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I was in the hospital for outpatient surgery on my toe...
Niel L NDE Home Classification NDE 2711 Niel L NDE 5191 Experience Description When I was four, I went to the swimming pool alone to get some coins I had seen at the bottom...
Early Native American NDEs Home Classification NDE 2713 Early Native American NDEs 16038 Experience Description Contributed by Lee Miller...
Marie C NDE Home Classification NDE 2714 Marie C NDE 5117 Experience Description I was eight and a half years old and was sick with viral hepatitis...
Dale T NDE Home Classification NDE 2716 Dale T NDE 5198 Experience Description It was about 55 years ago, and I was around 6 years old...
Vera G NDE Home Classification NDE 2717 Vera G NDE 5201 Experience Description My friend and I went out for a run in the morning, but we only ran one block - just up to her house...
I overdosed on pain meds and was dead for several minutes...
Charles N NDE Home Classification NDE 2731 Charles N NDE 5223 Experience Description My Visit to HeavenI had a back surgery in which the anesthesiologist gave me too much anesthesia and I died on the operating table...
I was a life guard in New Jersey...
Linda D NDE Home Classification NDE 2738 Linda D NDE 5238 Experience Description I was walking with a friend after school...
Edward S NDE Home Classification NDE 2739 Edward S NDE 5239 Experience Description I knew I was in a great deal of trouble, and that something had to be done...
It has occurred to me that this is probably a fairly ordinary experience and I feel pretty sure that many people have gone through something like it; but as time goes by, I am more and more convinced that what I experienced is of great importance to me...
