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I was thirteen to fourteen years old...
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I was post-surgery for bowel obstruction and had developed pneumonia...
After leaving my body I was pulled into a void or darkness...
I suddenly found myself in complete darkness...
Prior to this experience: At age 6, 7 or 8, I was told in a dream that I would have an opportunity to live or die before I was 24 years old...
The fact of the matter is that I died, I remember feeling my heart slow down until it stopped, at that moment my eyes closed...
Bridget F NDE Home Classification NDE 1654 Bridget F NDE 3648 Experience Description This is where I wish I had voice recognition software...
In the middle of my surgery I woke up, looked at the doctor and told him that what he was doing hurt...
I remember the very bright purple and white lights...
I was being pulled, with my back facing in the direction of the pull, and my face facing the earth...
I will share my near death experience and will make it as brief as possible...
Marta Y NDE Home Classification NDE 2094 Marta Y NDE 4251 Experience Description March 13, 1985, I was admitted to Ayala Hospital of the IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social - publicly-funded) in Guadalajara, following an accident in a taxi causing me...
