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I was broadsided while driving my car at approximately fifty-five mph...
When I hit the floor I was blank for a few moments, then 2 small transparent or glowing entities came into my room...
I had an attack of pancreatitis while at work...
One day when I was about 11 or 12 (this is my best estimate of my age at the time) I was swimming alone in our pool...
On or about Jan 31, 1977 I started feeling flu-like symptoms (fever, chills, general weakness and fatigue)...
I saw Heaven and there were white clouds, which didn't look so much like clouds but more like large puffy cotton balls...
My sixteen year old son and I had just driven back from visiting my husband...
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I was in a tunnel, and I could see a bright light at the end...
Jon S NDE Home Classification NDE 3071 Jon S NDE 6315 Experience Description I was 7 years old and in the second grade...
I was deep sea diving with my brother James, 17 years old, and the diving teacher...
Teresita Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 3074 Teresita Possible NDE 6310 Experience Description I found myself in a place where several things claimed my attention: the place was like a luminous city, but the luminosity was not sunshine...
I remember having a tightness in my chest and feeling weak...
