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I was simply having my wisdom teeth out -- a simple operation taking ten minutes...
I was out drinking with my ex-boyfriend and we were driving in his car after we left the bar...
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Kitty W NDE Home Classification NDE 1414 Kitty W NDE 3427 Experience Description When I was twenty-two, I learned that my husband went missing in action in Viet Nam...
Charlene P NDE Home Classification NDE 1416 Charlene P NDE 3434 Experience Description Right before the experience, I was rushed to the intensive care unit...
While stopped in the breakdown lane due to engine failure, I was rear-ended by a car doing sixty-five miles per hour...
Henrietta N Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1421 Henrietta N Probable NDE 207 Experience Description This occurred during an operation...
It happened one day during which, due to profound bleeding as a result of a curettage...
Sara D NDE Home Classification NDE 1426 Sara D NDE 197 Experience Description I was about twelve or thirteen...
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I was working as a seamstress in a sportswear company...
As I lay in the emergency room, I hovered over my body looking down at myself...
I was sleeping and dreaming...
Decembra B NDE Home Classification NDE 1442 Decembra B NDE 167 Experience Description I was swimming with a friend as a child and I swam too far across a lake to get back...
