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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...
Jack M NDE Home Classification NDE 2934 Jack M NDE 6168 Experience Description My first sensation was being in an environment I didn't recognize...
Karyn E FDE Home Classification FDE 2938 Karyn E FDE 6174 Experience Description My experience was not like those that you usually read of...
Dahlia Y NDEs Home Classification NDEs 2939 Dahlia Y NDEs 6175 Experience Description My sister and I got in to a fight because she didn't want me to go with her to her friend's house...
Preston P Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2992 Preston P Probable NDE 22663 Experience Description First doctors visit for upper respiratory infection I was given an injection of penicillin and told to come back in three days for booster of same...
Barbara L Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 3012 Barbara L Possible NDE 6250 Experience Description It's simple and I guess that is what bothers me because as much as I read it is usually much more dramatic...
Vivian M Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3030 Vivian M Probable NDE 6272 Experience Description At age 17, I took some kind of hallucinogen...
Edwin G Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 3089 Edwin G Probable NDE 6341 Experience Description I went to a friend’s house, at the time I was unaware that her boyfriend suspected we had more than just a friendship (but we did not)...
Jenny C NDE Home Classification NDEs 3094 Jenny C NDE 6345 Experience Description FIRST TIME: I was about five when my first NDE happened...
Ramon Probable NDE Home Classification NDE 3099 Ramon Probable NDE 6320 Experience Description It was around 5 pm on that day in October 2004 that I felt very tired...
Enrique NDE Home Classification NDE 3129 Enrique NDE 6394 Experience Description On 5/31/12, I recall being very distressed because I had relapsed on cocaine after having had a substantial amount of clean time...
Johanna S NDE Home Classification NDE 3137 Johanna S NDE 6400 Experience Description I had been living with my adoptive mother (who was actually my aunt)...
