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Ahly S NDE

NDE: I was 7 years old, and lived in a farm town in the interior of the Dominican Republic Somehow, I contracted and an invasive and aggressive Streptococcus infection that invaded my body...

Out of BodyBright LightBeing of Light

Greyson 22/32Read the account

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Samuel E NDE

When I was 12 years old, my neck and head were injured in a freak gymnastics accident...

Out of BodyTime DistortionEnhanced Senses

Greyson 19/32Read the account

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Gabrielle M 6637NDE

I was 19 at the time (1979), and my boyfriend and I had lived together a few months...

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Out of BodyDeceased RelativesBorder / Boundary

Greyson 30/32Read the account

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Franziska R OTHER/ ADC 7539NDE

At the age of 2, I told my mother how I came onto earth...

Out of BodyDeceased RelativesPeace, Joy or Love

Greyson 30/32Read the account

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Francesca SS Other 7782NDE

As I was working as a medical doctor at the end of a visit, going out from the house of the patient, the last thing I remember is a door enlightened in an unearthly fashion, then nothing else, until I woke up two days later in an hospital with seven fractures...

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Greyson 6/32Read the account

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