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Ryland D FDE Home Classification FDE 1608 Ryland D FDE 3576 Experience Description When I got sucked into the drainpipe, the instant I knew I was in trouble, my life flashed before my eyes not like a movie with scenes in it...
George T NDE Home Classification NDE 1619 George T NDE 3594 Experience Description When I had my NDE experience, I was at home as I had just taken some pills...
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An acquaintance who was using drugs at the time flipped and turned on me...
On April 20 2002, while at work hosting a cribbage tournament with 85 people in the room, including my daughter, I suffered a brain aneurysm ('subarachnoid hemorrhage'), fell to the ground, ceased breathing and my heart stopped...
I have had three near death experiences in my life...
Vicky M NDE Home Classification NDE 1636 Vicky M NDE 3627 Experience Description I was six years old, diagnosed with meningitis and pneumonia and a collapsed lung...
Pat R Probable NDE Home Classification NDE 1638 Pat R Probable NDE 3631 Experience Description I found myself inside a tube that was like a bank deposit chute...
The first time: I was a little over four years old at the time...
Antonio C NDE Home Classification NDE 1643 Antonio C NDE 3638 Experience Description I cannot remember why I lost control of my motorbike...
There are some things about this experience that I can't put into words and won't try because it will probably deliver the wrong impression...
I reached the end of myself and was dying because of drug use...
I was four years old...
