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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...
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...
When I gave birth to my second child, I was afraid of the pain and asked for anesthesia...
George T NDE Home Classification NDE 1619 George T NDE 3594 Experience Description When I had my NDE experience, I was at home as I had just taken some pills...
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An acquaintance who was using drugs at the time flipped and turned on me...
I was around sixteen years old and my parents had made an appointment with a local dentist...
That night I entered into the emergency room, I almost don't remember because I passed out in the ambulance with very high blood pressure...
On April 20 2002, while at work hosting a cribbage tournament with 85 people in the room, including my daughter, I suffered a brain aneurysm ('subarachnoid hemorrhage'), fell to the ground, ceased breathing and my heart stopped...
I have had three near death experiences in my life...
Vicky M NDE Home Classification NDE 1636 Vicky M NDE 3627 Experience Description I was six years old, diagnosed with meningitis and pneumonia and a collapsed lung...
Pat R Probable NDE Home Classification NDE 1638 Pat R Probable NDE 3631 Experience Description I found myself inside a tube that was like a bank deposit chute...
The first time: I was a little over four years old at the time...
