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Eruera M NDE Home Classification NDE 3554 Eruera M NDE 7053 Experience Description I had been playing rugby for about 15 minutes when the ruck went down, I ran in to recover the ball, I was going for the ball and then: Whack...
Carlos K STE Home Classification STE 3601 Carlos K STE 7124 Experience Description My mother was a widow when I was born in February 1963...
Nicole E Friend Experience Home Classification Secondhand Other 3679 Nicole E Friend Experience 32304 Experience Description My friend and I met as schoolteachers at the same school several years ago...
I was with my father, his friend, and the friend's older son who was 8 or 9 years old...
I, Ricardo AH, give the following testimony: On Saturday July 26, 2014, in my parish, around 3:10 pm I was finishing lunch when I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my stomach...
My Own Personal Return to Love through an NDE: 1994 Arizona I had gone in for a common routine surgery...
Anna A NDE Home Classification NDE 3784 Anna A NDE 7433 Experience Description The gush of blood that all of a sudden turned into an endless river, soon turned into a sudden process of feeling very, very cold...
My NDE was actually two experiences...
Prior to the event, I had presented at the emergency room with symptoms of anaphylaxis shock from being allergic to fish...
I got sick with appendicitis back when I was 8 years old...
This was written only a couple months after the experience...
At the age of 2, I told my mother how I came onto earth...
