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Charlene P NDE

Charlene P NDE Home Classification NDE 1416 Charlene P NDE 3434 Experience Description Right before the experience, I was rushed to the intensive care unit...

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JC S NDE

As I lay in the emergency room, I hovered over my body looking down at myself...

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Eleonora Probable NDE

I was sleeping and dreaming...

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Decembra B NDE

Decembra B NDE Home Classification NDE 1442 Decembra B NDE 167 Experience Description I was swimming with a friend as a child and I swam too far across a lake to get back...

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Diana P Probable NDE

Diana P Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1450 Diana P Probable NDE 150 Experience Description I was in my living room looking in the mirror my right eye couldn't focus on my reflection I kept blinking and blinking trying to get it to focus I fe...

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Richard B NDE

Richard B NDE Home Classification NDE 1453 Richard B NDE 144 Experience Description I was on my way to work, 1:30 in the afternoon, temperature was 105 degrees, I was riding my motorcycle, car turned at last second, I hit car approximately two feet from fro...

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Kimberly HA NDE

Kimberly HA NDE Home Classification NDE 1455 Kimberly HA NDE 133 Experience Description The seizure could've been fatal...

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Francesco D Possible NDE

Conditions around the time of the experience: Brief interludes of asphyxiation/apnea due to violent episodes of heavy coughing probably caused by allergic reactions to pollen that spring, reactions which were much stronger than at any other time...

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