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I was standing on a pier four inches above a body of water...
I was walking down a path in an obvious direction away from a starting point...
We had met with an accident and I hit my head and cut my forehead...
Maria N FDE Home Classification FDE 1593 Maria N FDE 3493 Experience Description It was on a morning in the month of November...
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...
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...
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...
Everything seemed to get real quiet and slow, kind of slow motion, almost like I had time to experience all of the feelings sounds and surroundings in less than real time...
As a family we had gone for a swim in the pool...
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...
While in the throes of a bad car accident, my deceased grandfather (that I was extremely close to) came to me...
I was around sixteen years old and my parents had made an appointment with a local dentist...
