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Swimming in a pool and suddenly panicked when I could not reach the side of the pool...
You know when you look in the clear bright blue sky and see some fluffy white clouds - I was in those clouds...
Gene B NDE Home Classification NDE 3617 Gene B NDE 7149 Experience Description At approximately 5:00 p...
Susan C Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2761 Susan C Probable NDE 5268 Experience Description I remember having a hard time breathing, like there was a heavy weight on my chest...
This is my best recollection of what I experienced at age 6 when I was drowning in a Wisconsin lake...
I was four years old and suffering from a progressively worsening life-threatening pneumonia...
I always suffer from diabetes comas, as I am diabetic since my childhood...
I was playing hide and go seek out doors and was going to free those who were captured...
After being in labor for nineteen hours my baby was stuck and the doctor decided to do an emergency cesarean section...
I was a silhouette of dark grey with light grey surrounding the whole area, except for the bright light that seemed to be heading up...
I remember my mother telling me take the dates to the tailor-lady about 4 km away from our home...
It was New Year's Eve 2002 (and I was completely content) and we suddenly received a call from the wife of one of my closest friends...
