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I was driving in a car and it seemed as if I was about to crash into a truck...
Almost immediately I had an allergic reaction to medicine prior to the NDE...
Tom C NDE Home Classification NDE 2050 Tom C NDE 4212 Experience Description I had a NDE when I had a bad car accident six years ago...
Lisette D NDE Home Classification NDE 2051 Lisette D NDE 4206 Experience Description A friend and I were hitch-hiking to Ste-Adèle from Victoriaville...
I was eleven years old...
Rick H Possible NDE 4228 Home Classification Possible NDE 2061 Rick H Possible NDE 4228 Experience Description My kids had just got off the bus and we were talking and I was telling them that I love them and was talking to them...
Bo FDE Home Classification FDE 2065 Bo FDE 4221 Experience Description During a recess at the village's school my whole class went down to the small river and out on the new ice near the school...
Sandra B NDE Home Classification NDE 2068 Sandra B NDE 4235 Experience Description My brain surgeon had warned me that I had only minutes to live if the brain aneurysm went off before he operated and to get to the hospital as soon as possible and he would b...
I had my second hernia operation...
I woke up this day feeling a bit tired but nothing unusual...
I remember seeing those car lights [was going to say on our side of the road], then total blackness...
I was sitting around talking with friends when I felt my heart speed up faster and faster and then stop...
