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Diane H NDE

I was in a near fatal motor vehicle accident and was cut from my car and air lifted to a local hospital...

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Nannci R Possible NDE

Nannci R Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 2036 Nannci R Possible NDE 4157 Experience Description I found myself travelling down the tunnel, I was floating, couldn't see myself (my human body) but felt I had some type of 'other' body...

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Gail R NDE

It was Friday, October 9th...

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John Z NDE

I was behind the operating table perhaps ten to twelve feet back and slightly above the doctor's and nurse's heads and I could feel the palpable sense of frustration and failure of the doctor's because my heart had stopped and they could not continue to try...

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Edie F NDE

The details of my near-death experience are just as vivid today as they were in 1964...

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Jake NDE

Jake NDE Home Classification NDE 2042 Jake NDE 4169 Experience Description I had gotten stuck on a very large rope swing near a friend's house, my shoe was stuck in the loop and the harder I pulled the more my shoe came off...

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Heron S NDE

I was very unhappy in my family and social life, a gay teenager brought up in a very restrictive and rigidly conservative family where most of my needs for safety and care were not being met...

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Gail K NDE

After feeling intense pain and deep fear during strangulation, I became aware of 'floating' through a dark (PITCH BLACK, all-encompassing darkness) area that had no limits or boundaries...

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