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I was sixteen years old...
Geri R NDE Home Classification NDE 2677 Geri R NDE 5142 Experience Description On March 7th, 2011, I went to see my endodontist for what was supposed to be my final root canal...
Cherie J Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2686 Cherie J Probable NDE 5040 Experience Description I am giving birth; much time goes by and the baby does not come out...
I cut through a vein in my left arm...
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Marty M NDE Home Classification NDE 2694 Marty M NDE 5169 Experience Description I was in total blackness and wondered to myself 'What...
Francisco J NDE Home Classification NDE 2703 Francisco J NDE 5128 Experience Description There was a wall next to a swing, and I jumped from this wall to grab the cross-bar of the swing...
Alan M FDE Home Classification FDE 2705 Alan M FDE 5181 Experience Description The experience is most difficult to put into words...
There were about six, maybe seven, of us kids, the oldest maybe thirteen...
My mother, brother and I were staying in a guest house next to the hospital where they were treating me, and every day I'd go over there and would have my blood taken and my condition monitored...
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...
On October 31, 2010, I was at friend's home with other friends to celebrate Halloween...
