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It was the morning after my 31st birthday...
I was at the beach, body surfing for about 30 minutes...
Jessica B NDE Home Classification NDE 1159 Jessica B NDE 3276 Experience Description I was in a coma for seven days suffering from encephalitis during this time I had my NDE...
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I was climbing a mountain which was so steep that I was climbing it on my knees and hands...
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I went into a sudden coma as I was walking along on the street...
I had a near death experience several weeks ago (May 1999) as a result of attempted suicide...
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The day it happened I remember writing a note to my husband's parent's pastor telling him to watch over my husband...
I was accosted, stabbed repeatedly and shot twice in the spine...
Some time after I went 'under' for the surgery, 'I' experienced a focused perception of being both just above and out of my body...
I was walking upstairs from our apartment to go outside...
Kathy N NDE Home Classification NDE 1198 Kathy N NDE 3226 Experience Description The alarm on the blood pressure machine was the last thing I heard before it felt like I shot out of myself...
I was talking to my sister in Montana and we were talking about the anthrax letters that had just been sent in the states...
