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I was coughing up fluid from my lungs, which had accumulated in my windpipe...
Well I had just got to the hospital that night via the rescue squad and I was really sick...
Swimming in a pool and suddenly panicked when I could not reach the side of the pool...
The pushbike rapidly gathered momentum as I pedaled hard down the hill...
I was given too much gas in the dentist’s office, died, and floated up above my body...
I was very depressed over many issues and felt very alone...
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I entered a turn on my motorcycle too fast...
I was in a coma for seven days suffering from encephalitis during this time I had my NDE...
Sheila L Azrael Encounter Home Classification Other 695 Sheila L Azrael Encounter 30906 Experience Description On September 8th, 1999, an online acquaintance, who used the screen name, The Infernal Emissary, sent me a poem he wrote...
Marietta S NDE Home Classification NDE 696 Marietta S NDE 21000 Experience Description I was very young and my brothers and sisters (of which I have seven), all went up into the hayloft to play...
I had been very ill with asthma for several weeks following the death of my father; I was also eighteen weeks pregnant...
We had gone on vacation to Araxá from Belo Horizonte...
