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I lost all bodily strength in an instant...
I was swimming in the lake on a very hot summer day (I was not a good swimmer then nor am I now) and I got tired and thought I was close enough to shore that I could stand up but unknown to me there was a very deep drop off...
The day had been an emotionally difficult one, as my mother had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer...
I was a passenger in a car and we were hit head-on by another vehicle...
In those years we lived in a house with an outdoor patio...
NDE at 6 years old: (Thanks to Barb Schmidt and Meera Jacka, Australia, for the Translation) I had to undergo a tonsillectomy...
The doctor came in and talked to me...
I had drowned and found myself in a dark place where I felt I was being pushed and pulled...
Maria GP Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 2874 Maria GP Possible NDE 5378 Experience Description I had been in pain for many hours and could not achieve dilation...
This experience happened to me more than 60 years ago...
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...
About the car accident, I remember only the sound of the truck I was driving crashing...
