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When I was about five, I drowned in the open sea...
I was sitting in the dirt watching my dad make a horse for me out of wood...
Anne R FDE Home Classification FDE 3571 Anne R FDE 7085 Experience Description My family and friends went on a beach trip...
I was gravely ill and went to the hospital to have a cardiac consultation and possibly heart surgery...
My platoon had just completed the crucible, our final trial comprising over 150 miles of humping with 75lb packs on our backs...
Lana L Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 3577 Lana L Possible NDE 7038 Experience Description It happened sometime between the anesthesia administration and my awakening...
The last moment of consciousness before the experience, was seeing the medical staff rolling my bed very fast through the corridors to bring me to the intensive care unit at the basement...
I found myself suddenly 'very high up' in a bright white room...
Petra J NDE Home Classification NDE 3587 Petra J NDE 7012 Experience Description It was Friday morning of May 1992, two weeks before my 17th birthday...
This new procedure was a very traumatic time for me...
One evening, probably late, I was coming in and out of the sleep state...
Marshall L NDE Home Classification NDE 3594 Marshall L NDE 7111 Experience Description I was crossing the four lane street in my Honda civic then out of nowhere a truck hit me at 50 mph in a 40 mph zone, I was going 25mph...
