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I was 11 years old in 1966 when the accident happened...
Jim B Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2365 Jim B Probable NDE 4669 Experience Description In October 2009, I was in critical condition with the H1N1 Flu...
My girlfriend and I had not been getting along so I moved out and got a condominium...
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I went to my dentist to have two teeth extracted...
I was taken to a very nice garden-like place with fine grass to walk in...
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 sitting around my friend's kitchen table and we were hanging out talking...
The first experience was out of curiosity after reading the Tao te Ching and the I Ching...
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Ricky W Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2494 Ricky W Probable NDE 4892 Experience Description I tried to rescue an eight year old friend of mine from drowning, and he took me down under the water...
I observed the body surrounded by a surgical team, then the hospital from above, then the hospital surrounded by wintering cornfields...
I was in the hospital, semi-seated in bed, after giving birth to my first child...
My NDE happened when I was a child, although I didn't remember it until after my brother died...
