| Case Id | Source Type | Record Type | Source Citation | Source Url | Nde Year | Nde Date | Year Nde Submitted | Subject Age At Nde | Subject Gender | Text Summary | Clinical Death Type Id | Medical Setting | Medical Context Score | Veridical Quality Score | Total Score | Classification | Stated Verification Score | Narrative Quality Score | Medical Context Justification | Veridical Quality Justification | Corroboration Justification | Alternatives Justification | Doc Type | Eeg Documented | Cardiac Monitoring | Anesthesia Records | Eyes Taped | Ears Blocked | Deep Anesthesia | Other Barriers | Records Reviewed By | Review Date | Updated At | Observation Count | Corroboration Count | Primary Observation | Primary Obs Verified | Primary Witness | Biblical Compatibility | Tabatt Total Score | |
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| 2401 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3162 Melanie E NDE 6437 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1melanie_e_nde.html | 1970 | October 18, 1970 | 2012 | F |
On October 18, 1970, Melanie was a passenger in a convertible that crashed into a dead-end embankment at approximately 45 mph. Not wearing a seatbelt, she was thrown into the rearview mirror and windshield, breaking both before her head came back through into the car. She also forcefully hit the dashboard with her chest and abdomen. She was dragged from the vehicle covered in what she initially thought was rain but was actually blood. While her boyfriend repeatedly pleaded "Please don't die," she kept telling him she loved him, not wanting him to feel guilty when she died. A fellow passenger ran several miles to call for help, returning with a high school coach who determined she wouldn't survive waiting for an ambulance. During the 30-mile drive to the emergency room, she lost consciousness. The doctor later confirmed that upon arrival about an hour after the accident, she had no pulse or blood pressure. During her clinical death, she found herself hovering at ceiling level in the emergency room, observing her body on the table with people working on her. She felt completely detached and interested in the medical procedures, even asking "Oh, a blood transfusion, who is getting that?" before realizing it was her own body. She experienced incredible peace and felt a tremendous weight lifted from her shoulders, with clarity unlike anything she had known. Someone unseen answered her questions. When she realized the medical team was trying to put her back into her body, she tried to fight them off, desperately wanting to stay in that peaceful state. Suddenly she was back in her body, eyes popping open as she lay on the treatment table. The experience permanently changed her perspective on death and life's meaning, making her value relationships more deeply and leading to a 40-year happy marriage. She also developed premonitions about deaths, accurately predicting three close relatives' deaths days before they occurred. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 7 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | No pulse or blood pressure on ER arrival, clinical death from trauma | Observed blood transfusion and medical procedures from ceiling perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed blood transfusion from above | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2402 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3183 Michael H NDE 6477 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michael_h_nde_6477.html | 1972 | 2012 | 5 | M |
At age five in 1972, Michael was staying with his family at a Holiday Inn in Duluth when he experienced a drowning incident in the indoor pool. While riding on his teenage Uncle Hank's back as he swam, Michael fell off and sank, panicking and inhaling water as he screamed and cried underwater. He drowned, experiencing terrible fear before hearing bells ringing and everything going dark. Suddenly, he found himself floating in the air above the pool, observing all the activity below as people worked on his body. He felt no fear, only sadness seeing his uncle crying. His consciousness was extraordinarily clear - he noticed a bright light in the corner of the ceiling and headed toward it, entering a long tunnel of light and sound. The tunnel had blurred sides with various colors, and he heard multiple types of bells including phones ringing and large bells gonging. His vision was clear straight ahead but blurry on the sides, and he felt himself rushing forward very quickly with wind in his ears. As he traveled through the tunnel toward an increasingly bright light at the end, he suddenly heard a deep but not frightening male voice say "No!" very loudly. He felt someone grab him by the back of his neck and pull him backward very hard - not painfully, but with great force and speed. He watched the tunnel recede as he was pulled back, then awakened surrounded by concerned faces looking down at him by the poolside. Following the experience, he developed strong intuition and psychic abilities that lasted for years, including the ability to know things before they happened. His family came to accept and even seek his advice based on these intuitive insights. |
5 | Other | 3 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Drowning in pool, required resuscitation | Detailed tunnel experience with specific sensory elements, observed scene from above | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed resuscitation scene from above | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2403 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2933 Michael L NDE 6167 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michael_l_nde.html | 1994 | 1994-05-03 | 2012 | M | Michael underwent heart surgery in May 1994, during which his heart was stopped and he was placed on a heart-lung machine. Before surgery, he reflected on Christ's crucifixion as his arms were stretched for IVs. During the operation, he experienced leaving his body and observing the surgical procedure from above, accompanied by an unseen individual. He watched with amusement as surgeons struggled to restart his heart with paddles, finding their panic humorous. Once revived, his companion led him to a narrow door. Upon entering, Michael felt overwhelming love and warmth, finding himself in a beautiful field with an impossibly blue sky. He heard music emanating from everything - rocks, trees, and grass - all praising God. He saw a throne or altar with multicolored streams of light and an intense white center that radiated love. Twenty-four hours later, he awoke in agony and begged Jesus to take him back, receiving no response. Two days post-surgery, his heart went into defibrillation for five hours. During this crisis, he felt a hand on his chest and heard a voice saying "Mich'l, I heard you but remember I answer in my time not yours," after which his heart normalized. Weeks later at home, he experienced traveling through a multicolored tunnel at high speed before suddenly reversing direction and awakening to find his wife saying he had stopped breathing. The experience profoundly changed his spiritual life, leading to nightly conversations with God. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest during heart surgery with heart-lung machine documented. Heart stopped intentionally for surgery with subsequent difficulty restarting. | Observed surgical procedure details including heart removal, attempted restart with paddles, and surgical team's panic. Specific procedural observations. | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 5/31/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed surgical procedure from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2404 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3025 Michael P ICU Experience 6264 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michael_p_icu.html | 2011 | 2011-11-23 | 2012 | M | Michael experienced a severe medical crisis on November 23, 2011, when preparing Thanksgiving dinner. After projectile vomiting, he was taken by ambulance where he lost consciousness. He developed pancreatitis that went septic, shutting down his kidneys and liver, and his heart stopped, going into deep fibrillation. His body severely swelled. During his five-day coma, Michael experienced what he believed was hell - a dark, eerie landscape populated by giant red dragons. He witnessed people trapped in circus-like carts, screaming and bleeding. He entered a blood-red gypsy cart with red streamers, then fled from pursuing dragons. A man riding a golden dragon rescued him from this place. Subsequently, he found himself in a room conversing with his deceased father (who had died in August that year), who advised him to let go of the past and move forward. His final vision involved a winter airport scene with a tram containing his children, covered in ice he couldn't penetrate, with grape drink flowing in a fountain for them. He awakened in intensive care with his hands restrained, on a respirator due to pneumonia. Doctors informed his son he had only a 20% survival chance. Michael attributes his survival to prayers from friends and relatives. He experienced ICU psychosis upon awakening, believing everyone was trying to kill him. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 0 | 10 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinical death with cardiac arrest, organ failure (kidneys, liver), deep fibrillation, 5-day coma, 20% survival chance given. | No veridical observations reported. All content consists of hellish visions, deceased father communication, and symbolic imagery. | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5-day coma | 5/31/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2405 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3076 Michel L NDE 6319 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michel_l_nde.html | 1997 | 2012 | M | Michel's 35-year struggle with alcoholism culminated in November 1997 when he entered a three-week alcoholic coma. During this period, he experienced delirium tremens and gastric hemorrhage, possibly triggering his NDE. He suddenly found himself floating upward from his hospital bed toward the ceiling, remaining weightless with extraordinary 360-degree panoramic vision. Looking down, he observed medical staff in white gowns working hastily on his body below. After wandering briefly, he encountered a large tunnel with an irresistible attraction. At the tunnel's end shone a great white light that felt beneficent and calming, contrasting sharply with the agitation in the room below. He moved happily toward this peaceful tunnel but was abruptly pulled back by his feet just as he began entering it. This forced return deeply bothered him, and he re-entered his body in an angry state. The experience left him with altered perspectives on death and the afterlife, making him less certain about the non-existence of a superior essence or life after death. Since the NDE, he reports occasional ability to make involuntary contact with deceased persons. Despite his agnostic beliefs remaining unchanged, the experience's clarity has never diminished over the years. | 4 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Three-week alcoholic coma with gastric hemorrhage during delirium tremens. | 360-degree panoramic vision and observation of medical staff working on his body. Specific detail about white gowns. | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3-week coma | 5/31/2025 | 2 | 0 | 360-degree panoramic vision from ceiling | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||
| 2406 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3120 Michele M NDE 6378 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michele_m_nde.html | 1971 | 1971-10-21 | 2012 | F | On October 21, 1971, Michele was skipping study hall to visit a friend when she experienced a profound NDE after being struck by a car. Upon leaving school through a back door, she heard an inner voice saying "Run, Marilyn is going to have her baby," prompting her to run down a long driveway. After carefully checking for traffic and seeing none, she was hit at the curb. Her first memory was seeing a yellow hourglass figure of light that enveloped her body. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself surrounded by endless white clouds and the bluest sky she had ever seen. She asked telepathically "am I in Heaven" but saw no one. She then heard her name "Michele" called, though she couldn't rationalize what "Michele" meant in her peaceful state. The serenity was broken by screaming, which she wondered about telepathically before realizing it was her own body. She returned to find herself surrounded by stopped traffic and her foster mother asking what happened. Medical personnel treated her ankle injury. Michele later connected this experience to her nephew's birth three days later. The experience eliminated her fear of death and gave her certainty about the afterlife. She has since had multiple after-death communications, including visits from her deceased foster father who informed her about recently deceased friends. | 5 | Other | 3 | 6 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Hit by car accident, treated by medical personnel, hospitalized for ankle injury. | Heard predictive voice about Marilyn having baby, saw yellow hourglass light, heard own name called while OOB. | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 2 | 0 | Heard voice predicting birth | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2407 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3138 Michele M NDE 6404 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michele_m_nde_6404.html | 1983 | 2012 | F | In 1983, Michele experienced severe hemorrhaging during a first-trimester miscarriage. Her husband rushed her to the emergency room where nurses scrambled around her on the examination table. As her vision dimmed to black despite her eyes being open, she heard the doctor screaming "Order 5 units!" While everything went dark, she lost all pain and could hear everything clearly. She thought calmly, "Oh, this is what it's like to die." She felt herself pulling upward toward her head and shoulders, beginning to float up, thinking "This is easy, so easy." The experience abruptly ended when everything stopped, and she reopened her eyes to see medical staff wheeling her to the operating room. She remembers them draping her, inserting an IV with a funny taste, and feeling like a ton of bricks hit her chest before blanking out. She awoke in recovery with a nurse saying "You gave us quite the scare." Later she learned there had been an anesthesia problem. Michele was disappointed she didn't see "the light" and troubled that she hadn't thought of her one-year-old daughter during what she believed was death. The experience eliminated her fear of death and strengthened her spiritual beliefs, leading her to convert from Catholicism to Orthodox Christianity in 2010. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe hemorrhaging during miscarriage requiring 5 units of blood, anesthesia complications. | Heard doctor scream "Order 5 units!" while apparently unconscious with eyes seeing only black. | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | anesthesia problem | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard doctor's orders while unconscious | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2408 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3121 Mike R NDE 6379 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mike_r_nde_6379.html | 2004 | 2004-08-16 | 2012 | M | On August 16, 2004, Mike, a fireman, experienced a severe car accident on his way to a new job. After stopping for coffee due to being up with his new baby, he lost consciousness and awoke in an ambulance where EMTs informed him it had taken 2.5 hours to extract him from his vehicle. At the trauma center emergency room, he experienced an out-of-body state, simultaneously seeing himself being wheeled in while his physical body was on the gurney. He stopped breathing twice in the ER. During these episodes, he saw visions of his children playing in a park, watching them from a distance as if not really there. He saw a bright light and tunnel, followed by more visions. He sensed his deceased grandmother's presence (died 1997) though he didn't see her. After multiple X-rays, CT scans, and a chest tube insertion, he survived what doctors said he shouldn't have. The experience left him with lasting psychological effects, replaying for months afterward. He gained stronger belief in God and guardian angels, understanding that "someone is looking down from above." The NDE showed him business and career aspects of his future. Eight years later, the anniversary still affects him deeply. The experience transformed his relationship with his children, making him realize life's fragility and the importance of being present for them. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident requiring 2.5 hours extraction, stopped breathing twice in ER, trauma center treatment. | OBE seeing self wheeled into ER while simultaneously being on gurney. Sensed deceased grandmother's presence. | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw self being wheeled into ER from outside perspective | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2409 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2996 Mindy T NDE 6238 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mindy_t_nde.html | 2005 | 2005-05-24 | 2012 | F | On May 24, 2005, Mindy was a passenger in a car that experienced catastrophic steering failure, resulting in a head-on collision with a Jeep followed by a second impact. During the crash, she felt and heard her bones breaking as her chest folded around the headrest. Unable to breathe and experiencing severe internal injuries with abdominal swelling, she passed out multiple times while lying on the roadside. After sorting through thoughts of her family and accepting her impending death, she prayed for her mother's strength and thanked Jesus, saying "I am coming home!" As she exhaled what she believed was her last breath, everything went white (not black), and she felt herself moving upward and traveling quickly through brilliant whiteness. From below, she heard the woman helping her yell "Oh my God! She's stopped breathing! Hurry get the paramedics over here, she's stopped breathing!" When Mindy thought about calming the woman and letting her know it was okay, her upward movement slowed and she returned to her body. The woman later confirmed she had indeed called out when Mindy stopped breathing. Mindy underwent surgery for internal bleeding and awoke three days later, initially angry at being alive. For 18 months she believed she was either dead or in a coma, taking dangerous risks before finally accepting her survival. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 16 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Multiple severe injuries: broken bones, internal bleeding requiring surgery, stopped breathing witnessed. | While OOB, heard woman yell specific words about stopping breathing, later verified by the woman. | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard woman's panicked call for help while OOB | 1.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2410 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3122 Mira G NDE 6385 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mira_g_nde.html | 1991 | 2012 | F | In July 1991, Mira received an anesthetic overdose during eye surgery in Lower Manhattan to repair damage from a BB gun injury. After counting backward from 100 to 96, she found herself in spirit form above the Polish countryside during summer harvest time. She experienced profound happiness and safety, observing wheat fields ready for harvest on a warm, dry day with Northern European sunshine. Unable to fully focus her vision, she saw rich earth, growing plants, and a dilapidated shack. She imagined herself as one of the plants rooted in Polish soil. Rising higher, she observed golden wheat reflecting sunlight, blue cloudless skies with birds, and mature trees forming egg-shaped canopies. She particularly noticed one isolated tree and reflected on what it meant to never be uprooted from one's homeland. Throughout, she felt completely centered, aware of all her capabilities, talents, and power as a human being - visualizing this as a tiny powerful point releasing continuous energy like lightning rods. When she sensed it was time to leave, she panicked about returning. Back in her body, she heard doctors screaming "she has stopped breathing" and "we are losing her" amidst general panic. She awoke devastated, having lost the perfect centeredness of her OBE. The experience led her to Hinduism, her father's religion, and left her with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for 22 years. She now lives in a Polish village, finding the summer countryside most beautiful. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 2 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Eye surgery under general anesthesia with overdose causing respiratory arrest. Doctors noted "stopped breathing." | Only observation was hearing doctors say "she has stopped breathing" and "we are losing her" - no verification attempted. | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 5/31/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2411 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3010 Moises NDE 5389 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1moises_nde.html | 2000 | 2012 | M | Moises was involved in a severe motorcycle accident when he was hit from behind by a car while stopped at a stop sign. The impact threw him 12-15 meters, causing him to land head-first on the ground. He experienced immediate out-of-body separation, floating above his physical form and observing people on his street declaring him dead. Despite attempting to communicate that he was alive and floating above, no one could hear him. He felt extremely cold and experienced a pulling sensation upward toward a bright yellow light accompanied by strong wind. Upon entering this light-tunnel, the cold and fear dissipated, replaced by profound peace, love, and warmth. Within the light, he received telepathic communication and felt completely enveloped by love. Though he wanted to stay, he thought of his family waiting for him at home. A voice told him it was not his time. He witnessed a boy performing CPR on his body below. Suddenly, the wind returned, the light withdrew, and he was pulled back into his physical body. He regained consciousness, coughing and trembling with fear from the experience. He expressed gratitude for being allowed to return to his family. | 2 | Other | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest explicitly mentioned following severe head trauma from motorcycle accident | Multiple specific observations including seeing body from above, recognizing people on street, witnessing CPR administration, telepathic communication in light | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 5 | 1 | Saw own body from above | 0.00 | Neighbors on street | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2412 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 413 Monica M NDE 960 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1monica_m_nde.html | 1999 | 2012 | 11 | F |
Monica, an 11-year-old type 1 diabetic, was staying with her parents due to illness. On November 20, 1999, she had the flu but refused to go to the emergency room. During the night, she became disoriented, mistaking an alarm clock for water and experiencing difficulty breathing. At 8:10 AM, she began telling her mother it was her time to go and that she loved her, while also telling an unseen presence to "shut up and quit being an asshole." Her sister upstairs heard a voice saying "She's dying" repeatedly. By 8:25, Monica had stopped breathing and had no pulse. Her mother discovered Monica was dead around 10:00 AM when a voice told her "She's dead and you'd better do something." Monica appeared "death grey" with no vital signs. Her parents performed CPR - her father doing compressions while her mother did breaths - as her sister called 911. Monica reports being outside her body during this time, watching her parents work on her and standing with her sister on the porch. She was then pulled into what felt like a peaceful waiting room saturated with absolute light and immeasurable love. The experience was so beautiful that all memories faded in this misty, luminous space without borders. She felt completely transcended by this immense love and wanted to stay in this familiar place that felt more like home than earth. During her experience, Monica had an overview of her life, understanding who she should and shouldn't be with, and gained insights about the meaning of life. She could hear prayers from her family and was aware of their thoughts and fears. Medical staff told her family she had been down too long and they should let her go. However, a telepathic voice from the Light told her "It is not your time yet." Despite fighting to stay and feeling angry about being pushed back, she was sent back to her body. She heard her family's prayers throughout the experience and sensed their emotional states. The medical team had given up hope, telling her family she had been without vital signs for over an hour. Monica suddenly opened her eyes in the ICU to the amazement of everyone, holding out her hand to her shocked parents. She had a tube down her throat but recognized the date on the board - Monday, November 22, 1999. Returning to her body was extremely painful, and she felt tremendous sadness being back in the cold ICU. The doctor and anesthetist, covered with blood, told her parents she wouldn't have survived if she had arrived just an hour later. Monica continues to think about the experience weekly and reports it completely changed her life, giving her certainty about life after death. |
2 | Home | 10 | 16 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 14 | Clinical death with no pulse or breath for over an hour, CPR performed by parents | Multiple specific observations while clinically dead including watching CPR, hearing prayers and conversations, aware of family thoughts and fears, standing with sister on porch | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 3 | 2 | Observed parents performing CPR on her body | 1.00 | Parents | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 2413 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3073 Morgan O NDE 6317 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1morgan_o_nde.html | 1964 | 2012 | 19 | F |
Morgan, age 19, was deep sea diving with her 17-year-old brother James and their diving teacher. The teacher made a dangerous decision to dive to 240 feet, a depth reserved for professionals only. The sandy bottom appeared flat but was deceptive, causing them to continue descending deeper. Morgan spotted an enormous amber shell about one meter tall, shaped like a mussel, planted in the sand. Excited by her find, she grabbed it and pulled with all her might, but it barely budged. This extreme exertion completely depleted her oxygen supply, and all three divers began experiencing nitrogen narcosis (bingeing). She tried to get air from her brother three times, but he played with his mouthpiece, not realizing she was genuinely out of air. Though she had a reserve tank, the nitrogen narcosis prevented clear thinking about pulling the reserve cord. As Morgan was dying, she felt the overwhelming urge to remove her mask and mouthpiece despite her brain warning that she was deep underwater and would die. Using her last energy, she swam to the teacher who was far away and grabbed his arm forcefully. The teacher and her brother began bringing her to the surface, a 45-minute ascent from 240 feet without giving her any air. During this ascent, Morgan suddenly exited her physical body and observed the scene from outside. She moved closer to examine and recognize herself, experiencing great shock at seeing her own body. Then she "popped into a marvelous Light" that was incredibly bright yet non-blinding, filled with pure love and all-knowing presence. In this light, she faced a choice to stay, which she deeply wanted, or return to life. Morgan thought about being only 19 years old and how her parents, brothers, and friends would be sad, though she noted she had no real concept of happy or sad in that state. Most significantly, she thought "I don't want to be born again," suggesting either fear of reincarnation or simply not wanting to repeat life. At the exact moment of this thought, her body surfaced after the 45-minute ascent. Her other body, the one that had been in the Light, "slapped back" into her physical body with great force. The diving teacher and brother had somehow managed to bring her unconscious body to the surface without giving her any air during the entire 45-minute ascent from 240 feet, which should have been fatal. The experience profoundly changed Morgan's life. She reports no fear of death since the incident and gained numerous psychic abilities including shape-shifting perception, seeing Earth as alive, and perceiving life in stones. She changed her name after the experience, marking it as a complete transformation of identity. Morgan freely shares her experience with everyone, though some ask her to stop because it frightens them. She describes the overall experience as "AWESOME" and remains convinced of its absolute reality nearly 50 years later. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Other life-threatening drowning/diving accident with oxygen depletion | Out-of-body observation of self with shock at recognition, experience of all-knowing light with choice to return, 45-minute period without air should have been fatal | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed own body from outside during diving emergency | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 2414 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2998 Nancy T NDE 6240 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1nancy_t_nde_6240.html | 1966 | 2012 | 13 | F |
Nancy was approximately 13 years old attending one of her first girl/boy parties when a young boy accidentally swung a baseball bat and struck her across the temple. She was immediately knocked unconscious from the traumatic head injury. It wasn't until years later, around age 20 after reading Raymond Moody's "Life After Life," that she was able to understand and name what she had experienced during the time she was unconscious. The accidental blow to her temple created a life-threatening situation that triggered her near-death experience. During her unconscious state, Nancy found herself at a gently flowing river with a small bridge crossing over it. On the other side of this bridge was a magical, colorful land that seemed specifically designed to delight a 13-year-old. The realm was filled with colors she had never seen before, beautiful flowers, playful animals including puppies, and even an amusement park with a Ferris wheel made of candy. The entire landscape was infused with love, acceptance, and peace. She felt an overwhelming desire to cross the bridge and enter this wondrous place that seemed to offer everything a young teenager would find appealing. The vividness and specificity of this otherworldly realm made a lasting impression that she remembers clearly decades later. As Nancy moved toward the bridge to cross into this magical land, a loving female spiritual presence gently floated down from her right side. This being communicated with her telepathically, without spoken words, suggesting that Nancy needed to return and should not cross the bridge to the beautiful land. The presence conveyed that Nancy had things yet to accomplish in her life. Though the being was suggesting she return, Nancy understood that the choice was ultimately hers. The spiritual presence radiated such love and wisdom that Nancy trusted her guidance, despite her strong desire to stay. She knew somehow that this being knew what was best for her. Nancy gracefully accepted the guidance and chose to return, after which she regained consciousness. The experience left her with a complete absence of fear regarding death and a deep sense of life's purpose and meaning. She gained psychic and intuitive abilities, becoming so intuitive that she almost pursued a career helping police find missing children. The experience has remained vivid in her memory over 50 years later, far clearer than other memories from that age period. She was raised in an open-minded, spiritually oriented household that respected all religions, which helped her family be supportive when she shared the experience. Nancy now has profound belief in the afterlife and feels deeply connected to the oneness of all people. |
5 | Other | 3 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Head trauma from baseball bat, knocked unconscious, life-threatening but not detailed | Detailed otherworldly realm with unique features (candy Ferris wheel, unseen colors), telepathic communication with spiritual being, given choice about returning | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed magical realm beyond bridge | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2415 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3006 Natalie S NDE 6246 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1natalie_s_nde.html | 2007 | 2012 | F |
On November 24, 2007, Natalie Sudman was traveling in Iraq as a civilian contractor when her vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb near Nasiriyah. She had been on construction site visits and was returning to base with her personal security team. At the moment of the explosion, she experienced an instantaneous transition - she "blinked" from sitting in the truck to standing on an oval dais approximately twenty feet in diameter. Her physical body appeared on the dais still wearing her bloody and torn fatigues, looking "intrepid" despite being dirty and darkly tanned. She found herself addressing thousands of white-robed beings arrayed around her as if in a huge stadium. These beings were non-physical essences who took on form when needed, appearing to Natalie as glowing white-robed figures because that was simpler for her recently-transferred consciousness to process. She recognized most of these thousands as familiar equals, understanding this to be a gathering of many groups with various responsibilities related to Earth and dimensions beyond. Natalie first communicated her exhaustion and lack of interest in returning to physical existence. Then she presented an incredibly complex matrix of information - minutely detailed yet elegantly simple, including cultural and political information, events, relationships, equations, and symbols. This download fulfilled a pre-birth agreement to provide this information to the Gathering. The personalities absorbed and discussed this matrix within seconds through thought communication without overlaps or misunderstandings. The Gathering requested she return to accomplish further work requiring her particular energy skills within Earth's vibration. After negotiating specific assistance for her continued physical existence, Natalie retreated to a deep restorative state in another vibrational dimension where other beings helped restore her energies - a process that felt like centuries but occurred in less than a moment. Upon returning to the Gathering, they agreed upon specific tasks she would accomplish with their assistance. She then moved to another vibrational location where she could observe her physical body in the truck and simultaneously see it as an energy matrix, noting severe injuries including a nearly severed right hand, mangled foot, deep torso wound, large head wound with missing eye and brain tissue. Natalie worked with energy beings to repair her body through the matrix level, joking and "goofing off" while doing so. Some injuries were not completely healed as they would serve purposes for her agreed-upon tasks. After thanking her companions, she met briefly with other familiar beings to discuss mechanical details of her agreements, then took a deep breath and "popped" back into her body with a champagne cork sound. She found herself still in the damaged vehicle with injured colleagues, maintaining consciousness as they received emergency treatment. Her account, detailed in her book "Application of Impossible Things," demonstrates extensive out-of-body observations and interactions across multiple dimensional states during the brief time between injury and return to consciousness. |
5 | Other | 5 | 20 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Severe trauma from roadside bomb with life-threatening injuries including brain damage | Extensive detailed observations across multiple dimensional states, specific knowledge of injuries later confirmed, complex information exchange with thousands of beings, conscious participation in body healing at matrix level | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Book: Application of Impossible Things | 5/31/2025 | 5 | 1 | Observed own severe physical injuries from outside body | 1.00 | Medical team and security personnel | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 2416 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3035 Ned D NDE 6275 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ned_d_nde.html | 2005 | 2012 | M |
In April 2005, Ned began experiencing strong abdominal pain while getting into his car, initially dismissing it as indigestion or food poisoning. Despite feeling weak and wan, he resisted his family's urging to visit the emergency room, promising to go the next day if not better. His family left for their holiday house on Friday afternoon while he remained home, spending the night on the couch due to pain and breathing difficulties. During the night he became disoriented, mistaking an alarm clock for a glass of water and repeatedly trying to drink from it. On Saturday morning he woke feeling better, but when attempting to get out of bed at noon, he was struck by an incredible bolt of pain from head to toe that disappeared almost instantly, leaving him in shock with sweating, nausea, and cold symptoms. Believing he had a kidney stone lodged at the base of his penis, Ned slowly made his way to the bathroom to try to pass it. While standing at the toilet, he realized he was about to pass out and lowered himself to the cold tile floor. Though his memory is unclear, he somehow crawled from the bathroom to the hallway telephone, pulled it to the floor, and dialed his relative's mobile number - remarkable since he didn't consciously know the number and always used contact names. His relative amazingly answered despite being on a speedboat pulling someone water skiing and never normally taking his phone on the boat. Ned told him he thought he was dying and was about to pass out but felt no pain, feeling peaceful and floating. He had already passed out by this stage. The next thing Ned was aware of was looking down at himself from the position of the hallway's corner ceiling movement sensor, as if he were inside it observing his unconscious body below. Everything was still, peaceful, calm, and "almost ethereal." He thought that if this was dying, it wasn't bad at all but rather pleasant. His relative had called a neighbor who broke into the house and drove Ned to the hospital. Ned partially regained consciousness in the car, telling the neighbor he might not last the journey, though he wasn't particularly bothered by this prospect. He was no longer scared of dying. When he awoke in the Intensive Treatment Unit, doctors explained they had removed his intestines, washed them with 88 liters of sterilized water, removed about 14 inches of intestine, and "popped it all back in." The doctors told Ned that another hour would have meant death rather than surgery, as his major organs had already started shutting down and a lung collapsed during the operation. What he actually had was a serious case of colonic volvulus (twisted bowel causing obstruction), not the gastroenteritis the GP had diagnosed. Despite the severity - being told his body was already "shutting down" upon arrival - Ned discharged himself just four days later on Thursday and returned to work on his ship the following week. The experience profoundly changed his perspective on death, removing all fear and bringing a sense of peace about dying that persists to this day. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening colonic volvulus with organs shutting down, lung collapse during surgery | Clear OBE viewing self from ceiling sensor position, aware of ethereal peaceful state, conscious observations while body unconscious | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 1 | Viewed own body from ceiling sensor position | 0.00 | Doctors | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 2417 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3077 Oliver V NDE 6325 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1oliver_v_nde.html | 1992 | 2012 | 11 | M |
At age 11, Oliver was rushed to intensive care with septicemia (dangerous blood infection) resulting from a misdiagnosed case of colonic volvulus (twisted bowel). A general practitioner had incorrectly diagnosed him with acute gastroenteritis, leaving him without proper treatment for 24 hours during which he fainted several times. His mother finally insisted on hospital admission after he spent a night on the couch with his parents, during which he exhibited concerning behavior including talking to an unseen presence, telling his mother repeatedly that it was his time to go and that he loved her, saying all he wanted was to be a happy girl. He also repeatedly told someone invisible to "shut up and quit being an asshole," apparently addressing someone who had come to take him. His sister upstairs heard a voice saying "She's dying" over and over, though Oliver was male. By 8:25 AM, he was gone. When his mother went to check on him around 10:00 AM, a voice told her "She's dead and you'd better do something." His family found him in a state of "death grey" with his father shaking him and his mother doing compressions while his sister called 911. Oliver reports being outside his body watching his parents and hanging with his sister on the porch until he heard sirens in the distance. He was then suddenly grabbed up and propelled at incredible speed through a black tunnel darker than black itself, traveling through what seemed like a spiral wormhole. In the distance, he saw a tiny point of light that grew quickly into a glowing disc or orb emanating an incredible milky white color that was brilliant without hurting the eye. This light radiated an indescribable reassuring calm, and all his pain vanished as his only desire became reaching the light. When Oliver arrived near the light, he was propelled at incredible speed toward it before being suddenly stopped. He found himself floating in an indescribable, immaculate place without tangible limits, saturated with the essence of absolute light made of immeasurable love. He existed as an observer without physical body, bathed in pure elation within this love so deep that all memories faded. The misty, luminous space without borders felt more familiar than his earthly home, and he wanted to proceed further. However, a telepathic voice that seemed to come simultaneously from himself and the Light told him to go back: "It is not your time yet." Despite his protests and desire to stay where he wasn't hurting and felt happy, the instruction was reiterated more firmly from this omnipresent universal voice, and he was sucked back into his body. Returning to his body was extremely painful. Oliver awoke covered in tubes and equipment, seeing his parents behind the window with his mother crying. Outside, the doctor and anesthetist, covered in blood, told his parents he wouldn't have survived if he'd arrived just an hour later. The experience completely changed his life, and he has not gone a week without thinking about it and questioning its nature. As a normally skeptical person, he finds the vivid reality of the experience undeniable and life-transforming. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 14 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Life-threatening septicemia from misdiagnosed colonic volvulus requiring intensive care | Tunnel experience with detailed light encounter, telepathic communication, choice given about returning, observations of family actions while outside body | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 2 | 1 | Watched parents attempting resuscitation | 0.00 | Doctor and anesthetist | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2418 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3220 Paul H NDE 6528 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1paul_h_nde_6528.html | 2012 | 2012 | M |
On December 3, 2012, while visiting New York on holiday, Paul experienced a life-threatening arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) on his last day in the city. He was rushed to New York Downtown Hospital where medical staff administered an IV drip to try to regulate his heart rate. At approximately 1:00 AM, doctors gave him a drug designed to stop and restart the heart, a controlled intervention for his dangerous cardiac condition. His partner was sitting directly opposite him in the emergency room, providing a witness to the events that followed. As the medication took effect, Paul heard the doctor warning him "this is going to feel a little weird." Paul's partner observed alarming physical changes as the drug worked - Paul's eyes rolled back until only the whites were visible and his jaw went slack, leaving his mouth hanging open. These clinical signs indicated loss of consciousness and possibly cardiac arrest as the medication stopped his heart. During the 15-20 seconds his heart was stopped, Paul experienced a vivid out-of-body experience. He found himself looking down at his own body on the hospital stretcher from above, observing the scene with remarkable clarity. The experience included a "soft focus" quality to his vision, as if everything was slightly ethereal, with higher light levels than normal creating what he describes as an "ethereal glow." While outside his body, Paul felt overwhelming sensations of warmth, security, and total peace - emotions so profound that he states if he had died there, he wouldn't have suffered in any way. Beyond just seeing himself on the stretcher, his consciousness expanded to observe trees and natural scenery, as if he was somehow elevated above the hospital setting. The vividness and sharp clarity of these perceptions exceeded his normal vision, with colors appearing far more vibrant than usual. He had no auditory experiences during this time, existing in complete silence while visually taking in the scene. The experience felt like being in a wonderful dream, yet with a clarity and reality that exceeded normal consciousness. After 15-20 seconds, Paul was resuscitated through defibrillation, bringing him back to his physical body and normal consciousness. The contrast between his peaceful experience and his partner's horrific observation of his physical distress highlights the dual nature of near-death experiences. While his body showed signs of severe medical crisis, his consciousness experienced only peace, security, and love. Paul describes the experience as spiritual despite having no religious convictions. He can remember the event with far greater clarity than normal memories from that time period, particularly the vivid colors and peaceful feelings. The experience has remained definitively real to him, transforming his perspective on death and potentially indicating continuation of consciousness beyond physical death. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Life-threatening arrhythmia with cardiac arrest induced by medication, heart stopped 15-20 seconds | Clear OBE viewing self on stretcher from above, expanded vision including trees, enhanced visual perception with ethereal quality | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed own body on hospital stretcher from above | 1.00 | Partner | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 2419 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3013 Paula H NDE 6251 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1paula_h_nde.html | 1966 | 2012 | 12 | F |
At age twelve, Paula experienced a severe medical crisis related to rheumatic fever with mitral valve prolapse. While in the bathroom at home, she turned from the sink to the towel bar when intense pain suddenly stopped in an unusual way that made her feel she was dying. Her parents found her unconscious and shaking, attempting to revive her while a neighbor who was a volunteer life squad member was called. During this critical moment, Paula had an extraordinary out-of-body experience where she floated to the ceiling, looking down at her parents desperately trying to revive her body below. She was surrounded by bright white light and felt perfectly peaceful, floating without pain. From this elevated perspective, she observed her parents shaking her body and appearing very upset. She could see everything with remarkable clarity, as if viewing through high-definition glasses. She made a conscious decision to return for her parents, thinking they could not handle losing her, and instantly found herself back in her body looking up at them. The physical severity of her condition became apparent the next day when doctors diagnosed rheumatic fever. She was immediately hospitalized and placed on complete bed rest for two months, not even allowed to leave bed for the bathroom. Following hospitalization, she spent another two months at home on strict bed rest, only permitted to walk across the hall to the bathroom. The doctor told her parents within earshot that she would only live to about age thirty and would not have much of a life, which motivated Paula to prove him wrong. This experience profoundly affected her spiritual beliefs - she transitioned from believing in God to knowing God exists, and now prays directly in front of God rather than to someone far away. The most remarkable aspect of Paula's experience was the conscious choice to return to her body. While floating at the ceiling in that brilliant light, she felt an incredible sense of peace and joy that she had never experienced before or since. The decision to return was made purely out of love and concern for her parents. The experience has never faded from her memory and remains as vivid as when it occurred. She did not share the experience with her mother until she was in her thirties, when her mother confirmed that when she looked into Paula's eyes that day, Paula "wasn't there." The experience eliminated Paula's fear of death and gave her direct knowledge of the afterlife's existence. Years later, Paula became a health and wellness coach, feeling compelled to help others heal themselves - a passion she traces directly back to her near-death experience. She regularly shares her story during health seminars and speaking engagements, helping others understand that death is not something to fear. The experience taught her that we continue to exist after our physical bodies die, and that there is a divine presence of incredible love and peace awaiting us. |
5 | Home | 5 | 14 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Rheumatic fever with mitral valve prolapse, life squad called, severe medical crisis requiring 4 months bed rest | Clear OBE with specific observations of parents trying to revive her, viewing from ceiling perspective, conscious decision to return | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed parents trying to revive her from ceiling perspective | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2420 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3057 Paula S NDE 6297 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1paula_s_nde.html | 2002 | 2012 | F |
Paula experienced a severe attack of pancreatitis while at work, with her pancreatic enzyme levels reaching an extraordinary 70,000 when normal levels are 6-100, indicating a life-threatening medical emergency. The extreme pain led to an ambulance being called, and while on the gurney, she began her remarkable near-death experience. She saw a tunnel of bright light in the distance and felt herself floating towards it. Initially, the tunnel was dark as she entered, but it became progressively brighter as she traveled through it. All her physical pain completely disappeared, replaced by an incredible sense of peace, love, and a feeling of all-knowing understanding. At the end of the tunnel, Paula entered a realm of pure light where she encountered multiple deceased individuals she had known in life. She saw her father, nephew, grandmother, other in-laws, and a friend who had passed away. Her grandmother played a particularly significant role, holding Paula's hands, stroking her face with tenderness, and delivering the crucial message that Paula had to return because it was not her time yet - she was still needed on Earth. This encounter was especially meaningful as it connected to a previous experience when Paula's father was dying; just before he passed, he had told them he saw Paula's nephew, who was the first to greet Paula in her NDE. The beings she encountered appeared to be made of the same light that filled the realm, and communication occurred through direct thought transfer rather than spoken words. As Paula traveled back through the tunnel toward her body, she felt her physical pain returning and intensifying with each moment. The contrast between the pain-free state in the light and the return of physical suffering was stark and memorable. This experience profoundly transformed Paula's religious and spiritual understanding. She now believes that religion is worthless and just a game people play, while God is purely about love - an all-consuming, all-forgiving love that no human can match. She described it as being like looking into your child's eyes for the first time, but magnified a million times. The experience completely eliminated her fear of death and gave her certain knowledge that consciousness continues after physical death. Following her NDE, Paula experienced an unexpected artistic gift. She met her mother-in-law in the light realm, someone she had never met on Earth as the woman had died before Paula met her husband. This mother-in-law had been an artist, and despite Paula previously being unable to even draw stick figures, after the encounter she found herself able to paint freelance murals on children's bedroom walls with ease. The experience fundamentally changed her view that earthly life has meaning and significance, understanding now that life's meaning is valued only in love, and that we are all connected as one. She gained the understanding that God's love is pure and unconditional, completely unlike religious rituals or doctrines. |
5 | Ambulance | 7 | 10 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Severe pancreatitis with enzyme levels at 70,000 (normal 6-100), ambulance called | Tunnel experience, encounters with deceased relatives, profound understanding gained | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Encountered deceased relatives in light realm | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2421 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2930 Pegi R NDE 6163 - Tubal Pregnancy | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1pegi_r_nde.html | 1986 | 2012 | 25 | F |
Pegi experienced a life-threatening tubal pregnancy with twins at seven weeks gestation. After having her tubal ligation reversed to conceive, she began experiencing severe pain that progressively worsened until she could barely walk. During the hour-long drive to the emergency room, the pain suddenly stopped in an unusual way that made her realize she was dying. Upon arrival, she told the nurse she felt faint and might have a tubal pregnancy. While being pushed in a wheelchair down the hall with her head down toward a bowl, she suddenly experienced being shot through a tunnel like a rocket, with the sound of fast wind and incredible speed, feeling like a roller coaster going straight up toward space. She was terrified of where it was taking her and knew she wouldn't know how to get back. The journey abruptly stopped, and Pegi found herself suspended in brilliant white light that surrounded her completely - above, below, and all around. She couldn't see her body but still felt like herself. Initially feeling alone, she then noticed shadows of people standing before her, with one sitting in the middle who she knew was God. An intense dialogue ensued where Pegi, in her desperation, was initially rude and disrespectful, screaming that she didn't want to be there and had young sons at home who needed her. God communicated through thought that she was manipulating and wasn't in control there. Humbling herself, she asked God to look into the future and if her sons would be better off without her, she would stay. She was shown her sons being raised by their father with a girlfriend who didn't love them the way she did, and they were terribly sad and alone. When she asked "Who else will teach them about you?" she was instantly returned to her body. The severity of Pegi's condition became apparent when ultrasound revealed internal bleeding filling her entire abdominal cavity up to her chest, with one twin in the uterus and one stuck halfway in and out of the fallopian tube. Despite initial misdiagnosis, her condition deteriorated throughout the night with severe pain, passing out, and vomiting whenever she sat up. The next morning, emergency surgery was ordered after the internal bleeding was discovered. She was made to sign organ donation papers, her family was called in and told she wouldn't survive, and her mother was put in charge of funeral arrangements. The medical evidence strongly supported that she had experienced clinical death during her wheelchair journey. After surviving against all odds, Pegi's life was profoundly transformed. She developed a certainty about God's existence, moving from belief to absolute knowledge. Her prayer life changed dramatically - she now prays directly in front of God rather than to someone distant. The experience gave her enhanced intuitive abilities and awareness of people's energy. She later fostered 60 children over 16 years and adopted nine children with her second husband, feeling this was part of her purpose in returning. The promise she made to God about teaching her children about Him became a defining aspect of her life's mission. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Tubal pregnancy with massive internal bleeding, emergency surgery, family told she would not survive | Detailed tunnel experience, extensive dialogue with God, vision of future without her, immediate return upon spiritual promise | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Shown future vision of sons without her | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2422 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2930 Pegi R NDE 6164 - Childhood Drowning | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1pegi_r_nde.html | 1966 | 2012 | 5 | F |
At age five, Pegi experienced a drowning incident that she wouldn't consciously remember until her early twenties. On a hot summer day, she went with her mother, sister Teri, and brother John to swim in a pond. Being the youngest and unable to swim like her older siblings, she could only dog paddle. She found a floating board and used it as a raft to paddle to the center of the pond, proudly calling for her seven-year-old brother John to witness her accomplishment. John quickly swam out and took the board away from her, causing her to sink immediately. She began kicking, screaming, and swallowing water while trying to get her head above the surface, becoming disoriented about which direction was up as the dark water looked the same in all directions. Suddenly, Pegi found she could breathe underwater, feeling completely fine and fascinated by this discovery. She thought her parents had lied about drowning and was amazed that she could breathe underwater without difficulty. The water transformed from dark to a beautiful, shiny transparent light green. Fish swam directly in front of her face, bumping into her suspended body as if she were just another object in their environment. She watched in wonder as they opened and closed their mouths, studying their fins closely. This was remarkable because she and her siblings could never catch fish with their bare hands when their father was fishing, yet now the fish treated her as harmless. She felt herself rising in the water and developed a unique dual vision - able to see both underwater and above water simultaneously, like a white egg being dipped in Easter egg coloring. From an elevated perspective above the pond, Pegi observed her mother and sister sitting on a bedsheet on the bank, talking together unconcerned. She felt intense anger that she had drowned and they didn't even care, feeling excluded and unloved. On the opposite side of the pond, she saw her brother John on her board, feeling a rage beyond what a child should experience - an adult man's rage at the injustice. Her next memory was awakening while draped over John's shoulder as he carried her to the house, vomiting water down his back. Her mother, walking ahead with Teri, showed relief when she saw Pegi was conscious. John asked if he could put her down, and the incident ended without further discussion. This experience remained completely suppressed until Pegi was in her early twenties, when it suddenly crashed into her consciousness while looking at the night sky. When she asked family members about it, her mother said she thought another one of her children had died that day, her sister recalled it happened, and her brother remembered getting in trouble. The recovered memory revealed profound insights about her family dynamics and the reality of consciousness existing beyond the physical body. The ability to perceive others' thoughts and emotions during the experience, along with the impossible underwater breathing and dual vision, provided early evidence of consciousness surviving bodily death. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Drowning incident, loss of consciousness, vomiting water upon revival | Underwater breathing experience, dual vision capability, observation of family from above pond | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed family members from above pond while drowning | 1.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2423 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3106 Peter N NDE 6358 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1peter_n_nde.html | 1957 | 2012 | 8 | M |
At age eight, Peter and his twin brother were visiting a friend of their parents who lived on a man-made lake. While his parents were busy inside the house, his brother got into the first canoe and paddled about a hundred yards toward the middle of the lake. When Peter reached for the second canoe, he fell into an eight-foot section of the lake. Unable to swim, he immediately blacked out upon hitting the water. The next thing he remembered was finding himself about ten feet away from his physical body, observing it from an outside perspective. His body appeared to be floating at the bottom of the lake's mud wall with eyes closed, suspended in at least four feet of water above it. During this out-of-body experience, Peter observed his unconscious form for what seemed like a short period, though time appeared to move in slow motion. While separated from his physical body, he experienced the most intense feeling of inner peace he had ever felt - an indescribable sense of complete tranquility and joy that he has never experienced again since that day. The vision was remarkably clear, as vivid as everyday experiences, though being underwater created a silent movie-like quality to the observation. He studied his body floating at the bottom of the lake with a sense of detachment and wonder, feeling no panic or distress despite the life-threatening situation. Peter then felt himself moving toward and rejoining his body. At the point of reunification, everything went dark, and he found himself alone on the shore with no one around him. He has no memory of how he was pulled from the lake or who rescued him, but believes God charges His angels to watch over us. The experience left him with an unshakeable belief in the afterlife and God's existence, transforming his already devout Catholic faith into an even stronger Protestant faith later in life. Even decades later, when he recalls the experience, he gets chills and reflects upon that overwhelming feeling of peace. This drowning incident at age eight became one of the most significant spiritual experiences of Peter's life. Though he experienced no tunnel, encountered no beings, and received no life review or special knowledge, the simple yet profound out-of-body experience and the incredible peace he felt convinced him absolutely of consciousness surviving bodily death. He considers the experience definitely real and more accurately remembered than other childhood events. The mystery of his rescue adds another dimension to his faith, as someone or something saved him from certain death by drowning, returning him safely to shore. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Drowning incident for non-swimmer in 8-foot deep water, unconscious at lake bottom | Clear out-of-body observation of own body at lake bottom, intense peace, mysterious rescue | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed own body from outside perspective underwater | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 2424 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3191 R.A. NDE 6492 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ra_nde.html | 1984 | 2012 | M |
R.A. experienced a near-death event in 1984 when he was overcome and choked by a jealous girlfriend, having not taken her threats seriously until it was too late. He lost touch with earthly reality very quickly as he succumbed to asphyxiation, but his consciousness continued in a remarkable way. The experience began with a comprehensive life review, where he rapidly re-experienced his life's events like watching a movie, except he was inside the movie, reliving the moments rather than merely observing them. This immersive replay of his entire life happened with extraordinary speed and clarity. Following the life review, R.A. experienced something similar to the commonly reported tunnel phenomenon, though for him it felt more as if the tunnel came to him rather than him traveling through it. He saw a circle of light that quickly grew in size until he was completely inside it. Once within the light, he became aware of its intense brightness, far exceeding any earthly light he had known. The light seemed to emanate from a sun so massive it covered most of the sky. Within this realm of light, he was joined by a friend who had died approximately six months earlier. Their interaction felt remarkably similar to those they had shared on Earth, maintaining the familiar quality of their friendship despite the otherworldly setting. The emotional and spiritual dimensions of the experience were profound. R.A. felt completely filled with acceptance, forgiveness, and love, with a total absence of negative feelings such as hatred or revenge. This state of pure positive emotion and spiritual clarity left a lasting impression. Then he became aware of returning to his body, experiencing quivering and shaking as he regained earthly consciousness. He likened the experience to having lived his entire life in a bubble at the bottom of a dark ocean, and suddenly the bubble broke free, rising to the surface where his eyes were flooded with the light of day. Initially, R.A. believed he had been in the presence of God during this experience. However, over the years, he struggled with questions about whether the source was God or Satan, though he tends to believe it was indeed God. This uncertainty led him to be very careful about not being misled by false prophets. He developed a heightened awareness of the difficulty people have with correct discernment when influenced by spiritual beings. Since the experience, there have been times when he felt he was undergoing spiritual disruptions and attacks, leading him to actively seek God's protection. Despite these challenges, the experience fundamentally changed his understanding of death and spiritual reality. |
5 | Other | 5 | 14 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Asphyxiation by choking, loss of consciousness | Life review, tunnel/light experience, encounter with deceased friend, profound spiritual understanding | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Encountered deceased friend in the light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2425 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3075 Regina NDE 22707 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1regina_nde.html | 1993 | 2012 | F |
In July 1993, Regina experienced chest tightness and weakness, attempting to tell her father she wasn't feeling well, but he had already left for work. Returning to her room hoping to feel better, she sat on her bed feeling short of breath before passing out. Her next awareness was of staring up at the ceiling and floating progressively closer to it. The proximity to the ceiling caused panic and claustrophobia, as she was so close she could touch it. In her panic, she managed to turn over and witnessed a shocking scene below: her own body lying on the bed with eyes and mouth wide open, lips bluish-purple, and overall pale blue coloration. To her left, a bright, sparkling shaft of light shone down from the ceiling next to the bedroom door, notably not coming through the window, which frightened her. Faced with this terrifying situation, Regina knew she needed help but couldn't go through the bedroom door because she didn't dare approach the strange light. She decided to pound on the wall to get her brother's attention, knowing he was in the adjacent living room watching TV. To her surprise, when she attempted to bang on the wall, she passed through it and found herself in her closet. There she discovered money she had hidden from her brother and lost track of during repeated re-hidings. She then passed through the closet wall into the living room where she observed her brother watching MTV, specifically the music video "No Rain" by Blind Melon, while eating cereal. Despite yelling at him, he couldn't hear her and continued eating. She witnessed him blow his nose into his hand in a gross manner, then go to the kitchen for another bowl of cereal, return to the couch, and repeat the nose-blowing behavior. Realizing her brother couldn't see or hear her, Regina's thoughts shifted from needing help to needing to return to her body. She passed back through the walls, returning to the area above her bed where she positioned herself directly above her body. Looking down at herself while floating, she suddenly felt sucked back in, experiencing what felt like being punched from the inside as her heart banged against her chest with her first gasping breath. She jumped up feeling initially energetic but immediately realized she was very weak and could barely stand. Her brother exclaimed she looked blue, like a ghost, and when she looked in the bathroom mirror, she was shocked to see herself exactly as she had from above - pale blue skin, bluish-purple lips, with visible facial veins. The verification of her out-of-body observations was immediate and striking. Regina told her brother everything she had witnessed, and he was shocked that she could describe the exact music video he had been watching and all his actions, including the embarrassing nose-blowing. She went straight to the closet and retrieved the hidden money exactly where she had seen it while out of body. She chose not to tell her father, afraid no one would believe her. The experience provided undeniable evidence to both Regina and her brother that consciousness can exist outside the physical body and observe verifiable events that would be impossible to know through normal means. |
5 | Home | 5 | 20 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Apparent respiratory/cardiac arrest, turned blue, unconscious with clinical signs of death | Multiple specific verified observations: exact MTV video, brother's actions, hidden money location found | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed brother watching specific MTV video | 1.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2426 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3091 Rhonda R NDE 6343 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rhonda_r_nde.html | 2001 | 2012 | F |
In May 2001, Rhonda awoke feeling extremely dizzy and sick. Despite her condition, she initially tried to lie down on the couch to sleep, but something kept waking her with a strong feeling to call her sister. Though doubting her sister would be home and not wanting to bother her, the nagging feeling persisted until she called. Her sister was home and immediately came with her sons to get Rhonda when she heard how ill she was. A series of remarkable synchronicities then unfolded: a police officer friend of her sister's, who lived 45 minutes away and hadn't planned to visit, felt compelled to drive to the sister's home that morning. Upon seeing Rhonda on the couch, already turned blue, he recognized the emergency, telling the sister to call an ambulance, then immediately deciding there was no time and asking about first responders. In the ambulance, Rhonda had her near-death experience. She found herself outside her body, able to see both her physical form and the EMT sitting beside her. Remarkably, she could read the EMT's thoughts - he was thinking how terrible it was that she was dying so young and that there was nothing he could do to help her. While in this state, she felt someone near her and wondered if she was dying. A very kind female voice, emanating pure unconditional love far beyond human capability, spoke to her saying "No. That would never be asked of your parents." This was profoundly meaningful as Rhonda's family had lost her 27-year-old brother to cancer just two years earlier. This being, whom Rhonda believes was an angel, told her not to fear, that nothing was wrong with her. The angel said they would run many tests but would find nothing, and emphasized again not to fear. The medical crisis turned out to be an anaphylactic reaction to Biaxin, a common antibiotic. Rhonda experienced clinical death with cessation of breathing or heart function. As the angel had predicted, extensive medical tests were performed but found nothing wrong beyond the allergic reaction. The encounter with the angelic being left Rhonda with profound changes: she transitioned from greatly fearing death to having no fear of it at all, from moderate religious importance to great spiritual significance, and from moderate to great compassion for others. She gained temporary psychic abilities, particularly the ability to know thoughts of others and things affecting her family. The pure, unconditional love Rhonda experienced from the angel was transformative. She described it as all-consuming, all-forgiving love that no human could ever match - like looking into your child's eyes for the first time but magnified a million times. Everything the angel told her came to pass exactly as stated. The experience gave her direct knowledge of God's existence and the reality of the afterlife, transforming her from someone who probably believed to someone who definitely knows. She now attends religious services more regularly, does more for others, and lives with the constant awareness of God's complete unconditional love. |
1 | Ambulance | 10 | 16 | 36 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Anaphylactic reaction causing clinical death, turned blue, EMT unable to help | Read EMT thoughts, angelic prophecy about tests fulfilled, divine intervention through multiple people | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 2 | 1 | Read EMT's thoughts about her dying | 0.00 | EMT | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2427 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2991 Ricardo H NDE 5403 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ricardo_h_nde.html | 2012 | 2012-02-17 | 2012 | M | Ricardo was riding his motorcycle on a main road in Mexico City when his rear brake failed, causing a collision with a van. Upon impact, he lost consciousness and experienced a life review consisting of still images of loved ones, friends, and acquaintances appearing like photographs. He felt desperation, oppression, and suffocation while witnessing these scenes. When he regained consciousness, he heard a woman's voice telling him to call his family. Initially, he had complete amnesia - not knowing who he was, where he was, or where he had been going. He could only remember one name, which he called. It took approximately 6 hours to fully recover his memory. Witnesses reported that during his unconscious period, his eyes were open but he appeared dead and had stopped breathing. The impact was severe enough to split his helmet in two, and a CT scan revealed cerebral inflammation but no serious damage. Ricardo interpreted this experience as divine intervention, believing God allowed him to continue living for a greater purpose. | 5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Motorcycle accident with severe head trauma, loss of consciousness, apparent cessation of breathing | Life review experience with no specific verifiable observations of external events | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Split helmet from impact | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Life review - saw images of loved ones | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 2428 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3126 Rita A NDE 6389 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rita_a_nde.html | 2003 | 2003-08-03 | 2012 | F | Rita experienced an air embolism that triggered cardiopulmonary arrest during surgery. She had prayed to St. Therese for protection and received a card with a rose from her mother just before the event. During her NDE, she found herself in the corner of a room watching what she believed was a man on a hospital bed being resuscitated. She observed with great interest as doctors brought more machines and worked frantically to save the patient's life, feeling their tension and worry. Upon awakening, a nurse told her that her mother had saved her life and it was a miracle she survived. In the ICU afterward, Rita had remarkable after-death experiences including hearing monks chanting from what appeared to be a doorway, experiencing beautiful vibrational music that she described as love itself, and sensing the story of an elderly woman in an adjacent room (later confirmed empty) whose family was debating life support. Rita felt she was tiptoeing on the line between realms for several days, able to perceive things from the other side including feelings of pure bliss and peace as souls entered the light. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiopulmonary arrest explicitly documented with air embolism as cause | Out of body experience watching resuscitation efforts from corner of room with specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 1 | Watched resuscitation from corner of room | 1.00 | Nurses and doctors | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2429 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3149 Roberto F NDE 5422 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1roberto_f_nde.html | 2009 | 2009-02-01 | 2012 | M | Roberto was attacked by a former friend who stabbed him 8 times, causing a perforated lung and bowel with internal and external bleeding. After losing consciousness from his injuries, he experienced a sensation of peace and tranquility, then saw an unknown man in a beautiful garden emanating light that brought calm. The being offered him a choice to either go with him and review his life mistakes or stay. Roberto immediately thought of his mother and difficult relationship memories, which the being seemed to read telepathically. The being then helped guide Roberto to find help, showing him his naked body from above the treetops and pointing to a house with a porch light. Roberto returned to his body experiencing cold and sharp pain, but could still feel the being's presence guiding him. Despite severe injuries, he walked through bushes to reach the lit house, entered through an open window, and called for help. The being told him good people would come to save him and that he should move on with his life. The homeowners arrived and provided care until help arrived. Roberto reports lasting effects including enhanced intuition and occasional out-of-body experiences where he returns to the garden. | 5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Multiple stab wounds with perforated organs and severe bleeding | Observed own body from above treetops, saw specific house with porch light | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw body from above treetops | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2430 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3128 Roberto P NDE 5420 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1roberto_p_nde.html | 1986 | 1986-03-01 | 2012 | M | Roberto experienced a car accident and immediately found himself in a canoe on a dark tropical river resembling the Amazon. He was pushing the boat with a pole, wearing straw hat and white trousers, navigating through lush vegetation with intensely bright colors. He felt unprecedented peace and bliss, with no memories of his earthly life. An elderly man on a wooden bridge welcomed him, saying they had been waiting for him. The man's face emanated positive light conveying peace. Roberto lived in this realm in a wooden shelter where weather could change instantly and rain left no wetness. After being in coma for 35-40 days on Earth, Roberto was told by the man that he must return. When Roberto resisted, the man transformed into a being of light who expressed regret but said it had been decided otherwise. Multiple beings of light surrounded and caressed Roberto with sadness about his return. He was pulled back through a tunnel of white light, stretching his arms toward the beings until awakening in severe pain. For weeks afterward, he continued stretching his arms out, puzzling physicians. Roberto describes gaining renewed Catholic faith and experiencing a later spontaneous out-of-body experience. | 4 | Hospital | 5 | 1 | 6 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Extended coma of 35-40 days following car accident | Mystical experience with no verifiable external observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2431 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3113 Robyn O NDE 6371 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1robyn_o_nde.html | 1985 | 1985-09-13 | 2012 | F | Robyn was a passenger in a car traveling on a mountain road when a tire blew, causing the vehicle to careen off a 30-foot cliff. She hit her head three times as the car tumbled, then found herself floating in stillness and calm with no fear. She experienced a black, enormous space where she felt both huge and tiny, embraced yet free, filled with comfort and belonging described as love or God. Hearing the driver calling her name, she traveled backward through a tunnel at great speed yet slowly, experiencing heightened awareness. The tunnel contained lights of every color that surrounded, comforted, and infused her. She could feel the vibrations and hear the music of each color spinning around her. The experience encompassed fascination, excitement, love, empathy, and sweet sadness multiplied beyond normal human experience. She awakened upside down with her forehead in a glacial stream, in severe pain but feeling incredibly lucky. The experience eliminated her fear of death and gave her a healing gift - a click in her head that initially helped locate pain in herself and others. She developed into an intuitive healer who can access her own and others' intuition, describing herself as unique like everyone else. | 5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Car accident with 30-foot cliff fall and multiple head impacts | Mystical tunnel experience with no verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2432 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3200 Roland B NDE 6503 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1roland_b_nde.html | 1960 | 1960-06-01 | 2012 | 13 | M | At age 13, Roland grabbed a 2300-volt power cable while climbing a tree, causing total paralysis and agonizing pain as current ran through his body. He suddenly saw his cousin below him in the tree, screaming, though Roland had been facing away when electrocuted - an impossible observation. The pain then stopped and everything went silent as he drifted through fog-like darkness toward human forms. He traveled through fog into an opening with light, experiencing his life flash before him like a fast movie. Moving through what seemed like a tunnel toward brightening light, he was enveloped in an indescribable feeling of love and security. A question arrived in his mind without voice: "WHAT GOOD HAVE YOU DONE WITH YOUR LIFE?" Being only thirteen, he didn't understand and responded accordingly. He then found himself floating among stars in the universe, suddenly knowing everything there was to know, reflecting "so that's how it works." He awakened draped across tree branches thirty feet up, initially thinking he was in heaven before earthly senses returned with misery. The experience eliminated his fear of death and enhanced his situational awareness and ability to read people. | 5 | Other | 10 | 6 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Electrocution with 2300 volts causing paralysis | Saw cousin below while facing away - impossible visual perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw cousin below despite facing away | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 2433 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2943 Ronald A NDE 6179 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ronald_a_nde.html | 2011 | 2011-12-23 | 2012 | M | Ronald's heart stopped while preparing to go Christmas shopping with his wife. After plugging in a webcam for security, he found himself walking down a dirt path toward a bright light with tall green trees lining the path. He felt incredible warmth and goodness surrounding him, hearing birds singing in the trees. From behind, he could hear his wife yelling his name repeatedly from what seemed far away. Something told him to go back, and he turned in fast motion, shooting back to see his wife's face as she pounded on his chest calling for him to return. He awakened 6 hours later in the emergency room. His wife had performed CPR to restart his heart. The experience left Ronald without fear of death, strengthened his belief in God and the afterlife, and enhanced his existing ability to sense future events involving family, which became stronger after the NDE. Though previously uncertain about God, he now firmly believes in God's existence and finds life more meaningful and significant. | 2 | Home | 10 | 4 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest at home with heart stoppage, wife performed CPR | Heard wife calling name and pounding chest while on otherworldly path | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard wife calling and pounding chest | 1.00 | Wife | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 2434 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3028 Rose F NDE 6269 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rose_f_nde.html | 1970 | 2012 | F | Rose was visiting Mt. Vesuvius when the vehicle's brakes failed during descent. After the vehicle stopped, she exited and immediately fell, hitting her head on a cement barrier and losing consciousness. She had urinated and defecated, leading observers to believe she had died. During her unconscious state, she floated through a tunnel toward a bright white light, experiencing immensely beautiful peace she had never felt before. Hovering over her body, she saw her brother and sister-in-law crying, wanting to tell them not to cry as she was in a great place. She passed through a tunnel with darkness around her, moving straight toward the beautiful bright light. The feeling of peace, joy, and comfort was overwhelming. She wanted to stay but was suddenly back in her body, awakening embarrassed but feeling like the luckiest person alive. The experience eliminated her fear of death, gave her certainty about the afterlife, and provided her with enhanced intuitive abilities she calls "ESPN" - knowing who's calling and sensing whether things are good or not through what she believes is the Holy Spirit. Her faith shifted from Catholicism to general Christianity. | 5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Head injury with loss of consciousness, bodily functions ceased | Observed brother and sister-in-law crying over her body from above | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw family members crying over body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2435 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3018 Rose M NDE 5408 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rose_nde_5408.html | 1994 | 2012 | F |
Rose M underwent surgery to remove an ovarian cyst when complications arose. Extra anesthesia was administered, causing her vital signs to fade and leading to clinical death. During this critical medical event, she experienced floating in a ghostly state wearing a white robe. She found herself moving through a grey metallic tunnel toward an intense, infinite light that shone on her forehead. Grey molecular-like balls floated around her, rebounding and forming new ones when they touched her. Her experience was characterized by rapid movement through the tunnel, though she perceived herself flying on pointed tiptoes with hands fixed at her sides. The tunnel experience was accompanied by feelings of incredible peace and a marvelous sensation. Throughout the journey, she maintained heightened consciousness with incredibly vivid senses and accelerated thoughts. Time seemed to stop or lose meaning entirely as she traveled toward the light. The veridical aspect occurred when she suddenly found herself observing the emergency room from above. She could see medical staff working frantically with an artificial respirator and heard their voices as if from a distance. She witnessed her mother crying when she moved her hands, indicating her return to consciousness. Upon awakening, Rose retained clear memories of the entire experience. She described it as unforgettable and wonderful, with every detail remaining vivid. The experience left her with enhanced spiritual beliefs and occasional visions and dreams that later came true. She values life more deeply since this transformative event. |
6 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Surgery complications with clinical death documented - vital signs fading, requiring resuscitation | General OBE observation of emergency room scene but lacks specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw emergency room scene from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2436 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2937 Ross F NDE 6172 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ross_f_nde.html | 1998 | 2012 | M |
Ross F experienced a massive cardio-pulmonary embolus after developing a blood clot in his leg that traveled to his heart and lungs. The clot formed after sitting with his leg wrapped around a chair leg at university, initially causing swelling in his calf. Despite worsening symptoms including shortness of breath and severe pain in his pulmonary artery area, he delayed seeking treatment until the pain became unbearable. After being admitted to Langley Memorial Hospital, his condition deteriorated rapidly. The critical event occurred when Ross collapsed in the hospital washroom, hitting his face and bleeding on the floor. His heart stopped for several minutes due to a portion of the blood clot moving into his heart and lungs. During this clinical death, he found himself in a dark void encountering three giant shrouded humanoid beings. The central being offered to answer any cosmic questions. Ross asked about the purpose of human life in the universe but cannot remember the complex answer, only that the being said "Scientists like to make things complicated" when questioned further. The most striking observation was when the central being turned, revealing a profile that was humanoid but distinctly non-human, with a very large nose, prominent forehead with visible veins, and grey-tinged skin. Ross sensed this being was ancient in a universal sense. After telepathic communication between the beings, Ross felt he had been evaluated and found "not ready," leaving him feeling humiliated. He then found himself on a gurney hearing medical staff say "I have a weak pulse" as they revived him. Following emergency treatment including a "clot buster" medication, Ross survived what his hematologist called nothing short of a miracle. The doctor had only seen one other survivor of such a massive embolus in all his years of practice. Ross returned home for Christmas, forever changed by his encounter with death and the mysterious beings. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest with monitoring - massive cardio-pulmonary embolus causing heart stoppage with medical team present | Specific observation of ancient beings with detailed physical features, telepathic Q&A about cosmic purpose | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 1 | Encountered three shrouded beings in dark void | 1.00 | Medical team and hematologist | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 2437 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3110 Roy S NDE 6367 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1roy_s_nde.html | 1994 | 2012 | M |
Roy S experienced clinical death at a young age while in his mother's car. After getting into the back seat and being made to wear a seatbelt, he began coughing progressively deeper until he couldn't breathe. Despite his mother's repeated attempts to get him to respond, he fell unconscious with no detectable pulse or breathing. The passenger confirmed multiple times that there was no pulse at his wrist, throat, or heart, declaring "I think your son's dead." During his clinical death, Roy experienced leaving his body, noting his semi-transparent hands and ability to pass through objects. When he swiped his hand through the passenger's elbow, she remarked about sudden coldness. After hearing a voice say "It's time to go," he was shot upward at incredible speeds, viewing Earth from space within seconds. He traveled through cosmic tunnels at hyper speeds, orbiting a massive planet, and witnessing someone being pulled into a dark hole before a voice warned him away from it. Roy found himself on a large cloud in Heaven where he could see a gathering of twenty people, some holding hands. A female voice called him by name, telling him not to be afraid. He observed another soul praying before gates with a figure standing guard. The woman asked why he remained in his "ghostly state" since people usually transition before entering heaven. After looking to her left and understanding something, she informed Roy there had been a mistake and he must return to Earth, though he would come back someday. As Roy fell back toward Earth, someone waved goodbye from the cloud's edge. He re-entered his body through the car roof and immediately awakened to his mother still calling his name. Everything had returned to normal as if nothing had happened, with the train that had been approaching when he died now passing by. Roy also shares memories of a pre-birth existence in Heaven, including meeting God in a golden building and choosing to be reborn, though these earlier memories are fragmentary. |
6 | Other | 10 | 7 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death with no pulse or breathing confirmed by passenger checking multiple locations | Observed passenger reaction to cold when passed hand through, detailed heaven observations, cosmic travel details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 2 | 0 | Passed hand through passenger causing cold sensation | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2438 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3095 Roy T NDE 6346 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1roy_t_nde.html | 2009 | 2012 | 55 | M |
Roy T, age 55, underwent a chemically-stimulated cardiac stress test that led to a life-threatening event. Following the test, he experienced chest pain and feared falling while walking. He was taken by wheelchair to the emergency room and helped onto a gurney where he lost consciousness. The chemical overstimulation of his heart created a dangerous cardiac situation requiring emergency intervention. During his unconscious state, Roy experienced a profound near-death encounter. While lying flat on his back on the gurney, he perceived a bright light or conduit in the upper right corner of the room's east wall. The light manifested as a brightly lit tunnel with a round shape and intense luminosity reminiscent of an operating room light, yet it didn't hurt his eyes. This unusual directional orientation - heading east rather than upward - surprised him based on previous prayer experiences. Standing outside the conduit were two angels whom Roy recognized as his deceased younger sister and nephew, both victims of separate car crashes. Though they appeared as spheres of white light rather than in physical form, he felt absolutely certain of their identities through an inner knowing rather than visual recognition. The experience felt instantaneous yet left him deeply relaxed and reassured, a remarkable state given his autism typically makes relaxation virtually impossible. Roy was disappointed when he regained consciousness, having wanted to proceed toward the Light. However, he felt profoundly comforted knowing that two family members were watching over him as guardian angels. The experience reinforced his existing Mormon faith while surprising him with the revelation that multiple angels could watch over one person simultaneously. Despite the brevity of the encounter, it left him with lasting peace about the afterlife and the continuity of family bonds beyond death. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Other life-threatening - chemical overstimulation during stress test causing chest pain and loss of consciousness | Saw deceased relatives as angels but only as spheres of light, no specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw bright conduit with two deceased relatives as angels | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 2439 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2948 Ryan G NDE 6186 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ryan_g_nde.html | 1998 | 2012 | 5 | M |
Five-year-old Ryan G experienced clinical death after falling from a second-story roof while retrieving toys. He had developed a habit of throwing toys out the window onto the slanted roof below, then climbing out to retrieve them. On this particular morning after rain, he slipped on the wet roof near the edge and fell onto the pavement below, just feet from soft grass. The fall resulted in clinical death with cessation of breathing and heart function. During the fall, Ryan experienced a dramatic time dilation where everything slowed down despite his mind racing at incredible speed. He was able to witness and comprehend his impending death, thinking countless questions about whether he had lived long enough, if he would survive, and if his mother would be angry. Upon impact, he was surprised by the absence of pain before everything went black. The realization of death came without surprise, as if he had always known what death was. He felt completely at peace with no worries about family members. In the void, Ryan discovered his vision had transformed to 360-degree awareness, able to see in all directions without turning his head. He existed in black nothingness until a pinprick of light appeared, creating the classic tunnel vision effect. The light was alive, breathing with the heartbeat of a million souls, emanating pure love that he compared to childhood moments of anticipated success exceeded - like tasting a favorite food or winning a game for the first time. Though appearing to move slowly toward the light, he knew he was traveling faster than light speed through the universe. When the light noticed him, it communicated telepathically that it wasn't his time and he must return. Ryan already knew this truth. He then lost consciousness and awakened crying but without broken bones, healing within five days. The experience shaped his spiritual beliefs as an agnostic, leaving him with lasting compassion, no fear of death, and occasional encounters with ghosts. His supportive parents heard his account immediately after recovery. |
5 | Home | 5 | 7 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Other life-threatening - fall from two-story roof with clinical death | 360-degree vision in void, telepathic communication with sentient light, time dilation during fall | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5/31/2025 | 1 | 0 | Void with 360-degree vision and living light | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2440 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3047 Samuel C NDE 6284 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1samuel_c_nde.html | 1976 | 2012 | M |
Samuel C experienced a severe heart attack (inferior myocardial infarction) in February 1976. Awakening at 2 AM with intense thirst, he went to get water from the kitchen but was struck by severe pain in his shoulders, back, and arms. After drawing water at the sink, he collapsed to the floor. His condition deteriorated over several days in the hospital with increasing shortness of breath, intense pain in what he thought was his solar plexus but was actually the pulmonary artery, and loss of appetite before the critical event occurred. During his near-death experience, Samuel found himself walking through a tunnel that appeared more like an arboretum with light filtering through intermittently. The tunnel led to a brightly lit grassy area. Upon reaching this area, he turned and began walking toward an extremely bright light that didn't hurt his eyes. A beautiful feminine voice then told him "you can't go on; they say you have more to do," much to his disappointment as he very much wanted to continue toward the light. The most profound aspect occurred when Samuel found himself near the ceiling of his kitchen, looking down at his own body lying on the floor. He was accompanied by an unseen presence that he knew with absolute certainty was God. He felt the most powerful, indescribable love both for his body below and for the divine entity present with him. The voice repeated that he had "more to do," and feeling this divine authority, he agreed and descended back toward his body, entering through the back of his ear. Samuel awakened in severe pain and crawled on hands and knees to wake his wife, who called paramedics. His condition was so critical that the doctor advised his wife to call their son from New York, not expecting Samuel to survive. However, Samuel felt confident about his survival because of the divine message he had received. He was later assigned to a premier hematologist and recovered, returning home for Christmas. He interpreted his life purpose as sharing this experience with others, particularly to comfort those facing death, which he has done ever since. |
2 | Home | 10 | 7 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest without monitoring - severe inferior myocardial infarction at home | Tunnel with light, OBE viewing body from ceiling, telepathic divine communication about having more to do | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 0 | Tunnel like arboretum leading to bright light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2441 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3202 Sandi R NDE 6505 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sandi_r_nde.html | 1964 | 2012 | 7 | F |
During a rainy afternoon car accident in 1964, seven-year-old Sandi experienced a head-on collision when two young men racing lost control. She heard her mother yelling her father's name before rising out of the car, going through the roof. She found herself held in clouds of amazing, brilliant colors that were both visible and tactile, feeling like being held in someone's arms. She sensed God's presence along with another being she assumed was Jesus, though they appeared as part of the cloud-like colors rather than in bodily form. She felt absolute peace, comfort, and no fear during this experience. Sandi observed herself leaving through the car roof and saw her mother hitting the dashboard and falling back. While out of body, she experienced colors that could be both seen and felt simultaneously, with lights coming through or filtering through the colors. She described being enveloped in a cloud of colors with a mystical light present. Two spiritual beings were present - she felt them rather than seeing them, and they were communicating comfort to her and to each other. The experience ended suddenly when she found herself back in the car's back seat. Time had elapsed as police and EMTs were now helping her mother. She could see the emergency response happening around her. Medical personnel examined her last because she was the calmest, discovering she had a broken collarbone but felt little pain. Following this experience, Sandi has never been the same, living without fear or doubts about death. She gained certainty about God's existence and developed heightened empathy for others. She occasionally experiences warnings of danger and has sensed spiritual presences. The experience left her with the understanding that we are surrounded by another dimension at all times, with our bodies acting like a prison that prevents us from perceiving it. |
5 | Other | 3 | 6 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Car accident described as dangerous but not explicitly life-threatening at age 7 | Out of body observation of mother and scene, mystical colors and beings present | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw mother hitting dashboard and falling back | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2442 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3078 Sara C NDE 6327 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sara_c_nde.html | 1974 | October 13-14, 1974 | 2012 | 31 | F |
Sara, age 31, underwent an emergency cesarean section after 17 hours of prolonged labor on October 13-14, 1974. The moment Demerol was injected into her vein, she blacked out completely, losing all senses - sight, hearing, speech, and feeling. She experienced pitch blackness with no sense of time until a bright light appeared, growing larger into a tunnel. Inside this tunnel were myriads of bright, multicolored lights on its walls. She flew alongside the tunnel while hearing angelic songs she had never heard before, feeling peaceful and sensing she was flying. The tunnel was vividly funnel-shaped, small at the end and wide where she was floating along its side. She wanted to touch the tunnel walls but could not. The tunnel appeared as blinding light like the sun, though she saw no other beings inside except herself. She was aware of her identity throughout the experience. The multicolored lights and angelic music seemed to blend together in harmony. When Sara remembered her newly delivered baby, she willed herself to return with deep breath. The return journey occurred through a deep black well where she felt extreme heaviness on her entire body and legs, unable to lift her arms or legs - heavy like lead. She experienced anguish, pain, uncertainty, and fear of not returning during this descent. Sara's vital signs had become dangerously weak with rolled-up eyes, bluish discoloration of fingers, lips and toes, and no response to name calling or pin prick stimulation. Both her parents, who are doctors, confirmed these medical details. The experience strengthened her faith in God and convinced her of life after death, making her more compassionate, less self-centered, and less materialistic. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Emergency cesarean with general anesthesia after 17 hours labor, vital signs very weak | Tunnel experience with multicolored lights and angelic songs, no specific verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 0 | Experienced tunnel with lights and sounds | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 2443 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3015 Sara M NDE 6253 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sara_m_nde.html | 1965 | 2012 | 13 | F |
During an elective appendectomy in 1965, 13-year-old Sara woke up mid-surgery vomiting with impaired breathing. The anesthesiologist replaced the mask but she felt like breathing water and lost consciousness. She then found herself out of body, observing three doctors trying to revive her from above. A dark vortex appeared overhead and she noticed small, dark beings in 2-3 groups who were aware of her presence but did not approach. She felt curious but not alarmed by these strange beings. Sara observed herself slowly moving toward the vortex and intuitively understood there was a distance limit for returning to her body. She watched the doctors panicking over her body below and could see both the medical scene and the otherworldly elements simultaneously. The beings appeared as groups of what looked like little monks, and the vortex seemed to attract her but not them. She sensed a boundary or point of no return approaching. After deciding to return due to uncertainty about crossing the limit, the experience immediately ended. She later learned she had suffered cardiac arrest requiring CPR and defibrillation, confirming the severity of her medical crisis. Medical staff initially dismissed her experience as an anesthesia-induced nightmare when she tried to share it. The experience eliminated Sara's fear of death and led her to become more spiritual though less religious. She developed precognitive dreams and gained certainty that consciousness exists outside the body. Years later, learning about NDEs validated her experience. She maintains that while consciousness clearly survives bodily death, what lies beyond the vortex remains a mystery. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest during surgery requiring CPR and defibrillation with monitoring | Observed doctors trying to revive her, saw vortex and unusual beings, sensed boundary | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw three doctors trying to revive her | 1.00 | Medical staff | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 2444 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3215 Selena E NDE 6520 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1selena_e_nde.html | 1990 | 1990-08-07 | 2012 | 36 | F |
Selena, 36 and 35 weeks pregnant with her ninth child, experienced a profound NDE preceded by remarkable premonitory events. Four years earlier, she had dreamed of meeting Sai Baba on a tiny planet who showed her two future sons. On the day of her NDE, she heard an urgent voice telling her to get to the hospital. After being admitted, she hemorrhaged and went into heart failure with pulse over 200. A heart specialist coincidentally appeared at the crucial moment when a nurse ran for help. During cardiac arrest, Selena floated down a long tunnel toward a mesmerizing light, having to swim/walk to move forward. She heard doctors saying "Sinus rhythm collapsing, we are losing her" but felt disinterested. The light at tunnel's end promised great warmth and love, with faint outlines of beckoning figures. She felt incredible joy and excitement trying to reach the light. A nurse's shout of "Baby on Board! You must breathe!" made her realize she was pregnant and must return. Her veridical observations included hearing the doctor's statement about losing her sinus rhythm and the nurse's tiny shouting voice, both later confirmed by staff. She saw light-filled beings waiting at the tunnel's end and experienced 360-degree awareness. The experience included complete loss of time awareness and vivid sensory enhancement compared to her pre-arrest state. Selena flat-lined for some time before being revived, immediately going into labor and delivering William by emergency cesarean at dawn. The experience eliminated her fear of death, confirmed her spiritual beliefs, and strengthened her conviction that consciousness exists independently of the body. She recognized divine intervention in the synchronized events leading to her survival. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest with heart failure, pulse over 200, flat-lined, monitoring present | Heard specific medical statements verified later, saw tunnel and beings, nurse shouting confirmed | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/1/2025 | 3 | 2 | Heard doctor saying sinus rhythm collapsing | 1.00 | Medical staff | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||
| 2445 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2978 Sharon G NDE 6215 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sharon_g_nde_6215.html | 1979 | 1979-04-14 | 2012 | F |
Sharon underwent an emergency cesarean section on April 14, 1979, for an undiagnosed breech birth after 18 hours of labor. During the procedure, the doctor severed a major vein causing near-fatal blood loss. Under general anesthesia, she found herself floating above the operating table, observing the surgical team with complete calm and detachment. Two physicians were arguing about how to extract the stuck baby from the birth canal. She felt peaceful, rested, and removed from the panic below. Sharon watched them rush her baby out of the operating room and followed above the baby to the special care nursery where the infant began crying. She knew the baby would survive and floated briefly before feeling drawn backwards and down to her body. She observed specific details including the doctors' argument about extraction method and their anger about lack of blood for transfusion due to missing blood match. These observations were later verified by a resident who had been present in the operating room. Upon returning to her body, Sharon experienced the terrifying paralytic effects of anesthesia - unable to breathe or call for help while conscious. Her own physician initially dismissed the experience as brain tricks, but a kind resident who had been present confirmed all the events she described were accurate, including the doctors' argument and the blood transfusion issue. He acknowledged he couldn't explain how she witnessed these events while under anesthesia. The experience profoundly changed Sharon's perspective on life and death. She developed deeper spiritual practices including meditation and chanting with Buddhist undertones. Her worldview expanded beyond pure scientific materialism to embrace a broader understanding of consciousness and reality. A psychiatrist later reviewed her medical records and confirmed the anesthetic complications and distressing return to body were real. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Emergency cesarean with general anesthesia, major vein severed, near-fatal blood loss | Observed doctors arguing, followed baby to nursery, specific details verified by resident | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Intubated | 6/1/2025 | 3 | 1 | Witnessed doctors arguing about extraction | 1.00 | Resident doctor | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | |||||||
| 2446 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2974 Shea B NDE 6213 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1shea_b_nde.html | 1975 | March 1975 | 2012 | F |
In March 1975, Shea experienced a severe car accident with life-threatening injuries that doctors believed she wouldn't survive. She has no memory of the accident itself but suddenly became aware she was dying. She felt quiet, peaceful, and located somewhere outside her body. Without emotion, she acknowledged she was dying but then remembered her one-year-old son and began praying, telling God she couldn't die because she had a baby to raise. Then a beautiful voice from Heaven spoke directly to her, saying "Shea, you're not going to die." She described it as the most beautiful voice she had ever heard - indescribable but unmistakable, one she would recognize when hearing it again. After hearing this divine message, she felt more than peace - absolute wonder. She had a vision of her husband on a table in the hospital and knew he would be fine. She felt happy and wonderful. Suddenly she experienced a rush back to awareness of her body, now crying out in pain and fighting medical personnel. On the way to surgery, barely able to breathe, she managed to tell her father "Jesus said I wouldn't die." Her father backed away and looked at her in amazement. She spent a week in ICU and another week hospitalized before returning home. The experience transformed Shea's faith journey profoundly. She spent years searching for the right church, moving through various Protestant denominations before becoming Catholic eight years ago. She developed a deep relationship with what she calls the "Infinite Way" and gained absolute certainty about God's existence. Her fear of death disappeared completely, and she developed heightened spiritual sensitivity, experiencing similar divine presence twice more in her life. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Life-threatening car accident injuries, doctors said she wouldn't survive surgery | Heard divine voice, had vision of husband's condition, felt outside body | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 0 | Vision of husband in hospital | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2447 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3027 Sheila EP NDE 6267 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sheila_ep_nde.html | 1975 | 1975-07-12 | 2012 | 16 | F |
On July 12, 1975, 16-year-old Sheila suffered a catastrophic car accident, breaking her neck between the atlas and axis vertebra with a 1-inch separation - technically decapitated. Her brother had broken his neck six months earlier. During the accident, she remembers everything going completely black with total comfort beyond any bodily sensation. She describes this blackness as incomparable to any physical pleasure - no nerves or receptors, just complete comfort. Multiple times Sheila found herself hovering above her body - seeing herself in the ditch with matted hair and blood, watching the ambulance crew immobilize her, observing their concerned faces, and floating above the ambulance roof while seeing inside. At St. Louis University hospital, she floated above five neurosurgeons examining her, seeing through the ceiling to people walking on the floor above. She heard them confer and noticed one had a bald spot. She felt like pure energy, atoms floating cohesively, in a dimension beyond our three-dimensional world with telepathic communication. Sheila encountered a compassionate being of pure light and love, like a Jesus figure, in a beautiful library-type area where she experienced a 360-degree life review of past, present, and future. After seeing she hadn't completed her life mission, she knew it wasn't her time. She told her neurosurgeon about observing his colleague's bald spot and hearing their conversation, though he remained skeptical. Her father gave her "Life After Life" which validated her experience. The NDE profoundly transformed Sheila, initially leaving her with perfect peace and positivity that gradually eroded through daily life. She learned humans have more power through thoughts and orientation than realized. Her brother envied her NDE experience as he hadn't had one despite his similar injury. She woke from her coma 3-4 weeks later, having been told she was among the first to survive such an injury. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 14 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Technically decapitated, broken neck at C1-C2, life-threatening trauma | Observed surgeons including bald spot, heard conversations, multiple OBEs with specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Halo traction brace | 6/1/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw self in ditch and during transport | 0.00 | Chief neurosurgeon | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||
| 2448 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3093 Sheree F NDE 6344 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sheree_f_nde.html | 1997 | 1997-10-25 | 2012 | F |
On October 25, 1997, Sheree participated in a Yale New Haven hospital research study for women successfully treated for postpartum depression. After receiving medication that caused dizziness and nausea, she blacked out while driving the next day and was hit head-on by a pickup truck. She had to be cut from the car and rushed to hospital where she underwent emergency surgery for a ruptured spleen, requiring its removal and exploratory surgery. She suffered multiple fractures including right clavicle, three ribs, left fibula, and right foot bone. During the experience, Sheree saw a bright light 1,000 times brighter than the sun. As its rays shone down on her, she felt overwhelming peace, love, serenity, safety, belonging, and a sense of being home. The feeling was awesome and beyond description. She remembers only this brilliant light experience before waking up in the hospital with surgical staples, initially angry with God for allowing her to experience such splendor only to send her back in damaged condition. Though initially distressed about returning from the perfect peace, Sheree eventually understood God wanted her to share this testimony. She recognized God as the bright light she encountered and felt His love directly. The experience completely eliminated her fear of death and made her life more meaningful. She became more compassionate and respectful toward others, with increased sensitivity to the Holy Spirit's guidance. Following the accident, Sheree faced severe consequences from prescribed pain medication, becoming addicted and eventually turning to heroin. She lost her home, marriage, children, and became homeless. Now in recovery, she believes God allowed this additional suffering so she could relate to all people without prejudice. She sees both her NDE and subsequent addiction journey as part of God's plan for her testimony. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Car accident with clinical death, ruptured spleen, multiple surgeries | Experienced brilliant light and overwhelming divine presence, no specific observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw brilliant divine light | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2449 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3011 Soony NDEs 6348/16029 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1soony_s_ndes.html | 1977 | 2012 | F | Soony experienced a profound NDE during a trip to Casablanca, Africa when her heart stopped in a hotel lobby. She fell unconscious and experienced being lifted by a gentle beam of light from a star in the northeast direction. The light covered her body as she was drawn upward toward the star. She found herself in a sitting position looking down at her husband and others gathered around her physical body below. She could see a doctor in white examining her body but could not hear their conversations, though she tried to communicate that her meridian was blocked. The entire journey was brief but filled with perfect peace and harmony - a feeling she describes as indescribable with words. She has no memory of returning to her body or the subsequent events for many years. The experience gifted her with the ability to channel healing energy, which she used to help others with various conditions including nerve damage, multiple sclerosis, addictions, and severe pain. She had previously experienced an NDE as a teenager when drowning, where a tunnel of light pulled her up. Both experiences left her with absolute certainty about the afterlife and a deep sense of peace about death. | 1 | Other | 10 | 14 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Heart stopped with clear clinical death described | Out-of-body observation of medical scene and personnel, saw doctor examining body, awareness while unconscious | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw herself from above in sitting position | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2450 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3143 Sreenivasa M NDE 6409 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sreenivasa_m_nde.html | 2005 | 2012 | M | Sreenivasa experienced an NDE during a criminal attack that left him unconscious. After losing consciousness, he found himself traveling upward through a cool, translucent cylindrical pathway that curved as it ascended. Along the walls of this tube, he witnessed thousands or hundreds of thousands of glowing candlelight-shaped spots moving freely outside the translucent barrier. Each time he rounded a curve, he saw a human-shaped white light about a hundred yards ahead, traveling at the same speed, appearing and disappearing in a slow blinking pattern. His senses were extraordinarily keen and his comprehension instantaneous. The journey filled him with wonderful feelings until fear suddenly overwhelmed him as he remembered his family and dependents. He cried out to God for help, expressing concern about his children becoming orphans and his unfinished life goals. His travel immediately stopped, and the human-like figure ahead returned and smiled at him. He then fell into a semi-trance before observing himself drifting slowly back down toward his body in a drain-like area beside the highway. Upon returning, he felt intense pain and was eventually rescued by a passerby who took him to the hospital where he received stitches and underwent major surgery. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 5 | Life-threatening criminal attack but no clinical death documented | Unique pathway description with thousands of lights, human-shaped figure, multi-layered vision | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw body in drain area by highway | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2451 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3039 Stephane R NDE 5406 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1stephane_r_nde.html | 2011 | 2012 | M | Stephane experienced a profound NDE during a car accident that resulted in head trauma, coma, respiratory arrest, and convulsions requiring helicopter evacuation. During his experience, he found himself completely outside of time and space, encountering an intense light that was not blinding. He himself became a comparable light, partially detached from the greater light. He engaged in a wordless conversation with this light, which emitted countless voices of incomparable perfection singing "Alleluia" in perfect chorus. This single word, sung once, transcended earthly time and conveyed immense revelations about creation, scriptures, the meaning of his life, and insights about life and death. The experience brought complete understanding of everything in the universe. Upon awakening in the resuscitation unit, he felt both that he should not speak about the experience and paradoxically that he had a duty to share it when the time was right. Months later, he experienced an irresistible compulsion to write, producing 50 pages of texts ranging from poetry to philosophy and scriptural revelations in an automatic writing style over three days, feeling the content was dictated to him. | 4 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Coma with respiratory arrest and convulsions requiring resuscitation | Revelatory knowledge, understanding of universe, but no specific earthly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 0 | Received revelations about creation and scriptures | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2452 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3005 Steve L NDE 6244 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1steve_l_nde.html | 2002 | 2012 | M | Steve was conducting a seminar when he experienced sudden severe abdominal pain from acute necrotizing pancreatitis. He had been studying gratitude and immediately sensed this would be life-changing, maintaining peace even while waiting for the ambulance. By November 18th, while two friends were visiting, his vital signs collapsed and medical staff said to call his family as "this is it." During this crisis, Steve found himself without his body in what seemed like a large room, surrounded by pure consciousness and total love. He encountered deceased relatives in consciousness form - no bodies, just awareness. He experienced flashes of all the lives he had touched, initially not realizing it was his own impact being shown. When asked "Stay or go?" he surrendered completely to the moment, thinking "thy will be done." His grandfather was present, and his estranged father appeared, requesting to wait with him, though Steve chose to have his grandfather remain instead. The experience was characterized by overwhelming love and the realization that the lives we touch matter eternally. After recovering, Steve found his experience had eliminated his fear of death and empowered him to live fully, following his calling without fear. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 12 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Acute necrotizing pancreatitis with vital signs collapse | Awareness during crisis, heard discussion of his death, consciousness encounters | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 1 | Medical staff saying to call family | 1.00 | Two friends | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 2453 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2944 Steve N NDE 6181 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1steve_n_nde.html | 1960 | 2012 | 5 | M | Five-year-old Steve experienced an NDE during dental work when given an overdose of gas anesthesia. After the gas was administered, instead of simply waking up as usual, he rose up in the air and observed his body from above. He witnessed two dentists, Dr. Godwin and his assistant, frantically working on his body and pumping a bellows, likely performing CPR. However, his attention was drawn to a phenomenon near the window - a spinning white light accompanied by a rhythmic throbbing sound going "wob, wob, wob" at one-second intervals. The light consisted of white and black spirals like a hypnotist's wheel, possibly a spinning tunnel. After the experience, he was told he could never have gas again, and his mother never returned to that dentist. Years later, his mother confirmed there had been difficulty reviving him. Steve believes this childhood NDE changed him fundamentally, giving him faith during difficult times and awareness of something higher than mundane existence. At age 21, he had a second, stronger self-induced experience that he considers was only possible because of this first NDE. The childhood experience left him with lasting knowledge that there is definitely life after death. | 3 | Other | 7 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Gas overdose during dental work requiring CPR | Observed specific CPR actions, saw spinning tunnel/light phenomenon, childlike observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw dentists performing CPR | 1.00 | Mother | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 2454 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2927 Sue C NDE 6159 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sue_c_nde.html | 2005 | 2012 | F | Sue experienced clinical death from a drug overdose requiring CPR. Her experience began in complete blackness where she was disconnected from her body - not a typical OBE but complete separation of her essence. Then brilliant white light approached from a pinpoint and engulfed her entire awareness, creating a sensation of being flung at full speed into infinity. She encountered an enormous rainbow that appeared as a road or bridge, not an arc, surrounded by blackness. She felt powerfully drawn to cross it, with an entity urging her to "go over." At the climax, she experienced soul-shaking ecstasy throughout her being. She entered a sea of stars and colors - thousands of glowing lights moving in waves like an ocean. Colors included some never seen on Earth. The overwhelming feeling was perfect bliss. The entity explained this was "the source" - that everyone connects to and returns to this source, which is pure love energy, heaven itself. She witnessed the colors separate into purple/pink and blue/green sections that danced together like lovemaking. When told she could not return to her life if she stayed, she remembered her boyfriend and was sent back through her entire experience in reverse, seeing a figure-8 of her life timeline. Upon revival, her first words were "Here? This time? Seriously?" She has had a second similar NDE and now lives without fear. | 2 | Unknown | 10 | 14 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Drug overdose with CPR and clinical death | Unique rainbow bridge, sea of conscious lights, figure-8 life timeline, immediate verbal response | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw figure-8 timeline of entire life | 0.00 | Incompatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2455 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3154 Sue M NDE 6427 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sue_m_nde.html | 1969 | 2012 | 5 | F | Five-year-old Sue drowned at a lake when her foot became caught underwater while pretending to drown as a game with her grandmother. After initial panic and struggle, she felt warm and pleasantly calm, having given in without fear. She experienced a rapid life review with flashbacks of past events, then saw an intensely bright flashing white light that surrounded her while she moved forward within it. She heard only a loud humming sound but felt someone's presence, though not fearful. The light was brilliant white, bursting forth but not hurting her eyes to look at. She was revived on the beach by a woman who pulled her out and resuscitated her, with people including her mother surrounding her. The incident was never discussed in their home. Sue initially told people aliens had grabbed her foot, using childhood imagination to process the experience. She didn't realize others had similar experiences until seeing a movie about NDEs as a teenager. The experience left her without fear of death, with strong belief in God and heaven, and with unusual empathy toward others. She became extremely compassionate, feeling others' sadness even as a young child, including guilt about enjoying things like Christmas presents when other children had none. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Drowning requiring resuscitation, stopped breathing | Life review, brilliant light, presence felt, childhood perspective clear | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw people surrounding her on beach | 1.00 | Mother | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 2456 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3135 Tam NDE 6391 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tam_nde.html | 2007 | 2012 | F | Tam experienced severe complications during triple bypass surgery with hemoglobin dropping to 4, a "floppy" heart, and cardiac arrest lasting nearly 25 minutes. She was five minutes from cessation of resuscitation efforts. During this crisis, she had an atypical OBE where she found herself on a separate operating table in the same OR suite, on the same plane rather than floating above. She could see the surgical procedure occurring distantly but felt completely disinterested. Her deceased grandfather appeared beside her, appearing younger and healthier than when he died, holding her hand and assuring her she would be okay. Though she wore no glasses and is normally blind without them, she could see clearly. Three more deceased relatives visited - two teasing uncles whose presence she sensed but couldn't see, communicating without words, and her estranged father who nervously requested to wait with her. She chose to have her grandfather stay instead. The experience was extraordinarily vivid and lucid. Upon waking in intensive care, she immediately told everyone about her grandfather's visit. She learned three days later about the severity of her cardiac complications during surgery. The experience has made her fearless about death. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest for 25 minutes during bypass surgery with monitoring | Atypical same-plane OBE, saw surgery, clear vision without glasses, multiple deceased visitors | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw surgery from same plane in OR | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2457 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3021 Tamara M NDE 5415 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tamara_m_nde.html | 1992 | 2012 | F | During a termination of pregnancy surgery in December 1992, Tamara experienced a severe hemorrhage that medical staff could not initially control. While under total anesthesia, she found herself rising from her body and hovering above the surgery table. From this elevated perspective, she witnessed copious bleeding on the floor and a rush of nurses and physicians surrounding her physical body. She observed everything clearly from above, feeling no emotions or physical sensations - just pure consciousness and awareness of BEING. She had no physical form but retained her individual consciousness. After the experience, she awoke receiving a blood transfusion with several liters being transferred. When she told the doctor she had witnessed everything, he was puzzled since she had been under total anesthesia. The experience left her with a profound understanding that consciousness exists independently of the physical body and that there is more to existence than physical reality. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Surgery with total anesthesia and life-threatening hemorrhage | Clear specific observations of bleeding on floor and medical team response while under anesthesia | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw surgical scene from above | 1.00 | Attending physician | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2458 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3167 Tammie W NDE 6452 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tammie_w_nde.html | 2002 | 2002-04-24 | 2012 | F | On April 24, 2002, Tammie accidentally shot herself in the left abdomen while in a delusional state from prescription drug interactions. She bled out in the ambulance with no pulse or breathing. During clinical death, she witnessed her body being worked on while simultaneously observing her brother threatening her husband with a gun in their car driving to the hospital. She was carried by an invisible being toward a beautiful glowing island city with vivid colors and no sun. A voice expressed sorrow about the pain her death would cause, and she mouthed "I'm sorry," which the paramedic witnessed despite her not breathing. During surgery, she experienced a second NDE involving a cold, dark tunnel with water on the walls leading downward to a hellish place with people reaching up. She was told she would return and had been shown both afterlife destinations. Upon awakening in ICU, she asked for her brother, and he later confirmed exactly what she had witnessed about threatening her husband. The experience transformed her spiritual understanding and eliminated her fear of death. | 1 | Ambulance | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinical death with no pulse or breathing, CPR given, required revival | Witnessed brother threatening husband in car (later confirmed), paramedic saw lips move while not breathing | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 2 | Brother threatening husband in car | 1.00 | Paramedic | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2459 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3040 Tara S NDE 6279 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tara_s_nde.html | 2007 | 2007-08-11 | 2012 | F | On August 11, 2007, Tara experienced complete organ shutdown from necrotic pancreatitis caused by doxycycline. Her kidneys and liver failed, lungs filled with fluid, and medical staff said she was dying. She then aspirated vomit, went into hypoxic state with erratic heart function, and required revival. During this crisis, she found herself in the universe with stars as close as her ceiling, experiencing profound peace and serenity. She was seated in pure consciousness before a beautifully lit divine presence emanating love. Their consciousness merged while she retained individual awareness. She resisted returning, especially if disabled, but ultimately came back. A psychic later confirmed she had crossed over and was visiting with many people. During her coma, she demonstrated verified awareness - accurately recounting details of a friend's China trip told while unconscious. She also encountered her deceased godchild as a guardian angel floating above her hospital bed. The experience transformed her spirituality, giving her knowledge of universal oneness and that "energy follows thought." She gained psychic abilities and receives messages from God. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Complete organ shutdown, clinical death requiring revival, doctor said never seen someone survive this severe | Accurately recalled friend's China trip details told during coma, psychic independently confirmed crossing over | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard friend's China trip details while in coma | 1.00 | Lynn (PhD mathematician) | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2460 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3087 Thomas S NDE 6338 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1thomas_s_nde.html | 2010 | 2010-10-22 | 2012 | M | On October 22, 2010, Thomas had a femoropopliteal bypass surgery and experienced cardiac arrest the next morning at 7:30 AM. After being helped to a chair by a nurse, his eyeballs rolled back and he heard the nurse repeatedly saying "Mr. Thomas, please do not do this to me." He then found himself in a beautiful room filled with gorgeous white light, feeling love, comfort, and no pain. Before him was a stone bed with white sheets and three stone steps. A powerful force prevented him from climbing into the bed. A voice from the light said, "Thomas, you have lived a good life, but I have something even more important for you to do. I do not want you now." He then heard his daughter yelling on the phone and saw a nurse hitting his chest calling for paddles. The doctor shouted "He is alive!" and rushed him to surgery. He later learned his lungs had collapsed and he had flat-lined. The experience gave him peace, increased patience and compassion, and certainty about the afterlife. He feels he is waiting for a sign about his important purpose. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Post-surgical cardiac arrest, flat-lined, collapsed lungs | Observed nurse hitting chest, calling for paddles, heard daughter on phone | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 1 | Medical resuscitation scene | 0.00 | Doctor | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2461 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2928 Tony D NDE 6160 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tony_d_nde_6160.html | 1992 | 2012 | M | In August 1992, Tony stabbed himself in the heart after his wife came home with another man. In the emergency room, he flat-lined twice. During one episode, he was floating in darkness and could hear every detail of the doctor's words, though he saw nothing. He experienced being outside his body with heightened awareness, feeling freedom and confusion in the void. Time had no meaning during the experience. Despite the darkness, he felt awake for the first time, experiencing relief, calmness, and happiness. He felt no longer in conflict with nature. The doctor later expressed surprise at Tony's survival, stating he didn't save him and wasn't sure how he survived. The experience transformed Tony's religious beliefs from uncertainty to absolute certainty about God's existence, though he was initially angry at God. He now has no fear of death, knowing he was "more alive than ever" while dead. The darkness aspect troubles him as few discuss this type of NDE. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 7 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Suicide attempt with cardiac arrest, flat-lined twice in ER | Heard doctor's conversation while floating, doctor confirmed unusual survival | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard doctor during clinical death | 1.00 | Doctor | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2462 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2947 Trisha S NDE 6184 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1trisha_s_nde.html | 1999 | 1999-12-24 | 2012 | F | On December 24, 1999, Trisha was hit by a van while riding her bicycle past a golf course. The impact caused her to be dragged with her head hitting the ground and fence. She saw herself flying through the air from an outside perspective, then noticed an intensely bright column of white light from her head. She was sucked up through this light tunnel toward a warm, brilliant white light that beckoned strongly. She found herself in a place of complete love, acceptance, and belonging with golden-white shadings. A golden humanoid being without features blocked her path toward a glowing horizon, while a blue-white orb hovered near her shoulder. They communicated through musical telepathy, telling her "it's not your time" and promising "later." She was devastated and begged to stay but was sent back. The experience enhanced her intuitive abilities permanently. She now reads auras, senses energy threads between people, and perceives past lives affecting current ones. The certainty of continued existence after death remains with her, accessible through meditation. | 5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Severe bicycle accident with head trauma and loss of consciousness | Limited specific verifiable observations during OBE | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw self from outside perspective | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2463 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3139 Urvashi G NDE 16054 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1urvashi_g_nde.html | 2012 | 13 | F | At age thirteen in India, Urvashi fell from the first floor of her house, causing severe internal injuries requiring emergency surgery. Despite full anesthesia during the 2.5-hour operation, she remained aware of doctors' conversations. She experienced going down a round tunnel while struggling to escape. Inside were thumb-sized humanoid figures that appeared golden and silver, with horrifying voices and laughter that caused extreme fear. Years later, she discovered a painting called "Brahmasutra" depicting exactly what she had seen, confirming her escape route showed the Ultimate God at the center. A Hindu priest later validated her experience, explaining the golden-silver color change represented the soul's luminosity like the sun's changing appearance. He confirmed she had an authentic after-death experience, being only the second person he'd heard describe these specific details. The experience gave her certainty about the reality of the soul's journey after death. The correlation with Hindu cosmology and the priest's confirmation validated that she had glimpsed authentic spiritual realms. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Emergency surgery for internal bleeding with full anesthesia | Heard doctors during surgery, saw specific imagery later confirmed in painting | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 1 | Tunnel with humanoid figures | 1.00 | Hindu priest | Low Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||
| 2464 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2982 Veronica M NDE 6221 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1veronica_m_nde.html | 1970 | 2012 | 12 | F | In summer 1970, twelve-year-old Veronica was dragged by her bolting horse with her head repeatedly hitting the ground and fence. Her brother found her in grand mal seizures, vomiting, with eyes rolling back. During ambulance transport, she levitated through a conical tunnel toward an incredibly bright, warm white light that radiated love, peace, and acceptance. She was simultaneously aware of the ambulance, the painfully loud siren, and her father crying and begging her not to leave. The light made her feel safe, loved, and home - stronger than earthly feelings. She wanted to continue toward the golden light area but a force and voice indicated she had to return for her loved ones who would suffer greatly, especially her father and brother. She had valuable work to complete. Upon return, she grabbed a nurse's wrist to stop her from cutting her hair. Her intuitive abilities were greatly enhanced afterward and remain acute throughout life. The experience eliminated her fear of death and gave her profound understanding of universal love. | 5 | Ambulance | 5 | 7 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Severe head trauma with grand mal seizures and possible cardiac/respiratory arrest | Aware of ambulance interior, siren, father crying during OBE | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 0 | Heard father in ambulance | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2465 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3133 Victoria R NDE 6399 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1victoria_r_nde.html | 2005 | 2012 | F | Victoria experienced an alcohol overdose resulting in clinical death outside a casino in downtown Nanaimo. She fell unconscious with no vitals - no breathing, heartbeat, or pulse. During this time, she had an out-of-body experience where she found herself in a phone booth with her sister who was calling Emergency Medical Services. She tried desperately to communicate with her sister, attempting to calm her down and tell her she was fine and happy, but her sister could not see or hear her. Victoria could observe her sister crying, looking out at passing cars, and continuing the emergency call. She saw the mall clock, heard her sister talking to 911, and observed cars driving by. When someone screamed "She's turning blue!" Victoria suddenly became aware they were talking about her body on the sidewalk. She felt herself being sucked back toward her body. The experience left her feeling calm and unconcerned during the OBE, though frustrated when unable to communicate. Afterward, she developed increased interest in topics of death and the afterlife. | 5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Alcohol overdose with clinical death documented - no vitals, not breathing, no heartbeat, no pulse | Specific observations of sister in phone booth, mall clock, cars passing, hearing 911 call - multiple specific details but no verification | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed sister in phone booth calling 911 | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2466 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3212 Vikash C NDE 22776 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1vikash_c_nde.html | 1991 | 2012 | M | Vikash attempted to climb his building in London after being locked out of his flat. While trying to reach a first-floor balcony from atop a five-foot iron railing with spikes, the cast iron balcony broke off in his hand. He fell backwards, turning to his front mid-fall, and landed left side down on the railing which pierced through his clothing and ribs, breaking them and missing his heart by one inch. He stopped breathing immediately after pushing himself off the railing. During this critical moment, he experienced an out-of-body perspective where he found himself on top of a building across the road, looking down at his own body like a bird from the roof. He had the distinct thought that it wasn't his time to go yet. Suddenly, he woke up in the hospital, saved by passing paramedics who had been flagged down by bystanders. The experience included bright vision, strong emotions of confusion, a sense of understanding everything about the universe, and his past flashing before him. He felt he came to a barrier he was not permitted to cross and was sent back. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe trauma with impalement injury, broken ribs, missed heart by 1 inch, stopped breathing | Out-of-body observation from across the street on rooftop, but no specific verifiable details provided | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw himself from building across the street | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2467 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2945 William E NDE 6182 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1william_e_nde_6182.html | 1981 | 2012 | 21 | M | William had just turned 21 and was preparing freebase cocaine in his college apartment with two friends when he overdosed after smoking. After lighting the pipe, his next memory was being in a place of the most comfortable warmth, bright warmth, and perfect peace imaginable. He felt no fear and knew he was somewhere special, far from where he should be, but didn't care. He experienced a protective presence pouring warmth into him and felt at one with this presence. He didn't want to return to this world and became angry when starting to wake up. His friends reported that after smoking, he passed out, fell hard to the ground, stopped breathing and had no pulse. Paramedics injected adrenaline directly into his heart but he remained unconscious for quite some time before waking in the hospital. The nurse told him he had almost died. William gained special knowledge during the experience but forgot the details upon waking, though retained the understanding that death should not be feared. He experienced mystical light, an unearthly peaceful realm, incredible joy and peace, harmony with the universe, a definite mystical being or presence, and information about God's protective, warm presence. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest explicitly stated - stopped breathing and had no pulse, adrenaline injected into heart | General spiritual experiences of warmth and presence, but no specific observable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 0 | 1 | Two friends | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2468 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3045 William G NDE 16035 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1william_g_nde.html | 1897 | 2012 | M | This historical account from The Morning Record, September 21, 1897, describes William Graham, a consumptive (tuberculosis patient) living in Santa Monica, California. On Saturday night, Graham apparently died and an undertaker was called to prepare his body for burial. His grieving wife was eventually allowed into the room where she threw herself upon his body, straining it to her breast and desperately calling for him to come back. After several minutes of her crying and pleading, observers noticed a slight shudder run through Graham's body. Restoratives and massage were applied, and within an hour Graham was able to speak. Graham described leaving this life and journeying into another country with a beautiful road lined with stately trees and music in the air. His deceased father came along the pathway to meet him, and they had a greeting and conversation. He then felt torn away and called back to his worn, aching body by his wife's insistent calls. Though Graham was revived, the report notes he could not last more than a few days due to his consumption. This case represents early documentation of near-death experience phenomena including otherworldly journey, deceased relatives, and revival through loved one's calling. | 6 | Home | 3 | 7 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 10 | Apparent death from consumption (tuberculosis), body prepared by undertaker | Specific details about beautiful road, trees, music, meeting deceased father | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 1 | Journey to another realm and meeting deceased father | 0.00 | Wife and undertaker | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 2469 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3054 William W NDE 6292 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1william_w_nde_6292.html | 1985 | 2012 | M | William was at a California beach with his family during summer 1985. While his family was eating at a picnic area, he walked alone to the beach and entered the murky, kelp-filled water. After wading waist-deep, he turned to check if his mother was watching when large waves repeatedly slammed his face into the sandy bottom, knocking the wind out of him. In full panic with thoughts of death, he suddenly felt very peaceful and calm, hearing a loving male inner voice say "relax and let go." He accepted his situation, feeling he could never truly die because he had always existed and always would. He experienced being in a quiet, still place like a womb filled with amniotic fluid and pure love, where time didn't exist. He felt safer than ever before in his life and told the presence he wasn't scared anymore and was ready, accepting he'd never see his children again. Suddenly he popped up about 30 yards north of where he entered the ocean, coughing and possibly vomiting, with his face scratched and swollen from the sandy impacts. The experience profoundly changed his perception of the universe, though he didn't tell anyone until adulthood. He gained understanding that God exists as pure love energy, that we are all one entity, and that death should not be feared. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Near-drowning with loss of consciousness, taking in water through mouth and nose | Specific detail of emerging 30 yards north of entry point, face injuries confirmed by family | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 0 | Emerged far from where he went under | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2470 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2989 Winnie J NDE 6231 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1winnie_j_nde.html | 1979 | 2012 | F | Winnie had taken a late morning nap and was dusting in her bedroom when she hit her left elbow, experiencing funny bone pain and dizziness. She passed out and hit the left side of her face near her eye, shattering the bones. Initially, she felt she was continuing to dust, but then found herself flying through a dark night sky filled with beautiful, shining stars. She felt a cool breeze and was aware of beings beside her at both elbows, though she never looked at them, feeling trusting. She moved quickly and found herself above a bright, pleasant courtyard with pillars and a dazzling white crystal floor that shimmered. She observed many people in white and colors hurrying in one direction as if to a meeting. Her eight-year-old son's voice interrupted, shaking her and asking if she was sleeping. She realized she wasn't breathing and would die if she couldn't breathe again. Unable to expand her lungs, she tried contracting them instead, which worked. Her husband found her with her head slightly caved in and took her to the hospital for surgery. The doctor said the spot she hit could easily have resulted in death and she had a concussion. The experience left her feeling peaceful, trusting, and not afraid, with heightened appreciation for beauty. | 5 | Home | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Head injury with stopped breathing, bones shattered, concussion, near-fatal impact location | General otherworldly visions but no verifiable earthly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2471 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 2942 Yolanda W NDE 16017 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1yolanda_w_nde.html | 2010 | 2012 | 23 | F | Yolanda was 23 years old when she went to a Tennessee emergency room with pneumonia that was killing her. Her lungs were so full that staff said she shouldn't have been able to walk through the doors and should have been dead. She went in and out of consciousness, managing to give her husband her church's phone number to call her mother - oddly knowing a number she had never called before. When her mother arrived and said they were hooking her up to a breathing machine, Yolanda could only shake her head no before losing consciousness. She then found herself in complete darkness but heard a kind, comforting, loving male voice that seemed to wrap its arms around her, telling her she was okay and everything would be all right. The voice never specified if she would live or die. She felt at peace, comfortable, safer than ever before in her life, and happier than she had ever been. She told the voice she wasn't scared anymore and was ready, accepting she'd never see her babies again, knowing they would be watched over. Four days later she woke up crying, unsure if from happiness or from losing that feeling of safety and pure peace. She describes it as the most wonderful experience of her life. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 2 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe pneumonia with respiratory failure, unconscious for 4 days, on breathing machine | Only subjective spiritual experience in darkness, no verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2472 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3160 Zachary G NDE 6433 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1zachary_g_nde.html | 2001 | 2012 | M | On Thanksgiving evening 2001, Zachary came home and had some vodka before being suddenly attacked in his living room. He was punched three times in the head while hearing "F*%k You Die" and felt his body being rolled before falling unconscious. His attacker threw him off a third-story balcony. He woke up in the trauma emergency room as a Level 1 trauma victim with morphine and saline drips. After moving to a regular room and flushing out painkillers, he remembered his NDE. He spontaneously appeared without a body in a formless place with beings of pure consciousness melding together. These beings communicated through direct intuition, not thought, conveying that he wasn't supposed to be there yet and needed to go back. When he wondered why, they communicated "Everything will be all right" and showed him through direct knowledge that he was needed on Earth to do something. They revealed the next part of his life up until spring 2013. He experienced extreme equanimity and felt more balanced than ever before. The experience matched the sixth jhana level (realm of infinite consciousness) from his later Buddhist practice. He converted from Catholicism to Buddhism after the experience and gained understanding about karma and the nature of consciousness. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Criminal attack with Level 1 trauma, thrown from third-story balcony | Formless realm experience with no verifiable earthly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 0 | 0 | Incompatible | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2473 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3351 Alan G NDE 6730 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1alan_g_nde.html | 2012 | 2013 | M | Alan experienced a heart attack at home and was taken to the hospital by ambulance for emergency surgery. During the period between the ambulance trip and being transferred to the cardiac ward following surgery, he found himself sitting on a bench in a wonderful, warm, and comforting place surrounded by light fog. An old man approached him who appeared elderly but felt younger, and Alan immediately felt he had known this person all his life despite not recognizing him. They sat together and talked for what seemed like hours about Alan's entire life - from childhood through his mid-twenties when he married, including many childhood memories Alan didn't consciously remember, through his thirty-plus years of marriage and the death of his wife three years prior. The major feeling throughout was unconditional love from this old friend, with no judgment when discussing his past life. Alan felt incredible peace, joy, and a sense of unity with the world. Since the experience, the same "friend" has visited him twice more at home, about a month apart. Alan now attends a Spiritualism Church, has become more compassionate toward others, spends considerable time helping others socially and financially, and no longer fears death. | 2 | Hospital | 7 | 5 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Heart attack explicitly mentioned, emergency surgery performed | Limited specific observations - mainly subjective experience with old man figure | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 0 | Encountered unknown old man who knew entire life history | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2474 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3483 Alice NDE 5454 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1alice_nde.html | 2006 | 2013 | F | During an 8-hour brain surgery to remove a cavernous angioma from her right frontal lobe, Alice experienced entering into a marvelous light that emitted warmth and profound peace. In this otherworldly realm, she encountered Jesus sitting against an immense tree. She described His face as beautiful "like no other you see on earth." During this encounter, Jesus touched her hand, and Alice thought she would die because He was taking her with Him. Instead, the surgery was successful and she recovered. Alice only shared this experience with her mother a year and a half after the surgery. Following the NDE, Alice developed heightened mediumistic abilities, including the ability to see and communicate with spirits using telepathy. She also gained precognitive abilities - she would know things that would occur in the future, could sense if people were sincere or suffering from illness, and became very sensitive toward people who suffered emotionally. The experience strengthened her belief in God and life after death. Alice's mother is reporting this account as Alice is no longer living. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Brain surgery with 8-hour duration under general anesthesia | Encounter with Jesus, specific description of His appearance, touching of hand | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw Jesus sitting against immense tree | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2475 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3314 Annette Q NDE 6672 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1annette_q_nde.html | 1986 | 2013 | F | Annette was hospitalized with tetanus after cutting her finger while taking plant cuttings. After receiving medication to initiate bowel action following isolation, she experienced severe convulsions and seizures. In the operating room, she went into total cardiac arrest. Medical staff shocked her three times trying to restart her heart while monitors showed no movement. During this time, Annette had an out-of-body experience, watching the medical team from above. She observed the doctor leave the operating room to inform her husband that "it was all over." While clinically dead, she experienced being surrounded by pure white light and feeling indescribable unconditional love and peace. She felt engulfed in a vastness of peace and love that was beyond words. Despite wanting to remain in this blissful state, she asked God (an awesome presence surrounding her) to let her return, saying her one-year-old baby and two other daughters needed her. She awoke a week later in intensive care in a different town. Her husband later confirmed the doctor had told him she was dead, though there was then commotion in the OR and he was told it was equipment malfunction. The experience eliminated her fear of death and changed her values, making her realize possessions don't matter - only time with children, teaching unconditional love, and accepting differences matters. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest explicitly stated with monitoring, shocked 3 times in OR | OBE with specific observation of doctor leaving to tell husband, verified details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 1 | Watched medical team from above during cardiac arrest | 1.00 | Husband | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2476 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3541 Annie V NDE 7032 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1annie_v_nde.html | 1971 | 2013 | 15 | F | At age fifteen, Annie attempted suicide by taking multiple medications simultaneously. According to her doctor and mother, she was clinically dead for five minutes. During this time, she experienced floating through a dark tunnel that seemed alive with circles and pale-bluish fog. She felt incredible happiness, love, and peace, along with a sense of possessing knowledge about everything. At the end of the tunnel was a very bright white light that didn't hurt her eyes. To the left of the light, illuminated by it, were several people waving to her in a happy, welcoming way. She suddenly felt herself being sucked back. Upon awakening in the hospital with her mother at her bedside, Annie was angry to be back despite loving her mother. She initially told only her best friend, presenting it as a dream to avoid seeming crazy. Years later in 1976, a friend gave her Raymond Moody's "Life After Life," and Annie realized her experience matched other NDEs. She remembers having clearer vision, exceptional hearing, acute smell, and pleasant music, though details have faded over time. The experience taught her never to attempt suicide again, that we must wait for the right time to die, and that we're only here briefly. She no longer fears dying, only suffering, and wishes her loved ones would believe they'll see each other again. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinically dead for 5 minutes from overdose | Tunnel, bright light, beings waving welcome, knowledge of everything | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 0 | Beings welcoming at end of tunnel | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2477 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3264 Anthony A NDE 6602 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1anthony_a_nde.html | 2005 | 2013 | M | Anthony experienced two NDEs. First in 2005: rear-ended by loaded tractor-trailer at 65mph while stopped, he heard the crash then felt beautiful peace, contentment, happiness, warmth, and no pain. He felt held from behind by a woman while still strapped in his seatbelt, his head resting on her breast - the most wonderful feeling he'd ever had. He was unconscious several minutes and angry when awakening that the feeling was gone. Second experience three years later during cervical spine injection: after the procedure he couldn't breathe and fought to get up while staff tried holding him down. He heard a nurse say "We're losing him, get the crash cart" and "What do you mean you can't find the crash cart!?" His eyes closed and he felt incredible happiness, peace, and calm - more intense than the first experience. He saw beautiful unexplainable white light exploding from a center in many beams, with a small silhouette in the center possibly motioning to him. After hearing no voices, the light retracted like a funnel, his body gasped, and he sat up. A nurse had tears, confirming it wasn't a panic attack. The injection had seeped into his central nervous system, deadening nerves controlling his diaphragm. Since these experiences, he feels compelled to do something nice for someone daily, has no fear of death, and knows death is just another step to something beautiful. | 5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening trauma and respiratory arrest with medical emergency | Heard specific nurse statements about losing him and crash cart, saw light and being | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard medical emergency statements | 1.00 | Nurse | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2478 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3398 Anthony M NDEs 6819 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1anthony_m_nde_6819.html | 1999 | 2013 | 64 | M | Anthony had two NDEs. First at age 4 in 1939 during tonsil surgery: he floated above the operating table at about 20 feet, observing two doctors in grey surgical gowns working on his small body for about a minute before the scene faded. Second in December 1999 during colon cancer surgery when expected to die: he floated in total blackness with no body, feeling completely relaxed with no fear or joy. He became aware of a bright round light in the distance and floated toward it through what seemed like a tunnel. He heard a clear male voice speaking telepathically within him saying "We do not want him here yet. Send him back." He immediately did a U-turn and returned to the blackness. He awoke at 2am to find his wife Betty and neighbor Kevin in his room, both puzzled as they expected him to die. Whatever was causing his death vanished and he was discharged two days later. The voice's use of "yet" indicates to Anthony that he will go to heaven and must not do anything to change their mind. He has since researched NDEs extensively, developing theological views about souls, purgatory, reincarnation as "guest souls," and telepathic communication. He believes loving one another is how we love God, and has become more compassionate and careful about not hurting others. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Surgery under anesthesia for both experiences, near death in second | OBE seeing doctors in first NDE, telepathic voice and tunnel in second | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/1/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed surgery from above at age 4 | 0.00 | Betty and Kevin | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 2479 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3361 Anthony N NDE 6749 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1anthony_n_nde.html | 1983 | 2013 | M | Living in a foster group home after 74 placements in 15 months, Anthony overdosed on time-release antidepressants. After vomiting, he repeatedly found himself in a tunnel whenever he closed his eyes. A housemate alerted staff and he was taken to the hospital for charcoal treatment. He then experienced going through the tunnel and sitting on God's lap in an overstuffed chair. God appeared huge with white hair and robe, with blinding bright white light behind Him. God had His arm around tiny Anthony and communicated telepathically without moving His lips, telling him he had to come back, it wasn't his time, he had stuff to do and things to experience. Anthony felt the most intense love he's never felt before or since - completely and absolutely loved. Though he didn't want to leave, he didn't protest. He came back through the tunnel and awoke in ICU with a doctor saying they'd lost him and he'd taken enough to kill a horse. Since then, his smell and hearing are extremely sensitive, he can predict rain/snow within 5 days, has precognitive dreams, knows when someone will die, can tell when people are lying or emotionally hurting. He converted from evangelical Christian background to Judaism. The experience taught him humans are all connected and life is about experiencing love. He knows if he attempts suicide again, he'll be completely paralyzed and stuck in his body. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 15 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Overdose severe enough to kill, clinically dead per doctor | Detailed encounter with God, telepathic communication, specific appearance described | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/1/2025 | 1 | 0 | Direct encounter with God | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2480 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3402 Ashutosh S NDE 6823 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ashutosh_s_nde.html | 2011 | 2011-10-03 | 2013 | M |
Ashutosh was in his apartment when his friend Devesh playfully held his neck tight as a prank. After about thirty seconds, he collapsed and lost consciousness, remaining unresponsive for eleven minutes. During this time, Ashutosh experienced an extraordinary near-death event that profoundly changed his perspective on life and death. During his unconscious state, Ashutosh found himself in an unearthly light, experiencing a completely different realm. He could see himself age from childhood to teenager in an instant, witnessing his parents and sisters laughing and enjoying time together. He was fully embraced by a divine light and heard an unearthly voice repeatedly calling him, unlike anything he had heard before or since. The experience was characterized by overwhelming peace and a sense of being in another world entirely. The most significant veridical aspect was Ashutosh's ability to observe his childhood and family members in a panoramic life review. He saw himself at different ages simultaneously and witnessed family interactions. He also perceived an unearthly voice with a divine quality that seemed to be guiding him. These observations occurred while he was completely unconscious and unresponsive to external stimuli. Upon regaining consciousness, Ashutosh learned that Devesh and two other friends had been terrified during his unconscious state. Devesh confirmed that he had collapsed, been hit by a bicycle upon falling, and remained unresponsive even when slapped. The experience led to significant religious changes in Ashutosh's life, strengthening his belief in God and the afterlife, though he now practices a more personal form of spirituality rather than following traditional rituals. |
5 | Other | 3 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Asphyxiation from neck compression causing loss of consciousness for 11 minutes | Life review showing childhood to teenage years, divine voice experience, and perception while unconscious | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Life review from childhood to teenage years | 0.00 | Devesh and two other friends | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 2481 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3473 Atlanta NDE 6925 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1atlanta_nde.html | 1984 | 1984-04-11 | 2013 | F |
Atlanta suffered a severe accident requiring extensive medical treatment, including nine units of blood transfusion. Her leg was shattered, foot torn off, ribs and arm broken. Three days after the initial accident, while in the ICU, an unchecked pneumothorax caused her to stop breathing and her heart to cease functioning. The respiratory therapist noted her arterial blood gases were "those of an already dead person." This clinical death triggered her profound near-death experience. During her NDE, Atlanta had both an out-of-body experience and entered another realm simultaneously. She knew everything the medical team was doing, who they were, what they did, and even what they were thinking and feeling. She met her father who had died when she was three years old, someone she had never really known and wasn't expecting to see. He guided her to a place where millions of souls welcomed her with love and acceptance. She kept saying "I don't deserve to be here" but was assured she belonged. She questioned why everything felt more real than anything in life, experiencing pure consciousness without a material brain. Atlanta demonstrated remarkable veridical perception by knowing everything the medical team did during resuscitation, including their thoughts and feelings. This telepathic awareness extended to understanding the medical procedures being performed on her body. She accurately perceived the medical team's actions while clinically dead with blood gases indicating death. The medical staff later confirmed their fear and reluctance to discuss her accurate perceptions of their actions and thoughts during the resuscitation. An authoritative voice told her "NO. She is not ready" and she was "slammed" back into her pain-ridden body. She underwent thirteen surgeries over four months. Interestingly, a neurologist later used ketamine four times during her surgeries to study NDEs, but it only produced OBEs and imaginative trips, nothing like her actual NDE. The experience eliminated her suicidal thoughts and gave her a sense of life's purpose. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death with cessation of breathing and heart function, arterial blood gases of dead person | Telepathic knowledge of medical team thoughts and actions while clinically dead, accurate perceptions confirmed by staff fear | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Knew medical team thoughts and actions | 1.00 | Medical staff | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2482 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3488 Bob R NDE 6945 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bob_r_nde.html | 1955 | 2013 | M | Bob was boating with his father and friend when their boat capsized in deep water. Unable to swim and without life jackets, Bob struggled in terror before seeing a calming white fish underwater. His lungs hurt intensely until he gulped water and passed out. He then floated above the scene, observing the two men frantically searching for him and two women on shore who hadn't been there before. He felt comfortable floating despite finding it strange. Bob entered a frightening void of total blackness and silence before moving through a tunnel toward light. He emerged in a calm, warmly-lit space where two male beings in earthly clothes greeted him telepathically. They seemed like distant relatives but remained unidentified. After reviewing/experiencing information he cannot recall, one being asked if he was ready to go with them. Bob said no, wanting his mother and to return. One being looked disappointed while the other said he had more work to do. Bob suddenly saw bright sunlight through his closed eyes and found himself back in the water, held above surface by someone behind him, breathing again but wishing to return to that safe place. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drowning incident described with loss of consciousness | Out-of-body observation of father and friend searching, saw two women on shore not previously there | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw father and friend searching frantically | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2483 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3379 Bolette L NDE 5437 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bolette_l_nde.html | 1996 | 1996-02-11 | 2013 | 42 | F | Bolette experienced postpartum preeclampsia after delivering her tenth child. She was bleeding from nose, mouth, and eyes due to platelet deficiency, receiving IV platelets and hourly monitoring. While sitting in bed after breastfeeding, she felt weak and knew she would die if she lay down. Upon lying down, she calmly slipped out of her body through the back of her head, floating under the ceiling before leaving the hospital. She entered comforting darkness, then was surrounded by loving, radiant light where she met a beautiful being she recognized. Together they reviewed her life non-judgmentally through telepathy, emphasizing good deeds done from the heart. She learned about love, forgiveness, staying joyful, and being present. The being revealed her future divorce and eventual new love, showing her future partner's appearance. She visited a vibrant landscape meeting deceased grandparents and friends who looked younger and healthy. She then met soul family members she deeply knew but hadn't remembered in life, feeling overwhelming joy at the reunion. When her newborn son appeared saying "Mom, you promised to be my mother!" she was immediately propelled back to her body with immense speed and pain. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinical death from postpartum preeclampsia with severe bleeding, doctor confirmed patient was most "gone" then returned | Extensive veridical content including future divorce prediction, meeting deceased grandparents, recognizing soul family, newborn son appearing with specific message | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 3 | 1 | Future divorce prediction | 1.00 | Attending physician | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||
| 2484 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3338 Bonnie C NDE 6713 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bonnie_c_nde_6713.html | 1975 | 1975-07-21 | 2013 | F | During cesarean section, Bonnie felt intense rib pain and spinning sensations. Unable to speak despite mental calls for help and God, she suddenly left her body, observing herself in the hospital bed while pondering her dual existence. She watched the doctor rush in and argue with a nurse about losing a patient, hearing him scream "how can I do this surgery when I've just lost a patient?!" Fascinated by her fluid, silver mercury-like form poured into a corner, she matter-of-factly acknowledged her death while noting she wasn't really dead. She was sucked through a dark tunnel toward a pinprick of light, absorbing universal knowledge about physics, math, life, death, and purpose. A presence asked if she was ready to come, but she requested to return to tell her mother she was okay. She was given cryptic messages: "It's not complicated, don't make it so," "we have it all backwards - we die then live," and "stop searching for mystery when there isn't one." After agreeing to return at a definite boundary, she fell back into her body with a loud swoosh and woke to doctors screaming "He's alive, he's got a heart rate!" (though she is female). | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 12 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cesarean section under general anesthesia with complications leading to apparent death | Heard specific conversation between doctor and nurse about losing patient, observed self as silver mercury-like substance | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Doctor-nurse conversation about losing patient | 1.00 | Doctor and nurse | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2485 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3315 Brendan F NDE 6673 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1brendan_f_nde.html | 1960 | 2013 | 2 | M | At age 2.5, Brendan climbed out of his pushchair while his mother shopped, causing it to topple and striking his head on the ground. Before impact, he found himself outside his body, standing three feet away watching himself lying stationary. He observed his siblings run into the shop to fetch their mother, who threw her arms up upon seeing him and ran back for help. A shop worker in white coveralls emerged, picked him up, and bandaged his head. Throughout the experience, everything was completely silent despite seeing people's mouths moving and arms waving in panic. All vision was in silvery-gray light with no colors visible. The experience was emotionally neutral with no fear or joy. Fifty-two years later, Brendan accurately described to his brother what the shop worker had worn, shocking his brother who confirmed every detail including the white coveralls. This became his first and most vivid childhood memory, clearer than the hospital visit that followed. | 5 | Other | 3 | 15 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Direct head injury with loss of consciousness, unconscious on ground | Observed entire rescue scene, specific details of shop worker's white coveralls verified by brother 52 years later | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 3 | 1 | Complete rescue scene observation | 1.00 | Brother | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 2486 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3536 Brent H NDE 16068 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1brent_h_nde.html | 2013 | 9 | M | At age 9, Brent was influenced by a friend to take over 40 pills at once. As his stomach cramped and body warmed, he felt himself dying and shutting down. Suddenly he was in an endless open space knowing everything, with extremely heightened senses. His grandfather who died two years prior approached - younger, healthy, with perfect skin - placing his hand on Brent's shoulder saying "Grandson, it's not time to come home yet" before hugging him. Brent noticed and touched a tangible cloud-like substance he recognized as God's presence. A bright, powerful light approached with thunderous footsteps. Unable to stand from its power, Brent fell prostrate until a voice said "Open your eyes." He saw feet with holes, then nail prints in the wrists (not palms) as the figure helped him stand. The being wore a white robe whiter than earthly white, had white wool-like hair and blue eyes with flames of love. Jesus told him twice "My son, it's not time to come home yet. I have much work for you to do." Brent was pulled back into his body, waking to medical staff screaming "He's alive!" His mother later cried when he said he'd seen Grandpa and Jesus, as she'd prayed for proof her father was in heaven. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Drug overdose leading to clinical death, resuscitated by medical team | Met deceased grandfather appearing younger, saw Jesus with historically accurate wrist wounds, tangible God presence as cloud matching biblical descriptions | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Tubes everywhere | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Grandfather appearing younger and healthy | 1.00 | Doctors and nurses | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2487 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3320 Caren M NDE 6677 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1caren_m_nde_6677.html | 1993 | 2013 | F | At a relative's house, Caren accepted a drink and immediately felt dizzy, going outside before blacking out after closing the door. She found herself in a dark sky-like place unable to move or speak, standing between two hooded robed figures she sensed were Jesus and Satan fighting over her fate. Communication was telepathic and direct. A large circle appeared with unknown purpose. She felt sheer terror and extreme determination to stay. Her friend later found her at the end of the driveway by the road after initially discovering her on the uncle's cactus by the front door. The friend said "I thought you were gone." Caren cannot remember why she felt such terror or how she got to the driveway. The experience was entirely distressing with two beings in conflict over her soul's destination, though she was ultimately returned to life. | 6 | Other | 1 | 4 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Uncertain life-threatening event, friend thought she was gone | Observed two hooded beings fighting over her fate, telepathic communication | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 1 | 0 | Two hooded beings in conflict | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2488 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3412 Carl S NDE 6839 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1carl_s_nde.html | 1982 | 2013 | 15 | M | At age 15, Carl drank excessively at a party and passed out. Someone poured straight vodka into his mouth while unconscious, causing him to stop breathing multiple times. He required a blood transfusion at the hospital. While unconscious, Carl found himself in a black void, completely conscious and more aware than ever before, existing without his body. The void was total blackness and silence with no floor, walls, or light. He felt like falling without wind or other sensations, experiencing complete aloneness and disconnection. He reflected on his life through inner dialogue without images. The experience was pure thought without sensory distraction. Time seemed meaningless in this state. He suddenly returned when a doctor said he was lucky, going from complete consciousness to confusion. The void experience left him with extreme sadness, fear of death, and emotional difficulty even thinking about it. He describes feeling more real during the void than sitting at his computer today. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Alcohol poisoning with respiratory arrest requiring blood transfusion | Void experience with heightened consciousness but no veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2489 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3493 Carla S NDE 6956 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1carla_s_nde.html | 2006 | 2006-10-20 | 2013 | F | After black mold exposure causing repeated emergency episodes, Carla's heart stopped multiple times requiring defibrillation. During the third episode, she experienced being in a darkened tunnel similar to NYC underground tunnels, 75 feet high and 30 feet across, with groups and individuals walking past in shades of gray. A 1940s gangster-type man with white-wall haircut glared at her hostilely. The tunnel ceiling filled with ethereal butter-yellow light from ahead. She then was in a pitch-black room struggling with at least two unseen beings about staying in her body. She fought to remain, reciting a Catholic exorcism incantation her therapist taught her. She returned shouting the incantation as paramedics, fire crew, and police stood speechless, about to declare her dead. The paramedics said she went from silence to shouting a prayer with blue flame and sword references, making her revival legendary among crews. The doctor confirmed she was the most "gone" patient who returned. She recognized the tunnel from photos she later saw, having never seen them before. | 2 | Home | 10 | 10 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Multiple cardiac arrests requiring defibrillation on three occasions, clinically dead | Tunnel exactly matching NYC underground photos never seen before, shouted incantation heard by all medical personnel | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Tunnel matching NYC underground | 1.00 | Paramedics, fire rescue crew, Delta Squad police, fire chief | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2490 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3500 Carol G NDE 22889 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1carol_g_nde.html | 2012 | December 10, 2012 | 2013 | F | Carol G experienced a near-death event when she slipped on ice in a parking lot and suffered a severe head injury. As she fell, everything went into slow motion, and she could hear her hair swishing back. She tried to control the fall using judo techniques but could not prevent hitting her head. Upon impact, she had an out-of-body experience where she saw herself from outside her body. From her elevated perspective, she observed her body falling and said aloud "that's Carol" in multiple whispered voices, both male and female. She saw extreme brightness despite it being a dark, snowy day, with a building appearing in total blackness in her peripheral vision. She felt herself rush to help the falling person when she was suddenly back inside her body, feeling the pain of two separate impacts to her head. She thanked God for not letting it hit the same place twice. The experience left her with lasting effects including sensitivity to light, diminished taste and smell, and the profound knowledge that consciousness survives bodily death. She now tells people "The body dies, you don't" and believes Earth may be Hades. Despite surviving, she reports preferring sleep to being awake and feeling abandoned by family who were previously supportive. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Head trauma from fall on ice with loss of consciousness | Out-of-body experience with observation of own body falling, multiple voices heard | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw own body falling from outside perspective | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2491 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3243 Carol V NDE 6567 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1carol_v_nde.html | 1963 | January 6, 1963 | 2013 | 12 | F | At age twelve, Carol V froze to death when her family returned to a house without heat or electricity during an ice storm. The temperature inside was below freezing, and she developed severe hypothermia. Her spirit left her body, traveling up through the ceiling and roof, continuing through time, space, and void toward a light. During this journey, she experienced a comprehensive life review. Her deceased grandfather greeted her on the other side, where she encountered numerous souls, entities, light beings, and angels. She visited multiple realms unlike anything in human context and recognized great masters including Buddha and Krishna. She experienced light beings who were pure knowledge, providing answers to all universal questions. She encountered Christ and ultimately experienced the God Consciousness - total, complete, and perfect light, love, and joy. She understood how all beings are part of God's resonance. She was told it was not her time and was given information and a mission before being sent back against her protests. Upon return, gravity was the most painful part. She awoke to find her sister crying, who confirmed she had stopped breathing and appeared lifeless. The experience fundamentally changed her religious understanding, leading her to believe organized Christianity misrepresents Christ's teachings and that multiple paths to the divine exist. | 5 | Home | 10 | 16 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Froze to death from hypothermia, stopped breathing, appeared lifeless | Extensive otherworldly experiences, met deceased grandfather, universal knowledge gained | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 3 | 1 | Traveled through house structure | 0.00 | Sister | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||
| 2492 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3333 Catherine NDE 6697 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1catherine_nde.html | 1993 | October 1993 | 2013 | F | Catherine was in a nightclub when a strobe light triggered a sudden collapse. She lost balance, fell unconscious for about ten minutes, yet remained aware as a different consciousness separate from her everyday persona. In complete terror and resistance, she traveled through a long dark tunnel at lightning speeds, arriving at an infinite space that was simultaneously blindingly white and utterly dark with absolute silence. She observed a nebulous object spinning insanely in the distance, which she understood to be her mind - perceiving it as mutated, deranged, and horrifying. She felt no sense of "Catherine" while in this realm. After what seemed an interminable time in pure fear, she heard an internal voice telling her to choose whether to return or continue, understanding there would be no coming back if she went on. She chose to return, finding it incredibly difficult like wading through half-set concrete. She re-entered her body while choking in the nightclub. She was totally blind for 45 minutes with vision slowly returning over ten hours. Hospital tests found nothing wrong. The terror persisted for days. Years later, she interpreted this as showing we are not our minds, aligning with Buddhist teachings, though the experience lacked the typical bliss and wisdom of most NDEs. | 6 | Other | 3 | 12 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Unconscious for 10 minutes, cause unknown despite hospital tests | Experienced separate consciousness, observed own mind as external object, choice to return | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed own mind as external object | 0.00 | Husband | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 2493 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3322 Chad C NDE 6679 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1chad_c_nde.html | 2008 | August 2008 | 2013 | M | Chad C experienced cardiac arrest after feeling heart palpitations following a nap. His heart beat fast, then slowed to half normal tempo, then stopped completely. He was dead before hitting the floor, with no memory of falling. He found himself moving forward through darkness, unsure if floating or walking, approaching a unique light ahead that didn't brighten its surroundings. He felt he was approaching a cliff edge with many silhouetted people beyond it, shoulder to shoulder, with the light behind them. He sensed these were trying to tell him to go back, though he couldn't see them clearly. He remembered something about his grandmother who passed in 1999, unsure if she was present. Without making a conscious decision, the group got further away and he began sensing his body again as if in two places at once. The darkness faded as he returned to his body, awakening on the floor unable to move with labored breathing. After gaining strength, he crawled to call an ambulance. Paramedics found him with wildly fluctuating blood pressure and heart in fibrillation. After 2-3 hours in the hospital, his heart began beating regularly. He stayed under observation for two days. The experience had no significant impact on his beliefs or fear of death. | 2 | Home | 10 | 10 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest with heart stopping completely, later confirmed fibrillation | Movement through darkness to light, encounter with group of beings at boundary | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw unique light and silhouetted beings | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 2494 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3418 Charles P NDE 6847 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1charles_p_nde_6847.html | 1968 | July 13, 1969 | 2013 | 21 | M | Charles P, age 21, was canoeing with his friend Robert on the Gatineau River in Ontario when their canoe tipped in violent rapids. Robert drowned trying to swim directly to shore. Charles was pulled into the rapids for over a mile, repeatedly underwater, losing air and swallowing water. As hypothermia and exhaustion set in, a white light struck his forehead, sending energy through his body twice. All past experiences and people flowed through his consciousness as he rose out of the water into the sky. Enveloped in white light of peace and calm, he saw his body floating head-down below while scanning the beautiful landscape. He had a vision of a Vermont hillside from his youth. He consciously chose to return to life despite its difficulties, deciding to honor Robert's lost life by becoming an artist working with clay. The white light diminished and he returned to his body in the river. Later, a log impossibly steered toward him against physics, saving his life. Years later, the surgeon who treated him confirmed he had died during the experience. Charles became a renowned ceramic artist, pioneering many techniques, teaching at a university, and honoring Robert every July 13th since 1968. | 5 | Other | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Near-drowning with hypothermia and exhaustion, loss of consciousness | Out-of-body view of scene, impossible log movement defying physics, life review | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw body floating in river from above | 0.00 | Doctor W (surgeon) | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 2495 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3242 Claire B NDE 6564 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1claire_b_nde.html | 2010 | 06/20/2010 | 2013 | F | Claire B attempted suicide with pills and alcohol, hiking into mountains where she was found unconscious 18 hours later. During her coma, she heard hospital alarms and a nurse yelling "She's crashing again!" before finding herself in a strange, unearthly city with three beautiful young women as guides. They took her to a white building where a man transformed her into a beautiful woman through hand movements. She then saw a busy city with many happy people traveling in groups, but noticed her stepbrother who had committed suicide years earlier, sitting alone and unhappy. Her guides told her not to disturb him and could go no further. A man in grey appeared twice, teaching her she could travel by will alone after her car kept breaking down on an elevated freeway. She was found with stopped breathing, unreadable vitals, dislocated hip, pneumonia in both lungs, kidney failure, and was comatose for three days. Doctors said she would likely die or be vegetative. Her sister, a police officer, found defensive wounds suggesting assault. The experience changed her from atheist to considering consciousness survival after death. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Multiple organ failure, stopped breathing repeatedly, comatose | Heard nurse say "She's crashing again", encountered deceased stepbrother | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 4 | 1 | Heard hospital alarm and nurse | 1.00 | Medical team | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2496 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3496 Clarice F NDE 6950 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1clarice_f_nde.html | 1983 | 2013 | 33 | F | Clarice F attempted suicide at age 33 and observed medical staff working on her body from above, noting they were using aspiration equipment incorrectly against her breathing rhythm. She traveled through horizontal sliding slits opening to different worlds, each with unique codes, likening it to an immense oblong onion with successive skins representing all possible tendencies of life. This realization that she was part of every world caused vertigo. She then entered a tunnel leading to a unique, appeasing light where a compassionate presence showed her life in flashes, revealing that her suicide over passionate love was absurd. The presence viewed her life with the kindness of a generous grandmother toward a clumsy infant - touching, beautiful, and perfect despite her perception of it as unworthy. She realized her mistake was not having the right perspective on her life. The experience gave her "the spirit of the beginner" and showed her life's true beauty. She later converted from secular to Buddhist beliefs, experiencing complete transformation from fearful and uncompassionate to fearless and greatly compassionate. The life review focused on emotional moments she couldn't manage rather than professional or social achievements. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 12 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening suicide attempt requiring medical intervention | Observed medical procedures from above, experienced multiple otherworldly realms | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed medical procedures from above | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 2497 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3489 Claud H NDE 6947 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1claud_h_nde.html | 1986 | June 20, 1986 | 2013 | M | Claud H suffered from a burst appendix that had ruptured behind his colon more than 24 hours before diagnosis, causing peritonitis. During emergency surgery, he found himself observing the operating room from above, clearly hearing machinery and conversation. When the surgeon said "I lost him, I lost him," he was surrounded by extreme non-blinding white light filled with indescribable love. He sensed others present who were happy and loving, with instant mind-to-mind communication, though he couldn't see them through the light. His grandfather Juan's hands emerged from the light - hands he recognized from childhood. Grandfather Juan, the only person who called him "Claudie," told him he was loved but it wasn't his time and must go back, promising they'd see each other again soon. He protested wanting to stay but was awakened by a nurse. The surgery lasted hours cleaning infection throughout his internal organs. After nine days hospitalized, he begged for release, confessing to the surgeon he knew he had died. Five years later, the surgeon recognized him in a restaurant and confirmed to his companion this was the patient who died and whose grandfather sent him back. The warmth and smell of his grandfather remain with him over 25 years later. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest during surgery for burst appendix with peritonitis | Observed OR scene from above, heard surgeon say "I lost him", met deceased grandfather | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed surgery from above | 1.00 | Doctor W (surgeon) | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 2498 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3341 Clyde S NDE 6716 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1clyde_s_nde.html | 1994 | 2013 | M | Clyde was participating in a medieval reenactment wearing knight's armor in extreme heat (110F). After fighting for about fifteen minutes, he became light-headed and collapsed. He experienced clinical death with no pulse, breathing, or heartbeat for three to four minutes according to a doctor present. During this time, he found himself walking along a lavender-colored path and hall filled with lavender fog. He saw people waving and smiling at him from within the fog, though he didn't recognize them. He entered a glade surrounded by forest, all bathed in lavender light. A woman in a lavender gown approached him, placed her hand on his forehead, and gently pushed him back. He then woke up in his body being resuscitated. Later he realized the woman may have been his adopted mother who had been buried in a lavender gown. The experience left him without fear of death and looking forward to the afterlife. | 5 | Other | 5 | 1 | 6 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Heat exhaustion leading to clinical death, no pulse/breathing/heartbeat for 3-4 minutes | No specific veridical observations reported, only subjective experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2499 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3282 Colleen J NDE 6624 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1colleen_j_nde.html | 1975 | 2013 | 4 | F | Four-year-old Colleen underwent surgery to remove a tumor from behind her right eye and died twice clinically during the procedure. She has burn marks on the base of her spine from electrical resuscitation. Though she has no direct recall of the death during surgery, she was haunted afterward by memories and images she tried to capture in drawings. She experienced a tunnel of bright, colorful light and knew with certainty that she could not take her body through it. She called the place "home" and felt homesick for it for the next twenty years. Upon returning, she looked at her hands and felt strange in her own body compared to the expanded peace and awareness she had experienced. When her mother drove her home from the hospital, she felt sad that their house was not her real home. The experience left her with deep questions, intuitive abilities that surfaced at age seven, and a passion for seeking wisdom and truth. Her homesickness eventually lifted in her twenties when she realized "home" was not some other place but was accessible like another radio station. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 1 | 8 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Surgery to remove tumor, died twice clinically, electrical resuscitation used | No specific veridical observations, only tunnel of light and feeling of home | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/2/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2500 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3234 Colleen R NDE 22787 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1colleen_r_nde.html | 2012 | 2012-03-20 | 2013 | F | Colleen was ejected from a moving truck and run over, with the tire crushing her head and peeling off nearly half her face and ear. She experienced the pressure of the tire on her head, felt it burst at the top, and was aware of her ear hanging by a string of flesh. Her friend drove her to the hospital, running red lights to save her life. She died during the drive and found herself at her deceased father's house with her mother, uncle, and best friend who had all passed away. Her father, who had died the year before, appeared to glow and looked beautiful but sad. When she said she wanted to stay, he told her she couldn't and asked her to think of her seven children growing up without her. He reminded her of how she had struggled when he died when she was thirty. She decided to return for her children's sake and woke up when doctors shocked her with defibrillation paddles. The doctor confirmed she had been clinically dead for three to four minutes with no pulse, breathing, or heartbeat. Since the accident, the nine months following have been the best time of her life as she pursues her dreams and lives purposefully. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe trauma with clinical death for 3-4 minutes, no pulse/breathing/heartbeat | Saw deceased relatives but no earthly veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw deceased father and other relatives | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2501 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3528 Connie C NDE 7004 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1connie_c_nde.html | 2010 | 2010-10 | 2013 | 42 | F | Connie, 42 years old and pregnant with a baby with Down syndrome, underwent an emergency Cesarean section when the baby's heart began struggling. During surgery preparation, the anesthesia went wrong - she realized she couldn't breathe but no one noticed, and she passed out. Her heart stopped for more than a minute and her eyes went to a blank stare. Medical staff prepared defibrillation paddles thinking she would die. During this time, she found herself facing a row of familiar people, though she cannot remember their faces. They talked for what seemed like a very long time about intensely interesting subjects. Then the people began smiling and waving goodbye. The scene suddenly changed, the people disappeared, and she remembered she was having a baby. The doctors had already begun delivering the baby, thinking he might suffer if she didn't survive. The experience left her with knowledge that she has friends "somewhere else" who know about her and came to talk to her that day, providing comfort during her isolated and difficult life with a distant husband. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 1 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest for over a minute during C-section, blank stare, resuscitation prepared | No veridical observations, only conversation with unidentified beings | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/2/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2502 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3344 Connie F NDE 6719 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1connie_f_nde.html | 1989 | 2013 | F | Connie, experimenting with heroin, received an accidental overdose from her boyfriend. She immediately felt overwhelmed and lost consciousness. Her boyfriend found her not breathing and grey in color, then performed CPR to revive her. During the experience, she found herself in complete darkness - not just absence of light but absolute nothingness. She looked around hoping to find light or a loving presence but found nothing. The realization that there was no light at the end of the tunnel and that she was absolutely alone filled her with unprecedented fear and panic. After being revived, she was confused and made to walk around to avoid passing out again. She later reasoned that even in the nothingness, there was still a "me" who was aware. The experience left her with deep fear of death and contributed to deeper drug use initially, though she eventually got clean in her late twenties and began practicing yoga. She became a Buddhist student seeking to reconcile the terrifying void experience with spiritual beliefs. | 2 | Home | 10 | 1 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drug overdose causing respiratory/cardiac arrest, CPR required for revival | No veridical observations, only experience of void/darkness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2503 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3293 Corey L NDE 6639 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1corey_l_nde.html | 2007 | 2007-06-23 | 2013 | 10 | M | Ten-year-old Corey drowned while swimming and had no heartbeat for fifty-five minutes before being resuscitated. He saw his life flash before his eyes, then found himself in a bright room filled with his favorite toys. He encountered his recently deceased grandparents (grandmother died 3.5 months prior, grandfather 9 months prior) who asked what he was doing there and said he shouldn't be there. He walked through a giant bright mansion and met deceased relatives including Uncle James (died 3 years prior), great-grandparents, and Great Aunt Helen who got up from her wheelchair to hug him. They all told him to return and live differently, caring more about schoolwork. He then saw Jesus in a white robe whose presence felt warm and loving, telling him to return to the living. Finally, God appeared as a bright female figure like the sun with rays of love, who hugged him before he returned. Upon waking, he told his mother he had seen himself underwater and described his position accurately, saw her performing CPR, and saw his siblings watching from the beach - details his mother confirmed but had not told anyone. | 2 | Other | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Drowning with cardiac arrest for 55 minutes - extraordinarily long clinical death | Accurately described underwater position and CPR details mother had not shared with anyone | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw self underwater and described position | 1.00 | Mother | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||
| 2504 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3455 CT NDE 6901 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ct_nde.html | 1969 | 1969-02-15 | 2013 | F | CT developed pulmonary emboli after gallbladder surgery. The night the clots moved, she experienced a life-threatening event. She recalls entering a dark tunnel with a bright light at the end. She spoke to someone she could not see, saying "I am not ready yet. I have three kids to bring up." She had three children under four years old at the time, and believes her determination to care for them saved her life. She was not afraid and her body was not stressed. Though she cannot recall if she used actual words or thoughts, she clearly communicated with an unseen presence. The bright light did not hurt her eyes, and she found herself in a peaceful, quiet place. The experience gave her lasting assurance that heaven exists and that we don't pass from this life alone. She has never forgotten making the choice to live and maintains moderate religious faith as a Catholic who taught Sunday school for six years. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 1 | 6 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Pulmonary emboli after surgery, life-threatening but clinical death not confirmed | No veridical observations, only tunnel and light experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2505 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3549 Danee C NDE 7048 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1danee_c_nde.html | 2013 | 2013-02 | 2013 | F | Danee experienced an air embolism during plasmapheresis catheter removal when staff failed to properly cover the insertion site, causing air to reach her heart, lungs, and brain. She felt bubbles in her chest, told her husband "I just want to die" (though she meant to say "I feel like I'm dying conscious"), had seizures, and died clinically. She was strapped down, sedated, and intubated. During death, she experienced complete darkness that was profoundly peaceful beyond description. She was aware of her soul being free from her body, with no earthly concept of time - it felt both momentary and eternal. She became aware of her children, then received the message "everything is as it should be" as if reading someone's thoughts. She felt complete peace she never knew existed. Upon returning, she saw herself from above - strapped down, intubated, and swollen - and observed ICU staff and patients unaware of her presence. She then "blinked" back into her body. The experience eliminated her fear of death and brought lasting peace, with her now "walking in love" with increased compassion and awareness that God loves everyone unconditionally. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Air embolism causing cardiac arrest, clinical death requiring CPR and intubation | Observed self strapped down and intubated, saw ICU activity | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw self and ICU environment from above | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2506 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3497 Daniela NDE 6941 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1daniela_nde.html | 2013 | 2013-08-04 | 2013 | F |
Daniela woke with severe lower abdominal pain that intensified until she could barely stand. Upon getting up to use the bathroom, she experienced dizziness, hot and cold sweating, and became pale as paper. Her vision became fuzzy, hearing reduced to buzzing, and she felt extremely weak with no strength. As her parents tried to help her, Daniela suddenly experienced an out-of-body perspective. She saw herself, the entire situation, and heard everything happening from outside her physical body. Everything then went black before she saw a bright white light that attracted her. She heard murmurs and thought "This is it" before letting herself fall into her father's arms. During these moments, she initially felt anguish and fear, but when she left her body, she felt tranquil and pleasant. The out-of-body observation included seeing herself in the bathroom with her parents holding her to prevent her from falling. She heard them saying "She is falling, I can't hold her" and felt their anguish. She witnessed the entire scene from an external perspective before encountering the bright white light. When Daniela regained consciousness, she was lying on the floor with very low blood pressure. She slowly recovered, though medical studies found nothing to explain the event. The experience transformed her fear of death, reducing it from great fear to only slight fear. |
5 | Home | 3 | 4 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe medical crisis with loss of consciousness and very low blood pressure documented | Out-of-body observation of self and parents, heard their comments about her falling | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw herself and parents from outside body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 2507 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3268 Darlene M NDE 6579 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1darlene_m_nde.html | 1977 | 1977-04-20 | 2013 | 23 | F |
After eighteen hours of difficult labor, Darlene was given anesthesia through a mask for a forceps delivery. Both she and the baby were in distress, with the baby being strangled by the umbilical cord. As the anesthesia took effect, she experienced falling backwards while simultaneously falling forward toward a point between her eyes. She traveled down a dark tunnel hearing a strident ringing that was paradoxically both loud and silent. At the tunnel's end, she saw a rapidly approaching luminous point and knew that crossing into the light meant death. Despite this knowledge, she felt total happiness and excitement, repeatedly thinking "This is it! I'm going home!" She remembered having this same experience during a childhood hemorrhage after a tonsillectomy at age eight, understanding why she had always felt she was dreaming and didn't belong to this world. At the tunnel's end, she encountered a doorstep with indescribable light composed of pure love, which she recognized as "light from the fire of God." Formless beings of love were present who communicated without words. When she tried to enter, she heard/felt "Go back, for you have not yet done what you had to do." After insisting on entering, she felt taken by the shoulders, turned around, and pushed back. The phrase "What have you done with your talents?" remained constantly in her mind. Upon returning, she felt the weight of her physical body and oppressive grey haze, hearing the midwife shouting "Breathe! Good God, Breathe!" The experience transformed her life, leading her to restart her music career, become a visual artist and writer, believing art bridges the world beyond light with this material world. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Surgery with general anesthesia for difficult childbirth, both mother and baby in distress | Specific childhood NDE memory recalled, unique description of paradoxical sound, detailed light encounter | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Remembered childhood NDE during tonsillectomy | 1.00 | Parents | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 2508 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3240 David NDE 6562 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1david_nde_6562.html | 2011 | 2011-07-18 | 2013 | 18 | M |
David, an eighteen-year-old atheist and physical anthropology student, experienced cardiac arrest while watching television. He had been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat earlier in life. When intense chest pain struck, he felt his heart stop beating and experienced blackness. Despite his devout atheist beliefs and anger at God for his suffering as a homosexual from an abusive family, his experience would profoundly transform his worldview. Suddenly, David found himself looking at his own body with detachment, viewing it as an empty vessel. He noticed he no longer needed glasses and his Tourette's Syndrome had disappeared. He turned toward a warm light and entered a beautiful sunny garden where everything was alive. There he encountered his friend Stephen, who had died at fifteen from an aneurysm. Stephen appeared healthy and real, not like the body David had seen in the casket. Through telepathic communication, Stephen showed David his death experience - falling in the bathroom, hitting his head on the toilet, and being called toward a tunnel by a spirit guide in white. Stephen explained that death is an illusion and we never truly die, leaving Earth once we've learned all we can before returning to the spirit world. He showed David how spirits can see the living whenever they desire. When David wanted to explore a particular area, Stephen said if he went there, he couldn't return. A beautiful light David recognized as Jesus appeared and told Stephen that David had to go back, saying "You promised you would do this. And you have much left to do." David was slammed back into his body, gasping for breath. The experience transformed him from an angry atheist to a Christian, eliminating his concerns about being homosexual, which had "no meaning on the other side." He developed religious visions and psychic experiences with the deceased following this encounter. |
2 | Home | 10 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Clear cardiac arrest with felt heart stoppage and clinical death | Multiple specific details about deceased friend, vision improvements, condition improvements | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw own body from outside perspective | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2509 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3367 Deborah W NDE 6758 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1deborah_w_nde.html | 2011 | 2011-11-04 | 2013 | F |
Deborah, a spiritual medium, experienced a ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm after severe abdominal pain. In the emergency room, she saw an elderly woman in a hospital gown sitting on a cement bench, staring at her while she screamed for help. The woman never moved or responded, just stared with memorable eyes before walking away. Her daughter later confirmed no such woman or bench existed in the emergency room. Deborah realized this was an angel sent to help her through the pain. Medical staff reported losing her 2-3 times during the emergency. After floating upward and forward, Deborah found herself moving through magnificent columns of undulating soft pastel colors with underlying music she described as the vibration of color. She felt she was heading toward a sun with perfect temperature, realizing she was in Heaven. She entered a cathedral-like structure where she found her mother, who had died four years earlier, sitting on a settee in flowing white gauze clothing. Her mother's deep sadness was palpable - she was watching Deborah's surgery in an adjacent glowing white hall. Deborah saw herself on an operating table surrounded by seven doctors working on her heart. Crucially, she observed four highly ascended healers in ancient robes working closely with the doctors. Two healers stood behind the three doctors on each side. These beings wore deep purple and green undulating gowns with deep red and gold miters like papal headdresses, representing different ancient traditions. They were guiding the surgery, and Deborah felt the doctors relax and congratulate each other as the operation progressed. She tried to tell them to stop but was held back by a powerful, loving energy. After being sent back against her will, Deborah experienced a lengthy recovery with lasting effects including one working kidney and purple vision in her right eye. Two years later, she found healing through an NDE support group, where another experiencer advised her to "choose life" and "reach up and grab a piece" of the other reality when struggling. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Ruptured AAA with multiple clinical deaths confirmed by medical staff | Specific surgical details with 7 doctors, ancient healers with detailed descriptions, angel encounter | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/2/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw elderly woman angel in ER | 1.00 | Surgeon | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2510 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3296 Dharam S NDE 6645 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1dharam_s_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-04-12 | 2013 | M |
Dharam, a DJ at Hollywood after-hours parties, mixed ketamine and GHB after celebrating his career success. Within 30-60 minutes, he lost consciousness. His roommate reported he experienced convulsions and his body and face turned blue, indicating a life-threatening medical emergency from the drug combination. During his unconscious state, Dharam experienced total inner peace, acceptance, love, and beauty. He found himself in brilliant white light incomparable to any earthly vision, brighter than anything he had ever seen. He felt surrounded by the presence of relatives and deceased persons he could not see but whose presence he strongly felt. His aunt Ginny was particularly present, along with possibly his Uncle Ted and Grandma Helen. Though he could only see the white light, he sensed at least seven beings surrounding him. The beings communicated a crucial message: "It's not your time yet, it will be okay" and with particular emphasis, "Don't worry about anything... ever." They delivered this last message with such strength that Dharam understood it was meant for him to take back to life. He felt held and protected as if he were a newborn baby, experiencing intense compassion and love from these beings. The experience gave him knowledge that there is definitely life after physical death and that beings on the other side operate at a higher level of consciousness. Upon return, Dharam immediately wanted to share his knowledge and help others, feeling God had given him a second chance. The experience transformed him from fearful to fearless in living, eliminated his fear of death, and led him to embrace various spiritual practices including Kundalini Yoga, Gnostic Christianity, and Sikh prayers. He developed increased compassion and deeper spiritual connections after the experience. |
5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Life-threatening drug overdose with convulsions and cyanosis witnessed | Specific deceased relatives identified, multiple beings sensed, clear message received | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Sensed specific deceased relatives present | 0.00 | Roommate | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 2511 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3312 Dr Sandrine B NDE 6661 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1dr_sandrine_b_nde.html | 1985 | 2013 | 15 | F |
At age fifteen, Sandrine was rushing upstairs to change clothes when both feet slipped on the first steps and she fell. The thought "This is where I die" flashed through her mind before she left her body. She could no longer see her father who was sitting nearby. Remarkably, she had been having out-of-body experiences since six months old, regularly traveling through tunnels at night to meet with spiritual beings, making this experience feel natural to her. In a moment outside time, Sandrine witnessed her entire life from birth to age fifteen, like watching a movie but with all sensations, feelings, and experiences intact, including her consciousness and capacity to love. She watched this life review without judgment or regret, feeling perfectly ready to die and experiencing profound wellbeing. A cone of white light then greeted her, opening at the top of her head. She found herself against a luminous robe worn by a being of pure light - a man she didn't know but with whom she felt complete belonging unlike anything on Earth. The light being emanated pure and intense love, peace, compassion, and absolute knowledge. Gray-white human silhouettes surrounded this central figure. When Sandrine telepathically insisted three times that she wanted to stay, the main being communicated with overwhelming love yet firm authority: "You must go back. You must become a doctor." This aligned with her childhood desire since age four to become a doctor. The communication occurred through telepathy that was faster, truer, and more obvious than words, with no barriers. Upon hearing she must become a doctor, Sandrine returned abruptly to her body, violently hitting her head on the stairs and requiring stitches for her ear. The experience gave her an expanded consciousness and the understanding that Earth life is heavy and difficult while the other dimension is easy, light, and immediate. She later became a doctor as instructed, viewing the experience as accelerated consciousness maturation that marked her for life. |
5 | Home | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Fall with head injury requiring medical attention | Complete life review with all sensations, telepathic communication, specific career instruction | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 0 | Life review from birth to current age | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 2512 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3409 Duane G NDE 6833 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1duane_g_nde.html | 1973 | 2013 | 13 | M |
At age thirteen, Duane severed an artery in his upper right arm, causing blood to squirt everywhere. Walking a city block home, he grew progressively weaker with each step until completely drained. Sitting on the front porch stoop, he suddenly found himself standing outside his body, watching the scene unfold. He observed his mother and sisters running out screaming, gathering around his body, and carrying him to a car. Throughout this, a woman's voice behind him kept saying "it's going to be alright." Duane was whisked away and found himself at the hospital, watching them roll out a wheelchair, put him on a table, and cut off his clothes. The woman's voice continued reassuring him. Later, through dreams after acquiring a special cane, he experienced an elaborate vision where he was shown twelve constellations being drawn, looked into a Big Eye in Capricorn, and witnessed progressively larger cosmic structures - twelve suns, galaxies, universes, and megaverses - until surrounded by pure Light. The same woman's voice then told him a creation story through the zodiac, describing how she created the days of the week and gave humanity various covenants. The voice identified herself as "your Mother" and presented an alternative creation narrative involving "Itim" (Adam) receiving a piece of the Tree as a covenant, various biblical figures including Moses and Jesus carrying this tree/staff, and messages about religious history. The narrative suggested Jesus was misunderstood ("you changed his story now he is me") and that the true story was written in the stars. Duane saw visions of beings from different eras and received prophecies about a second sun coming. The experience led Duane to reject traditional Christianity, believing "snakes can't talk and no one can come back from the dead after three days." He developed his own religious system called "Histrology" based on these visions, believing Mother Nature provides for all needs and that human consciousness continues after death. He claims ongoing supernatural experiences and connections to an ancient cane with spiritual significance. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severed artery with severe blood loss requiring emergency treatment | Out-of-body observations of family and medical response, complex vision content | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw family response from outside body | 0.00 | Incompatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2513 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3531 Duane H NDE 7014 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1duane_h_nde.html | 2005 | 2013 | M | Duane regained consciousness in the ICU after a four-hour radical attempt to correct a failed quadruple heart bypass operation. He was laughing and joking with his wife and nurses when suddenly he experienced what he described as being "gone" and finding himself in a place void of everything yet needing nothing - a state he likened to 'Nirvana'. The experience was wonderful and peaceful, existing in what seemed to be a black void where light was not needed and he felt complete wellness. Time had no meaning in this state. He was pulled back to life by doctors removing surgical equipment from his body. Within seconds, he was back laughing and joking with the nurses and his wife. Since this experience, he has lost all fear and apprehension of the future, accepting that life could end at any moment. He welcomes and accepts the eventual return to that peaceful state. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 0 | 10 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Post-cardiac surgery complications in ICU with monitoring | Pure void experience with no veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/2/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2514 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3397 Ekaterina R NDE 6816 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ekaterina_r_nde.html | 2010 | 2010-12-13 | 2013 | F | Ekaterina experienced a miscarriage three months into pregnancy, eleven months after giving birth to her daughter. After three days of bloody discharge, her water broke and she began bleeding profusely. While waiting for her mother to arrive, she felt herself slowly drifting away without any pain. Upon closing her eyes, she felt teleported to another place where she saw shadows of people hovering above her, feeling as if she had just been born. These beings felt familiar, as if they had anticipated her arrival. She faced a choice between staying in this new realm or returning to her children. Choosing that she wasn't done with her present life, she willed herself back. Upon opening her eyes, she initially couldn't recognize her mother and sister-in-law, but gradually her senses returned. She desperately begged for water, comparing this to Jesus asking for water when dying, interpreting it as trying to hold onto life when one's purpose isn't complete. The experience led her to believe that death can be a choice. | 5 | Home | 5 | 0 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening hemorrhage from miscarriage | No veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2515 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3544 Elaina S NDE 7040 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1elaina_s_nde.html | 2004 | 2013 | F | Elaina experienced a severe accident involving a direct head injury in 2004. Despite the terrible nature of the accident, she sustained no severe injuries beyond hitting her head. During the incident, she experienced a brief out-of-body episode where she saw herself lying on the street from an external perspective. She recalls seeing herself sitting there looking for something before passing out. The experience involved a strange feeling of observing herself from outside her body for a few seconds before returning to her body. She felt confused during the experience but was waiting for the next thing to happen. When she regained full consciousness, she was being attended by a nurse while waiting for an ambulance. The experience left her with no significant life changes or altered beliefs, maintaining her Muslim faith and moderate fear of death. She initially believed the experience was not real but now considers it probably real. | 5 | Other | 3 | 2 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Direct head injury from accident, life-threatening but not detailed | Basic self-observation from outside body, no specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw herself lying on the street | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2516 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3324 Fatemeh D NDE 6685 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1fatemeh_d_nde.html | 2012 | 2012-01-25 | 2013 | F | Fatemeh had two failed brain surgeries, experiencing her NDE after the second surgery on January 25, 2012. That night, a nurse injected what she said was anti-inflammatory medication through an IV line in her neck vein. Immediately after the injection, Fatemeh said "I am dying," had a violent convulsion, and passed out. Her husband witnessed the event and reported she was unconscious for only a few seconds. During this brief clinical death, Fatemeh experienced seeing herself as two pencil sketch drawings - first showing herself dead, then a second sketch appearing beside it showing herself beginning to breathe again. She thought "I am not dead" as she saw herself returning to life. She felt no fear during the experience, only sadness about dying and leaving her loved ones. The images remain vivid in her memory. She informed medical staff about the incident and wrote to the head of neurosurgery. The experience increased her attachment to loved ones and made her more careful in how she treats others, with heightened awareness of death's presence making her less strict about shortcomings. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Clinical death following injection, post-brain surgery in hospital | Unusual perception of self as sketch drawings showing death and revival | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw self as pencil sketch showing death | 0.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 2517 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3309 Francine M NDE 6656 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1francine_m_nde.html | 1973 | 1973-02-17 | 2013 | F | Francine was under general anesthesia during the birth of her second child on February 17, 1973. Suddenly, she found herself hovering at ceiling level, viewing the delivery room scene below, though she wasn't particularly interested in what was happening there. She mentally nudged herself to pay attention before finding herself floating in a nebula of extreme beauty. She was immersed in the depths of sky or "heaven" and felt a presence but did not try to see it. During this experience, she immediately understood the entire universe, including scientific concepts she had never grasped before, describing it as a rejuvenating fountain of knowledge. She also gained understanding of why she had suffered during her youth. She then simply woke up in the post-operative recovery room, completely certain of her experience and eager to tell her doctor. However, he advised her to forget it or risk being sent to a mental hospital. She kept it secret for years until reading Dr. Raymond Moody's work. The experience profoundly changed her, leaving her with faith, clairvoyance, intuition, and premonitions. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Under general anesthesia during childbirth surgery | Out-of-body observation of delivery room from ceiling | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/2/2025 | 1 | 0 | Viewed delivery room from ceiling | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2518 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3405 Frank R NDE 6828 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1frank_r_nde.html | 2011 | 2013 | M | Frank experienced an NDE following a severe head-on collision between his small car and a delivery truck in April 2011, with both vehicles traveling at 40 mph. Later, while getting ready for work at 4:44 AM, he suddenly found himself in a room filled with "all light" - a sentient light without shadows that conveyed the most powerful feeling of joy he could not explain. He felt a presence within the light and asked if he was dead, feeling no sadness about the possibility. A non-audible but felt voice told him he had many more years left on Earth. When he asked if he had to go back, he felt intense despair, later struggling with guilt about not wanting to return despite having a wife and two small children. He sensed the light smiling before violently awakening seated in his car with deflated airbag and glass everywhere. Though the experience seemed brief, when he checked the time it was 4:59 AM. His therapist later informed him that 444 has spiritual significance regarding angelic protection. The experience transformed his faith from moderate to greatly important. | 5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe head-on collision at high speed | Time discrepancy noted but no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2519 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3389 Garry R NDE 6802 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1garry_r_nde.html | 1973 | 2013 | 9 | M | Nine-year-old Garry was exploring an older house being remodeled when he discovered a closet with a large hole in the floor. Attempting to climb down, he slipped and became stuck with his weight pressing on his diaphragm and arms pinned, causing suffocation. After brief panic, he calmly passed out and exited his body, floating in the center of the room with panoramic awareness of everything inside and outside the building. He observed a shimmering fog growing more distinct and substantial, knowing that if he didn't get help soon he couldn't return. Aware of his four-year-old sister playing outside, he moved through the second-story window and positioned himself inches from her face. Unable to make sound but able to hear her thoughts, he felt resistance like a heavy wool blanket preventing communication. He focused all his thought into a mental "shout" for help directed at her. She suddenly ran toward the house, leading adults to the room where they pulled him from the hole and he started breathing again. The experience included multidimensional vision allowing simultaneous perception of walls, interior framing, and exteriors, plus gestalt knowledge of everything he focused on. | 5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Clinical death from suffocation, cessation of breathing | Distant observation of sister outside, telepathic communication causing verified response | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/2/2025 | 2 | 1 | Multidimensional awareness of building | 0.00 | Sister and adults | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||
| 2520 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3232 George J NDE 6552 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1george_j_nde.html | 1969 | 2013 | 6 | F | At age six, George ran across an icy street, slipped, and fell. She was either hit or dragged by a car driving down the hill. The impact was severe enough that paramedics initially assessed her as deceased. During this critical event, George experienced floating above her body, observing the paramedics working on her from an elevated perspective. She witnessed them cutting her out of her coat and saw the panic in their response. Her consciousness then departed to what she describes as 'heaven' or another realm where a being told her, 'It's not your time yet, you have to go back and do something important.' She saw a tunnel with a combination of faint lights and darkness, encountered a mystical being at the end of the tunnel, and felt incredible peace and joy. The being appeared to be of a feminine nature, possibly a guardian angel. George reluctantly returned to her body while in the ambulance, experiencing severe whole-body pain. Despite the paramedic declaring her dead after examining her with a flashlight, she spontaneously spoke when hearing this declaration, prompting her fiancé to alert the medical team she was alive. The only medical injury sustained was a fractured right thumb. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Other life-threatening condition - car accident with potential head injury and being declared dead by paramedic | Out of body observation of paramedics working, seeing them cut coat, observing flashlight examination from above perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed paramedics working from above perspective | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2521 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3441 Ginnie E NDE 6880 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ginnie_e_nde.html | 1969 | 2013 | F | In February 1969, Ginnie was a passenger in a van that skidded on I-95 during snowy conditions. The vehicle rolled over, and she was ejected through the side doors, becoming trapped underneath. She suffered massive blood loss and a severe concussion, requiring paramedics to cut into her arm to find a blood vessel. After briefly regaining consciousness in the emergency room and calling for her mother, she lost consciousness again. During the medical crisis where her heart stopped, Ginnie experienced being about twenty feet above the gurney, observing the medical team working to revive her body. She felt no concern for her physical form, instead being fascinated by her formless circular existence where she seemed to roll over on a non-existent face, finding this amusing. She felt herself to be one with a mysterious space that was neither bright nor warm, experiencing complete detachment from physical concerns. A barrier prevented her from leaving to an unknown destination she felt compelled to reach. After trying three times to leave and rolling forward each time with laughter, she suddenly felt suction and returned to darkness. The experience changed her outlook profoundly - she no longer fears death, focuses intensively on family and life experiences, and approaches life fearlessly with little patience for what she perceives as stupidity. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Other life-threatening condition - massive blood loss from accident requiring emergency intervention | Observed medical team from above working on body, awareness of gurney position, but no specific verifiable details reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Concussion, morphine | 6/3/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2522 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3252 Grace NDE 22800 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1grace_nde.html | 1969 | March 19, 1969 | 2013 | F | Grace was a passenger in a Ford Econoline Van traveling on I-95 during early morning hours when it began to snow mixed with light rain. The vehicle skidded and rolled over, with Grace sliding sideways and breaking open the side doors. She lost consciousness and came to while trapped under the car. Unable to move her arms or speak despite hearing companions yelling to push, she was eventually freed and dragged to the roadside. During this critical period, Grace experienced herself as sitting upright slightly behind and to the right of her supine body, observing the scene from this vantage point. She could hear everyone clearly and see events unfolding, feeling disconnected from and unable to control her physical body. When the paramedic arrived with a flashlight, she watched him examine her body, shine the light in her eyes, and then declare 'this one's dead' before starting back down the hill. The shock of hearing she was dead caused her to spontaneously speak aloud 'Am I dead?' which prompted her fiancé to chase after the paramedic, insisting she was alive. This vocalization ended her out-of-body experience and returned her to her body. The only physical injury sustained was a fractured right thumb. Grace remained curious about the nature of death and somewhat annoyed at her inability to control her body during the experience. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Other life-threatening condition - trapped under vehicle, paramedic assessed as deceased | Observed paramedic examination with flashlight from outside body perspective, heard him declare her dead, specific quote | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw paramedic examine body with flashlight | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 2523 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3369 Greg A NDE 6764 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1greg_a_nde.html | 1976 | October 30, 1976 | 2013 | M | Greg was rafting on a lake with his brother, sister-in-law, and their child when severe weather suddenly developed with three-foot whitecaps. While attempting an in-place turn-around maneuver to return to shore, a wave struck the raft and Greg fell into the freezing water. The extremely cold water immediately cramped his muscles, causing him to sink. Despite attempting to swim, he surfaced three times before taking too much water into his lungs and losing consciousness. Greg then saw a brilliant light and felt overwhelming love emanating from a voice within it. He recognized his friend who had died in June of that year, who told him 'It is so beautiful and loving here, but you can't come in yet.' Another voice, which he perceived as divine, said 'Son, it is not yet your time to go, there is still something left here on earth for you to do.' The experience was characterized by pure, total love and peace unlike anything earthly. Miraculously, Greg found himself back floating in the water next to the boat, fifty to sixty yards from where he had fallen in. This experience profoundly changed him, eliminating his fear of death and greatly increasing his compassion. Greg has had two additional NDEs since - one in 1992 during surgery with morphine and another during a 2010 heart attack. | 5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Other life-threatening condition - drowning with loss of consciousness | No specific earthly observations reported, only mystical/spiritual perceptions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2524 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3306 Hannah NDE 6665 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1hannah_nde_6665.html | 2013 | 22/3/2013 | 2013 | F | Hannah experienced cardiac arrest following a drug overdose on March 22, 2013. Initially surrounded by darkness, she felt confused and scared, sensing she was somewhere far from Earth, possibly at the edge or outside of the universe. A small white light appeared, and as she moved toward it, she was overcome with warmth, happiness, and tranquility. A female voice, which she believed might be God or Mother Nature, told her it would be okay to go toward the light but that she was free to walk away and would have a second chance. In that moment, Hannah knew it wasn't her time and pulled herself away from the beautiful light and comforting voice. She awoke with a jump in the ambulance after cardiac arrest. During the experience, she felt more conscious than ever in waking life, realizing earthly life has little meaning and important matters happen after leaving this realm. She perceived herself looking into the eye of the universe as it looked back, witnessing matter, antimatter, fundamental forces in unity, quantum physics laws, and individual atoms laid out before her. The experience transformed her from atheist to agnostic, confirming God's existence, though she gained the understanding that earthly life has no ultimate purpose and that after death, humans become part of the universe's matter and ascend to higher consciousness. | 2 | Ambulance | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest explicitly stated from drug overdose | General mystical observations but no verifiable earthly details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2525 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3305 Helen E NDE 6664 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1helen_e_nde.html | 1969 | 2013 | F | Helen had been hemorrhaging severely due to a contraceptive device that was later pulled from the market. Despite her gynecologist telling her not to worry, the bleeding was so severe she was lying on plastic sheets with bath towels. On the second night, she felt herself passing out in the bathroom and called weakly for her husband. She fell to the floor and was found unresponsive. Immediately upon losing consciousness, Helen entered a realm of unbelievable beauty with all colors of the rainbow and astounding music that she later compared to a difference as great as that between rap and Mozart, and Mozart to this heavenly music. She was completely surrounded by absolute love and bliss. She became aware of her husband calling her from a great distance and slapping her face, which she couldn't feel. An inner voice gave her a choice to stay or return to her earthly life with her small daughter and husband. She experienced going back through a tunnel-like passage. She chose to return and was rushed to the hospital, though she knew she was no longer in danger. The experience transformed her life completely, eliminating her fear of death and greatly increasing her compassion. She later had mystical experiences including a heart opening through Christ and past life recall, leading her to a spiritual path combining Christ consciousness with non-biblical beliefs including reincarnation. | 5 | Home | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Other life-threatening condition - severe hemorrhaging with loss of consciousness | General mystical experience without specific verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2526 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3247 Helga C NDE 6574 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1helga_c_nde.html | 1965 | 13 June 1965 | 2013 | F | On June 13, 1965, Helga was in a severe car accident resulting in multiple injuries including abdominal bleeding. She experienced clinical death with cessation of breathing and heart function, requiring CPR. During her operation, Helga was out of her body and fully conscious, able to hear everything the surgical team was saying. She experienced being simultaneously above her body and in the wall, feeling present throughout the entire room, clinic, and even the whole world all at once. This was followed by peaceful silence and a profound sense of wellbeing. A tunnel opened up and she could see, feel, and smell a loving energy where all was love. This state seemed to last a long time before she awoke from a coma two days later. The experience fundamentally changed her relationship with love, transforming her from having little love and compassion to understanding that love is everything - that all there really is, is love. This transformation was life-changing. Helga had a second near-death experience during a 1995 stroke with different characteristics, traveling through a tunnel to a dark place in the distant past, back to the beginning of Earth. Her consciousness during meditation now approaches the state experienced during her NDE. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 7 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Clinical death explicitly stated with CPR given during car accident surgery | Heard surgical team conversations, experienced being in operating room observing, omnipresent awareness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/3/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard surgical team conversations during operation | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2527 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3434 Hope C NDE 6865 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1hope_c_nde.html | 2013 | 02/16/2013 | 2013 | F | On February 16, 2013, Hope experienced a severe asthma attack while preparing to take her cancer-stricken mother for a blood transfusion. After a shower, she became short of breath and took a nebulizer treatment. When she tried to dress, she suddenly couldn't breathe and called for her husband to dial 911. Paramedics administered oxygen and multiple epinephrine shots, but her heart rate continued slowing. She went into seizure preventing intubation, requiring manual CPR. Her heart stopped at the hospital. During this crisis, Hope became aware she was somewhere, hearing commotion and people. She then entered a space feeling the presence of her deceased father on her right and deceased friend Frank on her left. Though she wanted to look at them, she couldn't turn. Before her were ten brightly illuminated boxes, each a different color. She walked to each box which would open, revealing something about her life and what she felt were past lives. The last box frightened her as it wasn't completed. This prompted thoughts of her family - her dying mother, daughter with cerebral palsy, and husband who all needed her. She then heard the doctor saying she would be alright, that her heart was strong as an ox, and returned to her body. She was placed in medically induced hypothermic coma for two days. Afterward, she developed temporary psychic abilities where thinking of something would manifest it. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 6 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Cardiac arrest with CPR explicitly stated due to severe asthma attack | Heard doctor say specific phrase about heart being strong as ox, awareness of medical team | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Medically induced coma | 6/3/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard doctor's specific statement about recovery | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2528 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3485 Hope R NDE 6940 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1hope_r_nde.html | 2007 | 2012 | F | Hope was swimming in a local pond when she was bitten by a poisonous water snake (water moccasin) which sent her into shock. She lost strength and sank into the water, falling unconscious and nearly drowning. A lifeguard patrolling the pond rescued her after she had been underwater without breathing. Around her during the experience, she felt an extreme sense of warmth in complete blackness, but was processing thoughts and thinking she was going to die without fear. She could take deep breaths of clean, sweet-smelling air despite being underwater and unable to actually breathe. She felt as if floating in a cloud of black warmth with fresh air and sweet scents. Just before awakening, she felt breathing and a giant heartbeat surrounding her, like hot steamy breath swirling around her in the blackness, as if a giant warm being was cradling her. She awoke three days later in a hospital bed, having been in a coma. The experience gradually came back to her memory over the course of a week. | 5 | Other | 7 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Snake bite caused shock leading to drowning and unconsciousness for 3 days | Experience was entirely subjective spiritual encounter with no verifiable external observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 3 | 0 | Sensed giant being breathing | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2529 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3463 Hugo HSR NDE 6899 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1hugo_hsr_nde.html | 2010 | 2012 | M | Hugo was speeding on his motorcycle in Recife, Brazil when he hit a car turning left at approximately 62 mph. Upon impact, he blacked out from physical reality and found himself experiencing a blue light extending to the horizon. He questioned whether he was in heaven or dead, perceiving the light at a distance he described as '70' on a scale to 100. The light appeared to approach only if one did everything the Bible forbids. He saw a man and woman dressed in antiquated robes, each holding a candle - the man with his right hand, the woman with her left, sharing the same flame. When Hugo said 'Hey, I died,' he felt the male figure step into his mind to control him. At that moment, he heard his wife's voice yelling, thought 'My sweetie,' and returned to physical reality. He discovered the motorcycle was on the ground and desperately tried to move it off himself. Hugo describes this as an entirely distressing experience and warns against accepting death, believing the beings he encountered were deceptive evil entities despite appearing benevolent initially. The experience reinforced his Catholic faith and fear of death. He later had additional spiritual experiences including hearing God's voice warning him while falling asleep on his motorcycle. | 5 | Other | 7 | 6 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Severe motorcycle accident at high speed with loss of consciousness during impact | Saw specific beings and light but experience was subjective spiritual encounter rather than verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw blue light extending to horizon | 0.00 | Wife | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 2530 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3362 Irene NDE 6728 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1irene_nde_6728.html | 2013 | 2012 | F | Irene had taken a large amount of amphetamines, ecstasy, and other drugs with the intention to kill herself. She suddenly found herself inside a dark, starry tunnel like the night sky, with a colorful light at the end containing all the colors of the rainbow rather than white light. Something was pulling her toward this light. When she arrived and went through the light, she encountered shadows without faces who communicated with her telepathically, telling her she was finally going to 'know him.' The shadows took her hands and brought her near a man whom she did not see but immediately recognized as Luis Alberto Spinetta, her idol and a famous Argentinian rock singer with whom she felt a deep spiritual connection. Significantly, this experience occurred on the first anniversary of Spinetta's death, and Irene had been crying all day about his passing. Just before the musician was going to speak with her, she felt pulled downward, the tunnel became dark again, and she awakened on a hospital gurney. She emphasizes there was no god or religious figures in her experience. The encounter reinforced her atheistic beliefs while leaving her uncertain about whether an afterlife might exist. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 7 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death from drug overdose with suicide intent, required hospital resuscitation | Encountered specific deceased individual on meaningful date but no verifiable external observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 4 | 0 | Traveled through starry tunnel | 0.00 | Incompatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2531 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3415 Irene O NDE 6843 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1irene_o_nde.html | 1983 | 2012 | 7 | F | Seven-year-old Irene was pushed off a high diving board and fell through the side railings, landing on concrete instead of in the swimming pool. Upon impact, her spirit immediately flew straight up about twenty feet and hovered above her body. From this elevated position, she could simultaneously see and hear everything happening at the swimming pool with perfect clarity. She observed the circle of children gathered around her lifeless body, watched lifeguards rushing in horror to attempt resuscitation, and listened to other children telling their mothers that she was dead. She could experience multiple conversations and activities simultaneously without any emotional response - neither happiness nor sadness, just pure observation. Years later, she encountered a lifeguard who had been working that day and confirmed all the details she described from her out-of-body perspective, including that it was his first job and most memorable day. She awakened one week later in a hospital concussion cage used for young children with traumatic injuries. The experience provided enhanced consciousness allowing simultaneous perception of multiple events, though she felt no emotions during the observation period. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Severe head trauma from high fall onto concrete, unconscious for one week | Detailed simultaneous observations of scene verified by witness years later | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed scene from 20 feet above | 1.00 | Lifeguard from that day | Highly Compatible | 4 | ||||||||
| 2532 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3460 Irving K NDE 6913 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1irving_k_nde.html | 1935 | 2013 | 3 | M | At age 3-4, Irving was at a local lake with his family. He was placed in a children's area where water was chin-level, but lost his footing on the slimy bottom and went underwater. He experienced no fear or pain, instead feeling an incredible peace and seeing an unearthly bright light that appeared fractionated into squares and rectangles of golden and yellow colors. The light was extraordinarily bright but did not hurt his eyes. Throughout the experience, he had no awareness of his physical body and felt total peace, serenity, and love. The visual spectacle seemed to go on for an eternity until he was suddenly jolted back when pulled from the water. His father's memoirs confirmed he was found on the floor of the crib area. After being rescued, he felt a great loss and sadness, wanting to return to that comforting feeling. The experience has remained vivid in his memory for over 77 years and became the cornerstone of his spiritual beliefs later in life. | 5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Drowning incident described as life-threatening | Only general observations of light and colors, no specific veridical details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw bright light with geometric patterns | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2533 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3427 Jacob H NDE 6857 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jacob_h_nde.html | 2013 | 2013-04-24 | 2013 | M | Jacob underwent hip arthroscopy surgery that went well, but was unknowingly overdosed on narcotics in outpatient care and sent home. He passed out on his bed with his face turning blue. His mother found him without breathing or pulse, and his father, trained in CPR, began chest compressions and rescue breaths. A police officer arrived to help. Jacob was clinically dead for over a minute with no breathing or pulse. During this time, he experienced going through a dark, ribbed tunnel followed by nothingness. He perceived his body floating through the void. He gained consciousness briefly multiple times in the emergency room - when transferred to the bed, during tube insertion, and during catheter placement - making comments each time before passing out again. He finally gained full consciousness around 5am, aware that he had died. The experience reinforced his atheistic beliefs as he encountered only nothingness, no god or supreme being. He no longer fears death and believes there is no afterlife or universal connection, just peaceful nothingness. | 2 | Home | 10 | 1 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Clinical death with cardiac arrest explicitly documented | Only general tunnel experience, no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/3/2025 | 0 | 1 | Father and Mother | Incompatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2534 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3466 Jane A NDE 6915 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jane_a_nde.html | 1963 | 2013 | 4 | F | At age 4, Jane's mother was getting her ready for school when Jane suddenly collapsed on the floor, unconscious, unresponsive, and not breathing. She has no memory of the morning or collapse prior to coming back. During the experience, she found herself floating in a huge bright void with incredible music that was paradoxically completely silent. She felt peaceful with no fear, experiencing love and knowing she had to come back. She awoke suddenly on the floor with her mother giving her the kiss of life, feeling both happy and sad upon return. Since the experience, she has been profoundly changed - she can sense things much more acutely, works as a healer with people reporting calmness around her and warmth from her hands. She frequently astral travels in sleep and could strongly sense her husband's presence within hours of his death 12 years ago. The experience included brilliant white light, a timeless void with no boundaries, incredible peace and joy, and a sense of unity with the universe. She gained special knowledge and understanding of everything, feeling grown up despite being just a child. | 5 | Home | 5 | 1 | 8 | Weak Evidence | 2 | Life-threatening collapse with cessation of breathing | No specific veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 0 | 1 | Mother | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2535 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3420 Janita Son NDE 6849 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1janita_son_nde.html | 2006 | 2006-06-06 | 2013 | 4 | M | A four-year-old boy was hit by a car and his heart stopped for a few minutes, experiencing clinical death with cessation of heart function. He was in a coma following the brain injury sustained in the accident. Exactly one year after the accident, he told his mother about his experience. He reported seeing God, who picked him up and started walking him toward an open door. The child then decided not to go with God and came back. During the experience, he felt pleasant emotions, experienced an out-of-body state, saw an open door (rather than a tunnel), and encountered God as a definite mystical being. The mother also mentions that before this son was born, she had a stillbirth daughter she carried for nine months, and her son speaks of his deceased sister as if he knows her, despite this happening before he was born. After the experience, the child felt closer to God and had heightened spiritual importance in his life. The experience brought the family closer to God and strengthened their faith. | 2 | Unknown | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinical death with cardiac arrest explicitly stated | General observation of God and door, no specific veridical details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | coma/brain injury | 6/3/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw God and an open door | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 2536 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3356 JB Rene A NDE 6739 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jb_rene_a_nde.html | 2011 | 2011-06-01 | 2013 | M | On June 1, 2011 at 8am, while driving his wife to work, JB Rene felt unfamiliar discomfort in his mid-rib and stomach area. At the hospital emergency room, while a nurse was taking vital signs, he passed out with complete cardiac arrest - no pulse, dilated pupils, clinically dead. The medical team used a defibrillator eight times to revive his heart. During this time, he saw an extremely bright light radiating white, gold, orange, and yellow colors. He traveled with the light across a vast green meadow toward what seemed like a festival on the horizon. He felt indescribable joy and peace, no longer knowing pain or sorrow. The light communicated telepathically, telling him to "Be humble" and pray "Have mercy on me, a sinner" three times. After successful resuscitation, he spent fourteen days in intensive care. During his experience, he also reported his other self roaming the hospital, going to the ICU and seeing green-uniformed nurses, orange curtains, and greeting patients. The experience profoundly deepened his spiritual faith and made him less attached to material things. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 6 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest with monitoring and defibrillation explicitly documented | Some specific observations of hospital details but limited verification | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw ICU ward details while unconscious | 0.00 | Medical team | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2537 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3548 Jean B NDE 7046 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jean_b_nde.html | 1962 | 2013 | 4 | F | On July 4, 1962, Jean's family was at a local lake when the adults paired with younger children who couldn't swim, leaving 4-year-old Jean unpaired. She stepped into the lake and almost immediately sank to the bottom. Rather than distress or need to breathe, she felt incredibly loved and comforted. Looking underwater, she saw twirling water that became a tunnel with a beautiful white light at its end. The light was so beautiful she was drawn to it, feeling love and peace she has never experienced since. When suddenly pulled from the water, she felt great loss and sadness, wanting to return to that comforting feeling. Only after being pulled out did she feel the need to choke and cough up water. The experience left her feeling profoundly different and changed. She reports gaining psychic abilities afterward, including premonitions about deaths and disasters that occur within seven days, and the ability to see ghosts until age thirteen. The experience has remained completely vivid in her memory throughout her life. | 5 | Other | 5 | 1 | 6 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Drowning incident described as life-threatening | No specific veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2538 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3297 Jeannine M NDE 6580 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeannine_m_nde.html | 2013 | F | While at a beach restaurant in Sète, France with family, Jeannine felt unwell crossing the dining room. She went outside and fainted, experiencing herself leaving her body through the top of her head with some difficulty, then feeling free. She thought "I'm dead, I'm going to be buried here in Sète" (mentioning local poets). She observed the cement paving stones, sea, and sand as wonderful. She was suddenly projected toward an invisible being of light who asked telepathically if she accepted her death. She defended herself, saying her mother and son still needed her, and objected to dying in Sète due to racism. The being smiled mockingly but agreed, making a promise she didn't understand. She fell back into her body to find anxious family. Later she regretted refusing death, as life became very difficult with media persecution in France. Since then, she experiences God's presence daily, receives answers to questions, and feels unconditional love from God and Mary. She has become a mystic, gaining abilities as a medium where the dead appear to her for communication. | 6 | Other | 3 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 2 | Medical crisis implied but not detailed, possibly cardiac-related fainting | Some specific observations but mostly internal experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 1 | 1 | Future knowledge about Georges Brassens | 0.00 | Family members | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2539 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3537 Jeff S NDE 16069 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeff_s_nde_16069.html | 2013 | 5 | M | Jeff experienced a near-death experience as a 5-year-old child when he fell into a residential pool with a weak cover that trapped him underwater. Unable to swim, he sank below the surface and lost consciousness after accepting his fate. During the experience, he found himself in a mystical fog-like place with intense happiness and immediately recognized Jesus wearing a white Roman-like cloak with a red sash and long brown curly hair. Jesus communicated telepathically that it was not his time to die and that his parents must be worried. Jeff expressed willingness to die for Jesus, which was acknowledged as an honor, but he understood he had to return. He was then pulled from the water by his family after being unconscious underwater. | 5 | Home | 7 | 12 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening drowning incident clearly documented but no clinical death monitoring | Mystical encounter with Jesus but no specific verifiable details about physical world | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 2 | 0 | Mystical encounter with Jesus | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2540 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3304 Jeffery O NDE 6660 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeffery_o_nde.html | 1997 | March 31, 1997 | 2013 | M | Jeffery experienced a devastating auto accident that killed his wife and youngest son while severely injuring him with crushed legs, ribs, collapsed lungs, and ruptured intestines. During the trauma, he left his body and visited a realm of light where he encountered his deceased wife who told him he must return to his surviving oldest son. The experience included profound feelings of being home and eternal, with no concept of time, and intense emotions of unconditional love from God. He gained deep spiritual insights about the interconnectedness of all souls and experienced vivid consciousness beyond normal human senses. Upon returning to his body, he spent five months in critical condition with eighteen major surgeries, during which he continued to have spiritual visitations and visions that transformed his understanding of love, death, and divine purpose. | 5 | Other | 7 | 15 | 37 | Exceptional Evidence | 15 | Life-threatening trauma clearly documented but not clinical death with monitoring | Profound mystical experience with deceased relatives but limited verifiable physical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 3 | 2 | Out-of-body awareness in hospital | 0.00 | Medical staff | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 2541 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3353 Jeffrey S NDE 6733 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeffrey_s_nde.html | 2008 | May 14 2008 | 2013 | M | Jeffrey, an experienced pilot, crashed a DHC-2 Beaver aircraft after catastrophic engine failure at 350 feet altitude. During the crash, he experienced everything in slow motion as his wing wrapped around a tree. After the crash, he regained consciousness in the wreckage with severe injuries including twenty broken bones, smashed orbital bone, and serious head injury. He describes exiting the aircraft and walking to the tree line, dropping blood-soaked paper towels while wiping his bleeding head. Sitting at the tree line, he looked back and saw his own body hanging upside down in the pilot's seat, realizing he was dead. He experienced an extraordinarily blue sky, complete silence, and feelings of safety and comfort before losing consciousness again. Four days later he awoke in intensive care as a medical miracle with no brain damage. The mystery deepened when rescue workers confirmed he never actually left the aircraft, yet fifty-four blood-soaked paper towels were found outside leading to where he remembered walking. | 5 | Other | 8 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 12 | Severe life-threatening trauma with documented injuries but not monitored clinical death | Compelling out-of-body experience with unexplained physical evidence of blood trail outside aircraft | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 2 | 2 | Saw own body in aircraft wreckage | 1.00 | Helicopter rescue pilot | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2542 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3348 Jenny S NDE 5449 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jenny_s_nde.html | 2005 | 2013 | F | Jenny experienced electrocution when 240 volts passed through her body while in a bathtub, causing her lungs to fill with water. After initial pain, she found herself viewing her body from above lying underwater with mouth and eyes wide open. She then experienced being in a familiar forest location but recognized it as not of this world, where everything radiated an indescribable light and she was part of that light. She felt complete fulfillment, love, and serenity without physical form, describing the sensation of being freed from a granite block when realizing she had no body. The environment was supernaturally beautiful with greener-than-green grass, shimmering trees, and musical wind sounds. She encountered the deceased father of her son sitting on a park bench who served as an "information pool" providing universal knowledge and expressing unconditional love. She was told she must return, and despite resistance, was pulled back into her cold, dark body where she became hysterical asking rescuers why they brought her back. | 5 | Home | 8 | 16 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clear life-threatening electrocution with water immersion but not monitored clinical death | Detailed out-of-body observation and encounter with deceased relative providing information | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 3 | 1 | Viewed own body underwater from above | 0.00 | Friend (witness to prediction) | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2543 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3403 Jim T NDE 6824 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jim_t_nde.html | 2000 | January 2000 | 2013 | M | Jim, a type-one diabetic since 1982, experienced a severe hypoglycemic episode with blood sugar of seven, the lowest his paramedic had ever seen. After collapsing on his kitchen floor, he found himself floating near the ceiling observing his unconscious body surrounded by paramedics wearing dark blue jackets. They were working methodically to revive him, and he watched them administer a glucagon injection into his stomach. Despite severe hypoglycemia typically causing intense anxiety and confusion, he experienced unprecedented peace, calm, warmth, and love. He received telepathic reassurance from a higher power that everything would be all right, believing it was divine communication. The experience ended abruptly when he was revived. This remained his most powerful spiritual experience, transforming him from an agnostic to a believer in God and heaven, while eliminating his fear of death. He understood he was given a second chance to live and raise his children. | 5 | Home | 7 | 14 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Severe life-threatening hypoglycemia with documented extremely low blood sugar reading | Clear out-of-body observation with specific medical details but limited unusual knowledge | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed paramedics working on his body | 0.00 | Paramedic | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 2544 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3340 Joan K NDE 6715 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joan_k_nde.html | 1983 | OCTOBER 30, 1983 | 2013 | F | Joan experienced electrocution while taking a shower when a curling iron hooked onto her wrist and she could not remove it. She was concerned about her four-year-old son who might touch the iron and both would die. She eventually fell into the tub from the pain and stopped breathing. Initially experiencing severe pain, she then felt complete calm and peace with no more pain. She saw an extraordinary light like looking at the sun with eyes closed. Air suddenly returned to her lungs and she jumped out of the tub in a millisecond to find her son holding the curling iron plug, having saved her life by unplugging it. The experience involved clinical death with cessation of breathing and was both pleasant and distressing. She felt every fiber of her body was on fire initially, but then experienced incredible peace and happiness, though worried about her son being motherless and being found dead naked. | 2 | Home | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinical death with cessation of breathing documented but no monitoring equipment | Mystical light experience but no specific verifiable observations of physical environment | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 1 | 0 | Experienced extraordinary light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 2545 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3452 Joan LH NDE 6896 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joan_lh_nde.html | 1985 | 2013 | 25 | F | Joan underwent spinal anesthetic for ankle tendon repair surgery, but the anesthetic climbed higher than intended, stopping her heart and lungs for 5-8 minutes. During this time, she experienced a profound sense of absolute Love and Oneness, feeling like being in a swimming pool of love where she was both one with it and apart from it. She heard beautiful music that was part of her essence and felt completely weightless and free. She gained knowledge without words, understanding that religions had it wrong and that there are no rules or judgment from God, only pure Love. She experienced universal connection where individual existence merged with Divine Love while maintaining her identity. Time did not exist in this realm. Though she didn't miss her earthly family during the experience, she was eventually told to return by someone (her younger brother's voice calling her back to life). The experience transformed her from Catholic theology to New Thought spirituality, though she struggled for 25 years trying to reconcile it with her family's religious beliefs before finally embracing her authentic spiritual path. | 3 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clear cardiac and respiratory arrest during surgery with documented 5-8 minute oxygen deprivation | Profound mystical experience with universal knowledge but no specific verifiable earthly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/3/2025 | 1 | 2 | Experience of universal Love and Oneness | 0.00 | Medical team | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||
| 2546 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3294 Joan S NDE 6640 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joan_s_nde.html | 1957 | April 5, 1957 | 2013 | F | Joan experienced severe bleeding after giving birth to her son and passed out in the hospital room. Her spirit rose from her body and she observed medical personnel working to revive her. She moved to a wonderful place where she was fully aware of everything in the world, experiencing incredible joy. She encountered a tunnel with beautiful light at the end and discovered an extraordinary landscape with unusual plants and trees. She felt completely happy but paused to consider her responsibilities - her new baby and three-year-old daughter needed care while her husband was busy with a new business. Realizing she needed to return to care for her children, she chose to come back. She heard no sounds and saw no humans in the otherworldly realm, but gained complete knowledge and understanding. She realized that if God existed, He was within her spirit. Since the experience, she has been able to understand people intuitively, believing her spirit communicates with theirs. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening bleeding after childbirth but not clinical death with monitoring | Out-of-body observation and otherworldly realm but limited specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 3 | 0 | Observed medical personnel working on her body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2547 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 22900 Joel L NDE | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joel_l_nde.html | 1962 | 2013 | 12 | M | In August 1962, at age 12, Joel was building a raft at scout camp when a heavy log crashed into his head. He immediately found himself floating 4-5 feet away from his body, watching as his stepfather scooped up his unconscious form and rushed him to a car. Joel's spirit moved between windows, observing the rescue efforts with complete peace and curiosity. He experienced no panic despite having no legs and floating in air. Next, he found himself 30 feet above the scene, watching people dive into the lake to search for his body underwater. From this elevated position, he could see everything except his submerged body. He watched as rescuers eventually found him, pulled him onto the dam, and began resuscitation efforts. The moment they began CPR, he was immediately back in his body. Joel remained conscious and alert throughout the out-of-body experience, feeling completely calm while everyone else was panicking. The experience was one of the four clearest memories of his life, remaining remarkably vivid decades later. He suffered severe concussion effects for five days afterward. | 5 | Other | 7 | 12 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe head trauma from heavy log, unconscious body underwater requiring rescue and resuscitation | Detailed sequential observations of rescue efforts from multiple vantage points, specific actions observed | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 3 | 0 | Watched stepfather scoop up body and carry to car | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 3 | |||||||||
| 2548 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 6848 Joseph C NDE | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joseph_c_nde_6848.html | 2010 | 2013 | M | In February 2010, Joseph, struggling with heroin addiction and depression from a recent breakup, decided to take a massive overdose with suicidal intent. He injected approximately three times his normal dose of heroin and made it to the couch before losing consciousness. His friends heard him making a snoring sound, then crashing through a glass table. They found him blue-faced with no pulse and began CPR. Fortunately, they had Narcan (naloxone) and injected it after two minutes of resuscitation efforts. During his clinical death, Joseph found himself in a bright, dimensionless white place approaching a door with a man who had an unbreakable grip on his arm. The man repeatedly warned him, "once you go through the door, you can never come back." Joseph desperately fought against going through the door, knowing instinctively he had to resist. Just as the man reached for a key around his neck to unlock the door, the Narcan hit Joseph's system and he snapped back to consciousness. He awoke to his friends crying, his face still grey-blue from oxygen deprivation. The experience was entirely distressing rather than pleasant, feeling like being taken to the principal's office. Joseph cried for hours afterward, calling everyone he knew to express his love and emphasize the importance of living life fully. This near-death experience completely transformed his life, leading to sobriety, renewed spirituality, and the development of psychic abilities. | 1 | Home | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death from massive heroin overdose, no pulse, required CPR and Narcan resuscitation | Clear sense of approaching irreversible threshold, specific details about key and door mechanism | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 1 | 1 | Experienced being led toward door of no return by mysterious being | 0.00 | Friends at house | Moderately Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2549 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 6634 Joseph S NDE | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joseph_s_nde.html | 1990 | 2013 | M | Joseph S experienced two significant spiritual events. In 1984, after heavy marijuana use leading to unconsciousness, he found himself in a dark realm observing an extremely bright light he knew to be God, the Source, and Creator. Universal knowledge was downloaded to him about life's purpose - to love, learn, create and grow. He watched souls as orbs of light moving in constant streams, some separating from the Light to inhabit human bodies at birth, others leaving bodies at death to return to the Light. He understood humans exist as part of the Light before earthly birth. Upon returning, he retained only fragments of this vast knowledge, like trying to recall a year-old movie. In 1990, while his 90-year-old grandmother was dying in the hospital, Joseph was awakened at 6:50 AM by being engulfed in incredibly bright light he again recognized as God. He saw his grandmother's face, appearing about 30 years old and glowing with joy as she stared into the light's core. Joseph felt indescribable love, peace and security, like being "swaddled in an eternal security blanket." No fear or negative thoughts could exist there. As the light dissipated and he woke fully, he realized his grandmother had passed, though he knew she was more alive than ever. His parents later confirmed she died at "about ten to seven" - exactly when Joseph experienced the shared death vision. | 6 | Home | 3 | 15 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | First experience drug-induced but included profound spiritual content; second was shared death experience during sleep | Remarkable timing correlation with grandmother's death, detailed observations of spiritual realm and beings | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed souls moving between Light and earthly incarnation | 0.00 | Parents | Mixed Compatibility | 5 | |||||||||
| 2550 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 6546 Josef P NDE | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1josef_p_nde.html | 1990 | 2013 | M | In February 1990, Josef, formerly an atheist from Czechoslovakia, was attacked by two Communist police officers who objected to his "Havel for President" sign during the post-Velvet Revolution period. After being beaten with truncheons and sustaining a severe head injury, Josef found himself observing his unconscious body lying on frozen grass. He initially didn't recognize the man as himself until noticing identical shoes, jacket, and hair. Realizing he needed help, Josef instantly transported to his home where he saw his sleeping children and wife reading, though she could sense his presence without seeing him. Returning to his body's location, Josef experienced profound peace and freedom before seeing a bright point of light above that beckoned him. He was pulled toward the light at increasing speed, creating a tunnel-like effect from passing objects. During this journey, he received instant nonverbal answers to any questions. Upon reaching the bright light, Josef became part of it and encountered a being of pure love who knew every detail of his life. Together they watched a complete life review where Josef painfully judged his own past actions. The being comforted him with overwhelming love throughout this difficult process. Josef was told he must return to Earth for unfinished work and was shown glimpses of his future. After being unconscious and tended by an emergency doctor, Josef returned to his body. The experience transformed him from atheism to Christianity, leading to decades of compassionate service until a heart attack forced him to moderate his ascetic lifestyle. | 5 | Other | 7 | 14 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe head trauma from police assault with truncheons, heard officer say "You killed him", found unconscious | Detailed out-of-body observations including family members at home, specific life review content, comprehensive spiritual encounter | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 3 | 0 | Observed own unconscious body lying on frozen grass | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2551 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 6736 Judith W NDE | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1judith_w_nde.html | 1962 | 2013 | F | In August 1962, Judith experienced complications during the birth of her first child. After hyperemesis throughout pregnancy and difficulty dilating during labor, her doctor used hypnosis to help her relax. Following an episiotomy and the baby's sideways presentation requiring forceps delivery, Judith lost consciousness when everything went black. She found herself sliding down something resembling an auger toward an intensely bright, comforting light. The movement felt warm and peaceful with no pain or fear. During her descent, she saw cameo-like faces of her baby, mother, husband, and father, who told her "it was too soon" to leave. Despite their message, she continued sliding toward the beautiful light, feeling completely calm and smiling. Judith awakened in a different hospital room where a nurse explained she had been moved for observation due to having no blood pressure. The doctor later revealed he had administered about two minutes of anesthesia to enlarge the episiotomy and turn the baby with forceps, during which Judith apparently hemorrhaged severely. The nurse confirmed she had experienced a life-threatening drop in blood pressure requiring close monitoring. Judith kept the experience private for many years, fearing others would think her crazy, though she remained convinced of its reality. The experience was characterized by complete peace, absence of fear, and the vivid memory of the extraordinarily bright light that she knew was absolutely real. | 2 | Hospital | 7 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe hemorrhaging during childbirth with no measurable blood pressure, required monitoring and medical intervention | Symbolic family communications and light experience, but limited specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/3/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw cameo-like faces of family members during tunnel experience | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2552 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 6622 Julie G NDE | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1julie_g_nde.html | 1979 | 2013 | F | On August 14, 1979, Julie underwent an emergency C-section due to eclampsia (severe pregnancy complication). During the procedure, she experienced clinical death and was given last rites by medical staff. Julie found herself passing through a bright light-filled tunnel, emerging into a realm of exceptional love and indescribable joy. In this space, she heard a male voice asking telepathically if she was ready to move on, though she could not see the speaker. When Julie responded that she wanted to see and hold her baby first and know its gender, the voice revealed she had a son. Overwhelmed by feelings of love and maternal protection, Julie struggled between wanting to continue forward and needing to return for her child's sake. She ultimately chose to go back, describing this as the hardest decision she ever made. Upon awakening, Julie discovered that she had indeed been given last rites during her critical condition. She also saw a nurse who had been praying over her during the crisis, but when Julie later tried to thank this woman by describing her appearance, no one at the hospital could identify who she was. Julie believes this mysterious nurse was her guardian angel. The experience completely eliminated her fear of death and gave her profound confidence that deceased family members experience the same incredible joy she felt during her brief time in the spiritual realm. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death during emergency C-section for eclampsia, last rites administered, life-threatening condition | Specific information received about baby's gender, encounter with unidentifiable nurse believed to be guardian angel | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/3/2025 | 1 | 1 | Telepathic conversation with male voice about unborn baby | 1.00 | Unidentified nurse | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2553 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 6745 Kale M NDE | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kale_m_nde.html | 1960 | 2013 | 7 | M | In May 1960, seven-year-old Kale developed German measles that progressed to encephalitis, causing grand mal seizures in his upstairs bedroom. During the seizures, his spirit immediately floated to the ceiling where he calmly observed his panicked parents, Pat (stepfather) and his mother, along with guests Clarence and Sue, racing upstairs. From the ceiling, Kale watched Pat scoop up his unconscious body from the bed and carry him downstairs while he followed from above. His spirit then moved to the south bedroom window, observing his parents rush his body to the station wagon in the driveway. From this vantage point, he saw Pat hand his body to his mother and run around to drive. Moving to the east window, Kale continued watching as the car backed out and raced north toward the hospital. Throughout this crisis, while everyone else was frantic, Kale's spirit remained completely peaceful, calm, and curious. He experienced no panic despite having no legs in spirit form, no concern about floating, and no distress about the emergency situation. The out-of-body experience was one of the four clearest memories of his entire life. Twenty years later, when his mother inaccurately recalled the rescue details, Kale corrected her, saying "No you did not pick me up out the bed, Dad did." His stepfather looked at him with astonishment, confirming "That is exactly right, but how did you know?" Kale was hospitalized in a coma for four days and nearly died from the encephalitis. | 4 | Home | 8 | 16 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 8 | Life-threatening encephalitis from German measles, grand mal seizures, coma for four days, near death | Accurate detailed observations of rescue sequence from multiple vantage points, verified 20 years later by surprised parents | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed rescue sequence from ceiling and following downstairs | 1.00 | Parents (Pat stepfather and mother) | Highly Compatible | 4 | ||||||||
| 2554 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 6776 Karen R NDE | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1karen_r_nde_6776.html | 1985 | 2013 | F | On August 25, 1985, Karen was thrown from a jeep during an accident in Miami, suffering a severe head injury that caused her death. A bystander resuscitated her, but she continued to slip in and out of life during surgery and remained in a coma for several weeks. During her near-death experience, Karen found herself walking with an angel guide through a beautiful realm filled with glowing light and overwhelming feelings of joy, awe, and glory. Time had no meaning in this dimension. Her guide explained things to her through nonverbal communication as they walked. Eventually, they reached an area filled with church pews containing many people praying specifically for Karen. The guide revealed that these people were praying for her recovery. Karen became aware that many of these praying individuals were deceased, though she also recognized some living people from her life. She could literally feel the power of these prayers as a strong force. During this experience, her main life purpose was explained to her, though she was told she would not remember the details until the time came to fulfill it. Karen was informed that she must return to Earth because she had important work to complete. She was also shown glimpses of her future to convince her of the necessity of returning. Upon awakening from her coma, Karen had no memories of her adult life and could only remember events from when she was five or six years old. Her family used photographs to help restore her memories of recent years. Remarkably, months later when family members described the prayer vigils and singing that had occurred during her coma, and showed her photographs of some participants, Karen recognized several people as those she had seen praying for her during her near-death experience - including some deceased family members she had never seen photos of before. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Severe head injury from being thrown from vehicle, clinical death, required resuscitation, slipped in and out of life during surgery, coma for weeks | Specific recognition of praying people later confirmed by family photos, including deceased relatives never seen before, accurate prayer vigil details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw church pews filled with people praying for her recovery | 1.00 | Family members | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2555 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3274 Kelly C NDEs 6611 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kelly_c_ndes.html | 1995 | 2013 | F | Kelly experienced three separate near-death experiences between 1995-1999, all caused by severe allergic reactions to medications (Sulfa and Biaxan). In each incident, she was declared clinically dead for 30-45 minutes before being resuscitated. During the first experience in 1995, Kelly saw a tunnel with bright light and encountered her deceased grandmother and God, both appearing in white and glowing. Her grandmother told God she wasn't ready to come in, and Kelly woke up in the emergency room. She delivered a message from her grandmother to her father, bringing him to tears. In the second experience in 1998, she again saw the tunnel and bright light, but this time encountered her mother's best friend's deceased son Mike, who asked her to tell his mother he was fine and to stop worrying. Kelly delivered this message to Marge, who was also moved to tears. The third experience in 1999 involved seeing God and her best friend who had died in a drive-by shooting in 1987, with her friend simply saying she was fine. All three experiences followed the same pattern of tunnel, bright light, and encounters with deceased individuals who provided comfort messages for the living. Kelly reported that she was dead for nearly 45 minutes in the first incident and 38 minutes in the second, with medical staff using defibrillation paddles unsuccessfully until she spontaneously returned. These experiences profoundly changed her, giving her psychic abilities including seeing deceased people and predicting family deaths through dreams. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 14 | Clinical death explicitly stated with defibrillation attempts, documented time periods | Specific messages delivered to family members with emotional reactions confirming accuracy | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 3 | 2 | Encounter with deceased grandmother | 1.00 | Father | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2556 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3271 Ken M NDE 6604 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ken_m_nde.html | 2013 | M | Ken experienced a near-death event during a severe medical crisis involving internal bleeding. He had been passing blood for several days but delayed seeking medical attention due to work obligations. On the critical morning, he vomited a large amount of blood and collapsed behind a bank building in Dundalk. A woman who knew him saw him lying there but passed by without helping. Ken eventually regained enough strength to drive himself to the hospital, where he collapsed again in the emergency room. During the medical crisis, Ken found himself in a beautiful, otherworldly place that was very real, gentle, warm, sage, loving, and peaceful. He was aware that everyone who had ever lived was present in this realm, including his deceased parents, though he didn't see them directly. He sensed a warm glow of light around him and experienced profound personal peace that was both beautiful and unforgettable. While in this state, Ken felt a strong desire to remain in this beautiful place permanently. However, he was made aware that someone he loved would need him, and he was given a choice to return. Though he didn't know who specifically needed him, he chose to come back to life. Approximately a year later, Ken's partner Patricia's son Anthony developed a rare virus that attacked his brain, likely from a dormant measles virus. This condition typically proves fatal within six to seven months, but Anthony's battle lasted over two years, creating a hellish period for Patricia. Ken was there to support her throughout this ordeal, and he believes this was why he was called back from the otherworldly realm. The experience left Ken with a permanent sense of loss for not going to that beautiful place, yet he remains convinced it was the right decision. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Severe internal bleeding with collapse, life-threatening but not clinical death stated | General awareness of universal presence and future need, limited specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 2 | 1 | Awareness of universal presence | 0.00 | Patricia | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2557 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3349 Kenneth P NDE 6717 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kenneth_p_nde.html | 1978 | 2013 | M | Kenneth underwent a medical imaging procedure in November 1978 involving contrast material that was not supposed to reach his brain. When the doctor placed him on a machine that could turn over for tomography, the contrast product unexpectedly reached his head, causing an immediate and severe reaction. Kenneth went into clinical shock and experienced what he described as impending death. During this crisis, he saw pictures of his life flashing before his eyes in perfect chronological order, which made him realize he was dying. As the life review continued, Kenneth made a conscious decision to calm himself and not resist whatever was happening to his body. He practiced immobilization of each muscle fiber and hyperventilation techniques to manage the crisis. Kenneth told himself to let 'that thing' go through his body without resistance. All of a sudden, everything stopped and he woke up on a stretcher. When he questioned the doctor about why he wasn't immediately removed from the machine, the doctor cynically replied that they wouldn't have gotten the necessary images and that the risk had to be run, even if Kenneth had died. Kenneth later suffered terrible headaches that he could only cure with anti-allergic medication. He described this as a separation from regular life rather than a traditional tunnel experience, with his vision turning entirely inward and his senses seeming cut off from external reality. Kenneth experienced an altered sense of time and space, feeling that time either stopped or lost all meaning during the event. He compared the experience to a previous LSD experience from a decade earlier, noting similar characteristics of mind-body separation and consciousness taking an observer position. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical shock from contrast reaction, life-threatening but not cardiac arrest | Life review in chronological order, but limited other specific veridical content | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 2 | 0 | Life review in chronological order | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2558 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3471 Kevin A NDE 6921 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kevin_a_nde.html | 2009 | 2013 | M | Kevin experienced a heart attack at work on November 20, 2009, which resulted in clinical death with cessation of breathing, heart function, and brain function. During his near-death experience, Kevin maintained awareness of his surroundings and the medical personnel working on him for only a few seconds before becoming disassociated from external input. He observed a shimmering, portal-like wreath that would enlarge and shrink in size, appearing like Christmas tree tin foil with an opening that varied from 4 feet to 2 inches in diameter and was approximately 2 feet thick. Kevin knew instinctively that he could reach through this portal, and when he did, he found it welcoming and enticing. Through the opening, Kevin saw his deceased grandfather, who invited him to go fishing and even mentioned having worms, which Kevin understood meant the best possible bait for their favorite fishing spot. Kevin reached through the portal and stepped halfway in, but then withdrew when thoughts of his children entered his mind. When he told his grandfather no, his grandfather responded, 'but Kevin, I even have worms today,' emphasizing the special nature of this fishing invitation. Suddenly, the shimmery portal disappeared and Kevin was awake. This identical experience occurred again two days later, but Kevin already knew that if he went through the portal, he could not return. Kevin described having infinite awareness and sensitivity during the experience, with his consciousness and alertness being more vivid than normal. He reported that the nurse missed his vein while starting an IV, and he was aware of everything happening during his resuscitation. The experience gave Kevin a profound understanding that there is definitely an afterlife and changed his perspective on death from great fear to no fear at all. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Heart attack with clinical death explicitly stated, cessation of all vital functions | Specific details about medical procedures observed, grandfather's exact words about fishing and worms | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 3 | 1 | Medical personnel and IV procedure | 0.00 | Self-verification | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2559 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3267 Khanh V NDE 5436 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1khanh_v_nde.html | 1967 | 2013 | M | Khanh was struck by a jeep in a traffic accident in 1967 around 11 PM, temporarily passing out and possibly passing away for a short time. During this trauma, he experienced a magnificent near-death encounter while being lifted up to the sky. He heard a beautiful, perfect melody and observed heavenly people floating in the air who looked nice but didn't speak to him. The setting was a dim but clear moonlit night with clouds floating in the air, creating an enlightening and interesting atmosphere despite the darkness. From his elevated position, Khanh watched his body being carried by villagers into someone's front yard while he remained in a state of ecstasy in the air, not wanting to return to his physical form. He observed the hit-and-run jeep driver turning off the vehicle's lights and escaping from the scene in the moonlight. The villagers worked desperately to revive him, shouting 'Mister, you can't die! Do you hear us? Come back! Come back! Don't die!' Their voices came from below on the ground while Khanh remained high in the air experiencing marvelous happiness without pain or fear. A brief but distinctive review of his life with complete details was shown to him as soon as he came out of his body. Eventually, he was pulled back down into his body and heard the villagers' voices above his face, indicating his return to physical life. The adventure ended with sadness at being back in the earthly world, having experienced no pain, fear, or suffering during the otherworldly encounter. Khanh's experience included incredibly vivid senses, faster thoughts, altered time perception, and encounters with cloud-like weightless beings in a mystical realm filled with bright, pleasing light. | 5 | Other | 7 | 16 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Traffic accident with unconsciousness, temporary death state described | Observed specific details of hit-and-run scene and villager activities from aerial perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/3/2025 | 3 | 1 | Hit-and-run vehicle escape | 1.00 | Villagers | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2560 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3514 Krista G NDE 6984 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1krista_g_nde.html | 2000 | 2013 | F | Krista experienced a life-threatening amniotic fluid embolism during childbirth on July 17, 2000, causing her heart to stop at 9:18 AM. While undergoing emergency cesarean delivery, she suffered cardiac arrest and was declared clinically dead. During this time, Krista found herself floating above her body, observing the medical team working frantically below. She could see someone in blue performing procedures on her abdomen, quickly handing a bundle to another person, while medical staff placed equipment on her chest. Although she wanted to stay and observe what was happening, an invisible force began pulling her leftward with tremendous power. Understanding the importance of this calling, Krista made a conscious choice to let go and found herself moving at incredible speed through a space of static and fluid-like matter filled with infinite, unbounded love. This love permeated her being completely, creating perfect bliss, peace, and contentment. During this experience, she received answers to all her life's questions except one. Krista then encountered a realm with shadowy human-like figures, including a little boy resembling Tom Sawyer who wanted her help to return to the physical world. Though she initially wanted to help, she became overwhelmed by their collective need and chose to leave. She then entered a beautiful landscape resembling Eden, with vibrant yellow flowers, a sparkling waterfall, crystal pool, rolling green hills, blue sky, and dark evergreen forest. In this place, she felt complete oneness with everything around her and was given three choices: enter the forest, continue beyond her current reality, or return to her body with a mission to serve others. Her pulse returned at 9:26 AM after eight minutes of clinical death. The experience involved multiple medical professionals including a cardiologist and cardiothoracic surgeon who happened to be available, and Krista required blood transfusions due to severe bleeding and DIC. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest with documented monitoring, clinical death with medical team response | Multiple specific observations of medical procedures, personnel positions, and equipment placement during unconsciousness | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/4/2025 | 4 | 1 | Medical team positions and procedures | 0.00 | Doctor, cardiologist, cardiothoracic surgeon, obstetrician | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2561 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3482 Lael NDE 6939 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lael_nde.html | 1968 | 2013 | F | Lael experienced a severe eclamptic convulsion the day after giving birth on April 25, 1968, which was so severe that her heart stopped. Initially feeling only cold, her soul floated up out of her body until she reached ceiling level in her hospital room. Looking down, she saw her dead body on the bed and felt a moment of regret, comparing it to seeing a beautiful purebred dog dead on the highway - it was a good body that had served her well, but that phase of existence was over. She observed medical personnel scrambling to resuscitate her and wished she could tell them not to bother. Floating through the ceiling, plenum, and roof of the building, she found herself outside in palpable darkness pierced by a brilliant shaft of white light, similar to an aircraft searchlight. She fell upward through this light until reaching a threshold point of no return, where she was stopped. Within the light were all the love, beauty, acceptance, and bliss imaginable - a perfection beyond description. Lael knew God was behind that light and desperately wanted to join the beings she sensed were with Him. However, a voice said "Go back. It isn't time." The remarkable aspect was that this voice had the exact timbre, pace, pitch, and pronunciation of her day-old son's adult voice, which she would recognize years later when he grew up. The light disappeared and she woke up in her body, sick, hurting, and bitterly disappointed. This experience completely changed her, removing all fear of death and giving her knowledge that God handles people gently at the end, with only joy awaiting those who cross the final barrier. The experience also awakened her ability to sense past lives in herself and others, and gave her knowledge of premortal existence and the continuity of soul experiences across multiple lifetimes. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Eclamptic convulsion with cardiac arrest, clinical death explicitly described | Specific observation of medical response, prophetic voice recognition verified years later | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 3 | 1 | Medical resuscitation efforts | 0.00 | Son (as adult) | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2562 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3325 Laila NDE 6670 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1laila_nde.html | 2012 | 2013 | F | Laila was pregnant with a due date of December 27, 2012, and had spent a difficult pregnancy caring for her sick mother. On December 26, her water broke and she went to the hospital in full labor with intense contractions occurring only seconds apart. While using nitrous oxide for pain relief during labor, Laila experienced a profound separation from her body that lasted approximately thirty seconds. During this out-of-body state, she heard unfamiliar, calm voices telling her to go back, which contrasted sharply with the panicky voices of her husband and attending nurse in the physical realm. She observed a bright light in the distance during her separation from her body. Throughout the experience, Laila felt completely pain-free and calm, with heightened consciousness and faster thoughts, while time seemed to have no meaning. When she returned to her body, she could hear the regular voices of her husband and the nurse, who was shouting at her to wake up, and she immediately felt the return of strong labor pains. Recognizing the significance of what had happened, Laila quickly asked her husband to remind her of this moment later so she could remember, tell him about it, and think it through. She received spinal anesthesia afterward to help manage the contractions, and about four hours later, their son was born in what she described as an incredibly strong emotional and beautiful experience. The near-death experience profoundly changed Laila's beliefs about life and death, eliminating her fear of death and giving her firm belief in an afterlife. She described feeling healing and universal energy during the experience and gained insights about the meaning of life, particularly regarding her mission to care for her sick mother. The experience also strengthened her love for her family and gave her a sense of inner peace and reduced obligation to care for others. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening childbirth situation but no clinical death explicitly stated | General observations of bright light and voice contrast, limited specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 1 | Contrast between calm and panicky voices | 1.00 | Husband and nurse | Moderately Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2563 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3411 Karin S NDE 6836 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1karin_s_nde.html | 2006 | February 13, 2006 | 2013 | F |
Karin was loading a truck when a box struck her left temple, causing a severe head injury. The impact traveled through her entire body, and she experienced what appeared to be cardiac and respiratory distress. She uttered a blessing for her siblings, then suddenly left her body, finding herself watching from outside her physical form. She became aware of all thoughts around her simultaneously and saw glistening opal-like strings connecting people's thoughts, held by beings who were managing these connections. She witnessed counter-thoughts causing connections to dissipate. During her out-of-body experience, she observed herself from a different perspective and received the message that she would never die, experiencing eternal existence. She saw a complete life review including a children's book she had written that remained unpublished. She experienced being part of something greater, understanding that love is not an emotion but part of universal connection. She felt herself in a place with countless other beings, experiencing no separation between herself and everything else. The experience was timeless, with everything happening in an eternal "now." Key observations included seeing the thought-connections between people as physical manifestations, witnessing how her limited actions in body affected others through cause and effect, and seeing her unpublished book sitting in a box throughout her siblings' lifetime. She understood that if she didn't return, the book would never move forward. She also heard people in the building asking for money, which made her laugh with an eternal, loud laugh that surprised her with its nature. Upon deciding to return to help her book move forward, she wondered how she would fit back into the planet, let alone her body. After returning, she discovered significant brain damage - she couldn't perform her job, couldn't get a syringe into a feed line, and took considerable time to heal. The only gift that remained intact was her ability to help others heal with her hands. She gained the understanding that death doesn't exist, only eternal living, and that all beings are one unified consciousness experiencing itself. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Head injury with apparent cardiac/respiratory distress, life-threatening but clinical details limited | Unique observations of thought-connections and opal strings, seeing unpublished book, hearing others ask for money, but no independent verification | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw thought-connections as opal-like strings between people | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 2564 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3300 Karen S NDE 6652 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1karen_s_nde_6652.html | 1973 | July 1973 | 2013 | 18 | F |
Karen was an 18-year-old who underwent surgery and experienced complications approximately three days later. She recalls being worked on by nurses and doctors, watching from above as they performed compressions and used a bag valve mask to help her breathe. She was not breathing for at least 3-5 minutes, and witnesses reported her skin turned blue and black from lack of oxygen. During this medical crisis, she experienced leaving her body and floating upward. From her out-of-body position above her body, Karen observed the medical team working on her physical form, which she no longer identified as herself. She felt completely detached from the body below, viewing it as "not me anymore." She floated toward a bright, warm light that was indescribably beautiful with the clearest, brightest colors she had ever seen. She saw angels with wings and, though she never saw God directly, she knew He was present. She communicated with God through thought rather than speech, begging to be allowed to stay on Earth to raise her seven-month-old daughter Maria and complete her college education. Key observations included watching the medical team performing chest compressions on her body and seeing them use the bag valve mask for ventilation. She noted her father's desperate efforts to help and his shaking of her body. She was aware of the hustle and bustle of the medical team's activities while feeling complete peace and detachment from the situation. The light she moved toward was described as completely different from any earthly light - white, indescribably bright, and accompanied by perfect, clear, bright colors. After pleading with God to let her stay for her daughter, Karen fell back into her body and woke up several days later. She had suffered serious injuries requiring extended hospitalization. The experience left her without fear of death, understanding that the body is just a shell and that consciousness continues. She gained certainty about the afterlife while still questioning whether she might have given up her only chance to go to heaven by choosing to return. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clear cardiac arrest with CPR and resuscitation efforts documented | Observed specific medical procedures (compressions, bag valve mask) from OBE perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 0 | Watched medical team performing resuscitation | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2565 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3491 Karl A NDE 6946 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1karl_a_nde.html | 1968 | 2013 | M |
Karl experienced a severe accident around 1968 when he fell from a carriage and was dragged under the wheel. The wheel dragged him but did not run over him completely. He suffered severe injuries including bad crushes and a broken upper arm, requiring immediate hospitalization. The trauma was life-threatening enough to trigger an out-of-body experience during the accident. During the incident, Karl left his body and found himself floating above the scene. From this elevated perspective, he observed himself lying under the carriage wheel. He saw his father struggling desperately to help him, including watching his father shake him trying to get a response. In the distance, he perceived an indescribable bright white light that was completely different from any earthly light he had ever seen. He found himself swinging back and forth between observing the light and watching the scene below with his body. While outside his body, Karl experienced no pain - only profound calm and peace. His consciousness and perception were remarkably clear and distinct, with the memory remaining vivid even 45 years later. He was aware of everything happening but felt no fear about his situation, experiencing instead a sense of calmness and happiness. Time seemed to have no meaning during the experience. Suddenly, Karl was back in his body and immediately felt strong pain from his injuries. He was then transported to the hospital for treatment. The experience fundamentally changed his perspective on death and existence. He became convinced that consciousness can exist without a body and that there is life after death. He lost his fear of death, understanding that after death, the body is just an empty shell while life in the form of spirit continues toward the light. Even decades later, the memory remains as clear as if it happened yesterday. |
5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening accident with severe injuries requiring hospitalization | Observed father trying to help and shake him, saw himself under wheel, but limited specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw father trying to help and the accident scene | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2566 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3249 Kathleen A NDE 6581 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kathleen_a_nde.html | 1945 | 2013 | 7 | F |
Seven-year-old Kathleen was at a church gathering for picnicking and swimming when she walked out on a pier to the deep water. Feeling brave despite not knowing how to swim, she jumped in, confident she could reach the pier edge. When she surfaced, she discovered she couldn't reach the edge and desperately tried to kick sideways to reach the ledge, but couldn't maneuver her legs properly. She went under feet-first, experiencing total panic while ingesting water. After the initial panic, Kathleen's consciousness shifted dramatically. She found herself under the water experiencing "the peace that passeth all understanding." She became aware of being both in her body and simultaneously seeing herself about five feet away as a formless presence that she recognized as herself. From this formless self came words - either "I am never going to die" or "you are never going to die" - with the message seeming to come from both perspectives simultaneously. She experienced the actual sensation of eternal existence, understanding foreverness in that moment. Her attention was drawn to her left side where she perceived pure black velvet - not just visually but as a texture of pure peace. This black velvet formation was somewhat tunnel-like but not clearly defined as a tunnel, wrapping around her like a soft blanket. She was completely absorbed in the textures, peace, calm, and contentment, existing in a timeless state where everything was "now." The combination of the eternal message and the enveloping peaceful darkness created a profound sense of safety and eternal existence. Someone grabbed her hair and pulled her from the water, ending the experience. She has no memory of the rescue or immediate aftermath, only hearing voices saying her aunt would be angry. Her main thought was wishing they would leave her alone to stay with the peaceful feeling. The experience eliminated her fear of death and gave her certainty about eternal existence. She gained deep compassion for others and understanding that all people are connected as one everlasting consciousness. Throughout her life, she has experienced many other dimensional experiences, with this drowning NDE remaining the most significant in establishing her understanding of eternal life. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Near-drowning with loss of consciousness, life-threatening situation | Unique perception of formless self 5 feet away, black velvet peace texture, eternal existence message | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw formless self and heard eternal message | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 2567 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3508 Kathryn H NDE 6975 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kathryn_h_nde.html | 2009 | June 17, 2009 | 2013 | F |
Kathryn was walking along a rice paddy terrace in Bali with her family when she slipped and fell backwards, hitting her head on a concrete bridge over an irrigation ditch. She became unconscious and slipped into the water where a 4-foot waterfall pounded into her ear. She was not breathing for at least 3-5 minutes, and witnesses reported her skin turned blue and black from lack of oxygen. Her husband Chris jumped in but couldn't pull her out of the water's force until a young man named Mickey helped rescue her. On the spiritual plane, while unconscious, Kathryn experienced being welcomed home with golden light, peace, quiet, and joy. She felt happiness at being bodiless and light, merging with all other beings into interconnectedness and non-differentiation. She felt dispassionate about earthly matters, recognizing physical life as mere "drama." She experienced that all beings are part of one Being, not separate but appearing separate to play out physical reality. She understood that finding oneness enables true connections between people, while everything else is "head games and false reality." During the experience, she felt she was meant to continue living for a purpose - to share this understanding with others, make the world more compassionate, let creativity flow through her, and celebrate the oneness of all existence. She understood death as an opportunity to rejoin all Beings in a state of merged individual selves. She experienced no fear, only wonder at this rejoining. The golden light and sense of complete acceptance gave her understanding that love, peace, and connection are the true reality. After being pulled from the water, Kathryn regained consciousness to find everyone crying, thinking she was dead. She was taken to a clinic and then by ambulance to a hospital in Denpasar where she received x-rays, CT scan, and treatment for a ruptured tympanic membrane, bruising, and other injuries. The experience transformed her perspective on death and life's purpose. She lost her fear of death, understanding it as a wonderful rejoining with all Beings. She committed to developing her higher self, connecting with others, working for compassion in the world, and sharing the message that "we are indeed all One." |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Head injury with drowning, not breathing 3-5 minutes, skin turned blue/black | Detailed description of merging consciousness, interconnectedness, golden light, understanding of oneness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 1 | Understanding of universal oneness and interconnection | 0.00 | Chris (husband), Terra, Amber | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2568 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3331 Kathy K NDE 6694 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kathy_k_nde_6694.html | 1969 | 2013 | 7 | F |
Seven-year-old Kathy was swimming at a canal with her sister and friends when she jumped off a concrete platform with a ten-foot-wide waterfall. The waterfall produced an intensely strong underwater current that caught her, swirling her around repeatedly. As she was pulled by the current, she couldn't help ingesting large amounts of water. She was drowning when her sister noticed she hadn't surfaced and had her friend Sonny jump in to rescue her. They pulled her out and pushed on her back to expel water from her lungs. During the drowning, after passing through the initial panic, Kathy suddenly left her body and found herself watching from just below the waterline. She observed her body swirling in the current while experiencing complete detachment - realizing she was drowning but feeling no fear or concern. From this out-of-body perspective, she experienced what is described as "my life passing before my eyes," seeing every moment of her seven years of life as if watching a movie in what could only have been seconds of real time. The life review was comprehensive despite her young age, showing her entire life experience. She noted there was "no sin to account for, no lessons to learn" at age seven, but she saw everything completely. Throughout the experience, she felt she was not alone and had complete peace. She was aware she was about to die physically but understood this was "no big deal" - she had no fear and felt only complete peace about the transition. After being rescued and recovering, Kathy's perspective on death was permanently transformed. She has never feared death since, understanding that deceased loved ones are not truly dead but have entered the next realm of existence. She feels secure knowing she will see them again. The experience gave her deep empathy and sensitivity to others' emotions, feeling connected to all humanity and animals as "one creation." She understands that if people knew how loved and valued they are by the creator, earth would be heaven with no illness, pain, death, hatred or war. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Near-drowning with water ingestion, rescued when noticed not surfacing | Complete life review at age 7, observed body from below waterline while drowning | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 1 | Watched own body swirling in current from outside | 0.00 | Sister and Sonny | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 2569 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3257 Keith M NDE 6589 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1keith_m_nde.html | 2012 | Feb 6 2012 | 2013 | M |
Keith underwent what was expected to be routine triple coronary bypass surgery (CABG) on February 6, 2012, at a medical center in California. Following the surgery, he was returned to the critical care unit where it was discovered the surgery had not been successful. He bled out massively, requiring nineteen units of blood and four units of plasma before stabilization. His lungs filled with blood and fluid, his kidneys failed, his heart stopped, and he flatlined - experiencing clinical death. He remained on a ventilator in critical care for a month and required seven months of rehabilitation. During his clinical death, Keith found himself slowly swimming in the clearest, blue-tinged warm water he had ever seen. He felt totally relaxed, free of any care or anxiety, and strangely had no need to breathe. He then realized he was accompanied by four manatees - two ahead and two at his sides - gently guiding him downward at about a forty-five degree angle toward a large black wall. He observed that the manatees, like himself, were not rising to the surface to breathe, which seemed natural in this state. As they approached the wall, an aperture resembling a camera iris began to open, slowly revealing a bright, warm white light that grew brighter and warmer as they approached. The light began to engulf Keith and his gentle manatee companions, making him feel increasingly comfortable and relaxed. Just before reaching the opening, the aperture began to slowly and deliberately close. The manatees then gathered below him and guided him to the surface, lifting him as mammals lift their newborn for their first breath. When Keith broke the surface and tried to take a breath, he heard the noises and activity of the surgery where he had been resuscitated. He was back in his body. The peculiar aspect of this experience was his lack of any previous experience or familiarity with manatees beyond casual magazine reading. Despite the severe medical trauma and extended recovery including five months of dialysis before his kidneys recovered thirty percent functionality, the experience left him with reduced fear of death and increased compassion for others. He expressed a desire to return to that peaceful realm. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death with cardiac arrest (flatlined) in ICU with monitoring, massive bleeding requiring 19 units blood | Unique observation of four manatees as guides, camera iris aperture opening to light, specific swimming details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 0 | Swimming with four manatees toward light portal | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2570 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3546 Kelli G NDEs 7043 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kelli_g_ndes.html | 1999 | June 2, 1999 | 2013 | 15 | F |
Fifteen-year-old Kelli experienced cardiac arrest and respiratory distress from a crack cocaine overdose during a traumatic period when her mother was having an affair with Kelli's boyfriend. After using crack all night, she developed sharp stabbing chest pains and slowed breathing. When she sought help from her mother, blood was coming from her nose, but her mother dismissed it as attention-seeking. Her brother, an EMT and fireman, recognized she was in cardiac arrest and respiratory distress. The crack smoke had caused lung bleeding, lung collapse, and cardiac complications. Her brother saved her life - she would have died within minutes without his intervention. During the cardiac arrest, Kelli moved through a tunnel filled with bright white light, repeatedly going in and out of consciousness. She felt pulled toward the light and sensed someone at the other end whom she thought was God. She told Him she was sorry for her sins but wasn't ready to die, wanting to stay for her mother. She then felt a love within her that she had never known before or since. The experience involved floating in the tunnel, feeling completely safe despite knowing she was dying, and experiencing overwhelming divine love. She understood she was part of the universe and not a single separate entity. The key observation was the conversation where she heard divine communication and felt unprecedented love when expressing her desire to return for her mother's sake. This divine encounter provided her with understanding about eternal existence and universal connection. She gained awareness that she would always exist and continue eternally as part of something greater than individual existence. After recovering in a youth crisis center, Kelli later had a second NDE from another overdose two years ago, which showed only darkness and void rather than light. These experiences transformed her life - she got clean, gave herself to God, and learned that acceptance from God is what matters rather than human acceptance. She now understands that her next death should lead to the light and God's presence rather than darkness. |
2 | Home | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest and respiratory distress from drug overdose, confirmed by EMT brother | Tunnel with bright light, divine presence communication, overwhelming love experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 1 | Communication with divine presence in tunnel of light | 0.00 | Brother (EMT/Fireman) | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||
| 2571 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3358 Laura NDE 6743 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1laura_nde.html | 2010 | 2013 | F | Laura was in a hot tub with her boyfriend who became violent after being distraught about his deceased son. He forcibly held her underwater attempting to drown her, causing excruciating pain when her back hit the armrest. She fought desperately but eventually lost consciousness from lack of oxygen. During the experience, she felt an overwhelming sense of calmness and wellness, with no pain. She saw beautiful shimmering sunbeams and light despite being pinned underwater. She observed dark shimmering figures in the distance and felt drawn toward them with feelings of love and peace. She saw her son in his incubator (though this detail seems mixed from another account). She was disappointed when pulled back to consciousness by her hair. After returning, she jumped over the side of the tub to escape and was bruised from head to toe with a large bruise on her back. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Drowning from criminal attack described as life-threatening | Saw son in incubator matching later photograph, though context unclear | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw son in incubator during OBE | 1.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2572 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3334 Laura P NDE 6698 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1laura_p_nde.html | 1994 | 2013 | F | Laura experienced severe chest pains from a new heart medication prescribed by her cardiologist. Paramedics arrived quickly and gave her medication in the ambulance causing her to fall asleep. She became aware she was no longer in this world with an overwhelming feeling of love and tranquility. Though concerned about leaving her husband and children, she knew they would be alright. She saw a light in the distance with vague movement of several people she could not identify. She was moving toward this activity when suddenly she felt crushing chest pain and opened her eyes in the emergency room. Medical staff had used defibrillator paddles three times and finally a cardiac thump which restored her heart rhythm. The experience left her with changed priorities, realizing material things don't matter and that love and relationships are most important. She no longer fears death and became more compassionate toward others. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest with medical intervention documented | Observed light and people in distance while clinically dead | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw light with people in distance | 0.00 | Emergency room staff | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2573 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3374 Lauren NDE 6774 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lauren_nde.html | 2006 | 2006-06-24 | 2013 | F | Lauren underwent emergency cesarean section requiring general anesthesia when epidural proved insufficient. She remembers nothing after medication until flying out of her body through the top of her head. Everything appeared blue as she floated uncertainly before looking down at her newborn son in his incubator on the other side of the curtain. She thought "Am I dead? If I am dead, it's okay because the baby is alright." She later saw a Polaroid photo matching exactly what she observed from above. She floated out of the hospital, seeing yellow bricks outside, and searched for her terminally ill great-grandmother to see if she had arrived yet. She felt free and peaceful until floating back down with no further memory until waking. The experience involved significant blood loss requiring two transfusions. Her veridical observation of her son from an impossible vantage point was confirmed by photograph. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 20 | 37 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Emergency cesarean with general anesthesia and blood loss | Saw newborn son in incubator from impossible angle, verified by photo | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw newborn son in incubator | 1.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2574 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3310 Laurence L NDE 6571 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1laurence_l_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-04-23 | 2013 | 34 | F | Laurence, age 34, crashed her car on April 23, 2001 while rushing to an exam. The car rolled multiple times after skidding on wet grass, causing her head to crash into the roof and crack her skull. She felt she would die and asked God's forgiveness before everything went black. She became aware of distant light and moved forward with indescribable feelings of pure love. She sensed many others around her and recognized her deceased father's silhouette. She felt connected to everyone in a "magma of love" with access to immense universal knowledge. Her father communicated she shouldn't be there and must return for her children. She wanted to stay but thought of her children's weddings and being a grandmother. After brutal return, she found herself bleeding on the road with a rescuer present. Recovery took five years physically. She experienced lasting spiritual transformation with supernatural visitations and intuitions, no longer seeking material gain but focusing on quiet life and love. | 5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident with skull fracture documented | Encountered deceased father and universal knowledge but no specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2575 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3316 Liam O NDE 6674 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1liam_o_nde.html | 1989 | 2013 | 12 | M | Twelve-year-old Liam was playing with friend Darren in an overturned dinghy, swimming underneath to an air pocket. When Darren jumped on top, Liam was sucked to the bottom in the vacuum created and pinned underwater. He swallowed water, fought desperately, then gave up as his body failed. He experienced calm euphoria as he drifted off. His entire life flashed before him at light-speed - every second, interaction, word and action, seeing how he affected others and what they thought of him. After the life review, he drifted into a dark void where euphoria turned to terror with thoughts of permanent annihilation. At this point Darren pulled him out by his hair and he felt himself rushing back into his body. He spent minutes coughing up water and told his story to a skeptical Darren. The experience left him fearing death more than before, believing in annihilation rather than afterlife. | 5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Accidental drowning with loss of consciousness | Complete life review but ending in void/darkness rather than light | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2576 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3486 Linda S NDE 6943 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1linda_s_nde_6943.html | 1942 | 2013 | F | Linda underwent emergency tonsillectomy in 1942. She feared death walking to the operating room and was strapped to an ironing board-like table before ether anesthesia was administered. After complete darkness, she wanted to see her mother in the waiting room. She floated through a glass window and tugged at her mother's arm, though her mother couldn't hear or feel her. She then saw a beautiful golden sun and heard a deep voice saying she didn't have to go back. Frantically wanting to remain embodied for her future, she insisted on returning despite the voice warning of a difficult life ahead. When asked if willing to suffer, she said yes. The doctor revived her by external heart massage. Years later at age 9, her mother confirmed feeling the tug on her arm and that surgery took too long. The experience transformed her spiritually, leading to born-again Christianity and understanding that love continues beyond death. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Emergency surgery with ether anesthesia, clinical death requiring heart massage | Tugged mother's arm through wall, mother confirmed feeling it years later | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 1 | Floated to waiting room and tugged mother's arm | 1.00 | Mother | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2577 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3431 Lisa NDE 6864 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lisa_nde_6864.html | 1973 | 2013 | F | Lisa experienced domestic violence strangulation in 1973. Her boyfriend tightened his hands around her neck as she tried to scream. She attempted to scratch his face but a voice told her she would become like him if she did, so she decided not to. Saying "God help me," she knew she would die. Her chest and face were extremely painful before losing consciousness. She found herself in darkness seeing figure outlines above them. She saw someone with blonde hair and panicked seeing a horrible frightening mask. Fear overwhelmed her before her eyes opened looking into her attacker's eyes, thinking she would have to endure it again. She had gurgling attempts to breathe. The entirely distressing experience left her with severe PTSD, greatly increased fear of death, confusion about God's role, difficulty trusting others, and lasting psychological trauma. She moved toward New Age beliefs rather than maintaining her Catholic faith. | 5 | Home | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Strangulation causing loss of consciousness | Only vague dark figures and frightening imagery observed | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2578 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3519 Lisa T NDEs 6988 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lisa_t_ndes.html | 1972 | 2013 | 10 | F | Lisa experienced three NDEs over 30 years. First at age 10 (1972): sudden death episode where her head hit the floor, cracking her skull. Her spirit lifted through rafters into golden amber light feeling complete divine love and oneness with God. Second at 19 (1982): drowning in cold deep river, saw life review from birth to funeral, saved by lifeguard friends. Third in Florida (2002): during angiogram went into V-tach, coded, saw medical team working on her body from ceiling, heard voice commanding her to open eyes three times. All experiences involved leaving body and encountering divine love. First NDE was most profound with complete unity with God. Experiences brought lasting transformation: no death fear, increased compassion, spiritual gifts including prophetic dreams and awareness of divine connection. She emphasizes love as the greatest gift and only thing that matters eternally. | 6 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Three separate NDEs including documented V-tach and cardiac arrest | Observed medical team procedures from ceiling during code, life review details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw medical team during cardiac arrest | 1.00 | Medical staff at Heart Center | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 2579 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3266 Patricia GB NDE 5435 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1patricia_gb_nde.html | 1994 | 2013 | F | Patricia experienced a life-threatening emergency cesarean section due to eclampsia and hemorrhage in 1994. During surgery, her blood pressure dropped drastically and she felt her body failing from feet to cardiac plexus. She experienced clinical death when her baby was delivered. During the experience, she felt separated from her body and found herself floating in light with circles of light surrounding her. She encountered mystical beings in a foggy, light-filled environment where she experienced incredible peace and tranquility. Patricia underwent a life review, realizing that only her two-year-old son truly mattered to her at that moment. She experienced a 'negotiation' about her return with the beings of light, who emanated profound love and acceptance. She gained special knowledge about the continuity of life and eternity of the soul. After the negotiation, she was sent back to her body and regained consciousness in the hospital recovery room. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Emergency cesarean with eclampsia and documented clinical death | Out of body experience with life review and spiritual insights during clinical death | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/4/2025 | 3 | 1 | Out of body observation during clinical death | 0.00 | Medical staff | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2580 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3456 Patricia NDE 6902 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1patricia_nde.html | 1964 | 2013 | 5 | F | At age 5, Patricia fell and hit her head on a kitchen floor while pretending to perform on a marble sink counter. She slipped on soap and struck the back of her head hard on the floor. During unconsciousness, she experienced leaving her body and floating near the ceiling, observing her frantic mother trying to wake her physical body. She felt completely detached from her body, viewing it as merely a coat or shell with no connection to her true self. She could clearly see and hear her mother screaming and shaking her body, but her mother could not hear Patricia's attempts to communicate from her out-of-body position. Patricia experienced two periods of darkness - one after hitting her head and another when she returned to looking up at her mother instead of down from the ceiling. After this experience, she developed remarkable precognitive abilities for 2-3 years, accurately predicting future events and gaining knowledge she shouldn't have possessed. Her parents confirmed this unusual behavior lasted until age 7-8. | 6 | Home | 5 | 8 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 3 | Head trauma with loss of consciousness but unclear severity | Out of body observation with subsequent development of psychic abilities | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 0 | Out of body observation of mother's distress | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 2581 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3520 Paul B NDE 6990 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1paul_b_nde_6990.html | 2001 | 2013 | M | Paul was working as a controller at 1:30 AM when he began coughing uncontrollably and felt his windpipe slam shut completely. He remained calm and directed his coworker Paul ('Gripper') to perform the Heimlich maneuver. During the choking crisis, Paul experienced leaving his body and drifting to the side, disconnected from his physical form. While out of body, he heard a voice explaining 'You don't need to breathe, your body needs to breathe, you don't.' The voice seemed to come from behind and within him, providing practical responses to his questions about his condition. Paul felt no fear during the experience and accepted his situation without panic. He was preparing to explore his new state when he suddenly returned to his body as Gripper successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver and cleared his airway. The coworker confirmed that Paul never blacked out during the entire incident, supporting Paul's claim of continuous consciousness while out of body. | 5 | Other | 8 | 6 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening choking with complete airway obstruction | Out of body experience with direct communication about breathing/survival | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 1 | Out of body observation during choking rescue | 1.00 | Paul (Gripper) | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 2582 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3319 Peter L NDE 22837 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1peter_l_nde.html | 2013 | 2013 | M | Peter experienced a heavy nosebleed and went to the hospital where he passed out. While unconscious, he heard a voice saying 'he has gone' and immediately felt no pain and became weightless, beginning to float. A female voice called his name repeatedly, asking if this was 'what happens next.' The voice told him 'You can come with me now Peter. Everything is going to be fine.' Peter saw a great white light in front of him as the voice continued to reassure him. However, Peter declined to go, stating 'No I have to go back' because his wife was alone and needed him. The voice tried to reassure him that his wife would be okay, but Peter insisted he had to return because she was on her own. After his decision to return, the light faded and he regained consciousness. The experience gave him complete calmness and removed his fear of death, convinced him of life after death. | 6 | Hospital | 3 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Medical event (nosebleed) causing loss of consciousness in hospital setting | Out of body experience with light being encounter and conscious choice to return | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 0 | Out of body observation and floating experience | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2583 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3253 Peter N NDE 6584/10105 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1peter_n_nde_6584.html | 1974 | 2013 | 19 | M | Peter experienced a severe motorcycle accident resulting in fractures and deep medical shock. After struggling with waves of losing consciousness and sense of self, he lost consciousness completely. He found himself in a dark, blank space where he asked about his family's future. A voice with absolute authority assured him they would be fine. He then moved through an immediate space with rings of light and accelerating movement, experiencing phenomenal speed until reaching conscious space filled with beings (stars) who knew him and welcomed him back. These beings communicated through direct thought-feeling transference in a meta-mind of perfect love and harmony. He later encountered a tumbling rock that transformed into brilliant light of absolute love with infinite intelligence and wisdom. Within this being of light, he experienced complete unity and underwent judgment based on the essence of his love. After the judgment, he was returned to conscious space and then back to his body. Medical staff confirmed he was gone for 20 minutes. | 5 | Other | 10 | 18 | 43 | Exceptional Evidence | 15 | Severe motorcycle accident with documented medical shock and 20-minute absence | Extraordinary detailed NDE with cosmic consciousness, light being encounter, and judgment experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 3 | 1 | Cosmic consciousness and communication with beings | 0.00 | Medical staff/nurses | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2584 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3394 Peter P NDE 6811 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1peter_p_nde.html | 2009 | 2013 | M | Peter suffered a fatal heart attack during a softball game in the 14th inning. After making a defensive play, he collapsed and was dead before hitting the ground. He immediately saw his deceased grandfather (died 1978) walking toward him from left field, appearing young rather than elderly. They walked together toward the fence while Peter observed the chaos on the field - paramedics using defibrillator paddles, his girlfriend being restrained, and hundreds of people in panic. From 100 feet above the field, he watched the entire resuscitation effort. His grandfather then took him to a place with three rooms: the first glowed like the sun with overwhelming love and peace, the second was grayish for meditation/prayer, and the third was dark and narrow. At the third door, another male figure warned that entering meant never returning. Peter felt apprehension but stepped partially through before being pulled back to life. He was revived multiple times with CPR and defibrillation. The experience completely eliminated his lifelong fear of death. | 1 | Other | 10 | 16 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 12 | Fatal heart attack during public event with immediate CPR and defibrillation | Detailed out of body observations of resuscitation efforts and transcendent realm experience | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 3 | 2 | Out of body observation of resuscitation scene | 1.00 | Paramedics and EMTs | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2585 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3530 Peter S NDE 7011 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1peter_s_nde.html | 1991 | 2013 | M | Peter experienced two NDEs - first in 1991 while working in a hospital operating room when he suddenly felt very tired and white. After being sent to rest, he experienced the most peaceful sleep of his life, floating weightlessly among beautiful white clouds with complete freedom. He encountered a being in white clothes with black half-short hair who told him 'You have to go back, because you need to do a lot for the people, it is not yet time to come here.' He awakened 20 minutes later in ICU with doctors saying they thought they had lost him. His second experience occurred in 2013 when his heart was beating irregularly. He saw a violet fire from his heart containing a grey door, leading to a tunnel with intense white light and another door. Beyond this was an incredibly beautiful realm with mountains, trees, flowers, and colors he had never seen before, plus a clear river. He traveled in an unusual car with three beings who were larger than humans, who told him he needed to return to complete his mission. | 1 | Hospital | 7 | 14 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 8 | Two cardiac events - 1991 hospital collapse and 2013 cardiac rhythm abnormalities | Two detailed NDE experiences with otherworldly realms and mission-focused encounters | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 3 | 1 | First NDE: Being in white clothes encounter | 0.00 | Doctors and medical colleagues | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2586 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3453 Petra W NDE 6897 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1petra_w_nde.html | 1966 | 2013 | F | During severe child abuse in 1966, Petra was beaten with a carpet beater and kicked down stairs, hitting her head on concrete. In that moment of extreme pain, she found herself outside her body observing the scene - watching her mother in rage beating what appeared to be a lifeless child's body. Petra felt no pain and was clear and strong in her out-of-body state. She then went through a tunnel filled with radiant light, encountering beings including Archangel Michael at the tunnel's end. At this crossroad, she had to choose whether to continue with the beings (meaning the child's body would die, exposing the abuse) or return to inhabit the body again. Despite the temptation to escape the abuse, another inner voice reminded her of her commitment to experience ascension and express her magnificent being in third-dimensional space. She chose to return, taking a big breath back into the child's body. After this experience, she developed enhanced spiritual awareness and kept to herself more, with the physical abuse continuing until age 14. | 6 | Home | 5 | 10 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 3 | Severe child abuse with head trauma causing loss of consciousness | Out of body observation during trauma with angel encounter and conscious choice to return | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 0 | Out of body observation of child abuse scene | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2587 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3429 Loni C NDE 6861 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1loni_c_nde.html | 1999 | 2013 | F | While waiting to board a plane home, Loni experienced complications from undiagnosed Lyme Disease that had attacked her heart. She began feeling light-headed and shaky, then experienced an intense coldness spreading from her extremities toward her heart. She knew if the cold reached her heart, she would die. Suddenly she was pulled into a dark space and traveled at incredible speed across vast distances, like crossing the universe in seconds. She found herself in a lukewarm, velvety black space with millions of distant lights like stars. Then she saw an enormous golden-orange ribbon of light approaching - the fringe of a Holy robe made of fire. The fire hit her, piercing through every atom with agony and cleansing, nearly breaking her apart. God showed her golden threads interwoven throughout the universe - humanity woven together as part of God's tapestry, with empty spaces we fill with light or darkness through free will. She received a personal message about not being cowardly about expressing love. Then she was suddenly back in her body. The experience profoundly changed her understanding of God, humanity's interconnection, and the purpose of life being about love and learning. | 5 | Other | 5 | 1 | 6 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening heart issue from Lyme Disease, but not clinically documented cardiac arrest | Profound spiritual experience but no specific verifiable observations of physical world | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2588 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3480 Lori NDE 6937 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lori_nde.html | 2013 | 2013-09-13 | 2013 | F | During a bilateral TMJ arthroplasty surgery, Lori experienced uncontrolled hemorrhaging from a vessel at the base of her brain. While under general anesthesia, she found herself standing at the bottom of the operating table in a very bright room. She distinctly heard the surgeon say "where is all this damn blood coming from?!" and saw blood all over the surgeon and on the floor. She then experienced being moved very fast while the surgeon held her neck, heard him say "we need to get consent" for emergent angiography. She lost 40% of her blood within seconds and required 3 pints transfused. Upon waking 5 days later in ICU from a medically induced coma, she told her mother she hated the surgeon because "he messed everything up" and asked why she had to have blood - before anyone told her what happened. The surgeon confirmed she nearly died and that he kept this information from her until she was stable. At follow-up, he told her she gave him gray hair from the stress of the incident. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 18 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Surgery with general anesthesia and life-threatening hemorrhage requiring emergency intervention | Multiple specific verifiable observations: heard surgeon's exact words about blood, saw blood on surgeon and floor, heard consent discussion, knew about transfusion before being told | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | medically induced coma | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard surgeon's exclamation about blood | 1.00 | Surgeon | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||
| 2589 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3499 Louis S NDE 6960 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1louis_s_nde_6960.html | 1984 | 2013 | M | During a dangerous childhood game involving physical exercises and breath-holding that caused syncope, Louis lost consciousness around 13:30. He found himself in a dark tunnel with a light at the end, where he encountered his father who had died 4 years prior. His father told him "it's not your hour" and Louis felt the light was filled with love that took away all life's frustrations. Though sad to leave his father again, he obeyed and turned around. The light gave him a sensation of perfect understanding and bliss, radiating love like divine mercy. He woke up on the playground tarmac after only a few minutes. The experience confirmed his belief in God and the Holy Spirit, with the immense love in the light convincing him of divine mercy. He notes he had a premonitory dream of his father's death 72 hours before it happened. The experience led him gradually toward deeper Catholic faith over many years despite subsequent traumatic experiences. | 6 | Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Syncope from dangerous game, unclear if life-threatening | Purely spiritual experience with no verifiable physical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2590 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3424 Lourdes L NDE 6785 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lourdes_l_nde.html | 1999 | 1999-07-06 | 2013 | 38 | F | During a car accident on July 6, 1999, Lourdes was violently thrown forward and began experiencing regression to the womb. She shrank back to the maternal belly and arrived at a place of intense yellow light - a huge yellow field without plants. The atmosphere was palpable love, a kind unknown to her before where everything was love. She felt she was "home" and wanted to stay forever. The yellow color and love were one, bringing peace and calm. When she returned to the car, she realized they had an accident and found she had wet herself. Getting out barefoot without realizing it, she later discovered glass splinters in her feet. The experience made her determined to change her life after years of abuse and infidelity from her husband. She attempted to give new meaning to her life, eventually divorcing and meeting her current husband in May 2000. She describes finally beginning to truly live after that. | 5 | Other | 3 | 0 | 3 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Car accident described as life-threatening but no medical details | Spiritual experience of light and love, no verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2591 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3532 Lucky NDEs 7021 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lucky_nde.html | 2013 | 2013-10-29 | 2013 | 50 | M | Lucky experienced three NDEs, with the most significant on October 29, 2013. Having a major heart attack (widow maker in left artery) in the middle of the night, he collapsed after yelling for nitro medication. Unable to breathe properly, taking fast hard breaths, his daughter told him to relax. Everything went white - brighter than any light ever seen - and he felt relaxed and warm all over, no longer needing to breathe hard. His daughter was crying and yelling at him not to go to sleep when paramedics arrived. During the operating room procedure, he watched from above his chest, seeing the doctor inserting the catheter in his leg and people moving quickly around him. He wasn't floating from ceiling but elevated enough to see himself exposed and the procedure. He now has four stents after two widow maker heart attacks. Previous experiences included one as an infant with high fever seeing bright warm light, and another on Christmas night with similar white light and warmth. He had dreams throughout life of not living beyond 50-51 years. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Major heart attack (widow maker) explicitly described, emergency treatment | Observed catheter insertion in leg from above body during procedure in OR | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw catheter procedure from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 2592 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3378 Luri HD NDE 5445 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1luri_hd_nde.html | 2009 | 2009-03-21 | 2013 | M | After a car accident impact, Luri was thrown toward asphalt with a car coming toward him. He left his body and moved/slid along the road about 500 meters, floating not walking. He saw a bright lamppost and realized it wasn't the spiritual light he sought. He slid back along the road seeing many people on the sides and parked cars, searching for familiar faces and hearing what they said. He stopped, looked down and saw his damaged body, thinking he had to return to it. After being pulled back, he opened his eyes and moved his fingers, alerting others he was alive. Witnesses including a neighbor and paramedic confirmed cardiac arrest and lack of pulse/vital signs. He experienced heightened clarity of hearing and could observe events while out of body. The experience reinforced his conviction about life after death. | 2 | Other | 10 | 12 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 8 | Cardiac arrest with verified absence of pulse/vital signs after car accident | Observed people on roadside, heard conversations, saw own body from outside, movement along road 500m | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 2 | Observed and heard people along roadside | 1.00 | Neighbor | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 2593 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3477 Marc O NDE 6931 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marc_o_nde.html | 1982 | 1982-07-19 | 2013 | M | During an epileptic seizure in the bathroom, Marc experienced increasing pain and noise like a helicopter sound that became intolerable. Suddenly everything stopped and he found himself INSIDE his head, seeing the exterior world through eye holes like looking through a brown paper bag. He then went up through his cranium, floating at the bathroom ceiling, seeing his motionless body on the toilet. After floating there, he descended back into his cranium, then found himself in a totally black space, imprisoned unable to move like being in a magnetic field. He sensed multitudes of small agile evil beings with bad intentions, seeing light dots moving and hearing whispers. The beings placed themselves as Satan approached. They called his name with increasing sadism: "MAAARC." Despite trying to resist, he was forced forward toward Satan, sensing a line not to be crossed. Just before the point of no return, everything stopped abruptly and he was back in his body. He believes Jesus saved him from eternal damnation at the last second. | 6 | Home | 1 | 0 | 1 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Epileptic seizure, unclear if life-threatening though he once nearly suffocated during seizure | Hellish spiritual experience with no verifiable physical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2594 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3442 Maria SV NDE 6881 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1maria_sv_nde.html | 1996 | 1996-11-26 | 2013 | F | During surgery while tied to a stretcher under anesthesia, Maria tried to communicate nausea but couldn't be heard. She went through a long tunnel wearing an orange tunic (not the white one given). The tunnel had rainbow colors surrounded by light making her feel secure and loved. Her body felt weightless with all sensations as emotions. She arrived at a place flooded with white light that opened consciousness. A telepathic voice connected to her heart saying it wasn't her time, she had a mission and had never been in love on Earth. God showed her two pictures of her sons, saying their lives would be disasters without her. She saw doctors and nurses running, one doctor at her wrist, another holding his head, and her husband praying outside. Upon waking, she knew details before being told: blood pressure dropped below 4. The doctor said he'd never operate on her again because she scared them. She had increased perceptions, began writing poetry, and eventually divorced, feeling she wasn't the same person. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Surgery with general anesthesia, dangerous blood pressure drop below 4 | Saw orange tunic not white, doctors' positions and actions, husband praying outside, knew about blood pressure before told | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | tied to stretcher | 6/4/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw medical team actions during crisis | 1.00 | Doctor | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||
| 2595 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3372 Marilyn B NDE 6769 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marilyn_b_nde.html | 1962 | 2013 | 10 | F | At age 10-11, Marilyn dove into a swimming pool to see how long she could hold her breath. When ready to surface, someone dove on top of her and she got tangled underwater. Terrified and flailing, she then realized she was dying and accepted it, feeling incredible peace, safety, and calm. She had a child's version of life review, remembering to say the prayer nuns taught for death. She watched happy memories play out in speeded-up time, particularly remembering being four in the kitchen while her mom baked cookies, with all details clear including smell and joy. After surrendering to dying, it became light underwater, her body stopped struggling, and she somehow floated to the surface and crawled out. The experience taught her that life review is not scary or condemning with no shame, and that death feels peaceful, warm and happy once accepted. She maintains strong faith and no longer fears death. | 5 | Other | 5 | 0 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Near-drowning described as life-threatening, accepted dying | Life review experience but no verifiable external observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2596 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3231 Polly R NDE 6551 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1polly_r_nde.html | 1988 | 2013 | F | On January 3, 1988, Polly was hit by a taxicab while crossing a street after seeing "Moonstruck." She was struck and flipped twice in the air before hitting the ground. During the incident, she experienced complete blackness with sharp awareness, knowing she was separate from her body and floating above it. She felt confused about where her body was but maintained a sense of calm. She felt confined in a narrow space, possibly a tunnel, and demanded to know what was happening to her body. Despite witnesses thinking the accident looked fatal, she walked away with only a mild concussion. The experience opened her to the possibility of consciousness existing beyond the physical body, transforming her from an atheist to someone who believes in God and an afterlife. | 5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe traumatic accident with witnesses believing she was dead | Out-of-body awareness but limited specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 0 | Awareness of being separate from body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2597 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3250 Portia NDE 5434 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1portia_nde.html | 2003 | 2013 | 16 | F | Sixteen-year-old Portia experienced complications during surgery when her lung collapsed. She found herself standing outside her body, looking down at the operating table where doctors and nurses were working on her. Her vision was blurry but she felt calm and understood what was happening. She moved toward a bright light and saw her deceased grandmother as a shadow within the light. Her grandmother, speaking in German (though she had lived in Poland and couldn't speak German on earth), told her to go back as it wasn't her time. Portia wanted to approach the light anyway but respected her grandmother's warning, sensing that crossing through would mean she couldn't return. She closed her eyes and two weeks later woke up from a coma with tubes everywhere. The experience left her with enhanced spiritual abilities and deep appreciation for simple things like breathing. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Surgery with general anesthesia and lung collapse complications | Clear OBE viewing medical team, specific details about grandmother | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/4/2025 | 2 | 0 | Viewed own body on operating table | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2598 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3373 Rachel NDE 6770 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rachel_nde.html | 2009 | 2013 | F | Rachel experienced a severe hemorrhage during an emergency C-section after delivering her daughter. While under spinal anesthesia, she became aware that something was wrong as monitor alarms sounded. Everything suddenly went black and silent, but she remained sharply aware of her essential self. In this thick, still darkness, she heard a kind, knowing voice say "you can go now." Initially enthusiastic about going, she then remembered her children and the complications of her previous daughter's birth. She told the voice "No, wait, I can't go now." The voice urgently replied "Then you HAVE to wake up." She found a lighter patch in the darkness and concentrated on returning, eventually opening her eyes back in the operating theater. The anesthesiologist had been holding her hand throughout the crisis. The experience stripped her to her essential core, where only love remained. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Severe hemorrhage during emergency surgery, life-threatening blood loss | Clear consciousness during crisis, specific awareness of voice and dialogue | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/4/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard voice offering choice to leave | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2599 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3417 Rhea T NDE 6846 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rhea_t_nde.html | 1989 | 2013 | F | Rhea fell approximately 70 feet from a cruise ship staircase, suffering severe trauma with bones protruding from her leg and massive blood loss. After the impact, she found herself looking down at her severely injured body while experiencing six bright figures standing before her. These peaceful, swaying beings appeared as brilliant lights that didn't touch the ground, which initially frightened her. She then found herself at the ceiling looking down at her body below, feeling like she was on a fast roller coaster before suddenly returning to normal on a stretcher being rushed to medical care. Her boyfriend, expecting to find her dead from the fall, was shocked to see her sitting up and alert. The experience transformed her from having no spiritual beliefs to knowing with certainty that there is life after death and divine protection. | 5 | Other | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe trauma from 70-foot fall, life-threatening injuries, massive blood loss | Clear OBE viewing body, encounter with six bright beings, specific visual details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/4/2025 | 3 | 1 | Viewed own injured body from above | 1.00 | Boyfriend (ex-Marine) | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2600 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3538 Riccardo NDE 5456 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1riccardo_nde.html | 2005 | 2013 | M | Riccardo experienced a severe allergic reaction to dental anesthesia that caused an anaphylactic shock and heart attack. During the crisis, he found himself sitting in the middle of a large black velvet semicircular sofa facing a big screen like a movie theater. On the screen was a dark mountain with blinding light behind it that forced him to look down. Around him to the right and left were shadows of people who appeared to be deceased relatives and friends, though he couldn't distinguish their faces in the darkness. These beings had weak flames shining on their heads and their presence provided him with security and love. He heard soft music and smelled orange blossoms in the air. He felt extremely happy and was waiting for something special, but was denied this by his return to life when medical staff revived him. | 1 | Other | 10 | 6 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Anaphylactic shock causing heart attack, life-threatening allergic reaction | Detailed sensory experience with specific environmental elements but limited verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/5/2025 | 2 | 0 | Viewed deceased relatives and friends | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||