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I was standing on a pier four inches above a body of water...
Well, I was in jail for minor BS for three months, and the night I got released was my birthday...
1973...
Cyndi G NDE Home Classification NDE 1596 Cyndi G NDE 21780 Experience Description I was at the hospital having a second heart valve replacement done in six months...
I have a bi-level home...
Sanz Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1599 Sanz Probable NDE 3561 Experience Description It was in the course of the surgical operation after the anesthesia, normally I shouldn't have felt anything...
I was driving alone in a van down a loose gravel country road...
On passing out I felt a sudden rush past many people's faces...
As a family we had gone for a swim in the pool...
While in the throes of a bad car accident, my deceased grandfather (that I was extremely close to) came to me...
I'm going to have to describe 'scenes' that I can recall - since I was cheated out of a full and complete memory of it...
On April 20 2002, while at work hosting a cribbage tournament with 85 people in the room, including my daughter, I suffered a brain aneurysm ('subarachnoid hemorrhage'), fell to the ground, ceased breathing and my heart stopped...
