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At age 7, I was taking swimming lessons in the very deep, dark Lake Michigan...
Richy R NDE Home Classification NDE 4228 Richy R NDE 8115 Experience Description I was leaving a learning center for adults, when I was hit by this bus...
I was in the passenger seat of a car that my boyfriend was driving...
On October 1, my second daughter was born by C-section and everything went well...
I haven't spoken to very many people about this incident and only those who were there will remember...
Elias Ketamine Home Classification Ketamine 4239 Elias Ketamine 8110 Experience Description I had tried the drug ketamine for the first time at a party at university...
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Carlos Manuel V NDE Home Classification Second-Person NDE 4241 Carlos Manuel V NDE 8136 Experience Description Hello, my name is Adrian...
Newt J NDE Home Classification NDE 4242 Newt J NDE 8137 Experience Description I was on a road trip to holiday with my then-girlfriend's family on 25...
I collapsed from heat stroke while fueling up my pickup truck...
Alan P NDE Home Classification NDE 4253 Alan P NDE 8156 Experience Description In the early summer of 1971, I and three other children were playing on a large pile of sand that was to be used in pouring a cement pad at our house...
I was in Paris, France...
It was mid-afternoon, about 2:30 pm...
