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I was sixteen years old...
I felt the presence of my dead father in the theatre room when I realized that the anesthetic was not working on me...
I was late coming home from work...
Geri R NDE Home Classification NDE 2677 Geri R NDE 5142 Experience Description On March 7th, 2011, I went to see my endodontist for what was supposed to be my final root canal...
Well, it was the winter of 1977...
Suddenly the light went out...
Cherie J Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2686 Cherie J Probable NDE 5040 Experience Description I am giving birth; much time goes by and the baby does not come out...
Marty M NDE Home Classification NDE 2694 Marty M NDE 5169 Experience Description I was in total blackness and wondered to myself 'What...
This happened to me at the time of my accident, and the experience consisted of three different parts...
Francisco J NDE Home Classification NDE 2703 Francisco J NDE 5128 Experience Description There was a wall next to a swing, and I jumped from this wall to grab the cross-bar of the swing...
Alan M FDE Home Classification FDE 2705 Alan M FDE 5181 Experience Description The experience is most difficult to put into words...
Niel L NDE Home Classification NDE 2711 Niel L NDE 5191 Experience Description When I was four, I went to the swimming pool alone to get some coins I had seen at the bottom...
