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I was surfing on a boogie board in Hawaii...
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...
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...
Rebecca B FDE Home Classification FDE 2873 Rebecca B FDE 6049 Experience Description My father had passed away almost one year at the time of my car accident...
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...
A special thanks to Elaine for transcribing this NDE as Ray told it to her...
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...
NDE due to complication during surgery...
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...
