friend. I sent this message at 2:52 AM (so technically I guess it was Friday morning). I distinctly remember the time I sent this message because I looked at the time after I sent it, and thought that it was late, and hoped that I wouldn't wake up my friend. The next day, I was talking to her, and she said "Hey, I got your text" I was like wow, you were awake then?" And she was like "Yeah, I got it around 12:30" I told her I sent it at like 3 AM and she said she was asleep then. I asked her to show me her phone, and shure enough, my message was on there, and I said it arrived at like 12 something. I am positive I sent it around 3, so what happened?

Have any of you guys heard of a text message traveling two hours back in time? I find this whole topic fascinating. What if the message really traveled back in time?

PS I checked both of our phones and both have their clocks set to the right time, so it isn't because of that
 
very interesting point to think about, I had encountered almost similar situation as you but in a reverse way. I actually received a delayed text message instead of an arrived early text message... the only closest thing I can think of would be time zone difference but I assume you and your friend both live on the same time zone, so that's impossible....
anyone can answer that?
 
It's too easy to dismiss this as a simple mistake. If you want to continue this chat (by all means), then is it possible to see a picture of the two phones- one with the time of the message sent and the other of the time recieved? Otherwise it's simply too easy to dismiss. It's like me saying I went to bed at midnight and woke up three hours earlier... extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, no insult intended.

If you had such a picture, you'd have the beginnings of a legitimate claim for a timeslip, otherwise it's probably a simple mistake. If you have no picture, then all you have is a freak occurance.

In the big picture, we're all interlinked by E=MC2. This means that little stuff like timeslips can't be happening because they'd have a ripple effect through the whole planet (see: Frankenstein Unbound).
 
I didn't save the message after I sent it, and I don't think I could find the time on my phone anyway, because when I do save text messages, the time they were sent doesn't show. I have searched my phone for a log of my text messages, couldn't find it. Does anyone know if you can find this sort of thing online? Or will it show up on the cell phone bill?

Her phone did show the time recieved, and it was like around 12:30, I saw that myself. It is really bothering me that I can't find a record of when I sent it, because I am POSITIVE I sent it at 2:52 AM.

by the way, I have a cingular phone
 
Any kind of bill of online thing won't show the sender's end and reciever's end. As far as you not having the time, then all we have is your story to go on.

Bogz?
 
I saw last month's bill, and it does list all the activity of the phone including calls and text messages. Last Friday morning however will be on next month's bill, becuase the recently recieved bill only went up to like 11-15.


I guess you guys do only have my word to go on for now... oh well. Why would I waste my time going onto this forum, creating a user name, and making up false stories anyway? I have better things to do. Something cool happened and I simply want to investigate it and and find out more. I'll admit there is PROBABLY a logical explanation for all this, but the evidenve that this is all true is too strong. What really makes me think is that my friend is not really a night owl, and would not probably be up at 2:52 in the morning.

Has anyone heard of a text message or e-mail traveling through time?
 
In england, I've actually received a parcel from my Aunt two days before she sent it. I put this down to the fact that the majority of Royal Mail (Not all) are slow at turning their stamp dials. I wonder if you've encountered a network mix-up, although that seems doubtful. If you have done this, as you claim, then see if you can trace, if possible, the route the text would have gone, that way you may be able to discover any abnormalities.
 
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