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I was in a very weak state later described by the medical staff in layman's terms of a 'walking coma'...
1) At school, with this guy on my back, his legs wrapped around my torso, holding me in a headlock (it felt like he was trying to rip my head away from my shoulders), I remember getting dizzy and passing out...
My story started when I was having dinner at home...
Vincent K NDE Home Classification NDE 2548 Vincent K NDE 4936 Experience Description About five minutes into my recovery period from a stress-test on an exercise bike, my eyesight began to cloud over, starting from the outside corners...
My experience started with a terrible pain in my chest, followed by a sinking, falling feeling...
I was twenty years old and working for the US Forest Service building trails in the mountains north of Los Angles...
I felt tremendously peaceful...
My NDE took place three days after the birth of my son...
I spent a year in Viet Nam with the 101st Airborne Division...
Rick M NDE Home Classification NDE 2577 Rick M NDE 4994 Experience Description Being Native American, I don't have a view of your heaven...
I experienced death attacking me several times in a form of a tidal wave while I was resting in the beach...
I had a general anesthetic for a female sterilization operation...
