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I was walking up a steep gravel path in the early morning sunshine...
I experienced death attacking me several times in a form of a tidal wave while I was resting in the beach...
First experience: I was in a car accident while driving with my four children...
Heather I Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2610 Heather I Probable NDE 5041 Experience Description It changed my whole way of thinking and my life...
My friend and I were driving down an old two lane road heading into Fresno...
I was fatally injured in a boat wreck at night on the lake...
While having a heart attack and being in the doctor's clinic and being attended to, I saw an extremely bright light and experienced a great calming and thought to myself that I was going to die and thought 'Well, this is going to be a new experience...
Christine T Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2640 Christine T Probable NDE 5046 Experience Description I cannot write about it, only speak about it, as it is still too difficult for me...
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Beautiful day swimming in the sea side resort beach with sisters and cousins...
Debbie B NDE Home Classification NDE 2672 Debbie B NDE 5134 Experience Description In my first experience, I remember opening my eyes and seeing my husband standing a distance from me...
Marie C NDE Home Classification NDE 2714 Marie C NDE 5117 Experience Description I was eight and a half years old and was sick with viral hepatitis...
I was hit by a car and thrown sixty meters from point of impact...
