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When I was about five, I drowned in the open sea...
Gavin C Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3599 Gavin C Probable NDE 7122 Experience Description On a rafting trip in the head waters of the Waioi River, our raft containing six people flipped over in a grade 4 rapid...
My husband pushed me back and the chair fell backwards...
James A NDE Home Classification NDE 3652 James A NDE 7199 Experience Description I was swimming with my girlfriend in a deep natural pool, popular due to it being the holiday season...
I had a severe bronchitis that evening that caused severe shortness of breath...
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...
Bonnie L NDE Home Classification NDE 3844 Bonnie L NDE 7517 Experience Description I was spending the day at the river with my younger siblings, my mother, and some of her friends...
Hailey M NDE Home Classification NDE 3884 Hailey M NDE 7575 Experience Description I was going into surgery, for the third summer in a row, to try and correct a failed spinal fusion...
Marta M NDE Home Classification NDE 4005 Marta M NDE 7760 Experience Description As someone who grew up in a city, I didn't know nature...
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...
