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I was in my high school swim class and I had told the instructor that I did not float the way the other kids did - black people have documented issues with buoyancy due to bone density and some other physical attributes...
Jim B Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2365 Jim B Probable NDE 4669 Experience Description In October 2009, I was in critical condition with the H1N1 Flu...
I had to be fighting a cold or whatever it was...
My girlfriend and I had not been getting along so I moved out and got a condominium...
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James C Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2441 James C Probable NDE 4809 Experience Description The accident happened so fast that it took a while for me to realize what had happened...
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Walter W FDE Home Classification FDE 2450 Walter W FDE 4834 Experience Description After spending Christmas with my folks in Ohio, I set out at 5:00 am in my car to return to my apartment in Massachusetts...
In my mid-forties, my pancreas began to malfunction due to a birth defect later discovered during surgery...
The first experience was out of curiosity after reading the Tao te Ching and the I Ching...
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Ricky W Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2494 Ricky W Probable NDE 4892 Experience Description I tried to rescue an eight year old friend of mine from drowning, and he took me down under the water...
It was a normal day...
I observed the body surrounded by a surgical team, then the hospital from above, then the hospital surrounded by wintering cornfields...
I was in the hospital, semi-seated in bed, after giving birth to my first child...
