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I was 25 years old...
Brenda I NDEs Home Classification NDEs 2753 Brenda I NDEs 5259/6202 Experience Description 6202 I come from a family with a history of heart attacks...
Matt H NDEs Home Classification NDE 2757 Matt H NDEs 5248 Experience Description My best friend and I were at a family reunion on a ranch a hundred and fifty miles from Sacramento, California...
Gina J NDE Home Classification NDE 2759 Gina J NDE 5266 Experience Description At first, I was afraid...
I was swimming in the lake on a very hot summer day (I was not a good swimmer then nor am I now) and I got tired and thought I was close enough to shore that I could stand up but unknown to me there was a very deep drop off...
The day had been an emotionally difficult one, as my mother had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer...
Michaele S NDE Home Classification NDE 2823 Michaele S NDE 5363 Experience Description I was driving my 9 year old daughter home from the dentist and she was sleeping on the seat beside me...
I was 18 years old...
Anna L NDE Home Classification NDE 2857 Anna L NDE 5373 Experience Description I lost my sensory connection with my surroundings...
I was greeted by four guides on a well-worn path in a field of the most beautiful golden colors I had ever seen...
Maria GP Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 2874 Maria GP Possible NDE 5378 Experience Description I had been in pain for many hours and could not achieve dilation...
I was suffering from an attack of kidney stones for the third time that week, and a new doctor came in and said, 'I'm going to give you the maximum pain reliever that you can take, for your weight: 250 mg of a mixture of morphine and Demerol...
