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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...
As a six year old child my appendix burst...
In the winter of 1981, I was on the way to the beach with a friend, and we were going down the steps (around 10:30 in the morning), when suddenly, as my friend tells it, I fainted...
After I died, I remember being pulled upwards towards the ceiling...
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...
A friend dunked my head under the water and I did not know how to hold my breath...
Beth L FDE Home Classification FDE 2554 Beth L FDE 4963 Experience Description We had those old metal ice cube trays that make the giant cubes with the sharp edges...
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...
