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I was accosted, stabbed repeatedly and shot twice in the spine...
Some time after I went 'under' for the surgery, 'I' experienced a focused perception of being both just above and out of my body...
Kathy N NDE Home Classification NDE 1198 Kathy N NDE 3226 Experience Description The alarm on the blood pressure machine was the last thing I heard before it felt like I shot out of myself...
I was shown my newborn baby boy - felt love for him - then I blacked out...
First Person Interview as told to Elaine Smith (NDERF Volunteer): Karen's near death experience was in the summer of 1975...
Phillip H NDE 3191 Home Classification NDE 1223 Phillip H NDE 3191 Experience Description My two younger brothers, R and H, were traveling with me passing the Farm home, and R said run the stop because the Road had a bump and it was fun to fly...
In 1973, at the age of twenty, I was in a serious automobile accident...
I don't remember the accident itself...
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Since I was seventeen I'd had chronic pain doctors had labeled as fibromyalgia...
I was on the table in the doctor's office face down, I felt like I was just falling asleep...
The Unseen Contract: My Journey Through Death and Beyond Introduction Hello, my name is James...
I was being wheeled down the hallway to my room after a lengthy registration period by a somewhat indifferent Catholic sister/nurse...
