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When I was young, I had a near death experience...
Jeremy Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 4218 Jeremy Probable NDE 8096 Experience Description My experience began one cold night as a lost 13-year-old child...
In 2002, I had a severe car crash where I hit a tree head-on at 80 km/h...
Carlos Manuel V NDE Home Classification Second-Person NDE 4241 Carlos Manuel V NDE 8136 Experience Description Hello, my name is Adrian...
Newt J NDE Home Classification NDE 4242 Newt J NDE 8137 Experience Description I was on a road trip to holiday with my then-girlfriend's family on 25...
Alena B NDE Home Classification NDE 4252 Alena B NDE 8150 Experience Description The accident happened in my barn as I was passing by the horse...
Alan P NDE Home Classification NDE 4253 Alan P NDE 8156 Experience Description In the early summer of 1971, I and three other children were playing on a large pile of sand that was to be used in pouring a cement pad at our house...
I was in Paris, France...
On December 13, 2012, I was preparing for Christmas...
Jennifer B NDE Home Classification NDE 4334 Jennifer B NDE 8282 Experience Description I was bike riding with my sister and a friend...
I was on the stretcher going down the hallway of the hospital...
I had an accident where I fell off a ladder...
