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James C Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2441 James C Probable NDE 4809 Experience Description The accident happened so fast that it took a while for me to realize what had happened...
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I was travelling by bike when I was hit by a car which continuing its run literally climbed on me causing me several fractures including the most serious cervical fracture of the 4th and 5th...
Sabine E Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 2467 Sabine E Possible NDE 4791 Experience Description I just had transplant surgery...
During a car trip with my wife I had to stop because of a severe illness with sudden sweating, precordial, and neck pain...
I was under general anesthesia during a four-hour surgery about two weeks before my mother passed away...
Billy S NDEs Home Classification NDEs 2623 Billy S NDEs 5069/5067 Experience Description 5069 I was practicing a choke hold on another Marine and then he held my neck and that was when I felt my spirit rise above my body...
Well, it was the winter of 1977...
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...
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...
Gina J NDE Home Classification NDE 2759 Gina J NDE 5266 Experience Description At first, I was afraid...
Pamela M NDE Home Classification NDE 2858 Pamela M NDE 6032 Experience Description I have a story...
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One day when I was about 11 or 12 (this is my best estimate of my age at the time) I was swimming alone in our pool...
