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My friend and I set out to enjoy a day of tubing in the river...
Charlene P NDE Home Classification NDE 1416 Charlene P NDE 3434 Experience Description Right before the experience, I was rushed to the intensive care unit...
While stopped in the breakdown lane due to engine failure, I was rear-ended by a car doing sixty-five miles per hour...
Henrietta N Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1421 Henrietta N Probable NDE 207 Experience Description This occurred during an operation...
After the surgery, I was angry at being revived but was able to spontaneously reconnect with where I had been and had a more in-depth experience...
The time was June 12, 1982; approximately...
Although lamentably true, the following story may appear as though I sat up a few nights concocting it, or could blame it on a bad experience with mood-altering substances (substances that I used to refer to as “recreational drugs” -- most of which were no...
I was on a motor scooter and all of a sudden a car appeared in front of us...
Pluma S NDE Home Classification NDE 1440 Pluma S NDE 179 Experience Description My boyfriend at the time got some cocaine, and said I couldn't do any unless I did it like he did, with a needle...
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Decembra B NDE Home Classification NDE 1442 Decembra B NDE 167 Experience Description I was swimming with a friend as a child and I swam too far across a lake to get back...
James G NDE Home Classification NDE 1445 James G NDE 164 Experience Description I was in a coma, gangrene right leg, heart failure, lungs -- pulmonary edema...
I was sitting on my couch and my breathing was cut off...
