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I was riding my bike down a big hill, lost control, and hit my head on the curb...
Eileen G Probable NDE 3202 Home Classification NDE 1206 Eileen G Probable NDE 3202 Experience Description I was taken to Emergency Room with asthma attack I was having very bad pain in my chest...
I was sitting at breakfast table chatting to mother...
I was shown my newborn baby boy - felt love for him - then I blacked out...
My car plunged over an eighty feet cliff at 10:00 pm in February with temperatures well below freezing...
Turk NDE 3215 Home Classification NDE 1215 Turk NDE 3215 Experience Description My childhood best friend and I were huffing gasoline...
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In the summer of 1973, my family along with my mom's twin sister and husband were planning a trip to Walt Disney World in Florida...
Christine R NDE Home Classification NDE 1217 Christine R NDE 3217 Experience Description An old man driving a camper turned left in front of us; we were doing fifty-five mph at the time of impact...
It was a Saturday during the day and I was at school...
First Person Interview as told to Elaine Smith (NDERF Volunteer): Karen's near death experience was in the summer of 1975...
I was in a black space on a black nothing; it was kind of like a path because it was lined with small lights close to ankle height that outlined a 'path'...
