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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...
I was in the car taking my girlfriend home when I felt a growing pain in my right leg and I went into automatic as though something or the part of me that was conscious was preparing to leave my body without harming anybody else...
After I was shot, I ran about a hundred yards...
Tara V NDE Home Classification NDE 1851 Tara V NDE 3907 Experience Description I fell off the back of a motorcycle because the man I was dating at the time hit the car in front of him...
I hyperventilating and stopped breathing...
V NDE Home Classification NDE 1866 V NDE 3928 Experience Description I remember it being a lovely day, weather-wise, and I was very happy that my mother was allowing me to take a nap in my parent's bed, rather than my own, which was on the floor and hard...
Greg D NDE Home Classification NDE 1871 Greg D NDE 3934 Experience Description I stood at the top of the stairs at work looking downward and felt lightheaded...
Christopher G NDE Home Classification NDE 1873 Christopher G NDE 3938 Experience Description I recently found out that I have Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome/Heart Disease which causes sudden death at any moment because of the extra path way in the heart...
I was on the roof of an apartment that was under construction...
How can I describe this with words...
In the parking lot of a local bar as I was getting on the back of my boyfriend's motorcycle a patron told me, 'Don't get on that bike...
Paeata BC NDE Home Classification NDE 1898 Paeata BC NDE 3971 Experience Description No Description Given Background Information: Gender: Female Date NDE Occurred: various over many years NDE Elements: At the time of your experience, was there an associated...
