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Near Death Experience number one...
Sunday evening my wife and I were getting ready to watch a video when she said I slumped over and my heart stopped...
I broke my back about six years ago in a skydiving accident...
It's been 16 years since my experience and for many years I wasn't able to talk about it out of fear of judgment...
Probable NDE due to auto accident at age 17 in Singapore...
Dharam S NDE Home Classification NDE 3296 Dharam S NDE 6645 Experience Description I was a disk jockey (DJ) at the time and worked spinning at Hollywood after-hours parties until 6am in the morning and stayed up much later to party with roommates, friends, ...
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Helen E NDE Home Classification NDE 3305 Helen E NDE 6664 Experience Description I had been hemorrhaging due to a contraceptive (which soon after was pulled off the market)...
Hannah NDE Home Classification NDE 3306 Hannah NDE 6665 Experience Description I was surrounded by darkness...
I was over at a friend's house, sitting on the couch...
Hilde Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3311 Hilde Probable NDE 5447 Experience Description I had an appendix operation during which I suddenly floated out of my body...
Dr Sandrine B NDE Home Classification NDE 3312 Dr Sandrine B NDE 6661 Experience Description I was on holiday with my parents at my uncle and aunt’s place...
Annette Q NDE Home Classification NDE 3314 Annette Q NDE 6672 Experience Description I was taken into the hospital operating room to get control of the tetanus seizures [med: Tetanus is a serious bacterial disease that affects your nervous system, leading t...
