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When I was 10 years old, I had gone swimming with my older cousin, Karen...
Poppy Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3198 Poppy Probable NDE 6500 Experience Description While I was undergoing neurosurgery, I experienced a period of darkness and then I saw grey and pink lights...
Roland B NDE Home Classification NDE 3200 Roland B NDE 6503 Experience Description I unknowingly grabbed a 2300 volt power cable...
Sandi R NDE Home Classification NDE 3202 Sandi R NDE 6505 Experience Description It was a rainy afternoon when we were driving home from my grandmother's after a visit...
This event happened to me a long time ago, however it has remained with me as an indelible memory...
Due to a medical mistake, I was administered a double dose of contrast liquid [a dye for CT scans] during a tac [(sic) = transient aplastic crisis]...
Suddenly, I was in a tunnel that was illuminated by a strong blue light...
I had already taken my prescribed Adderall earlier in the day...
What is it like to have a near death experience...
I had arrived at the hospital, suspecting that I was having a heart attack...
Julia O NDE Home Classification NDE 3218 Julia O NDE 6526 Experience Description I was in childbirth with my second child, a girl as it turned out...
I was visiting New York on holiday and on the last day I had a condition called an Arrhythmia which is a life threatening irregular heartbeat, I was rushed to New York Downtown hospital where I was given a drip to try to regulate my heart rate...
