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I couldn't catch my breath, I heard the doctor say, 'Let's get that baby out of there...
Chris H Probable REM Intrusion Home Classification Probable REM Intrusion 1553 Chris H Probable REM Intrusion 3494 Experience Description I was exhausted and hit the bed intent on getting some sleep...
At the time of the hanging it was my weight was cutting off circulation to my brain...
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I was standing on a pier four inches above a body of water...
Harriet K NDE Home Classification NDE 1598 Harriet K NDE 3560 Experience Description I clearly remember watching the angiogram as it was taking place - a person was holding my hand, there was a large square machine above me, and several people at the foot o...
I was driving alone in a van down a loose gravel country road...
Ryland D FDE Home Classification FDE 1608 Ryland D FDE 3576 Experience Description When I got sucked into the drainpipe, the instant I knew I was in trouble, my life flashed before my eyes not like a movie with scenes in it...
I went to the maternity hospital for the birth of my child and I was ready for it mentally and physically...
That night I entered into the emergency room, I almost don't remember because I passed out in the ambulance with very high blood pressure...
I have had three near death experiences in my life...
Vicky M NDE Home Classification NDE 1636 Vicky M NDE 3627 Experience Description I was six years old, diagnosed with meningitis and pneumonia and a collapsed lung...
B Death Bed Vision Home Classification B DBV 1639 B Death Bed Vision 3632 Experience Description On January 5, 1993 my husband to be 'T' slipped into a coma and high fever on the way to a doctor's appointment...
