Chris
Well, I had a talk to Chris. As usual he didn't have much to say on the matter. I quite clearly asked him to tell me what he knew about my time jump to the present, and he just didn't have any new information. I feel guilty for suspecting myself, as I don't see why he would even think about doing something this risky, and burdening on himself. Big question also is why he would do something like this? Especially to himself, if he did bring me here he must've realised how much pain and suffering this would cause me. Imagine being stuck on the opposite side of the world, with no hope of catching a plane or boat back to the people you love and care about, and the things you're used to. Multiply that feeling by 10 and I think you know what I felt like. At least I have him to relate to. Anyway enough of my sob story. I'm fine now thats what matters
My mind keeps going back and forth, now I believe it was one of those flukes of nature while before I thought that someone had brought me here. I find it hard to believe that I have some purpose. It just isn't me, I don't usually have purposes. Maybe I do have some sort of 'power' which allows me to travel and I was able to harness it that night.
I still have a niggling doubt that I'm in a coma, and none of this is actually happening

Although that seems ridiculous.
When I first came to this board (and the previous, offline one) I saw many other time travellers. Some I believed were plain hoaxers, but others I did believe came from another time. Now it seems so many have been disproven... I feel alone in my experience. It's rare enough to time travel, and ever rarer to be from the past. Padraic was a hoax, but he was from the past, which gave me some sort of hope that I wasn't a complete fluke. Maybe I was after all.
EDIT: Sorry Doc, totally missed your post!
Thats a tricky question. If I told them the truth I might be up for a psyche evaluation!

I could always say I just don't know. Or that I was kidnapped, and I don't know by who.
I just thought of something! If the older me did not arrive back on the same day, maybe a few months later, then he would've had to make up an excuse. I'm wondering if I should go check the newspaper records past June 1993 to see what happened after I left. Maybe he isn't telling me the whole truth and he had to make up an excuse about his whereabouts? I can't believe I didn't think to check the newspapers at the library beforehand!
If I had to make up some form of excuse I would just claim I had no idea. It would be the simplest thing to do.