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I was visiting my brother at his home...
The near-death experience I had was not as spectacular as some I have read about, but the epiphany certainly was...
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I was at the hospital with my mother and I remember I was nervous or scared since they were going to draw some of my blood...
Ludmila NDE Home Classification NDE 2093 Ludmila NDE 4168 Experience Description I was on an obstetrical table; they made me unconscious through a mask...
Amy D ADC Home Classification ADC 2096 Amy D ADC 16016 Experience Description My grandmother, Josephine, who was full German and spoke broken English, was very spiritual and loving...
It was a boring Saturday night, just after a city celebration called 'Crazy Water Festival', where it had rained all day...
On Sunday evening around 8:30 pm and after my parents left I collapsed in my bed...
I was swimming in the river, under the watch of my older sister...
Grady R NDE Home Classification NDE 2103 Grady R NDE 4276 Experience Description See Below...
Debbie P NDE Home Classification NDE 2107 Debbie P NDE 4280 Experience Description During emergency surgery to correct prolonged bleeding from a spontaneous abortion (unknown early stage pregnancy) my heart stopped and electric shock to my heart was applied...
I had been in an old 1957 Chevy on a cold day - I was playing with toys on the back seat...
When I drowned, I experienced excruciating pain for what seemed like a second...
