We did notice that in the original interview. However no, it has not been explained.
This was on Scarborough Country, and it has been kicked around by some.
There was a poster or two that INSISTED that she MUST have meant she saw Natalee back at the hotel, where everyone else agrees that Natalee never got back to. I have read the word by word transcript, over and over and over, and there is no way that such a meaning is obvious. It is not obvious.
In your case, at least you aren't trying to say that you KNOW the friend was saying that she saw her back at the hotel...you are just wondering about it.
The same girl was interviewed by Greta. She never said one word to Greta about that point. And she could have, she just did not. Also, Natalee's mother has said repeatedly that SHE KNOWS WITHOUT A SHRED OF DOUBT THAT NATALEE NEVER MADE IT BACK.
You know that if the girl truly saw Natalee back there, when nobody else did, she would be shouting it from the rooftops and every media outlet would be interviewing her about it 24/7.
I am certain that whatever she was saying, IT WAS NOT THAT. (And Joe Scarborough would be riding it to death as well, btw, if he had uncovered such a blockbuster. And that just has not happened.)
Frances Ellen