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Marcel W NDEs Home Classification NDEs 3990 Marcel W NDEs 7729 Experience Description The introduction:September 2012 — It was a normal average day and I was sitting on a chair having a cup of coffee...
Courtni T NDE Home Classification NDE 4058 Courtni T NDE 7848 Experience Description During summer vacation with friends, we rented canoes in order to stroll on a river, the Dordogne...
Paul M NDE Home Classification NDE 4066 Paul M NDE 7857 Experience Description Funny, I generally took my diving knife with me on these trips, but it was dull...
Cheryl G NDEs Home Classification NDE 4076 Cheryl G NDEs 7893 Experience Description 7893 I was out to dinner with my partner at a restaurant inside a casino...
Debbie NDE Home Classification NDE 4097 Debbie NDE 7913 Experience Description I had a winter virus with projectile vomiting...
Sara S NDE Home Classification NDE 4134 Sara S NDE 7975 Experience Description When I was about to enter the house, I tripped and fell to the ground banging my knees...
Laura B NDE Home Classification NDE 4215 Laura B NDE 8090 Experience Description I don't remember much after I woke up in the ICU but I never forgot this...
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...
Craig P NDE Home Classification NDE 4266 Craig P NDE 8172 Experience Description I experienced a sudden heart attack and was flat-lined in the emergency room...
Jeffery C STE Home Classification STE 4300 Jeffery C STE 8226 Experience Description Life events leading up to the Experience: Married for three years; no children, though wife was pregnant at the time of the Experience...
Mark B Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 5226 Mark B Probable NDE 16133/4249 Experience Description 16133 submitted 8/26/2023 I am forwarding this email and paper I wrote about an accident that killed me but the coroner and EMTs brought me back,...
When I was given a shot for mononucleosis, I blacked out...
