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Chris Probable NDE

Before the experience: My mum, stepdad, grandmother, and I, were returning from home on Christmas day, 1979...

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Colleen J NDE

I have no direct recall of the death during the surgery, but afterwards while recovering in the hospital ward I was haunted by an image and memory that I tried to capture in a drawing with color crayons...

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Thomas A ICU

Thomas A ICU Home Classification ICU 3284 Thomas A ICU 6561 Experience Description 6561 I was raised in church and I know I have failed God a lot of my life, but I always did want to serve God...

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Kenya Probable NDE

I broke my back about six years ago in a skydiving accident...

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Michael E NDE

At the time, my wife was suffering from liver failure, but I knew nothing about it...

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Janie Anesthesia Experience

Janie Anesthesia Experience Home Classification Anesthesia 3287 Janie Anesthesia Experience 6631 Experience Description I was having my tonsils out and I woke up in a theater, feeling myself drop my Rupert Bear cuddly toy...

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