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Attila D FDE Home Classification FDE 1980 Attila D FDE 4106 Experience Description I had only passed my car driving test for a couple of weeks, but my dad let me drive his car as I never owned my own car at the time...
William T NDE-Like Home Classification NDE-Like 1994 William T NDE-Like 16043 Experience Description An Instinctual Survival ToolA Pathway for Future Evolution It began as a small spot emerging from ink-black nothingness, miles in the distance...
Gina D NDE Home Classification NDE 2016 Gina D NDE 4123 Experience Description I bled out (twice) after childbirth, flat-lined...
Ricardo FV NDE Home Classification NDE 2023 Ricardo FV NDE 4170 Experience Description On 28th April, 1984, which was a Sunday, I awoke early, feeling very relaxed...
The details of my near-death experience are just as vivid today as they were in 1964...
Jake NDE Home Classification NDE 2042 Jake NDE 4169 Experience Description I had gotten stuck on a very large rope swing near a friend's house, my shoe was stuck in the loop and the harder I pulled the more my shoe came off...
I found myself totally lucid, clear in mind and thought, floating in blackness...
Lisette D NDE Home Classification NDE 2051 Lisette D NDE 4206 Experience Description A friend and I were hitch-hiking to Ste-Adèle from Victoriaville...
Vanessa H Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2054 Vanessa H Probable NDE 4216 Experience Description When they took me to the hospital in the ambulance, I didn't think I would make it out the house...
I had delivered my son, who weighed 10lbs 3oz, naturally with no medical intervention, specifically no prostaglandin in the third stage which can prevent post-partum hemorrhage...
I had been in a lot of pain after almost four hours of surgery...
Debbie P NDE Home Classification NDE 2107 Debbie P NDE 4280 Experience Description During emergency surgery to correct prolonged bleeding from a spontaneous abortion (unknown early stage pregnancy) my heart stopped and electric shock to my heart was applied...
