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My mother at the time was away at a camp with her special education class...
Christine S NDE Home Classification NDE 1390 Christine S NDE 268 Experience Description I remember passing out from the smoke and not being able to breath...
Mary Lu R NDE Home Classification NDE 1392 Mary Lu R NDE 265 Experience Description I remember going through a darkness...
Candy B NDE Home Classification NDE 1394 Candy B NDE 254 Experience Description I had a hysterectomy...
I had a car accident and was pronounced 'dead'...
I lost consciousness in the hospital emergency room, stopped breathing...
Kitty W NDE Home Classification NDE 1414 Kitty W NDE 3427 Experience Description When I was twenty-two, I learned that my husband went missing in action in Viet Nam...
Charlene P NDE Home Classification NDE 1416 Charlene P NDE 3434 Experience Description Right before the experience, I was rushed to the intensive care unit...
Henrietta N Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1421 Henrietta N Probable NDE 207 Experience Description This occurred during an operation...
Burnie A NDE Home Classification NDE 1422 Burnie A NDE 205 Experience Description When I was unconscious I felt like I was watching a play, I was traveling to different places, some fields, riverbeds, and my home...
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Sara D NDE Home Classification NDE 1426 Sara D NDE 197 Experience Description I was about twelve or thirteen...
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Pluma S NDE Home Classification NDE 1440 Pluma S NDE 179 Experience Description My boyfriend at the time got some cocaine, and said I couldn't do any unless I did it like he did, with a needle...
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