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I was swimming in the lake on a very hot summer day (I was not a good swimmer then nor am I now) and I got tired and thought I was close enough to shore that I could stand up but unknown to me there was a very deep drop off...
I had been drinking with friends and started to feel light headed...
Michaele S NDE Home Classification NDE 2823 Michaele S NDE 5363 Experience Description I was driving my 9 year old daughter home from the dentist and she was sleeping on the seat beside me...
I was hiking with a friend in the Bowness River valley and we decided to climb up from the valley via a very steep hill...
Alexandre B FDE Home Classification FDE 2875 Alexandre B FDE 5375 Experience Description I was swept away by a wave on a Corsican beach and was saved by my father just before swallowing sea water...
NDE, but predominant experience happened a few days later during meditation-like state...
Wife (Kim) of Keith tells of his NDE due to heart attack...
Karen J NDE Home Classification NDE 2921 Karen J NDE 6150 Experience Description While under water and being pulled every which way by the rapids, I was really surprised that there seemed to be no time, no boundaries, just feeling...
I felt more tired than usual as I had worked a lot for a few years, and had worked on the house we were building during my vacation...
Sigrid Possible NDEs Home Classification Possible NDE 2979 Sigrid Possible NDEs 5404 Experience Description During my out of body experience, I was undergoing a surgery on my tonsils...
Chuck H NDE Home Classification NDE 2986 Chuck H NDE 6222 Experience Description I was hit by a car while I was driving a motorcycle...
Mindy T NDE Home Classification NDE 2996 Mindy T NDE 6238 Experience Description May 24th, 2005 started out like any other day...
