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When I was three years old I fell out of an open window from the fourth floor...
Kitty W NDE Home Classification NDE 1414 Kitty W NDE 3427 Experience Description When I was twenty-two, I learned that my husband went missing in action in Viet Nam...
Charlene P NDE Home Classification NDE 1416 Charlene P NDE 3434 Experience Description Right before the experience, I was rushed to the intensive care unit...
I was on a motor scooter and all of a sudden a car appeared in front of us...
Doina Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1463 Doina Probable NDE 3379 Experience Description I was on the operation table; the last event I have in my memory was when I received the anesthesia in my hand...
Conditions around the time of the experience: Brief interludes of asphyxiation/apnea due to violent episodes of heavy coughing probably caused by allergic reactions to pollen that spring, reactions which were much stronger than at any other time...
It was an unbearable pain, level 12/10...
It was a very hot and sunny day...
I awakened from anesthesia but didn't remember nothing about it...
Lee FDE Home Classification FDE 1527 Lee FDE 3458 Experience Description I had an out of body experience right before the impact...
Was on a golf course one night, had fallen, banged head, and the people I was with (only met that evening) thought I was dead...
In June 2005 I had a normal day - went to work, got sicker as the day proceeded...
