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Alan M FDE

Alan M FDE Home Classification FDE 2705 Alan M FDE 5181 Experience Description The experience is most difficult to put into words...

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Greyson 24/32Read the account

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Carol I NDE

My mother, brother and I were staying in a guest house next to the hospital where they were treating me, and every day I'd go over there and would have my blood taken and my condition monitored...

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Greyson 26/32Read the account

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Lori K NDE

After the accident occurred, I was trapped under a Toyota Tundra truck...

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Greyson 28/32Read the account

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Matt H NDEs

Matt H NDEs Home Classification NDE 2757 Matt H NDEs 5248 Experience Description My best friend and I were at a family reunion on a ranch a hundred and fifty miles from Sacramento, California...

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Greyson 29/32Read the account

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Anne-Cécile NDE

I had an automobile accident while I was driving alone...

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Greyson 25/32Read the account

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Oscar O NDE

I was swimming in the lake on a very hot summer day (I was not a good swimmer then nor am I now) and I got tired and thought I was close enough to shore that I could stand up but unknown to me there was a very deep drop off...

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Greyson 26/32Read the account

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Michaele S NDE

Michaele S NDE Home Classification NDE 2823 Michaele S NDE 5363 Experience Description I was driving my 9 year old daughter home from the dentist and she was sleeping on the seat beside me...

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Alexandre B FDE

Alexandre B FDE Home Classification FDE 2875 Alexandre B FDE 5375 Experience Description I was swept away by a wave on a Corsican beach and was saved by my father just before swallowing sea water...

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