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My experience was rather boring...
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In the parking lot of a local bar as I was getting on the back of my boyfriend's motorcycle a patron told me, 'Don't get on that bike...
I was sixteen years old, history of emotional, psychical and sexual abuse, intoxicated, involved in a severe motor vehicle accident that threw me a hundred and thirty-eight feet, landing on the pavement face first...
Jessica G NDE Home Classification NDE 1899 Jessica G NDE 3972 Experience Description This incident occurred at the end of a long period of abuse - about three years...
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Karyl M NDE-Like Home Classification NDE-Like 1900 Karyl M NDE-Like 3976 Experience Description 05/08/2009...
Andrew C NDE Home Classification NDE 1901 Andrew C NDE 3975 Experience Description On 2nd of February I had to go under general anesthesia for surgery but something went wrong as my heart stopped...
When I decided to give up trying to reach the shore and just let myself drown, suddenly everything seemed to stand totally still...
I fell into a ravine...
Neiva Y Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1909 Neiva Y Probable NDE 3986 Experience Description When I was around four years old, I had serious asthma...
I came into a place where children were playing games, it looked like a public square, a very broad space, where the colors were unusually brilliant to see, and everything seemed very calm, with no anxieties...
I was handing my partner a mug of tea when my teeth began to chatter and the next thing I knew, I was - somewhere else...
