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In the summer of 1985 I was at a beach in California with my family...
One day when I was about 11 or 12 (this is my best estimate of my age at the time) I was swimming alone in our pool...
I was laying back in the dental chair with a nasal mask on through which I was receiving laughing gas...
Bill D NDE Home Classification NDE 3072 Bill D NDE 6316 Experience Description We were hunting about 20 miles out of town...
At 11 years old, I was rushed to the intensive care unit due to a case of septicemia [a dangerous blood infection], which was the result of a bad diagnosis made by a general doctor...
Georgia P NDE Home Classification NDE 3080 Georgia P NDE 6332 Experience Description I was pregnant with my first child; from my fourth month on I kept having problems...
Jenny C NDE Home Classification NDEs 3094 Jenny C NDE 6345 Experience Description FIRST TIME: I was about five when my first NDE happened...
Ramon Probable NDE Home Classification NDE 3099 Ramon Probable NDE 6320 Experience Description It was around 5 pm on that day in October 2004 that I felt very tired...
Erika R NDE Home Classification NDE 3104 Erika R NDE 6354 Experience Description I was 11 weeks pregnant and started feeling bad the previous day...
Please let me explain my circumstances upon waking up from the coma first hand...
James NDEs Home Classification NDEs 3108 James NDEs 6360 Experience Description EXPERIENCE 1: My experience occurred directly after open heart surgery which occurred on a Monday afternoon...
Nona B Probable NDE Home Classification 3109 Nona B Probable NDE 6365 Experience Description I was on a fast-moving train...
