Alternate explanation: The clock stopped before his wife died, but the nurse recorded 9:21 as his wife’s time of death, because she determined the time by checking the clock, not realizing it had already stopped.
Things like this always remind me to doubt clever-sounding explanations of phenomena I wouldn’t actually have predicted in advance. Obviously, “not supernatural” is a very strong bet—but the specific hypotheses? Those are less obvious.
Alternate explanation: The clock stopped before his wife died, but the nurse recorded 9:21 as his wife’s time of death, because she determined the time by checking the clock, not realizing it had already stopped.
Things like this always remind me to doubt clever-sounding explanations of phenomena I wouldn’t actually have predicted in advance. Obviously, “not supernatural” is a very strong bet—but the specific hypotheses? Those are less obvious.
According to this comment, he had seen the nurse pick up the clock. So there’s that.