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I was in surgery at the time...
My family was camping at Cape Lookout near Tillamook OR right on the ocean...
When I gave birth to my second child, I was afraid of the pain and asked for anesthesia...
Late one afternoon in 2004, I was outside, feeling depressed and on an impulse, knowing full well that I was allergic, I decided to put an end to it all by stinging myself with a bee...
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As a boy of about 13, I was standing on a bridge that was also a dam...
The experience was not of the mind but what I believe to be of the soul and spirit...
Easter 1971, I was involved in a high-speed car crash...
Duane S NDE Home Classification NDE 3993 Duane S NDE 7743 Experience Description Dying to Really Live by Duane F Smith...
I want to preface my experience by telling you about two earlier NDEs I had as a child, and to explain the events of my childhood that led up to my main NDE story...
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Age Five: I remember our family living in Bartow, Fla...
Ron J Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 4080 Ron J Possible NDE 7881 Experience Description When I was born, I was not breathing due to a lack of amniotic fluid in my mother...
That morning I arrived at the hospital and had a C section to deliver my son...
