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I was home alone...
Vernon C NDE Home Classification NDE 3792 Vernon C NDE 7443 Experience Description I went swimming in Gold River with two friends and got swept out into a fast current...
Everything started two days before my experience...
I was very tired after three months of nursing my father who finally passed away in my arms...
Andrew G NDE Home Classification NDE 3801 Andrew G NDE 7453 Experience Description On October 28 1976, I, my brother, his wife and daughter went down to the lake with our kayak...
I fell and hit the back of my head on the ground...
Sally S NDE Home Classification NDE 3804 Sally S NDE 7460 Experience Description I had undergone surgery to remove my tonsils and adenoids...
I had 2 experiences, both somewhat similar...
In 1981, I entered Hope Haven Children's Hospital for two major spinal surgeries to correct scoliosis of the spine...
Frédéric M NDE Home Classification NDE 3817 Frédéric M NDE 7475 Experience Description It was before the Easter weekend of 2009, I felt very tired, I had like punctures in my heart and the chest, and I heard something like water flowing in my body (very str...
Charles G NDE Home Classification NDE 3826 Charles G NDE 7493 Experience Description It was December 31, 1983 on New Year’s Eve...
Blaine S NDE Home Classification NDE 3831 Blaine S NDE 7503 Experience Description During recovery from cancer surgery, I was lying in my hospital bed...
