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When I was ten years old I had tear-duct surgery...
Herb B NDE 4184 Home Classification NDE 2077 Herb B NDE 4184 Experience Description On February 5, 2005, I was involved in a very bad motorcycle accident...
I was a silhouette of dark grey with light grey surrounding the whole area, except for the bright light that seemed to be heading up...
Jake NDE Home Classification NDE 2042 Jake NDE 4169 Experience Description I had gotten stuck on a very large rope swing near a friend's house, my shoe was stuck in the loop and the harder I pulled the more my shoe came off...
I was very unhappy in my family and social life, a gay teenager brought up in a very restrictive and rigidly conservative family where most of my needs for safety and care were not being met...
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I remember seeing those car lights [was going to say on our side of the road], then total blackness...
Debbie NDE Home Classification NDE 2081 Debbie NDE 4253 Experience Description I was staying at a hotel in Florida on holiday with my family...
Miguel RP NDE Home Classification NDE 2084 Miguel RP NDE 4133 Experience Description My name is Miguel...
I had delivered my son, who weighed 10lbs 3oz, naturally with no medical intervention, specifically no prostaglandin in the third stage which can prevent post-partum hemorrhage...
I was at the hospital with my mother and I remember I was nervous or scared since they were going to draw some of my blood...
Ludmila NDE Home Classification NDE 2093 Ludmila NDE 4168 Experience Description I was on an obstetrical table; they made me unconscious through a mask...
