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Near Death Experience number one...
I floated downwards into a huge cavern filled with many people...
I was a young street racer...
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...
Todd N NDE Home Classification NDE 3292 Todd N NDE 6638 Experience Description It was a hot summer day in Florida...
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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When I was young, I went to a New Year's Party with my friends...
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...
