Possibly inspired by a 1979 incident in which Deputy Sheriff Val Johnson of Marshall County, Minnesota, reported that his patrol car was struck by a blinding light, knocking him unconscious. Johnson's watch and the car's clock both stopped for 14 minutes.
Mark McPhee was born in September 1960.
Theresa McPhee and Ray Carter were married in 1966.
Ray Carter died of lung cancer in 1988.
On January 1, 1960, Trevor looks at the January 26, 1959 and August 3, 1959 issues of "Time" featuring Fidel Castro and Richard Nixon on the covers respectively and the May 18, 1959 issue of "Life" featuring Jimmy Hoffa on the cover.