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Julia J NDE

Julia J NDE Home Classification NDE 2322 Julia J NDE 4599 Experience Description I fell onto a playground area...

Out of BodyBright LightDeceased Relatives

Greyson 26/32Read the account

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Hazel L NDE

Hazel L NDE Home Classification NDE 2434 Hazel L NDE 4802 Experience Description I was scheduled for a routine dilatation and curettage procedure and laparoscopy in October of 1990...

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Greyson 26/32Read the account

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Tim NDE

Tim NDE Home Classification NDE 2526 Tim NDE 4927 Experience Description During major emergency surgery for perforated diverticulitis that destroyed much of my large and small colon, I rose above the operating table...

Out of BodyTunnelBright Light

Greyson 30/32Read the account

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Victor D Probable NDE

Victor D Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3037 Victor D Probable NDE 6278 Experience Description When I was five years old, a friend and I were playing out behind our homes...

Out of BodyDeceased RelativesPeace, Joy or Love

Greyson 19/32Read the account

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Mark W NDEs

Mark W NDEs Home Classification NDEs 3185 Mark W NDEs 6484 Experience Description Some months after the car wreck I had been in, I encountered another brush with death and another trip out of my body...

Out of BodyBorder / BoundaryPeace, Joy or Love

Greyson 22/32Read the account

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Sarah S Possible NDE

Sarah S Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 3201 Sarah S Possible NDE 6504 Experience Description I remember being surrounded in love, feeling my husband loving me all over...

Bright LightLife ReviewBeing of Light

Greyson 19/32Read the account

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Portia NDE

Portia NDE Home Classification NDE 3250 Portia NDE 5434 Experience Description I woke up and found myself standing to the right of the operating table...

Out of BodyBright LightDeceased Relatives

Greyson 30/32Read the account

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Frank G FDE

Frank G FDE Home Classification FDE 3339 Frank G FDE 6714 Experience Description It all started when I was alone at Christmas time again and I was due to go to Nepal to climb in the Himalaya and so I wanted to break in my new pair of high altitude climbing ...

Out of BodyDeceased RelativesLife Review

Greyson 27/32Read the account

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