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The first time: I was a little over four years old at the time...
I was in the backyard getting jumped by my brothers for the millionth time (they may consider it playing, but I considered it me getting jumped)...
At first I was floating, surrounded by a very white and brilliant light, and as I descended I noticed that the white light was not just light: there were very, very white clouds which I was passing through...
Jose MO NDE Home Classification NDE 1682 José MO NDE 3653 Experience Description My brother and I were in my bedroom watching a movie we were really enjoying...
After being sent to the hospital, my body felt peaceful and amazing...
My kindergarten class was on an outing to a local state park where we swam in a shallow tidal pool and played on the beach...
I didn't see a light or deceased loved ones but I recall looking at (although I had no eyes or a body) a bluish green almost translucent membrane...
I was swimming in the 'Young Men's Christian Association' (YMCA) pool...
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I was drowning and it was horrible, water was everywhere and I was desperately trying to breathe while at the same time grab onto the other child who had fallen into the swimming pool when our little raft overturned...
We were unloading some crates onto a barge several hundred yards off the coast near the mouth of the Mekong river (we called it the Saigon river at the time)...
I had just returned to Georgia from a reunion party in Texas...
I felt like I woke up and saw my body lying in the pool...
