| 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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| 2801 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3708 Samson J NDE 7278 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1samson_j_nde.html | 1998 | 2014 | M |
Samson J experienced a Code Blue the morning after kidney removal surgery in November 1998. Due to Von Willebrand's Disease, a bleeding disorder, he required five units of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) to prevent bleeding. Mix-ups with paperwork delayed the FFP administration until surgery morning, and post-operatively the FFP was pushed too quickly along with antibiotics and other fluids. This fluid overload forced excess fluid into his lungs and heart area, resulting in both respiratory arrest and congestive heart failure. His mother witnessed him saying "My lungs are gurgling!" before alarms went off and Code Blue was announced. During the cardiac arrest, Samson left his body and initially experienced complete auditory chaos with shouting, commands, and alarms. He became aware of a very bright light in the upper left corner of the room and felt drawn toward it. He entered what appeared to be a tunnel of the brightest white light he had ever seen. Inside the tunnel, he experienced an indescribable sense of warmth, love, and peace that intensified the deeper he went. As he approached the end of the tunnel, he could see people waiting to greet him, including his mother-in-law who had died seven months previously. His forward progress then stopped and he began moving slowly backward. Samson heard and remembered specific medical orders during resuscitation. When he related the experience to his doctor a week later, the physician initially dismissed it as hallucination until Samson began repeating the exact orders given to nurses, particularly one where the doctor told them to stop moving the rails because Samson's arm was caught and would break if they continued. This specific detail convinced the doctor of the experience's reality. Samson's next memory was awakening in the ICU several days later, intubated with wrists secured to the rails after apparently trying to pull out his breathing tube earlier. He experienced no change in his religious faith (remaining Mormon) but gained certainty about the afterlife. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Code Blue with cardiac and respiratory arrest, congestive heart failure | Heard specific medical orders including rail warning, saw deceased mother-in-law | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard doctor's specific orders during resuscitation | 1.00 | Attending physician | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2802 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3716 Sandra A NDE 7305 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sandra_a_nde.html | 1977 | 1977-05-24 | 2014 | F |
Sandra A experienced cardiac arrest during childbirth on May 24, 1977, while on epidural with preceding pyelonephritis (kidney infection). After giving birth, she developed intense chest pains that created general panic among medical staff. She then lost consciousness and experienced clinical death requiring CPR. Her husband later confirmed on their daughter's first anniversary that she had suffered a severe cardiac arrest. During the cardiac arrest, Sandra found herself above the operating table observing the resuscitation efforts. She was surrounded by intense light and could hear everything being said by the medical team. She witnessed her own body bouncing with electric shocks during defibrillation. Between shocks, she heard doctors discussing her case, with one asking "Do you think it will get back?" and another responding "I'm afraid this will not happen!" indicating they believed she would not survive. Though she didn't see her newborn daughter, she had an awareness that the baby was there beside her. Sandra observed the medical team's efforts and heard their pessimistic prognosis about her survival. She watched her body physically respond to the defibrillation shocks. After a final shock, she lost all memory until awakening connected to multiple monitors with many people around her. She never spoke about the experience initially except to her husband a year later. The experience had lasting effects on Sandra. She reports many after-effects that subsided over time, though she doesn't fear death anymore. She feels the experience was a "plus" in her life and has left an impression engraved forever in her memory. She wanted to return to care for her baby during the experience. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 4 | Cardiac arrest during childbirth requiring CPR and defibrillation | Heard specific doctor dialogue about prognosis, saw defibrillation of own body | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw own resuscitation and body bouncing with shocks | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2803 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3574 Sara J NDE 7089 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sara_j_nde.html | 1973 | 2014 | F |
Sara J was stung by a tropical insect in 1973, triggering a severe allergic reaction that caused her throat to instantly constrict. She fell unconscious before being able to cry out, fortunately in a crowded place where people immediately came to help. She was taken to a medical clinic where she remained in a coma for two days. The doctor later told her that her heart and breathing had stopped twice during this period and that he had almost lost her. During the experience, Sara found herself located about 10 feet above her body, looking down at herself sprawled on top of a bicycle surrounded by a circle of people. Someone held her hand and asked her to squeeze if she could hear them - she tried with all her might but was unable to respond. She experienced sparkly light and a tunnel with light at the end, feeling an unbelievable sense of peace and of "coming home." Through what seemed like thought transfer or telepathy with a voice she couldn't identify as her own or another entity, her entire life history flashed before her eyes. When she thought of her parents, she immediately felt herself traveling at extreme speed from Mexico back to Canada where they lived. Sara's journey to her parents was interrupted by a strong voice telling her she could not die yet - there was something she had to do in her life first, though it was not specified. She immediately traveled quickly back into her body and woke up, groggy for a few hours before walking out of the clinic. She passed through the tunnel into sparkly light and became the light, experiencing a realm with no time or space that felt like home, where the earthly realm seemed like a dream. The experience profoundly transformed Sara's life. Previously agnostic with no religious beliefs, she became a devout Buddhist and began practicing meditation regularly. She went from greatly fearing death to only slightly fearing it, from having no compassion to being greatly compassionate toward others, and gained certainty about the afterlife and universal oneness. She can now reproduce aspects of the experience in meditation. |
2 | Other | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest twice during coma from allergic reaction | Observed body from above, tried to squeeze hand, traveled to distant location | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw body from above and heard request to squeeze hand | 0.00 | Clinic doctor | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 2804 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3819 Scott B NDE 22991 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1scott_b_nde.html | 2014 | 2014-04-19 | 2014 | M |
Scott B was clinically dead after crashing his Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle at over 80 mph without a helmet on April 19, 2014. At the time, he was a practicing crack addict, drinker, and pot smoker with years of substance abuse history, having been in and out of prisons and jails his whole life since youth. He states clearly that this experience was nothing like any drug-induced state he had experienced. According to his account, he was told he was out for 5 days, though he felt it was only 10 minutes. While dead, Scott was in the presence of what he calls the Supreme Being. He experienced no pain and had no speech, communicating instead through thought transfer or telepathy. There was no darkness, only light - not like sunlight from a source, but being within the light itself, surrounded everywhere by light. He was in a different, higher state of consciousness and awareness, feeling awakened from sleep into a "Real state of being." The experience was so wonderful it trumped all earthly experiences, including love for his child. He felt loved without worry or sadness and experienced a reality where there was no sense of time. Scott pleaded with the light/presence to let him stay, stating there was nothing but him and this presence. He was upset about being sent back to Earth, describing his return as the worst part of the experience. He felt intense sight and mental state but no physical sensations. He gained understanding that "there is MORE" and felt he was finally home where he truly belonged, experiencing love, joy, and peace beyond earthly comprehension. The experience completely transformed Scott's life, taking away his urge for crack cocaine addiction that meetings had never fully addressed. He feels he was sent back to tell others the truth - that we don't simply go into a grave when the body dies, but that death is "a beginning to really living." He has encountered several others with similar NDEs who all agree on the timelessness, painlessness, and desire to stay. |
5 | Other | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinical death from high-speed motorcycle accident without helmet | No specific earthly observations, only spiritual/light experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2805 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3633 Serge D NDE 7166 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1serge_d_nde.html | 2008 | 2008-08-18 | 2014 | M |
Serge D, a Freemason, experienced a serious car crash on August 18, 2008, while driving from Maastricht to Cologne Airport. On the highway, he felt something push his car from behind and crashed under a truck, losing control and blacking out without pain. He remained in a coma until waking on September 4, 2008. It took him five years to be able to talk about the experience. During the NDE, Serge stood next to his body feeling free, light, peaceful, and warm. He saw people running around the wreck trying to push his body on the tarmac. He attempted to communicate with them, telling them he was fine and to leave him there, but realized he couldn't make contact. A high-powered light came down and sucked him into a vortex where he saw pictures of faces and places without emotion. He arrived in an eggshell-colored quiet place, surprising himself by enjoying the monochrome environment despite his normally active, loud character. A voice told him his travel wasn't finished, and he was dragged into a higher energy stream where he left Earth, passed the moon and solar system, and floated through the entire Universe. Serge then traveled to a field of pure, changing "oily" colors with perfumed air and sounds of joy. Following guidance, he approached a colorful, oily creek and touched it, instantly being uploaded with energy, knowledge, and electricity - a glorious bang in his head. He could feel every molecule within himself and decided to stay, having no memories of his earthly life. Without warning, everything darkened and cooled, he felt spine pain, and was pushed back to his body, which he considered hell. The experience profoundly changed Serge's life. He moved to another country in 2009, became more spiritual and compassionate, lost his fear of death, and gained abilities to see people's inner states. He experiences unconditional love but finds many cannot understand his transformation, with family and friends turning away. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Serious car crash resulting in coma for over two weeks | Saw people at accident scene trying to move his body | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw people at accident scene trying to move body | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2806 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3561 Julie K NDE 7069 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1julie_k_nde.html | 2013 | 2013-07-27 | 2014 | F |
Julie was driving to work on a summer morning in July 2013, singing along to the radio as she approached the Blue Mountains. A 15-year-old boy driving a massive tractor with enormous tires failed to check for traffic and crossed directly into her path at a highway intersection. With only seconds to react and a car blocking her escape to the right, Julie crashed head-on at 60 mph after crying out "Oh God please save me!" The tire-to-tire impact likely saved her life but knocked her unconscious. During her unconscious state, Julie experienced a profound near-death experience. She felt herself sliding horizontally through darkness, her stomach jumping as if in a fast elevator, being rapidly pulled toward a rectangular void of glowing white light. Initially worried she wouldn't fit through what appeared like light under a doorway, she passed through and instantly entered a state of complete euphoria. The experience was overwhelmingly positive - a warm, comfortable, relaxing feeling beyond words, characterized by happiness and peace, completely absent of pain, worry, or any negative sensations. She described it as an all-encompassing orgasmic-like pleasure affecting all her senses simultaneously. Julie observed that colors during her experience were extraordinarily brilliant, with the white light being uniquely illuminated beyond anything earthly. The light wasn't just visually bright but seemed to penetrate her entire being. Time seemed altered during the experience, and her thoughts moved faster than usual. She had no awareness of her physical body during this time. After approximately 30 seconds of unconsciousness, Julie awoke in her damaged vehicle. The experience profoundly affected her, strengthening her belief in God's existence and an afterlife. Though she didn't encounter specific beings or receive special knowledge, the experience left her with reduced fear about death while maintaining compassion for others. It took her five months before she felt comfortable sharing this deeply personal experience with others. |
5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening car accident at 60mph with head injury and loss of consciousness | Experience included tunnel, light, and euphoric sensations but no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 0 | Experience of tunnel and brilliant light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2807 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3603 Justin M NDE 7131 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1justin_m_nde_7131.html | 2005 | 2005-10-10 | 2014 | M |
On October 10, 2005, Justin was involved in a catastrophic head-on collision, hitting a truck at 90 mph in what he later revealed was a suicide attempt. After the devastating impact, he faded to black and entered what he describes as a void - a dark, black, empty, wide-open space that paradoxically brought him the most profound peace and calm he had ever experienced. In this void, Justin realized he could travel through it with just a thought and was about to propel himself deeper when he heard a voice telling him to stop, that it wasn't his time, and he still had work to do. Turning to see who was speaking, Justin encountered his mother who had died when he was only six months old. Despite his protests and insistence that he didn't want to return to life, she showed him visions of his future - a woman holding a child who she identified as his future wife and child. His mother then revealed all the major details of his life until his death at age 47, showing him five different potential life paths based on the choices he would make. She explained this was his destined path but that his free will choices would affect its trajectory. During this profound exchange, Justin noticed many spirits or energies had gathered around them, silently observing their interaction. The veridical aspects of Justin's experience are particularly striking. He saw himself trapped in the wrecked car from approximately 30 yards away, observed his uncle trying to stop his bleeding with a shirt, and received detailed information about his future life. Remarkably, Justin didn't remember any of this experience until about a year before submitting his account, when memories began returning. He reports that everything his mother told him about his future has been happening exactly as shown. Upon deciding to return to his body after seeing his future family, Justin immediately woke up in the crashed car. The experience transformed his beliefs about death and the afterlife, convincing him that consciousness continues as energy after death, that reincarnation exists, and that the only "hell" is when spirits refuse to let go of their past lives. He now believes he chose to come to Earth for the experience, comparing human life to playing a video game for the experience it provides. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident with head-on collision at 90mph, life-threatening injuries | Multiple specific observations including seeing self and uncle from outside perspective, detailed future visions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw himself trapped in car | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2808 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3712 Karin F NDE 7291 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1karin_f_nde.html | 1994 | 2014 | F |
During surgery in the summer of 1994, Karin was clinically dead for several minutes, leading to one of the most profound spiritual transformations documented. After entering the operating room, she felt herself swimming upward through a medium heavier than air but lighter than water, where she was met by a magnificent female-type being who scooped her up like an infant. This angelic presence placed Karin in a crystal-like bed, telling her to rest because beings wanted to honor and welcome her. As beings queued up to greet her, Karin spotted Jesus among them and immediately felt something was wrong. Concerned about the implications of being honored at the same level as Jesus, she expressed her fear of damnation. The angelic being laughed, assuring her there is no hell and that all are equal in spirit form. Recognizing that Karin was still "veiled," the being made a gesture that removed this veil, instantly transporting Karin to what she calls the "sea of light." In this realm, as she stretched out her arms, her body exploded beyond physical form - she had no beginning or end, becoming truly one with all creation, seeing herself as purple and gold light among countless others. The experience fundamentally challenged Karin's religious beliefs. Raised in both Catholic and Protestant traditions with parents who believed in the supernatural, she had always believed in heaven, hell, and the devil. This experience showed her that God is not a "super-sized parent" but unconditional love itself, and that she is not separate from but part of the divine. She learned that all beings are connected, equal parts of the loving spirit called God, with the divine spark living within everyone forever. When told she had to return due to unfinished business, Karin desperately begged to stay. The being compressed her into a golden egg and placed it on her physical body's chest, where it sank in. She heard someone mention her breathing before awakening to her family visiting her hospital room. Now at age 60, Karin understands why she had to return. The experience eliminated her fear of death, transformed her understanding of the divine from an external judge to an internal presence, and convinced her that religion often promotes division rather than the unity she experienced. |
3 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Clinically dead for several minutes during surgery | Encountered Jesus and other beings, experienced oneness with creation | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 0 | Encountered Jesus and spiritual beings | 0.00 | Incompatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2809 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3651 Kate NDE 7198 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kate_nde.html | 1994 | 1994-02-04 | 2014 | F |
On February 4, 1994, Kate underwent a cesarean section that resulted in catastrophic complications, leading to two separate near-death experiences when she lost vital signs twice during the procedure. Following the surgery, she experienced severe bleeding and complete cardiovascular collapse with no blood pressure or vital signs. The medical gravity of her condition was later confirmed when her doctor informed her three days later that they had "lost" her twice during the emergency. Kate's first experience began with a vacuum-like sensation that pulled her into a field of unearthly brilliant color. She found herself in an extraordinary landscape featuring a large, beautiful tree visible in the distance to her right, while sensing a non-human escort companion on her left. The colors she witnessed were beyond earthly description, and she experienced overwhelming peace with the knowledge that she didn't need to worry about her children or anything she was leaving behind - all would be well. However, she received the clear knowledge that she could not stay and had to return. After a period of darkness without time, Kate was pulled back into the same luminous field for her second experience. Once again, she walked through the brilliant landscape with the magnificent tree on her distant right and her companion escort on her near left. The happiness of returning was overshadowed by the repeated message that she couldn't stay because she had work to do. She emphasized there was no sense of time during either experience - everything existed in an eternal present moment. The communication she received wasn't through words but through direct knowing and feeling. Kate awoke in recovery on a breathing machine, experiencing suffocation and extreme pain with blurry vision. Her last memory before the experiences was hearing the doctor shouting for an incident report in the operating room. The profound nature of her dual experiences, combined with medical confirmation that she had indeed "lost vitals" twice, provides compelling evidence of consciousness persisting beyond clinical death. The consistency between both experiences - the same field, tree, and companion - suggests these were not random hallucinations but structured experiences of an alternate reality. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 7 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest during C-section, lost vital signs twice, bleeding out | Vivid otherworldly landscape with specific details, heard doctor shouting | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw otherworldly landscape | 0.00 | Doctor | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 2810 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3623 Kathy VB NDE 7157 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kathy_vb_nde.html | 1996 | 2014 | F |
In fall 1996, Kathy was on a trip to Cancun, Mexico with five female friends, seeking stress relief after a difficult divorce. Known for her adventurous spirit, she convinced one friend to join her on a banana boat ride. They found an unofficial operator on the beach who took them far out into surprisingly large, choppy waves. Once they were extremely far from shore, the boat operators inexplicably untied their inflatable banana and left them stranded, waving goodbye and saying "adios" while pretending not to understand English. Before Kathy could fully process their abandonment, her friend screamed a warning as an enormous wave crashed over them. Kathy found herself drowning in the ocean, swimming desperately while waves repeatedly pushed her under. She could see her friend had made it to shore and was yelling for help, but the beach had mysteriously emptied. Exhausted from fighting the waves, Kathy kept thinking "So this is how I am going to die" - drowning being her lifelong fear. Then a profound peace entered amidst the panic. Under the water, she became the words "peace" and "love," feeling unconditionally loved in a way that transcends earthly description. Her life flashed before her in both images and pure knowing, all time collapsing into a single moment where past, present, and future merged into one. In this transformed state, Kathy experienced a fundamental truth: all people are one, with separation only created by ego. Opening her eyes underwater, she saw clearly - beautiful colors, bright white light, and a knowing all intertwined like fabric. Love wrapped around and through her like waves. Suddenly, two hands grabbed her waist from behind, repeatedly picking her up and throwing her forward until she reached the beach. On the sand, she saw a thin, toned man with long hair and an off-white wrap emerging from the water to her left - the same distinctive figure she had noticed pacing the beach before the boat ride, resembling traditional depictions of Jesus. When Kathy asked her friend to thank the man who saved her, her friend insisted no one had helped - Kathy had emerged from the water alone. The experience initially didn't impact her life significantly as she struggled with her identity and tried to maintain normalcy. Only recently, through life coaching, shamanic journeys, and meditation, has the full impact landed. She now understands the experience showed her that earthly life is meaningful for the growth it provides, and that we teach and learn from each other in every moment. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Life-threatening drowning incident in ocean | Life review, saw rescuer friend didn't see, heightened underwater vision | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw friend yelling from beach while underwater | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2811 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3723 Ken D NDE 7316 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ken_d_nde_7316.html | 1974 | 2014 | M |
On a Friday night in September 1974, Ken was driving with three friends on Route 1 near the Maryland-Pennsylvania border. It was just getting dark on the clear night when they set out, planning to turn around near the state line. As Ken drove uphill on the empty road toward his turnaround point, he collided with another vehicle that he hadn't seen. The impact triggered an immediate and profound out-of-body experience that would remain vivid in his memory for over 40 years. Ken found himself observing his own body in the car before being drawn through a tunnel toward a brilliant light. In the tunnel, he encountered his deceased father first, followed by other dead relatives, experiencing an overwhelming sense of peace and happiness. His entire life flashed before him as he flew through this tunnel. At the end stood a figure in robes who appeared to be Jesus, centered within a pure white, perfectly round, crisp bright light. This being communicated a simple but powerful message: "Go back, it is not your time yet." The vision was crystal clear with incredibly vivid sensory details that Ken describes as incomparable to normal consciousness. Time lost all meaning - everything flowed together without any sense of duration. The emotional impact was profound, filling him with incredible peace and happiness so intense that he didn't want to leave. The environment he entered was one of pure happiness and peaceful feeling, distinctly otherworldly yet more real than ordinary reality. After receiving the message to return, Ken woke up in his car, sitting there wondering what had just happened. Only after climbing out did he learn from bystanders that he had hit another car. The experience had been so vivid and impactful that 40 years later, Ken still remembers every detail as clearly as when it occurred. Initially skeptical about what happened, he has come to firmly believe in the reality of his experience, particularly as his worldview shifted from atheistic uncertainty to definite belief in God and an afterlife. |
6 | Other | 3 | 7 | 10 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Car accident with uncertain medical status | Saw deceased relatives, life review, figure resembling Jesus | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 0 | Encountered deceased relatives and Jesus figure | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2812 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3761 Kevin E NDE 7392 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kevin_e_nde.html | 1973 | 2014 | 3 | M |
In 1973, three-year-old Kevin fell from his bed onto the sharp, upward-curved wooden leg of a rocking chair, likely striking his temple. The injury was severe enough to require emergency medical treatment and stitches. Despite his young age, Kevin retained vivid memories of the extraordinary experience that followed, though these memories would be suppressed and only fully return decades later. Upon impact, Kevin immediately left his body, observing himself hit the rocker from an outside perspective while thinking "That's going to really hurt." A brilliant light then filled the room as the door opened and a magnificent female being entered, cradling Kevin in her arms like an infant. She radiated sweetness and love, dressed simply in brown or gray with long brown hair and brown eyes full of compassion. This angelic presence took him through the apartment building's roof and through space to the hospital. From above the operating table, Kevin observed his small body being prepared for treatment, noting specific medical details: a triangular restraining cloth that covered him diagonally but left his right shoulder exposed, and a strap across his head. He watched from multiple perspectives, even seeing his father getting coffee from a vending machine in the waiting area. The experience had profound long-term effects on Kevin's spiritual development. For years after, he had visions of having lived before and would see two women in 1940s clothing discussing someone's death in war. He wondered if he was connected to his uncle killed in Korea in 1950. Throughout childhood, he felt a constant struggle between good and evil in his mind and was convinced he had lived before and been granted this life as a "do-over." Though his family, especially his parents, dismissed his account of the female angel, Kevin insisted on this version of events. The experience's meaning crystallized when Kevin discovered Raymond Moody's "Life After Life" as a teenager. This began an intensive spiritual quest spanning multiple religions. Converting to Sufi Islam before 9/11, he now at age 43 integrates the teachings of all three Abrahamic faiths. Kevin experiences ongoing psychic phenomena including premonitions and the ability to sense good and evil in people. He occasionally hears his angelic guide's voice and feels her observing presence. His premonitory experiences have been remarkably accurate, including knowing a coworker would commit suicide the day before it happened. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Head injury requiring emergency treatment at age 3 | Observed medical procedures, triangular cloth placement, father in waiting room | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw self hit rocking chair | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 2813 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3641 Kristine J NDE 7181 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kristine_j_nde.html | 2014 | 2014 | F |
In January 2014, Kristine was hospitalized with what initially seemed like a worsening illness but rapidly deteriorated into life-threatening sepsis and acute atypical bilateral pneumonia. By day three, her oxygen levels had become critically low, necessitating mechanical ventilation. She would remain in a coma for three weeks, during which she suffered from H1N1 influenza (bird flu) and developed Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Medical staff were surprised she survived this severe combination of conditions. During her coma, Kristine experienced a profound and disturbing near-death experience. She found herself with a female guide in a void-like space of darkness with partial light. This guide showed her scenes of her children in school, where one twin was telling her teacher about her "new step-mom" for an upcoming weekend. The shocking realization that this meant she was dead hit Kristine hard. Her guide then showed her this new woman who was excellent with the children and genuinely loved them, giving them the attention Kristine had always wanted to provide but couldn't due to work obligations. The experience became increasingly distressing when Kristine witnessed how this woman met and fell in love with her husband. She was then taken to the woman's parents' home where she could interact with the family, though she later became invisible when her husband was about to arrive for an intimate encounter. Overwhelmed with grief and unable to bear witnessing her life continuing without her, Kristine focused on a morphing iridescent rectangle on the wall and began praying desperately to be taken away. She begged her guide to rescue her, refusing to witness any more of her family's life without her. The experience challenged Kristine's Catholic beliefs, particularly about the afterlife's nature. She encountered no traditional religious imagery like pearly gates or winged angels, yet felt certain she had experienced death and an afterlife. The ability to travel instantly, communicate telepathically with her guide, and gain knowledge without words suggested a universal connection. Upon awakening, she initially believed the future she had witnessed was real and struggled to accept she was alive. Her husband later confirmed sensing her presence during her coma, once feeling her hand on his arm. The experience has led to ongoing spiritual transformation and a focus on allowing herself to be loved rather than just giving love. |
4 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | H1N1 flu with ARDS, coma for 3 weeks, on respirator | Detailed visions of future family life, morphing iridescent rectangle | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Respirator | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw future family scenarios | 0.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2814 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3790 Sherry S NDE 7441 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sherry_s_nde.html | 1992 | 2014 | 22 | F | Sherry experienced anaphylactic shock from an allergic reaction to codeine cough syrup at age 22 in 1992. While in her kitchen with family, she collapsed and began losing consciousness, turning green as her heart stopped. She observed the scene from outside her body, seeing her family's reactions simultaneously as her sister backed up the truck and her father helped despite his hip surgery. During this state, she was gently guided toward a brilliant white light where she felt unconditional love and immense joy. She sensed God's presence without seeing Him directly and wanted to stay in that peaceful state. She was aware of seeing everything happening - her mother's face, her sister getting the truck, and her father struggling to lift her. The experience filled her with a deep sense of divine love and universal connection. She felt that all souls come from one source and return to one. Suddenly she awoke in the truck about 10 miles from home, crying because she wanted to return to that divine presence. The hospital confirmed she had gone into anaphylactic shock and her heart had stopped, causing her to turn green. This experience eliminated her fear of death and strengthened her spiritual beliefs beyond traditional religious boundaries. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Anaphylactic shock with cardiac arrest described | Observed multiple simultaneous events from outside perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw family members' reactions simultaneously | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2815 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3687 Simon NDE 7243 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1simon_nde.html | 2014 | 2014-05-22 | 2014 | M | Simon was working on a yacht when he sustained a head injury and fell overboard in 2014. With no memory of the accident, he found himself face down in the lake with a mouth full of water after experiencing a vision of his fiancée Kristi standing over him, calmly but insistently telling him to wake up. Though she was not physically present at the marina, her appearance in his vision saved his life by rousing him from unconsciousness. Upon awakening in the water, Simon managed to swim to the boat and climb aboard, expecting to see Kristi but finding himself alone. He had sustained a moderate concussion with a baseball-sized knot on his head, bruised hip and elbow. In his confused state, he called Kristi, who had left work early due to an unexplained feeling and was only 15 minutes away. Simon believes this experience demonstrates a telepathic connection between close loved ones. Unlike his previous near-death experiences, including a childhood drowning, this was the only time he experienced such a vision. He credits his survival entirely to his special relationship with his fiancée and their deep connection. The experience reinforced his belief that humans possess telepathic abilities that can manifest in life-threatening situations between people who share close bonds. | 5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Head trauma with drowning and loss of consciousness | Vision of fiancée who was not present, telepathic connection claimed | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw fiancée who was not physically present | 1.00 | Low Compatibility | 4 | |||||||||
| 2816 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3699 Sonya M NDE 7263 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sonya_m_nde.html | 1998 | 1998-10-20 | 2014 | F | Sonya experienced an NDE in October 1998 after suffering 25 stab wounds from her estranged husband, resulting in blood loss, a collapsed lung, and a slow leak in the other lung. While gurgling on blood in her throat, the night sky opened up and she was transported into a peaceful white light that felt like coming home. She saw images of her life around her and crossed into a realm of extraordinary beauty with colorful gardens and a white sky. A female being led her further inside, telling her it was not her time and she had work left to do. The being prophesied that Sonya would survive, have babies, and find a new husband who would love her unconditionally. When Sonya questioned about her work as a massage therapist, the being said she was supposed to do something else that she would recognize when ready, and that she was meant to write despite Sonya's protest about not being creative. The being then asked if Sonya wanted to meet Jesus. Despite questioning her worthiness, she was led by the hand to Him and was bathed in the light radiating from His body. The experience ended with a distressing vision of her estranged husband trying to snap her neck. After this NDE, Sonya's religious views transformed from Protestant Christianity to a more eclectic spiritual path, believing that everyone can reach heaven through gaining knowledge, enlightenment and truth, regardless of religious affiliation. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening trauma with 25 stab wounds and lung damage | Prophetic information about future but no verified observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2817 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3675 Stephanie D NDEs 7224 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1stephanie_d_ndes.html | 1962 | 2014 | 4 | F | At age 4½ in 1962, Stephanie experienced an NDE following post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage that went undetected for nearly a week. She literally bled to death down the back of her throat before being rushed to the hospital in a lethargic state with convulsions. During resuscitation attempts, she observed herself rising toward the ceiling tiles, initially seeing dots that became holes as she got closer. She was suddenly "whooshed" through the ceiling and found herself standing on something solid but transparent like glass. From this vantage point above, she could see and hear the medical team working on her body below with enhanced vision and hearing. A radiant being stood beside her, emanating extraordinary love and warmth that she describes as Earth's love multiplied by 1,000. They communicated telepathically while watching the doctors and nurses trying to revive her body. When someone yelled "We're losing her!" she wondered why they couldn't see her right there. The being's presence gave her complete bliss and peace, making her want to stay. After successful resuscitation, she experienced lasting psychic phenomena including déjà vu, telepathy, premonition dreams, and clairvoyance. During her follow-up visit, the doctor confirmed there was no ether given and was shocked that she could accurately recall all medications, tools, procedures and staff positions during her cardiac arrest. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death with cardiac arrest during surgery, confirmed flatline | Accurate recall of procedures, medications, staff positions while clinically dead | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed medical procedures while flatlined | 1.00 | Doctor | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 2818 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3625 Steve R NDE 16070 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1steve_r_nde.html | 1967 | 2014 | 9 | M | In October 1967, nine-year-old Steve fell into a 12-foot deep canal while fishing in Stoke on Trent, England. Unable to swim, he thrashed wildly and went under three times, swallowing dirty water and growing extremely weak. On the third submersion, everything went black as he was drowning. Then his panic suddenly transformed into a strong sense of calmness and peace. He was drawn into a very bright white tunnel, moving further up until he saw two large brown closed arched gates like church doors. Standing by the entrance on the left was a figure in a dark-colored monk's cowl whose face was not visible. A comforting woman's voice spoke the words "Go back, it is not your time." He then regained consciousness on the canal side after receiving the kiss of life four times from a factory worker on his first Sunday shift in eight weeks. Steve had been underwater for approximately six minutes, his body lifeless and skin grey. He was rushed to hospital where dirty water and tadpoles were pumped from his stomach and lungs. The experience left him less fearful of death than most people, with a caring and loving nature, though he often wondered why he was sent back and if he was meant to serve some higher purpose. He believes there truly is an afterlife and another place beyond this world. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 2 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Drowning for 6 minutes, body lifeless and grey | Tunnel and beings seen but no earthly observations to verify | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 0 | 1 | Factory worker | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2819 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3636 Steve T NDE 7172 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1steve_t_nde_7172.html | 1976 | 2014 | M | In 1976, Steve was struck on the head with a 2x4 hardwood timber board by a drug-addicted neighbor after confronting him about using drugs in front of his children. The blow was fatal and he was pronounced dead at the hospital. During his death, Steve found himself somewhere in the clouds where he encountered his father who had died 20 years earlier. He sensed other deceased loved ones standing further back behind his father. His father walked toward him and said, "Son it's not your time, you'll have to go back." Steve felt wonderful and wanted to stay. Then a powerful, echoing voice said, "He has to go back now." His father faded away and Steve suddenly sat up in his hospital bed, astonishing the medical staff who confirmed he had been dead and they had exhausted all efforts to revive him. The experience convinced Steve that deceased loved ones are waiting on another plane where time has no meaning. He also recounted that in 1988, his deceased mother appeared at the foot of his bed on his birthday at the exact time he was born (2:25 AM on June 2nd), which his sister confirmed. Steve now believes in life after death with certainty, knowing that all who have been loved and lost are waiting. He no longer follows organized religion, believing they are for the earthly realm, while acknowledging a great power exists beyond human comprehension. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Fatal head trauma, pronounced dead at hospital | Encounter with deceased relatives but no earthly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2820 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3756 Steven M NDE 7386 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1steven_m_nde.html | 1965 | 2014 | 7 | M | In spring 1965, seven-year-old Steven was strangled at a school bus stop by a larger boy who responded violently to being teased. The boy pushed Steven against a tree and blocked his airway until he blacked out and slid down the tree face. During this near-death state, Steven found himself looking down on the entire scene from above for approximately three seconds. He observed himself unconscious against the tree and saw girls pulling the attacker off his body. During this brief out-of-body experience, he had complete 360-degree vision, able to see in all directions simultaneously. He then returned to consciousness gasping for air with a sore throat that lasted several hours. The experience was forgotten for nearly 20 years until reading about someone else's NDE triggered the memory. Since this childhood experience, Steven has had multiple precognitive visions, seeing his life's future events in 3-4 second intervals. The NDE gave him a sense of mental freedom and openness, with thoughts that seemed incredibly fast during the experience. Though brief, the experience left him with enhanced perception abilities and eliminated his childhood fear of death. He now believes definitively in an afterlife and feels a continuing connection to "the other side" that has persisted throughout his life. | 5 | Other | 3 | 6 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Strangulation causing loss of consciousness | Out-of-body observation of scene with 360-degree vision | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed scene from above with 360-degree vision | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||
| 2821 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3555 Lani K NDE 7057 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lani_k_nde.html | 1994 | 2014 | 23 | F |
In March 1994, while driving after little sleep, Lani fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into an open trailer at approximately 70 mph. The SUV flipped and rolled multiple times before sliding into a guard rail. During the accident, she experienced a profound sense of floating and peace, finding herself in a dark, peaceful tunnel despite what must have been tremendous noise from the crash. She was aware of everything happening in the room from multiple viewpoints, as if viewing from above with several eyes. The experience was characterized by an incredible sense of peace and the absence of time. Everything seemed to be happening simultaneously, and she felt years had passed during the brief period she was unconscious. Her thoughts moved incredibly fast, and her senses became incredibly vivid. She passed through a tunnel and experienced overwhelming feelings of peace, joy, and harmony with the universe. She underwent a life review where many past events came back to her. Upon reaching a boundary or limiting physical structure, she came back to consciousness as her boyfriend screamed her name, realizing the SUV had landed on her hand. Emergency responders used the Jaws of Life to free her. The tow truck driver told her God must have a bigger plan for her as she should have died. Since the accident, she experiences daily physical pain but has developed heightened spiritual awareness and enhanced sensory perception, particularly hearing. She no longer fears death and feels much closer to God through daily prayer, which helps her return to that place of peacefulness she experienced during the NDE. |
5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Major car accident with life-threatening trauma | Out-of-body experience with viewing from above but no specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 0 | Viewed accident scene from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2822 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3596 Lauren K NDE 7116 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lauren_k_nde.html | 1978 | 2014 | 20 | F |
In November 1978, Lauren was being pulled on a snow saucer behind a car when she lost control and hit a parked car at approximately 30 mph, impacting the left side of her face. She suffered 5 skull fractures, broke both orbits of her eyes, destroyed her left cheek bone, and broke her jaw in 3 places. The trauma was so severe that the boys who witnessed it thought they had killed her. Immediately upon impact, Lauren left her body and entered an aura of all white light that was totally warm and peaceful, with pure love emanating through and around her. Her grandfather, who had passed away earlier that year, appeared and embraced her, telling her she had a decision to make about staying or returning. During a question-and-answer period with a voice that was neither male nor female, she learned she would have no lasting damage except a tracheotomy scar if she returned, and that if she stayed, she would "become the Light." The most remarkable aspect was her mother's simultaneous dream where the grandfather appeared saying "Lauren is dead," leading to a spiritual struggle where the mother refused to let her go. Lauren made the conscious decision to return because she knew her mother would grieve deeply. She experienced multiple out-of-body episodes, including watching her own tracheotomy from above her body on the operating table, and looking out the ambulance window at Lake Tahoe. After 9 hours of reconstructive surgery and several days in intensive care, she recovered remarkably quickly, vacationing in Mexico just six weeks later. She was known as a miracle case in the hospital, bringing joy to staff and patients with her positive attitude. The experience led her to embrace spiritual practices, particularly meditation and the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Severe facial trauma with multiple skull fractures requiring extensive surgery | Multiple specific OBE observations including watching own tracheotomy and simultaneous mother dream experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/10/2025 | 3 | 1 | Watched own tracheotomy procedure | 0.00 | Mother | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 2823 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3644 Lauren NDE 7184 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lauren_nde_7184.html | 1985 | 2014 | 20 | F |
In 1985, while living in Algeria, 20-year-old Lauren experienced a severe throat condition that progressively worsened overnight, making it difficult to swallow and breathe. After a restless night of pain, she tried to call for her mother upon waking but collapsed, losing consciousness. Initially everything went black, though she could hear her mother directing her brothers to move her to the living room. When she regained partial awareness, she discovered she was having an out-of-body experience, sitting partially outside her physical body - her upper body was outside while her lower body remained inside her physical form. She observed herself lying on the floor, completely blue with open eyes as if dead, causing her to panic. She witnessed her mother's hand pass through her spiritual chest when trying to touch her physical body. The most remarkable aspect was seeing a thick silvery-white rope emerging from between her lungs, extending through the window to three elderly women (approximately 60-65 years old) who were suspended upside down in the air, pulling on the rope. Through telepathic communication, they told her "It's time," but she resisted desperately, citing her youth, unmarried status, lack of children, and her family's need for her. She engaged in a spiritual tug-of-war with these beings until they finally released the rope. Upon their release, she violently snapped back into her body, immediately reintegrating and regaining full consciousness. The experience left her traumatized for years, causing death phobia and anxiety attacks for months. She later had another similar experience 20 years later during a surgery that went badly, encountering the same women again. |
5 | Home | 3 | 10 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening throat condition causing breathing difficulty and loss of consciousness | Unique observation of silver cord and specific beings trying to pull her away, telepathic communication | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw self blue and apparently dead | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 2824 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3566 Laurence D NDE 7071 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1laurence_d_nde.html | 1985 | 2014 | M |
In June 1985, in a Paris bar during a hot summer afternoon, Laurence experienced his first-ever sudden drop in blood pressure, likely due to heat and beer consumption. While watching a friend play an electronic game, he began losing his five senses one by one - his sight blurred until blindness, and his touch and hearing disappeared. Despite trying to remain upright, he lost consciousness and collapsed. He found himself submerged in total blackness with 360-degree awareness. He had no body but remained more aware than ever. The realization struck him that this blackness was infinite and timeless, with no beginning or end, and he was submerged in it forever in total solitude. Time as experienced in the body ceased to exist. This understanding triggered an extraordinary flash of fear, panic, and anguish unlike anything he had ever experienced. The terror was so intense that he understood if it continued, he would go insane. At that critical moment, the black immensity of loneliness and timelessness vanished, and he immediately returned to his body. He awoke to a man slapping him while lying on the floor, never having felt the fall or known he had lost consciousness. He felt like embracing the man who had unknowingly rescued him from infinite anguish. For years, he suppressed this experience, never speaking about it and imagining he must be a bad person or damned to have such a negative experience. The experience transformed him from an atheist materialist to a theist who believes life is an opportunity to experiment in temporality and that bodily death is not the death of the spirit. He now follows a spiritual but non-religious path, describing himself as a "Jesuist without religious affiliation." |
5 | Other | 3 | 2 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Sudden blood pressure drop causing loss of consciousness | Void experience with no specific verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2825 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3657 Luce NDE 7195 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1luce_nde.html | 1996 | 2014 | F |
In February 1996, while sitting in a veterinary waiting room, Luce suddenly felt ill and called for her friend's help before losing consciousness. She had been suffering from endometriosis for several years and had lost weight with episodes of fainting. Two days after this experience, she was urgently hospitalized due to an ovarian cyst. Upon losing consciousness, she felt herself falling into a dark spiral filled with howling people whose faces she could perceive but didn't recognize. Their hands were trying to touch her as she continued falling deeper. This terrifying descent continued until she saw a strong light that immediately brought her peace. She moved toward this beautiful light and found herself in a white tunnel. While in the peaceful white tunnel, she heard her name being called repeatedly. The calls seemed to come from elsewhere, not from the tunnel itself. She recognized these were coming from the physical world - specifically from her friend and others at the veterinary office trying to revive her. Torn between the peaceful light and the calling voices, she ultimately decided to return. She felt herself heavily returning to her body, transitioning from feeling very light to heavy again. When she opened her eyes, her head was on her friend's knees, and she was experiencing severe heart pain. The experience profoundly affected her spiritual beliefs - she moved from Catholic faith to atheism but gained belief in protective angels and souls that surround and protect people in daily life. She described the light as soft, warm, and appeasing, consistent with Christian descriptions, but the dark realm with grasping entities troubled her and remains unexplained. |
5 | Other | 3 | 4 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Medical emergency with loss of consciousness, later hospitalized for ovarian cyst | Heard actual voices calling her name from physical location while in tunnel | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard friend calling her name | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2826 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3773 Luis H NDE 7415 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1luis_h_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-09-11 | 2014 | 10 | M |
On September 11, 2001, 10-year-old Luis experienced a traumatic day that began with his younger brother being rushed to emergency with a 107-degree fever. While watching the Twin Towers collapse on television, Luis claimed to see the Devil's face in the smoke clouds, smiling at the destruction - something he says his mother initially confirmed seeing but later denied. The combination of witnessing mass death and this frightening vision triggered severe anxiety and compulsive eating. That evening, after playing soccer and continuing to eat excessively despite feeling ill, Luis developed chest congestion. His father, rarely home due to union work, happened to be present that night. Around 8:30 PM, feeling unusually weak and tired, Luis went to bed early. His mother found him dead in his room, vomiting severely. His father and uncle performed CPR while paramedics initially declared him dead with no chance of recovery. His father refused to accept this, continuing CPR and praying to God not to take his son. After being clinically dead for 10 minutes, a pulse returned. During his death, Luis found himself in a place of pure white clarity, feeling truly alive for the first time with no pain or sadness - only love and peace. A bright light blinded him, and as he approached it, his sense of peace intensified. A figure emerged from the light who embraced him and identified himself as "your father and the one who created you." God told Luis it was not his time, that he would be called again later, and that he should share his story so non-believers could know God exists and watches over everyone. Luis woke in the hospital as if nothing had happened, though his parents described the room as wrecked from his violent vomiting. The experience gave him déjà vu abilities and transformed his faith. He now attends church weekly, maintains daily gratitude, and believes God sent him back because his family needed him and to share testimony of God's existence. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest, declared dead for 10 minutes, CPR revival | No specific earthly observations but profound encounter with God | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 0 | 1 | Parents and paramedics | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2827 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3757 Lyndall W NDE 7387 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lyndall_w_nde.html | 1975 | 1975-02-16 | 2014 | F |
Seven days after giving birth in February 1975, Lyndall suffered a massive hemorrhage and was rushed to the hospital. She lost 21 pints of blood, requiring transfusions through both arms and legs, and underwent an emergency hysterectomy. Despite appearing unconscious to medical staff, she maintained complete awareness of everything happening around her in extraordinary detail. During the hemorrhage, she was aware of conversations about her dying state, including a nurse crying and staff discussing her newborn daughter with sadness. She observed the doctor surrounded by shining silver light and her own body enveloped in beautiful blue light. She felt held in the arms of Jesus or an incredibly loving energy, similar to a baby held by its mother but even clearer. All pain disappeared as she felt energy moving up her body, wanting it to exit through her head while humming a sound similar to "Om." Her life passed before her eyes with impartial self-judgment. A panel of advisory beings appeared, presenting reasons for returning versus continuing on. Though she wanted to move into the loving space, she chose to return for her newborn baby, believing she would be needed to save her daughter's life in the future (which proved true). She also had thoughts about never having spent money freely. Once decided, she instantly returned to her body. The experience included passing through the opening in her head to meet the panel of beings who showed her life experiences. She felt the essence of Jesus and became aware of a mystical loving energy that was all-pervasive, assisting both her and her caregivers. The experience left her certain about life after death and the existence of intelligence separate from the physical body. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Massive hemorrhage losing 21 pints of blood, emergency hysterectomy | Detailed awareness of ICU events, saw lights around doctor and self, life review with panel of beings | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 0 | Complete awareness of ICU events | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2828 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3626 Madeleine NDE 7154 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1madeleine_nde.html | 2001 | 2014 | 16 | F |
At age 16, Madeleine was prescribed powerful, addictive medication for hyperactive bladder and nervousness. Already suffering from deep depression unknown to others, she had previously attempted suicide twice without success. After a quarrel with her parents, she locked herself in her room and took all remaining pills (approximately 7) around 7 PM on a Saturday afternoon. While lying down, she became dizzy, stood up, then fainted and crashed onto the bedroom floor, unable to break her fall. She observed her face hitting the floor but felt no pain. Simultaneously, she saw herself standing in the same place, watching her body on the floor. She experienced no physical sensations, pain, stress, fear, or anguish - simply observing herself trying to understand why she had fallen so hard without feeling pain. She lost all perception of time while observing herself on the floor. The next memory was waking suddenly 16 hours later at 2 PM Sunday - not like normal waking from sleep but opening her eyes without the feeling of waking from a dream. She was amazed that nobody had realized what she had done during those 16 hours. Her parents only discovered the suicide attempt after noticing the empty pill bottle. The experience profoundly changed her perspective. She understood there was a reason for the experience, that her body was not her real "I," and recognized a bigger purpose for her existence, though not in words but as a sensation. She promised her father never to attempt suicide again. Her spiritual journey evolved from Catholicism through atheism to a current reconciliation with God, conceiving Him completely differently than before. She now understands that a powerful force exists within us beyond human mental understanding. |
5 | Home | 3 | 4 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Drug overdose causing 16-hour unconsciousness | Out-of-body observation of self falling and hitting floor without pain | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 0 | Watched self fall and hit floor | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2829 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3584 Tammy H NDE 7105 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tammy_h_nde.html | 1980 | 2014 | F | During a horse jumping practice in October 1980, Tammy's horse caught its leg on a jump and flipped over, crushing her between the horse and a wooden coup jump that shattered on impact. The tremendous force should have been fatal, yet she survived with a broken collarbone, head laceration, severe concussion, and extensive road rash. Instantly upon impact, Tammy found herself floating three to four times tree height above the accident scene, observing the chaos below with remarkable calm and curiosity. She could see her trainer running toward someone on the ground but didn't initially realize it was her own body. Her visual perception expanded to nearly 360 degrees, and she felt her back against an invisible barrier that she intuitively knew would transport her elsewhere if she turned to examine it. Rather than focusing on the emergency below, she became fascinated by how a row of pine trees looked from her elevated perspective. Without warning, she suddenly returned to her body, covered in blood and cradled in her trainer's arms, filled with an inexplicable peace and certainty that she would be fine despite the severity of her injuries. Since the experience, she has developed powerful déjà vu episodes where she can predict exact conversations and events, feeling as though she's experiencing them on a repeating loop. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening trauma from horse accident with head injury | Clear OBE with expanded visual perception and awareness of invisible boundary | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw accident scene from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2830 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3646 Teresa P NDE 7191 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1teresa_p_nde.html | 1991 | 2014 | 21 | F | In January 1991, Teresa, 21 years old and four months pregnant, experienced a life-threatening event when she fainted from lack of oxygen and struck the back of her head on a concrete step. The impact opened a wound at the base of her skull, and she lost consciousness for approximately 38 minutes. During this time, Teresa felt herself leaving her body through the wound opening, ascending diagonally toward a magnificent light without looking back at her physical form. She experienced profound peace, happiness, and expansion, free from gravity's constraints, while a soft breeze caressed her as she floated toward the light. Multiple joyful voices emanated from the light, repeatedly calling "There comes Tere!" and urgently commanding her not to look back, warning that the darkness behind would cause her to become lost. Among these voices, she clearly recognized her mother's distinct voice, though her mother was alive and 1000 miles away in California at the time. Teresa encountered a massive, majestic floating arch that served as a portal to the light, where she felt beings of light around an unseen table. Her experience ended abruptly with a thunderous sound that returned her to her body without negotiation. The most extraordinary aspect occurred nine years later when her mother was dying of cancer - Teresa telepathically told her dying mother about hearing her voice during the NDE, and her mother responded that she had seen Teresa coming while she was going, confirming a bidirectional spiritual encounter across time. | 5 | Home | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening head injury with loss of consciousness | Recognized living mother's voice who was 1000 miles away, later confirmed mutual awareness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 3 | 1 | Heard mother's voice from the light | 1.00 | Mother | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2831 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3559 Terry B NDE 7066 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1terry_b_nde_7066.html | 1987 | 1987-05-22 | 2014 | M | On May 22, 1987, Terry was rafting with friends when they encountered a dangerous logjam. As his companions scrambled to safety up the log pile, the raft flipped backward, spilling Terry into the water where he became trapped underwater among the logs. Despite hearing his friends screaming his name and repeatedly attempting to pull himself up against the powerful current, he couldn't escape and realized he was going to die, thinking sadly of his family, especially his little brother. Suddenly, Terry found himself floating vertically around a magnificent cone-shaped light that drew him toward it, experiencing overwhelming peace and joy while time seemed to stand still. His deceased grandmother, who had passed five years earlier, appeared on the shore in her characteristic dress and jewelry, holding hands with a small boy in winter clothing. She firmly commanded him twice to "Stay out of the light," and trusting her completely as someone who had never lied and would want him safe, Terry paddled backward away from the light. The next thing he knew, he had somehow traveled 50-60 yards downstream and was lying on the opposite shore with his friends shaking him back to consciousness. Two years later, while looking through old family photos at his mother's house, Terry discovered the identity of the small boy - it was his grandmother's little brother who had died at age 4 or 5, whom Terry had never known about, causing him to break down in tears at the confirmation. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Near-drowning, trapped underwater in life-threatening situation | Saw unknown deceased relative later identified in photo, impossible prior knowledge | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw deceased grandmother on shore | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2832 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3722 Tikvah F NDE 7315 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tikvah_f_nde.html | 2007 | 2007-02-05 | 2014 | F | On February 5, 2007, Tikvah experienced a profound cardiac arrest that would have been fatal if not for an intuitive warning that compelled her to leave home and drive to a specific grocery store where help would be available. After three months of exhaustively nursing her dying father who had passed in her arms, she suffered complete cardiac arrest with clinical death, requiring multiple defibrillator shocks and CPR from EMTs to revive her. During the arrest, she felt herself sinking like water draining from a bathtub, losing all physical sensation while maintaining clear awareness of dying, feeling euphoric peace and the conviction that her life was complete except for not having written a will. She experienced separation from her body, heightened consciousness where she could feel others' emotions and everything was connected with no empty space between things, and heard both earthly chaos and clear voices from another realm. Her deceased father appeared younger than when he died, walking toward and greeting her, while she traveled on a vehicle with others until a being told her she must get off at the next stop because she had something to do for the people there. The experience included understanding universal connection, telepathic communication, and being in an unearthly realm with other beings, though not resembling any earthly location. After receiving a St. Jude pacemaker and surviving as one of only 5% who retain mental function after such an event, she developed enhanced perception where she sees air as filled with substance rather than empty space and understands the interconnection of all existence. | 2 | Other | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Documented cardiac arrest requiring CPR and multiple shocks | Precognitive knowledge led to lifesaving location, saw deceased father | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 3 | 1 | Precognitive warning to go to specific store | 1.00 | EMTs | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2833 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3627 Timothy A NDE 7159 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1timothy_a_nde.html | 1995 | 2014 | 5 | M | In 1995, five-year-old Timothy experienced a near-death event when he put his hand in an exposed electrical box while alone in his aunt's basement, suffering a severe electrical shock. After the electrocution and darkness, he found himself floating five to six feet above his body near the ceiling, observing himself lying on the concrete floor with dramatically enhanced vision that allowed him to see almost everything except directly behind him, with colors appearing more vibrant and clear than ever before. His heightened awareness and expanded field of view made everything appear magnified and crystal clear, while he could hear people talking upstairs though their voices seemed very distant and muffled. He felt completely calm and curious, particularly fascinated by how a row of pine trees along the fence line looked from his elevated perspective, thinking "So, that is what they look like from up here!" As darkness began to envelop him, he was suddenly surrounded and transported by a flowing, pinkish light that moved downward around him like pink clouds at sunrise but warmer, creating a tunnel effect that opened onto a vast plain of the same beautiful pinkish light stretching to the horizon. In this mystical realm, he encountered a single humanoid figure bathed in bright light whose features were indiscernible, who spoke only two words: "not yet," before Timothy fell back down and awakened uninjured on the floor. The experience left him with lasting effects including no fear of death, a sense of completeness and universal understanding while in the light that he describes as love itself, and the development of psychic abilities that allowed him to see otherworldly figures, including his sister who had died before his birth. | 5 | Home | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Electrocution, life-threatening but no medical treatment | Enhanced vision, saw body from above, encountered mystical being | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw own body from ceiling | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2834 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3718 Tina G NDE 7307 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tina_g_nde.html | 2012 | 2014 | F | In April 2012, Tina experienced a ruptured aortic aneurysm and clinical death, with her doctor later confirming she had died. Having felt a premonition of danger that morning, she was guided to leave home and go to a specific store where help would be available when the medical crisis struck. During her death state, she found herself sitting in a simple bamboo chair in a bright, misty white space with a film projector on a cart beside her showing scenes on two massive drive-in movie theater-sized screens. The left screen showed her daughter Sofie's future graduation without her - tears in Sofie's eyes, her husband Johnny's joyless expression, and her son Corey looking lost, yet Tina felt only perfect peace, never needing to breathe, free from all pain. The right screen displayed the same graduation as a joyous celebration with Tina present - Sofie throwing her hat in the air, family embracing, everyone successful and happy, but Tina could feel the agonizing pain she would endure, like being hit with 100 sledgehammers, years of healing ahead. She sensed presences behind her with hands on her shoulders, heard a presence telling her that her father was coming, and understood she was being given a choice between peaceful death or painful life with purpose. Despite the extraordinary peace and expansion she felt in death, where she existed everywhere and everywhen simultaneously, she chose the painful path to fulfill her purpose as wife and mother. She immediately returned to her body in excruciating pain and continues to live with chronic pain and health issues including a tumor, but remains committed to her choice, knowing her purpose is simply but profoundly to be present for her family. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 2 | Aortic aneurysm rupture with confirmed clinical death | Shown two specific future scenarios, precognitive warning saved her life | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw daughter's future graduation - two versions | 0.00 | Doctor | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2835 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3676 Tina H NDE 7226 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tina_h_nde.html | 2008 | 2008-07-16 | 2014 | F | On July 16, 2008, Tina experienced an alcohol-induced seizure that caused her breathing to stop, creating a near-death experience of profound simplicity and transformation. After drinking too much alcohol in a short time, she collapsed halfway into a bathroom, unable to move, while hearing people discussing calling paramedics. Everything then went completely black, and she entered a state of absolute peace unlike anything she had ever experienced before or since - no emotional pain, no anger, no fear, just the perfect peace she had always searched for in life. Though her experience contained no visual elements, no beings, no tunnel or light, the depth of peace was so complete and encompassing that she knew with certainty she was in the presence of God's love. This pure experience of divine peace and love occurred in total darkness, demonstrating that profound spiritual experiences don't require elaborate visions. When she suddenly returned to her body, she was on the bathroom floor as paramedics arrived, and despite normally being terrified of death, she was filled with lasting peace and the certain knowledge that she would be fine. Her friend later confirmed that Tina had indeed stopped breathing for a short period during the seizure. The experience produced a permanent life change - she has never drunk alcohol again and has remained completely sober since that day, no longer fearing death and knowing that the incredible peace she experienced exists beyond this life and cannot be found in earthly existence. | 5 | Home | 5 | 2 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 2 | Alcohol-induced seizure with breathing cessation | Experience of absolute peace and divine love, minimal veridical content | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 0 | 1 | Friend | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2836 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3798 Valeria M NDE 7447 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1valeria_m_nde.html | 1996 | 2014 | F | In May 1996, after three months of exhaustively nursing her dying father with cancer on only 1.5 hours of sleep at a time, Valeria collapsed with critically low blood pressure of 60/20 that the ICU nurse later said should have been fatal. During a band rehearsal, she experienced severe symptoms including dizziness, headache, breathing difficulty, and a squeezing pressure in her head before being rushed to emergency care. As she lay dying, she felt complete peace knowing her life was complete except for not having written a will for her inherited house, then experienced euphoric bliss as her body sank like water draining from a bathtub while losing all physical sensation but maintaining clear awareness. She left her body and observed from above the ambulance, seeing her friends outside in perfect detail - one nervously drinking from a wine and coke bottle, repeatedly approaching the ambulance door and retreating in confusion. Though she saw all this clearly while focusing on her friends' emotions of worry and astonishment, she wasn't aware she had died or that anything was strange, simply accepting it as natural continuation of life. A sharp needle stick in her left arm brought her back to her body, and she spent a night in intensive care followed by two weeks of testing that found only complete exhaustion. It wasn't until two years later when she mentioned to the drinking friend how she had seen him outside the ambulance that she realized the impossibility of seeing him from inside the vehicle and understood she had experienced death. The aftermath brought extraordinary changes: months of spontaneous insights about humanity and Earth flowing into her consciousness each morning, inexplicable knowledge confirmed in books she'd never read, enhanced empathy allowing her to perceive hidden emotions, and ultimately the courage to reject conventional cancer treatment four years later, healing herself naturally and becoming a naturopath. | 5 | Ambulance | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Critically low blood pressure 60/20, should have been fatal | Saw friend's specific actions outside ambulance while inside, friend confirmed 2 years later | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw friends outside ambulance | 1.00 | Friend | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||
| 2837 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3792 Vernon C NDE 7443 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1vernon_c_nde.html | 1969 | 2014 | M | Vernon was swimming in Gold River with two friends when he was swept into a fast current where two rivers converged. He went under multiple times and drowned. During the experience, Vernon found himself floating hundreds of feet above, watching his body tumble down the river. He was amazed that despite drowning, he could still see, think, and wonder, realizing consciousness persists beyond physical death. Rising higher, he turned and saw a brilliant light. He was taken to a room and shown his entire life on a screen, experiencing every moment frame by frame with its cause and effect, feeling complete peace without judgment. He was told he had to return. Descending back, he saw his body caught on a tree with his head above water. As he re-entered his body, he was pulling himself out using tree branches. Vernon walked to town, collapsed at a friend's house, and slept for three days. His friends never knew he had drowned, thinking he was waving to join them. The experience confirmed his existing beliefs about reincarnation and the absence of heaven, hell, or a judging God. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drowning incident described as life-threatening | Out-of-body observation of own body floating down river from hundreds of feet above | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw own body from above | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2838 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3621 Victorio NDE 7150 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1victorio_nde.html | 1982 | 2014 | M | Victorio fell head-first out of a moving bus in 1982 when the driver made a violent maneuver. He hit his head on the pavement and was taken to Carrillo Sanatorium. During his unconscious state, Victorio observed himself from above, as if on top of the bus, watching the driver lift his body and continue to the hospital. At the sanatorium, he witnessed the doctor examine him, checking pulse and breathing with a mirror, then declaring him clinically dead with no pressure or heart function. He heard the doctor order nurses to take him to the second floor since there were no beds and he was dead. While on the stretcher, Victorio saw a brilliant white light in the distance and floated toward it. Upon entering the light, his arms disappeared through it while part remained outside. People within the light, all deceased friends and family with complete bodies, came to greet him. He then heard his son calling about his bleeding left ear, felt a severe headache, and returned to his body in intensive care. The doctor who treated him waited two months before explaining what transpired, saying God used her to perform a miracle. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death declared by doctor - no pulse, no heart function | Observed specific medical procedures, heard doctor's exact words about being dead, saw self being moved | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed doctor examining him | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2839 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3560 Walter N NDE 7068 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1walter_n_nde.html | 2012 | 2015 | M |
Walter passed out at home and was taken to the hospital with severe pneumonia. His bodily functions were shutting down and he was "coded," requiring CPR. He was unconscious for five days in the hospital. During his near-death experience, Walter found himself walking toward an incredibly brilliant light, brighter than anything he had ever seen. As he continued moving toward the light, it seemed to keep moving further away from him. He felt completely calm and peaceful throughout the experience, with no fear or anxiety. He knew with certainty that he wanted to be where the light was located. Walter sensed the presence of his deceased uncle Kenneth during the experience. He was aware that something significant was happening while his body remained unconscious in the hospital bed. The experience felt more vivid and alert than normal consciousness. When Walter awoke five days later in the recovery room, he maintained the peaceful and calm feeling from his experience. The nurses and doctors were surprised when he regained consciousness. He was told he had been "out" for five days, during which time his life had been in serious danger from the pneumonia. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | CPR performed ("coded") indicating cardiac arrest or respiratory arrest, unconscious for 5 days in hospital setting | Limited veridical content - awareness of uncle Kenneth's presence, heightened consciousness while physically unconscious, but no specific verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/10/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw brilliant light while unconscious | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2840 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3734 Wanda K NDE 7335 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1wanda_k_nde.html | 1976 | 2015 | F |
Wanda was on a scuba diving trip in very good physical condition, swimming regularly and working a strenuous job. The air temperature was 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and she wore a wetsuit but no booties, mittens, or head covering. After swimming over a mile and diving to over 100 feet in water temperatures in the low 40s, she developed severe hypothermia. Upon surfacing, she lost the ability to use her hands or inflate her vest, telling her diving buddy "Ken, don't leave me" before losing consciousness. During her near-death experience, Wanda's spirit "submitted completely" and she experienced being within God rather than as a separate entity. She described it as the greatest peace anyone could know, a complete resting within the divine presence. There was no tunnel or visual phenomena, but rather a profound sense of unity with God. She felt completely loved in a way she had never experienced before, with no fear and complete trust. The experience transcended normal consciousness, existing in a timeless state where earthly concerns became irrelevant. Her diving buddy inflated her vest and alerted others, who swam and floated her unconscious body over a mile back to camp. Unable to reach medical facilities 40 miles away, they laid her in the sun covered with bedrolls. Wanda remained unconscious for over two hours with very low but constant breathing before awakening. The experience profoundly changed her spiritual life, eliminating her fear of death and deepening her compassion for others. She only shared the experience with her priest nearly 40 years later, as its influence continued to shape her spiritual and physical existence. |
5 | Other | 5 | 3 | 8 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening hypothermia with loss of consciousness for 2+ hours, but no cardiac arrest or clinical death documented | Profound spiritual experience of unity with God but no specific veridical observations that could be verified | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Experience of complete unity with God | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2841 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3721 Wendy A NDE 7314 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1wendy_a_nde.html | 1978 | 2015 | F |
Wendy was recovering from a hysterectomy following childbirth when she began hemorrhaging severely. Multiple attempts to stop the bleeding failed. She rang for a nurse, feeling she was about to pass out, and was told they were bringing a blood transfusion. She felt herself sliding head-first off the end of her bed and falling through a tunnel while hearing nurses calling her name and telling her to breathe. During her out-of-body experience, Wendy felt completely detached yet fully aware of everything happening in the room. She experienced profound peace and had no thoughts of her loved ones, including her newborn infant. She heard the medical team call for a priest and observed them comforting her crying roommate while escorting her out into the hall. The nurses had trouble starting the blood transfusion because her veins were collapsing. She could process multiple conversations simultaneously with heightened alertness and clarity beyond normal consciousness. The experience included passing through a tunnel at the head of her bed and sensing unusual brightness. Wendy suddenly awakened as the priest was anointing her with oil, which she could smell strongly despite everyone saying it has no odor. The nurses again told her to breathe as she was on oxygen. Her limbs were drawn up like someone in a prolonged coma. She was immediately taken to surgery to repair the hemorrhage source. During surgery, she had a vision of someone dressed in white standing by her operating table, holding her hand lovingly and telling her it was not her time to go, that she had much more to do. She healed quickly, was home in three days, but didn't discuss the experience for years, fearing others would think her crazy. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening hemorrhage requiring emergency intervention, called for priest suggesting critical condition, compressions mentioned | Multiple specific observations: saw roommate being comforted and escorted out, heard call for priest, aware of vein collapse issue, smelled oil others claim has no scent | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/11/2025 | 3 | 0 | Observed roommate being comforted and escorted out | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2842 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3753 Wendy G NDE 7373 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1wendy_g_nde.html | 1982 | 2015 | F |
Wendy had been experiencing abdominal pain for about a week and nearly canceled her doctor's appointment when the pain subsided. An emergency ultrasound revealed a serious problem requiring immediate surgery. After over 7 hours of painful labor that suddenly stopped, an x-ray showed the baby in reverse position. Labor resumed the next evening and she delivered within 30 minutes, but began hemorrhaging profusely from an undetected tumor on her uterus. Her obstetrician declared she needed emergency hysterectomy, and both her Christian doctors were heard praying close to her ears for her to survive. During her clinical death, Wendy floated out of her body feeling free, peaceful, and without pain. She looked down and saw them performing compressions on her. She floated up through a swirling tunnel toward a brilliant white light brighter than the sun that didn't hurt her eyes. Upon emerging, she was wrapped in a "blanket of love" and met deceased relatives she'd never known but recognized, appearing in human form though she sensed that wasn't their true form. She experienced collective consciousness and connection with everyone. She encountered God as pure energy and wisdom, who told her the message to bring back was "love - we all have to live in love." She then saw an indescribably beautiful meadow in mountains with the bluest sky and greenest grass, where her grandmother who died in 1982 ran toward her with children. They talked for what seemed like hours at a bridge over a creek about Wendy's life since her grandmother's death. Her grandmother appeared vibrant despite dying of a brain tumor, told her she watches over Wendy and her son, then said "You have to go back, it is not your time yet" and that "a blink of an eye could be 80 years" in earth time. Wendy fell back through the tunnel as they continued compressions. She awoke five days later in recovery, developed hepatitis A, and couldn't care for her baby. Her mother later dreamed of Wendy's father saying he helped his grandchild have his mother back. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 7 | Clinical death explicitly stated during surgery with CPR compressions observed, profuse hemorrhaging requiring emergency hysterectomy | Multiple specific veridical observations: saw CPR compressions from above, heard specific prayers from Christian doctors while unconscious, grandmother appeared healthy despite brain tumor death, collective consciousness experience | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/11/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw CPR compressions being performed on her body | 0.00 | Obstetrician | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2843 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3731 Wendy T NDE 7329 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1wendy_t_nde.html | 1976 | 2015 | F |
Following a traumatic rape that led to PTSD-like symptoms, Wendy attempted suicide by taking two bottles of over-the-counter sleeping pills. Her boyfriend found her and rushed her to the hospital. About 30 minutes later, she was found on a gurney in the hallway not breathing with blue lips, clinically dead. The emergency room doctor began aggressive resuscitation efforts, shocking her "over and over and over again" - she recalls 15 to 20 times - while screaming at the medical team not to give up. During her out-of-body experience, Wendy stood next to the emergency room doctor, trying to tell him she was okay and had never felt better. She wanted him to understand that she understood everything and that this state was much better than life. She watched the repeated defibrillation attempts on her body and observed specific details including a safety pin holding her jeans that "pinged" across the room when it popped. She experienced heightened consciousness and felt like she understood everything with access to universal knowledge. After leaving the emergency room briefly, she encountered a very old man who touched her hand, returning her to her body. Two to three days after awakening on a ventilator with pneumonia, nurses made her walk in the hallway where she saw the doctor who had saved her. She approached and thanked him for saving her life. All the blood drained from his face as they both simultaneously realized they had never met when she was conscious - she had recognized him solely from her out-of-body observations during resuscitation. This provided remarkable veridical evidence of consciousness during clinical death. The experience transformed her from fearful to confident, gave her premonitions about future events including knowledge she would have a daughter (born years later, now 37 and working in heart surgery), and eliminated her fear of death. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinical death explicitly stated (not breathing, blue lips), 15-20 defibrillation shocks documented, found unresponsive on gurney | Exceptional veridical evidence: recognized doctor never met while conscious, observed specific detail of safety pin popping across room, watched 15-20 defibrillation attempts from outside body, heard doctor screaming at staff | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 4 | 1 | Recognized doctor never met while conscious | 1.00 | Emergency room doctor | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2844 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3615 Witney NDE 7147 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1witney_nde.html | 1988 | 2015 | F |
Witney's family was returning from a double feature at a drive-in theater around midnight. Her father was driving with Witney in the passenger seat, both wearing seatbelts, while her mother and brothers sat in the back of the station wagon. They were struck head-on by a drunk driver who crossed into their lane without stopping. Witney watched the vehicle heading straight toward them in what seemed like slow motion before blacking out from the severe impact. Upon losing consciousness, Witney immediately forgot everything and found herself in complete, warm, comforting darkness. She felt safe, content, and deeply loved in this space. The experience was very quiet, with a sensation of swimming or floating in a warm, safe cocoon. Nothing hurt, and she felt profound peace. She saw a soft, shimmery light in the distance but didn't feel compelled to go toward it, instead knowing she had to "go back." Witney had no specific veridical observations during the experience, though she maintained awareness in the darkness. The void-like state provided comfort rather than fear, with an overwhelming sense of being loved and protected. She awoke suddenly with eye and facial injuries while being extracted from the wreckage. Adrenaline prevented immediate pain as she heard people discussing her condition and reassuring her. At age 16, she later had another out-of-body experience when hit by a car, floating above the scene and seeing everyone around her body before being pulled back by embarrassment about her exposed underwear and worry about her wrecked bike. |
5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening head-on collision with loss of consciousness, but no cardiac arrest or clinical death documented | No specific veridical observations, only subjective experience of darkness, light, and feeling of love | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | facial injuries | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw light in darkness | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2845 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3771 Zoe C NDE 7410 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1zoe_c_nde.html | 1988 | 1988-09-08 | 2015 | F |
Zoe experienced complications during pregnancy with fainting and hot flashes, though prenatal checkups showed no abnormalities. On her due date, September 7, 1988, she endured over 7 hours of painful labor that suddenly stopped despite the baby being positioned correctly. She was on an ECG machine monitoring her heart due to breathing difficulties from ischemia. An x-ray revealed the baby had reversed position. Labor resumed the next evening and she delivered within 30 minutes, but began bleeding profusely from an undetected uterine tumor. Her obstetrician declared the need for emergency blood transfusion and hysterectomy. Both her Christian doctors were heard praying close to her ears for her survival. During her clinical death (declared dead for 10 minutes), Zoe speedily floated through a fast-moving silver metallic tunnel toward a brilliant light at its end. Emerging from the tunnel, she was met by a blinding, shining white robe and experienced being wrapped in overwhelming love. She saw her father who had died six years earlier in 1982, smiling at her. Despite her extreme joy at seeing him and asking for his help to return, he continued smiling. She implored God to return her for her child's sake and heard a thunderous voice saying "GO BACK." Instantly, she found herself returning through the same tunnel. Zoe heard the doctors' prayers and declarations while clinically dead, including the specific statement about bleeding profusely and needing transfusion and hysterectomy. She also saw her mother and six-year-old daughter kneeling at the hospital's Mother Mary grotto, which her mother later confirmed doing during the crisis. After 10 minutes of clinical death, she miraculously revived and was transferred to recovery where she slept for four hours. Two months later, her mother shared a dream where Zoe's deceased father said he was caring for the grandchild and had "helped him have his mother back." Her doctor waited two months to explain the miracle, suggesting Zoe celebrate September 8 as her second birthday. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinically dead for 10 minutes explicitly stated, emergency surgery with hemorrhage, doctors declared her dead and performed life-saving measures | Multiple veridical observations: heard doctors' specific prayers and medical declarations while dead, saw mother and daughter at hospital grotto (later confirmed), heard thunderous voice, met deceased father | written_account | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/11/2025 | 3 | 1 | Heard doctors praying and medical declarations | 0.00 | Obstetrician | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2846 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3861 Kurt O NDE 7540 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kurt_o_nde.html | 1987 | 2014 | 7 | M | Kurt, age 7, snuck into an apartment complex swimming pool before opening hours. While wading in the shallow end, he accidentally bounced into the deep end and began drowning, sucking water into his lungs. He then experienced floating upward about 60 feet above the pool, seeing his body underwater. He felt content, confident, completely free, and filled with love. He saw a brilliant white light and began turning when suddenly he woke up beside the pool with scratches and wet footprints leading away. An Asian neighbor apparently saved him but left to call for help. Kurt experienced enhanced vision and hearing during the OBE, seeing clearly despite normally needing glasses. The experience left him unafraid of death and believing in an afterlife where souls continue after physical death. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Drowning incident clearly described with loss of consciousness | Clear OBE with observation of body in pool from above, enhanced sensory perception | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw pool and his body from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2847 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4015 Laura C NDE 7775 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1laura_c_nde.html | 2015 | 2014 | F | Laura received an incorrect overdose of MRI contrast (gadolinium) injected into her cerebral spinal fluid, causing severe vomiting and inability to talk, walk, or move. While unconscious, she floated in darkness and saw two arc-shaped beams of light. The top beam represented positive things like love and kindness, while the lower beam represented negative things like greed and hate. Inside the negative beam, she discovered another light beam containing 5-6 gray beings in lighted compartments. She realized she was on "the other side" and that it wasn't her time to be there. It was clearly communicated that this would be a beautiful place when her proper time came. She chose to stay with the positive light to survive. After a drain was inserted to remove the contrast, she regained consciousness. The experience left her without fear of death and certain of an afterlife. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening gadolinium overdose requiring emergency drainage procedure | Encountered otherworldly realm with distinct positive/negative areas and beings on the other side | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw two arc-shaped beams of light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2848 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4009 Laura NDE 7763 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1laura_nde_7763.html | 2007 | 2014 | F | Laura underwent abdominal surgery under general anesthesia but was not properly operable due to insufficient potassium and anemia. Upon waking, she was constantly vomiting and found herself isolated in her head "like being in a fish bowl," unable to communicate. She had an out-of-body experience where she saw nurses and doctors from above with panicked expressions. She observed the heart monitor and heard staff discussing her as if she were dead, commenting on her appearance and speculating about informing her elderly father. Realizing her life was at risk, she prayed constantly in her "head fishbowl" asking to live and for help from a recently deceased friend. She did not see a tunnel or light, believing her prayers protected her. After waking, medical personnel said they had never seen anything like this. She spent 15 days in intensive care with serious heart problems and subsequently lost all fear of death. | 3 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Surgery under general anesthesia with cardiac complications requiring ICU | Observed heart monitor from above, heard specific staff comments about her appearance and family | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/11/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw heart monitor from above | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2849 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3852 Leonard K NDE 7526 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1leonard_k_nde.html | 1963 | 2014 | 8 | M | Eight-year-old Leonard developed appendicitis that went undiagnosed for days. His appendix burst before surgery. During the operation under ether anesthesia, he left his body and became aware of his existence as a wispy form tethered to his body by a thread. He saw other spirits moving upward who were not tethered like him. Evil wisps with blinking eyes attacked and tormented him until he called out to God. An angel in white garments appeared, protected him, and placed him in a protective bubble. He was pulled through a tunnel with multicolored lights to a cloud barrier where deceased relatives greeted him, including great-grandparents he'd never met. A woman he calls "Mother" showed him generations of his family and exposed him to a powerful light. He experienced a life review including seeing his birth and an incident where he hurt his brother. Given the choice to stay or return, he chose to return for his living mother. The experience included prophetic dreams of future events like 9/11 and the 2004 tsunami. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 4 | Burst appendix requiring emergency surgery, life-threatening condition | Extensive otherworldly journey with deceased relatives, life review, angel encounter | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/11/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw self on operating table | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 2850 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4039 Lisa S NDE 7817 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lisa_s_nde_7817.html | 2014 | 5 | F | Lisa, aged 4-6, was playing with neighborhood children on PlaySkool cars. Her brother pushed a car with her on the roof toward a sidewalk bump, causing a severe head injury. She has memory loss from the trauma but recalls seeing her lifeless body on a surgical table surrounded by three surgeons, with family crying at the window. She was floating above everyone when a bright white light appeared beside her. From it emerged hands and a bearded figure (no visible face) who told her it wasn't her time, that her family needed her, and she had a greater purpose to fulfill. The angel sent her back to her body. She woke wearing head bandages with her grandmother pushing her on a swing. The accident caused significant memory loss of her childhood, but she retained this experience vividly. She developed heightened spiritual sensitivity and psychic abilities afterward, continuing to be guided by the message of having a greater purpose in life. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 12 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe head trauma from accident requiring surgery | OBE viewing surgery from above, encounter with angelic being who gave specific message | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw surgery scene and heard angel | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2851 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3858 Lonnie L NDE 7536 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lonnie_l_nde.html | 2003 | 2014 | F | Lonnie, a firefighter, suffered heat stroke while fighting a large grass fire wearing full bunker gear and SCBA in over 30°C heat. After multiple calls without rest, food, or water, she collapsed at the scene. Time seemed not to exist as she became aware of being completely surrounded by a beautiful white light beyond description. She felt profound peace and happiness, hearing incredibly beautiful classical or choir music unlike anything earthly. She did not want to return. When she regained consciousness, it was dark, with paramedics attending to her. She enthusiastically tried to describe the light and music but was met with blank stares and laughter. Fellow firefighters tried to get her fired, claiming she couldn't handle the job. She fought to stay and implemented proper rehabilitation equipment on vehicles. Since the experience, she has received specific prophetic dreams and messages for others, warning them of potential negative outcomes. She became highly intuitive, trusting her instincts despite resistance and criticism, seeing daily miracles and feeling grateful. | 5 | Other | 7 | 10 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Heat stroke causing loss of consciousness, paramedics required | Surrounded by indescribable light, heard unearthly beautiful music, complete time distortion | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Experienced transcendent light and music | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2852 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3865 Abrisham NDE 7393 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1abrisham_nde.html | 2001 | 2015 | F | Abrisham was preparing for a literature exam during Ramadan while fasting. After studying, she went to leave for art school but returned home when she realized she had no money for a taxi. While climbing the stairs, her shoelace caught under her feet, causing her to fall face-first onto a broken stair edge. She hit so hard that she fell again, climbing the stairs with a bloody nose. Her mother was shocked to see her covered in blood. While washing her face, Abrisham felt dizzy and lost consciousness. First, she heard a sharp sound, then traveled through a tunnel with light passing overhead. The light embodied kindness and she moved at an unimaginable speed through the tunnel. After a while, she stopped within the tunnel and a very gentle, kind voice told her to go back. She traveled back at the same speed. She opened her eyes to find her family crying and screaming around her, having been unconscious for an unknown period during what appeared to be a serious head injury incident. | 5 | Home | 5 | 1 | 6 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Head injury with loss of consciousness described | No specific veridical observations, only tunnel and voice experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2853 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3887 Alan S NDE 7581 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1alan_s_nde.html | 2010 | 2010-02-26 | 2015 | M | Alan experienced severe chest pain for three days before walking six blocks through a blizzard to catch a bus to work on February 26, 2010. Despite multiple warning signs and opportunities to seek help, he persisted until collapsing on the bus from a massive heart attack. He died and experienced separation from his body, seeing himself with four arms and legs - one set physical and one translucent. His long-time guardian, a six-foot-tall tiger, appeared and showed him holographic images of past, present, and future events, particularly his daughters. Tiger explained that everyone has a choice at death with no judgment either way. Alan chose to return to life and was taken to a luminous misty place where three Beings appeared, including a Teacher described as an original child of God. He spent what felt like a day receiving teachings before returning to his body. Paramedics revived him and he was rushed to Hamilton General Hospital where surgeons found his left artery 100% blocked - a widow-maker heart attack he should not have survived. He awakened in ICU with new gifts and understanding about the nature of reality, consciousness, and the purpose of physical existence. | 1 | Ambulance | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Widow-maker heart attack with 100% blocked artery explicitly confirmed | Multiple unusual observations including four-limbed vision and guardian tiger, but lacking independent verification | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 4 | 1 | Saw himself with four arms and legs | 0.00 | Surgeon at Hamilton General | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 2854 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3834 Alana G NDE 7506 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1alana_g_nde.html | 2007 | 2007-11-13 | 2015 | F | Alana, a prophetic seer and pastor, was driving when she perceived a massive black darkness approaching from the right side of the road ahead, appearing like heavy dark thunderclouds that covered the entire area. She witnessed a man in an SUV run a stop sign and knew collision was inevitable. A huge male angel, over 15 feet tall, appeared standing between her vehicle and the SUV as they moved toward head-on collision at 50 mph with no airbag. She then found herself walking through a huge portal into another dimension, with most of her body through the entrance. She heard an authoritative voice say "NO" followed by "It is not her time" - a voice she knew all creation had to obey. She awakened in a ditch inches from a telephone pole after the collision. Her injuries were severe, missing the main artery to her heart by 1/4 inch. She understood the angel had absorbed some of the impact force to save her life, working with the divine voice that stopped her transition. Though upset at being prevented from passing through the portal completely, she recognized she was preserved for a purpose and now views death as a promotion to the next dimension. | 5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Head-on collision at 50mph described, serious injuries | Spiritual observations of darkness and angel, but no verifiable physical details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 3 | 0 | Mass of darkness approaching | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2855 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4016 Alessandra P NDE 7773 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1alessandra_p_nde.html | 1978 | 2015 | F | Alessandra was with a friend when she purchased and injected heroin. She immediately collapsed after injection, and her friend, seeing she was unresponsive, rushed her to the hospital. Medical doctors told the friend it was unlikely Alessandra would survive. Upon injecting the heroin, Alessandra lost consciousness and saw herself from above, approximately two meters away, collapsed with the syringe still in her arm while her friend tried to revive her. She then found herself in a dark tunnel with a fearful appearance. At the far end of the tunnel, she could see a distant light that she wished to reach, but felt chained by something like huge, heavy metal shoes at her feet preventing movement. She realized she was in a body more real than her physical body, in a place where nothing was beautiful. The doctors managed to resuscitate her and she awoke surrounded by medical staff. She later came to believe she had been in the place scriptures call Hades or the abode of the dead, and that God had saved her from that fearful place to complete her life. | 5 | Hospital | 3 | 4 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Drug overdose with clinical death implied | Saw self from above with syringe in arm, but no verification | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw self from above during overdose | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2856 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3969 Alex H NDE 7717 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1alex_h_nde.html | 1997 | 2015 | F | Alex underwent emergency surgery for appendicitis in 1997. During recovery from the operation, she had an extreme allergic reaction to the anesthetic, compounded by an undiagnosed bronchial infection that would have prevented surgery if not for the life-threatening nature of the appendicitis. She was looking down from the ceiling at herself lying on a surgery-type bed with medical staff around her body. Everything appeared very white and bright. One person was trying to wrap a silver blanket over her body and she clearly heard them saying "Breathe, Alex, breathe. Come on, breathe." She then took a breath and was instantly back in her body. She was completely unconscious for several hours afterward with a very slow recovery. Days later, she asked a nurse if she had stopped breathing and the nurse confirmed that indeed she had stopped breathing in the recovery room. No other medical professional mentioned it again, and Alex kept quiet about her experience. Eighteen years later, she can still vividly remember it, especially the whiteness and brightness of the room. | 2 | Hospital | 7 | 7 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Emergency surgery with respiratory arrest during recovery | Heard specific words from staff about breathing, saw silver blanket | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard staff telling her to breathe | 1.00 | Nurse | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 2857 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4028 Amber I NDE 7791 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1amber_i_nde.html | 1978 | 1978-06-16 | 2015 | F | Amber was in a serious car accident with her boyfriend Marty driving. After treatment at a local emergency facility, she was transported to a larger hospital due to serious injuries including many broken bones. That evening in the hospital, with her father and boyfriend at the foot of her bed, she was unable to open her eyes or speak despite wanting to interact. She experienced being outside her body, observing from above, watching and listening from the corner of the wall and ceiling. She heard her father telling Marty she looked very ashen and expressing fear about losing her. She could feel all his fear, confusion, and frustration. She wanted to reassure him she was fine and felt no pain or fear. Her mother, a nurse at the hospital, was in the hallway having a loud, angry discussion with one of the doctors. Amber was there spiritually listening and witnessed her mother's frustration, fear, and concern. She felt overwhelming love and connection, understanding that we are all united. She experienced heightened awareness and could feel others' emotions directly, gaining understanding about universal connection and that love transcends all time and distance. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Serious car accident with life-threatening injuries described | Observed from corner of room, heard conversation, sensed emotions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed father and boyfriend from ceiling corner | 1.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 2858 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3891 Ana Cecilia G NDE 7572 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ana_cecilia_g_nde.html | 1989 | 2015 | F | Ana Cecilia underwent a second surgery to extract fluid surrounding her heart and lungs infected with Staphylococcus aureus. Born with a serious heart condition (transposed vessels, single ventricle), she had defied medical expectations. During surgery, while under anesthesia, she heard medical staff discussing her case, lamenting that her 10-month-old daughter might never see her again. A misplaced respirator tube caused her to asphyxiate when phlegm blocked it while nurses were absent. After struggling desperately, she stopped breathing and her heart stopped. She left her body, floating through what seemed like a tree with multiple layers: first small animals radiating love, then large wild animals, then children of all races playing joyfully, then adults around fountains, finally elderly people in gardens. She approached a yellow circle of intense light that filled her with complete ecstasy and love. A hand touched her head and a gentle voice said "Stay calm and go in peace. Do everything that I have asked you." She was resuscitated after about an hour of efforts. Later, she saw two angels descend and clean her body, bringing profound relief and healing. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest with cessation of breathing during surgery, hour-long resuscitation | Heard specific medical discussions while unconscious, multiple detailed realm observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Intubated | 6/11/2025 | 4 | 1 | Heard surgical staff discussions | 1.00 | Medical staff | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2859 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3895 Ana NDE 7596 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ana_nde.html | 2011 | 2011-10-11 | 2015 | F | Ana had an ovarian cyst that became serious, requiring surgery with internal bleeding that was dangerous. During surgery preparation, she asked doctors if everything would be alright. During the operation, she suddenly felt unbelievable relief, lightness, and weightlessness. She heard someone saying there was a lot of blood, then stopped breathing. She thought dying was not scary or painful as she had feared since childhood. A doctor cried out that she wasn't breathing and needed immediate intubation. She heard a woman saying the suture had to be done carefully since she was young and thin. Later, the surgeon told her the surgery was successful but that she had given them a scare. Ana remembered what happened, and a nurse later confirmed she had stopped breathing. The experience was characterized by incredible vividness and clarity, with sound seeming to rise up within her observing self rather than through her ears. She felt disconnected from events as if watching a movie unrelated to her fate, yet maintained heightened consciousness throughout. The experience eliminated her fear of death and led to greater compassion and meaning in life. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 7 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Surgery with respiratory arrest, dangerous internal bleeding | Heard specific medical comments about blood and intubation need | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard medical staff during surgery | 1.00 | Nurse | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 2860 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3990 Marcel W NDEs 7729 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marcel_w_nde.html | 2012 | 2015 | M | In September 2012, Marcel experienced an aortic rupture and was rushed to intensive care with dangerously high blood pressure (240/180). During his ICU stay, he had multiple near-death experiences where he repeatedly approached a white curtain that emanated warmth, peace, harmony and love. Behind the curtain, he saw silhouettes of people in loving communion. Each time he felt drawn to cross over, he would hear ringing bowls and be pulled back to his body. Marcel heard what he believed was staff conversation and music through an intercom, though staff later denied any such equipment existed. During his experiences, he felt completely free from physical and spiritual pain. He was told by a presence that he could pass over but also had the option to stay. After returning home, Marcel went through a profound spiritual transformation, experiencing deep isolation at first but eventually finding peace. The experience led to significant spiritual growth and understanding of cosmic laws. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Aortic rupture with ICU admission described | Heard staff conversations and music that staff denied existed | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard nursing staff conversations and music | 1.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2861 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3939 Mark R NDE 7669 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mark_r_nde.html | 1978 | 2015 | M | Mark was deeply depressed after being rejected by his fiancée and struggling with drug addiction. While listening to music about hope, feeling utterly alone despite praying, he attempted suicide by throwing himself headfirst onto the corner of his desk. The impact hit directly between his eyes and bounced him back onto his bed. Immediately, he heard intense ringing in his ears like after a loud blast, followed by a continuous thundering sound like a jet engine. With his eyes closed, he could see his room's ceiling and found himself moving through a tunnel with rolling clouds and cold bluish light behind them. The tunnel was lit at the end with gray storm-cloud appearance. When he questioned if this was an acid flashback, he received a telepathic "No" and instantly knew he was dying. Upon saying "Jesus, I'm not ready yet," everything reversed and he returned to his body. The experience completely transformed his life - he got off drugs, became deeply spiritual, and developed prophetic gifts. | 1 | Home | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death from traumatic head injury in suicide attempt | Saw room ceiling with eyes closed, telepathic communication | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw ceiling with eyes closed | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2862 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4005 Marta M NDE 7760 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marta_m_nde_7760.html | 2003 | 2015 | F | Marta nearly drowned at the beach in December 2003 when unexpected waves pulled her deep into the ocean. As she was pulled underwater, an alien calm overcame her with no suffering or suffocation. Her guardian angel appeared at her right side, though invisible, communicating telepathically. He told her she had done much good in life and could peacefully pass over without suffering. He said she had accomplished her mission but staying would make life very difficult. Her life flashed before her, revealing her mother as a past-life enemy they were reconciling. Marta chose to stay to continue working on forgiveness with her mother. The guardian seemed doubtful, asking "Are you sure?" before leaving. When he departed, physical sensations returned. A friend miraculously found her on the first blind attempt, grabbing her hand underwater. A witness on shore believed Marta was underwater for ten minutes and thought survival was impossible. The experience led to profound spiritual growth, increased psychic abilities, and major life changes focused on compassion and helping others. | 5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Near drowning with prolonged submersion | Past life information, survived 10 minutes underwater, friend found her blindly | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 0 | 1 | Friend who rescued her, witness on shore | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2863 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3985 Martin C NDE 7739 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1martin_c_nde.html | 2014 | 2015 | M | On June 9, 2014, Martin was at work when an emergency required immediate response. While running to address the situation, his heart began spinning out of control and breathing became increasingly difficult due to aortic valve failure. Despite lacking oxygen, he completed the emergency task before seeking help. He collapsed, and a colleague found him blue and unresponsive. After a brief period of blackness where time seemed not to exist, Martin felt himself rising as if in an elevator. He emerged from darkness into a wonderful park where everything was extraordinarily beautiful with enhanced colors. Happy people were present but paid no attention to him. He felt no pain, perfect temperature, and no fear - better than ever before. The light was soft and omnipresent. When he wondered what he was doing there, he instantly received multiple answers and remembered reading Dr. Moody's book years earlier, realizing he was having an NDE. Thinking of his young children, he pleaded not to die. He immediately returned to consciousness, cold and tingling, as paramedics arrived. He later underwent open-heart surgery using the Ross method to replace his aortic valve. | 2 | Other | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest from aortic valve failure, found blue and unresponsive | Beautiful park with people, enhanced perception | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2864 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4037 Melisa A NDE 7812 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1melisa_a_nde.html | 1995 | 2015 | 15 | F | On June 12, 1995, fifteen-year-old Melisa was a passenger when her friend drove at excessive speed over rural hills, causing a severe accident. Melisa suffered catastrophic injuries including compound arm fractures, dislocated hip with bone damage, six broken ribs, broken nose, scalp injuries, and brain bruising. She was in an induced coma for five days. Upon impact, she saw a bright white-yellow light approaching from the sky and heard a being communicate telepathically: "I'm here. You are going to be okay. It's ok to close your eyes and rest." The being brought immediate relief and comfort. Before waking five days later, Melisa had another experience with earthly-toned beings, particularly a female presence. They debated her return, with Melisa expressing desire to stay for her father and to have a child. The being said if she returned, she would have a child but also a special duty. She was told she needed healing and thousands of bees entered and exited her body through various openings, creating phantom sensations she still feels. The experience profoundly changed her personality and how she perceived the world. She developed psychic abilities and heightened empathy. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death from severe car accident, induced coma for 5 days | Multiple specific experiences including bee healing, promise of future child | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/11/2025 | 2 | 1 | Communication with light being | 0.00 | Indian resident doctor | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2865 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3888 Michael F NDE 7582 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michael_f_nde.html | 1975 | 2015 | 18 | M | At age eighteen in 1975, Michael was attacked by a gang of twenty or more knife-wielding thugs in the city. Despite fighting back, he was overwhelmed and fell to the ground where they kicked and stabbed him repeatedly. He received fifteen stab wounds including to his head and neck. As someone said "the f**ker's dead," Michael floated out of his body, observing silhouettes gathered around his body from above while rising at an angle. After about five seconds, he found himself immersed in an all-encompassing light like shimmering liquid mercury. The pull was captivating and overwhelming, forcing complete surrender. He experienced infinite unconditional love, peace, and happiness with no sense of time or space, feeling oneness with the universe. His entire life history unfolded at mind-boggling speed. Realizing he would leave this place, he tried to focus on the light but returned to his body. He awoke to women screaming, lying in a gutter with his injuries, yet walked away without immediate treatment. The experience sent him on a lifelong knowledge quest, and he now interprets it as accessing womb memories at death. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Multiple stab wounds including head and neck from gang attack | Out-of-body view of attack scene, life review at incredible speed | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed attack scene from above | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2866 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3949 Michael F NDE 7686 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michael_f_nde_7686.html | 1990 | 2015 | M | In October 1990, Michael overdosed on cocaine/heroin and had a seizure. His friend threw him from the car at the emergency room and fled. Michael left his body and hovered above, watching nurses cut off his clothes and search his wallet for identification. He floated through walls following the medical team as they moved his body down the hall to an exam table. From ceiling level near the exam lights, he observed one doctor and three nurses working on his naked body with numerous tubes. He saw medical equipment including heart monitor, oxygen tank, and his clothes beneath him. He then floated through the wall and saw his mother and Aunt Barbara crying hysterically, trying to look through the triangular door window around 1 AM. Floating back to observe the medical team, he saw his mother through the window and felt scared knowing he had done wrong. A warm, soothing voice said "Go back, not now" and he was sucked back into his body. He woke from coma two days later and accurately described everything including his aunt's unexpected presence and their clothing. The experience led him to sobriety through Narcotics Anonymous and daily prayer for 25 years. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Drug overdose with seizure, clinical death, CPR given | Multiple specific observations verified including unexpected aunt's presence | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw medical team working | 1.00 | Mother and Aunt Barbara | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2867 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3952 Michael J NDE 7693 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michael_j_nde.html | 1963 | 2015 | 21 | M | In summer 1963, Michael crashed at over 90 mph after missing a turn, shearing off an embankment and flying 50 feet into a wheat field. Upon impact, he immediately left his body, observing the accident from 30 feet above while traveling along with it. After observing from above, he returned to his body for the final portion as the car rolled upside down. Despite the severity - the steering wheel bent completely around the post on both sides and the post bent against the dash - Michael walked away without apparent injury. The wrecker driver later insisted the driver must be hospitalized or dead based on the damage. Michael also describes two other experiences: at age 10 during brain tumor surgery in 1952, watching his surgery from above as they tried to restart his heart; and when transporting his infant son's casket in winter, both he and his wife felt warmth on their backs throughout the journey, which left only after the burial. These experiences convinced him of the reality of spirit bodies that animate physical flesh. He felt peaceful, calm, and interested rather than frightened during the NDE. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | High-speed crash that should have been fatal based on vehicle damage | Observed accident from 30 feet above, saw complete scene | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 1 | Viewed accident from above | 0.00 | Wrecker service driver | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 2868 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3894 Andrew G NDE 7597 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1andrew_g_nde_7597.html | 2014 | 2015 | 49 | M |
Andrew G experienced a severe cardiac event on August 3, 2014, while driving to get ice cream with his family. He suffered both a stroke and heart attack, with complete right coronary artery blockage and over 90% left-side blockage. After drifting into oncoming traffic and being struck by a truck, he was rescued by an off-duty firefighter. His heart stopped en route to the hospital. During his cardiac arrest, Andrew found himself standing in a dark, calm cavern on a black marble slab about 6 feet wide that ran into a void. To his right was an 18-foot tall frosted glass wall, backlit from within. He observed two silhouettes cast on this window - a young boy around 8 years old running toward him with arms wide open, laughing with joy, and an adult male figure further along who reached out to comfort the boy and indicated that Andrew wasn't coming with them yet. Andrew felt overwhelming joy upon seeing the boy, with an intense feeling of "Oh my God! I never thought I'd ever see you again!" though he didn't recognize who the child was. He understood he was there just to observe, not to cross over. The veridical aspect of his experience included observing an EMT drop his taco and run across the street to help him, which he later verified. He also had awareness of being partially anesthetized in the emergency room and hearing the flat-line alarm when his heart stopped. He perceived himself from above his body and noted he wasn't breathing and didn't feel the need to breathe. After awakening from a six-day coma, Andrew learned he had congestive heart failure and faced months of physical therapy. Despite initial difficulties including inability to count to ten or recite the alphabet, he made a remarkable recovery and walked out of the hospital on Christmas Day 2007. The experience reduced his fear of death and provided him with a sense that joy exists within him as an accessible resource. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Documented cardiac arrest with 100% right coronary blockage and >90% left blockage, heart stopped en route to hospital | Observed EMT dropping taco from outside body (later verified), awareness of flatline alarm during cardiac arrest | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw EMT drop taco and run across street | 1.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2869 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4033 Anne NDE 7805 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1anne_nde_7805.html | 2005 | 2015 | 62 | F |
Anne, a 62-year-old woman, experienced an NDE in 2005 after falling from an unstable stool while reaching for items on a high shelf. She lost her balance, fell backward, and struck her head hard on the floor. Her daughter and uncle immediately rushed to help her as she lay unconscious with her eyes closed. After about half a minute, she opened her eyes but appeared confused and glazed over, not fully present in her body. During the fall, Anne suddenly found herself in an unknown place, sitting in a vehicle that was moving forward on a road. She knew someone was sitting to her left and driving her, but couldn't turn her head to look - she could only see forward and to the right. The vehicle had no roof and seemed to float or glide over the road rather than drive normally. Along the pavement beside the road, people walked at a slow pace, all appearing very happy. Some smiled and waved at her. She saw her deceased husband with their golden retriever Blondie who had died long ago. She also saw an old fiancé who had died in a car crash and several other deceased individuals. Surprisingly, she saw a woman friend she'd lost contact with years ago and thought was still alive, later discovering the woman had died of cancer. The air had a sweet smell of daffodils. When Anne turned to the unseen driver and communicated in thoughts that her deceased parents were waiting further down the road, a voice responded "Not yet." She then awakened on the floor. While recovering on the sofa, still dizzy, she saw a man with shoulder-length wavy hair wearing a white robe with a rope belt, who looked at her with concerned, loving brown eyes before ascending through the corner of the ceiling and disappearing in a fog. The experience brought Anne great comfort about the afterlife and reduced any fear of death. She believes the robed figure may have been her guardian angel or the same being who was driving her vehicle. Her story has provided comfort to many people, particularly regarding the continuation of consciousness after death. |
5 | Home | 5 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Fell from stool, hit head hard on floor, lost consciousness briefly | Saw deceased friend she thought was alive, later verified the woman had died of cancer years prior | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw deceased individuals | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2870 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3945 Anthony S NDE 7680 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1anthony_s_nde.html | 2007 | 2015 | 49 | M |
Anthony S experienced a profound NDE on November 28, 2007, after suffering both a stroke and heart attack while driving from work. Throughout that day at the Sears Call Center, he had experienced persistent headaches, involuntary sleep episodes, and a red flashing slash over his right eye. While driving to the grocery store after work, the cardiac event caused him to drift into oncoming traffic where he was struck nearly head-on by a large truck. The impact left him hanging partially out of the driver's door by his seatbelt until he managed to release it. During the emergency response, Anthony found himself outside his body watching an off-duty firefighter drop his taco and run across the street to help him - a detail he later verified months afterward. He observed himself from above lying on the street as sirens approached. His body appeared split between two states: half bathed in white and silvery light, half in the deepest black. He understood intuitively that the black side represented something from which no one could return. A disembodied voice to his left severely criticized how he had lived his life, declaring "GOD doesn't take fence sitters" and commanding him to "Go back and experience the pain you've caused others!" Anthony's heart stopped en route to the hospital, confirming clinical death. He awakened from a coma six days later with congestive heart failure and significant neurological damage affecting his ability to count or recite the alphabet. While in the ICU, he saw attendants who resembled high school classmates caring for him overnight, though staff confirmed no one had been in his room. Despite predictions of lengthy rehabilitation, he walked out of the hospital on Christmas Day 2007. Following his NDE, Anthony experienced mysterious awakenings at exactly 3:16 AM every night from 2009 to 2012. The experience transformed him from uncompassionate to moderately compassionate, teaching him that emotional pain inflicted on others affects them at a cellular level. He now carefully considers his words and actions, particularly with his autistic daughter, leading to dramatically improved family relationships. |
2 | Ambulance | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Stroke and heart attack while driving, cardiac arrest en route to hospital, clinical death confirmed | Observed EMT dropping taco from outside body, verified months later | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw EMT drop taco and respond | 1.00 | EMT/Firefighter | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2871 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3839 Arshan NDE 16074 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1arshan_nde.html | 1996 | 2015 | M |
In winter 1996 in Gonbade Kavoos, Iran, Arshan experienced a profound NDE following a severe car accident. While driving and not feeling well, he carelessly entered an intersection without properly checking for traffic. A violent collision followed, marked by a loud horn and crashing sound. Instantly, he found himself floating in dark space outside his body, observing the scene as an indifferent observer. He saw his own body lying in the street next to the car from several feet away, initially not recognizing it as himself. He felt no attachment to his physical form, only noting with detachment that he must have died, yet feeling no sadness. As people rushed toward his body from all directions, Arshan discovered he could comprehend their thoughts and words despite not clearly hearing their voices. He knew what each person was thinking and about to say. When emergency medical personnel arrived from the nearby hospital, they placed him in an ambulance where the team administered injections but received no response. Throughout this, Arshan experienced dual awareness - feeling detached from his body while somehow still connected to it, experiencing no pain despite the trauma. He felt himself rising higher each second, floating like a wave, feeling extraordinarily light. Arshan then entered a gray environment, pursuing a dusty gray light that grew brighter as he approached. The light appeared like illuminated vapor or smoke, formless with colors of blue, orange, yellow, and gold, drawing him with great force. The closer he got, the more joy and peace he experienced. He encountered luminous, transparent beings including deceased relatives who surrounded him to help. His entire life played before him in chronological order like a vivid slideshow where he re-experienced all feelings. A halo of light surrounded him during this review, after which he analyzed his life and felt he had been relatively kind to people. In the operating room, while floating near the ceiling, Arshan observed the medical team's unsuccessful resuscitation attempts. He heard "code pink" shouted and watched multiple defibrillation attempts. On the final attempt, he felt himself getting heavier and being pulled down. When shocked again, his body jumped up and he re-entered it with a jerk through a dark funnel from the head, immediately feeling intense pain. The experience lasted 15-20 minutes, transforming his perspective to value mind and soul over body, developing healing abilities, and enhanced empathy. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Severe car accident, unresponsive in ambulance, multiple resuscitation attempts, 15-20 minutes clinical death | Observed resuscitation details from ceiling, heard "code pink", saw specific medical procedures | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed resuscitation procedures | 0.00 | Doctor | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2872 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3984 Barbara T NDEs 16082 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1barbara_t_ndes.html | 1976 | 2015 | 26 | F |
Barbara T, from Poland, experienced two profound NDEs during surgeries at ages 23 and 26. Her first NDE occurred during gallbladder surgery when she suddenly found herself outside her body, experiencing herself as a speck of consciousness in completely dark, empty space. From above, she observed her body and doctors performing surgery while experiencing overwhelming terror about how to return to her body. Following surgery, her IV arm swelled like a balloon from an apparent allergic reaction, requiring her gown to be cut and medication administered. Her second, more extensive NDE occurred three years later during surgery for fallopian tube blockage. Under anesthesia, her consciousness awakened with the realization she was dying. She experienced a sensation of collapsing inward like Russian nesting dolls, becoming smaller and smaller. A large screen then displayed a film of her life in reverse chronological order, showing emotionally significant moments that revealed her life's deep meaning in ways she had never considered. This life review, orchestrated by an all-knowing wisdom, continued back to early childhood where she saw her mother as a young girl singing to her. Following the life review, Barbara was pushed with great power into a tunnel at a 45-degree angle, moving very fast while hearing loud ringing and whirring sounds. The tunnel ended suddenly in a bright place where she wasn't alone - other beings had emerged from tunnels simultaneously. These beings communicated telepathically, saying "FINALLY YOU ARE HERE. WE WERE WAITING FOR YOU." When she pretended not to hear, they insisted, then informed her that doctors were fighting for her life, it wasn't her time, and she had something important to do. She experienced a wonderful garden and reached enlightenment with access to new mysteries, though she was told she wouldn't remember the specifics later. Barbara was pulled back twice, returning to her body as doctors were stitching her abdomen. Her first words were "Am I alive, am I really alive?" The anesthesiologist remarked it was her first time in many years having a patient wake asking if they were alive. The surgeon later confirmed severe complications requiring resuscitation with the defibrillator used twice, matching Barbara's experience of two returns. Everything in this world seemed absolutely flat compared to the multiple dimensions she experienced in the other realm, which another woman in "Life After Life" aptly described as "TECHNICAL." |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 16 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Two surgeries under general anesthesia with complications, second requiring resuscitation with defibrillator twice | Observed surgery from outside body, aware of two defibrillator shocks matching medical events | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/11/2025 | 2 | 2 | Observed surgery from above | 0.00 | Anesthesiologist | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 2873 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3937 Bart F NDE 7668 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bart_f_nde.html | 1979 | 2015 | M |
Bart F experienced an NDE on April 4, 1979, during a severe medical crisis involving extreme food poisoning initially thought to be measles but later determined to be Scarlet Fever. After days without holding food or water, experiencing severe nausea and disorientation, he reached a critical state with a body temperature around 108°F. His mother observed him stop breathing and carried him half a mile to the nearby hospital where doctors immediately iced his body to reduce the dangerous fever. During this crisis, Bart found himself in a void without any awareness of time. He described it as experiencing NOTHING - no fear, no danger, just the distinct awareness that he was "not in Kansas anymore." In this void state, he became aware that a decision needed to be made about whether he would reach adulthood. Initially, he felt this decision belonged to God, but as he contemplated the possibility of not reaching adulthood, he realized the choice had become his own to make. The experience ended abruptly with "BOOM!" as he heard his mother exclaim "Oh my God, he's not breathing!" He found himself in and out of his body as his mother carried him to the hospital. The extreme fever caused significant physiological damage including hair loss, deep ridges in his nails indicating protein synthesis had ceased, and minor brain damage that affected specific abilities like writing in English cursive, though oddly he retained the ability to write in Arabic. This NDE occurred when Bart was young, during a time when near-death experiences were not widely discussed or known. The experience left him with lasting effects including occasional clairvoyance and peaceful dreams involving deceased relatives. Despite the brain damage and loss of certain abilities, he considers the experience definitively real and transformative. He would later have two additional NDEs from a drug overdose and motorcycle accident, each distinctly different from this first experience. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Extreme fever of 108°F from Scarlet Fever, stopped breathing, required emergency treatment | Limited veridical content, mainly void experience with decision point | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2874 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4057 Benjamin F NDEs 7847 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1benjamin_f_ndes.html | 1981 | 2015 | 3 | M |
Benjamin F experienced two profound NDEs that shaped his entire worldview and life trajectory. His first occurred at age 3 in 1981 while drowning in Africa during a time of religious war. After the initial panic and pain of lungs filling with water, he experienced a pleasant void and sensation of being carried. Following this childhood drowning, he felt simultaneously painful about having to continue living yet feeling lucky and chosen. This early brush with death immediately directed his curiosity toward all aspects of death and dying, imbuing him with omnipresent positivism and immense self-confidence that would define his entire life. His second NDE occurred in 1992 at junior high school during a violent attack that caused the loss of 3 liters of blood. As he continued hemorrhaging before help arrived, Benjamin accepted his approaching death without regret despite his balanced life. In his final moments, he wrote messages on walls with his blood, confident and without demagogy or hate, presenting his personal life to those he would leave behind. The calm and serene confidence he felt facing death stemmed directly from his earlier drowning experience. He accepted this premature death as something banal rather than traumatic. Both experiences involved sensations of darkness and light, silence, and being carried or floating. His thoughts accelerated incredibly fast during the experiences, and he felt he was losing everything yet needed to do good before leaving definitely. During the second experience, he felt ready to go and concluded about the arrival of doctors. He sensed a kind of barrier that gave him freedom to continue life as he had started it. The experiences revealed that terrestrial life is mean and petty, while the soul persists immortally without glory in death. These NDEs, occurring first as a toddler then as an adolescent, granted Benjamin immense maturity and an external perspective on established truths. No hate or mistrust remained from either traumatic event. He developed the certainty to do good like an angel, understanding that sharing is necessarily moral and ethical. Both experiences convinced him that a predestination allows us to choose our time on earth, that life is good but requires humility, and that one must fight at all times. |
5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Age 3 drowning in Africa, later attack with 3 liters blood loss at school | Limited veridical content, primarily internal experiences and philosophical insights | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2875 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3856 Betty H NDE 7530 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1betty_h_nde.html | 2012 | 2015 | F |
Betty H experienced a profound NDE on December 21, 2012, following a severe asthma attack that led to cardiac arrest. After 15 years of caring for her bedridden, stroke-affected husband while working full-time, she had neglected her asthma symptoms. While taking out trash one night, she struggled to breathe and ran inside for her inhaler but couldn't get any air. She managed to call 911 gasping "I can't breathe" before collapsing. The emergency squad found her unresponsive on the floor still holding the phone. She became combative when intubated in the ambulance and lost all memory from the 911 call until awakening in the hospital the next afternoon. A doctor informed her she had experienced a traumatic cardiac arrest event. Three days after returning home, while trying to understand what happened, Betty recalled experiencing darkness followed by a jolt. She then saw very bright multi-colored lights, predominantly purples and greens. She heard a clear male voice in her head ask, "Do you want to stay here with Chris (my son who passed 7 years before) or go back to be with Andrea?" She responded in thought, not words, "I have to go back to be with Andrea, she needs me." This brief but powerful experience occurred during her cardiac arrest when she had lost awareness of her body. The vivid lights and the choice presented between staying with her deceased son Chris or returning for her living daughter Andrea represented a classic decision point between life and death. The voice's mention of her son who had died seven years earlier provided profound comfort, confirming he was waiting for her when her time comes. Betty's NDE has brought her incredible peace and eliminated her fear of death. She knows her son is waiting for her, which has special significance for a grieving mother. The experience has helped many others, particularly mothers who have lost children, providing them comfort through her testimony. Since the NDE, Betty has retired, placed her husband in appropriate care, and committed to living a meaningful life for herself and others. She considers the experience a gift that allows her to enjoy life while helping people along the way. |
2 | Home | 10 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Asthma attack leading to cardiac arrest, found unresponsive by EMTs | Heard voice mentioning deceased son Chris who died 7 years prior | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Voice offered choice about deceased son | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2876 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3965 Michelle L NDE 16079 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michelle_l_nde.html | 1990 | 2015 | F | Michelle experienced two NDEs. The first occurred in 1990 during a head-on collision in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was driving with her sister-in-law and children when they were struck head-on. Michelle believes she died when her sister-in-law's head impact killed her. In the ambulance, she floated above her body as a spirit form, watching EMTs work on her. She saw her body on the stretcher while trying to tell them she was okay, but they couldn't hear her. She entered a beautiful, peaceful green tunnel unlike any earthly color. While floating through this tunnel, she heard her four-month-old son's voice calling "Mommy, come back!" even though he couldn't speak. This pulled her back into her body, where she experienced excruciating pain. She suffered PTSD for six months afterward. The second experience occurred around 1997 during a sleep apnea episode. She was in bed when she saw a bright white light with a silhouette of Jesus or an angel at her bedside. She felt herself being pulled toward the light as her heart raced. A voice told her "My child, it's not the end of the world; go back and rest." She felt embraced by peace and went back to sleep. Both experiences transformed her spiritually, making her more religious and connected to nature, angels, and the divine. | 5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Head-on collision with severe trauma described but no clinical death explicitly stated | Heard son's voice who couldn't speak, saw body from above, but no specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw body on stretcher in ambulance | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2877 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4007 Mike G NDE 23049 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mike_g_nde.html | 2015 | 2015 | M | Mike was in the cardiac catheterization laboratory with 100% blockage when he experienced cardiac arrest. During the event, he saw himself through someone else's eyes in a large barn-like structure covering about 100 yards. The entire scene was black and grey except for himself, who appeared in color wearing a red shirt with a yellow beam of light extending upward from his head. He observed hundreds of grey figures walking around taking tiny steps with their heads down, all looking identical with no distinguishable gender. The floor was firm dirt. He was about 10 yards in the foreground and could see himself clearly in color while everything else remained grey. When he tried to ask where he was, he was ignored as if he wasn't there. He was shocked 14 times before being successfully resuscitated. After the experience, he feels that family and friends seem closer, and he has gained the knowledge that there is something after death. The experience gave him certainty about continuation after physical death, though he found the grey figures and barn-like setting somewhat confusing. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest with 100% blockage in cath lab with monitoring | Unique observation of self in color with light beam while others grey | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw self in barn-like structure | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2878 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3904 Mike M NDE 7617 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mike_m_nde.html | 1982 | 2015 | M | Mike was running at the YMCA when his heart went into fibrillation. He suddenly found himself standing over a man on the ground while attendants performed CPR, then realized it was his own body. An old friend appeared beside him - someone he felt he had known for lifetimes. The light became intensely bright, bathing everything and shining through him. He experienced a complete life review where he could see and feel how his decisions impacted others, with no guilt or blame, only understanding. He saw relatives across a river of light and felt intense, all-encompassing love. He discussed with his guide whether to stay or return, choosing to return for his 2-year-old son and wife. He observed his body in the ambulance from above, hearing thoughts and voices of emergency personnel. In the emergency room, he watched from a corner, aware his wife was coming, before being pulled back into his heavy, painful body. The experience showed him that earthly life is an illusion, a learning vehicle, and that love is all there is - the fabric of consciousness itself. He gained awareness that we have many lives, we are all connected as one, and there is no way to fail as long as we remember the love. | 2 | Other | 10 | 16 | 36 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac fibrillation at YMCA with CPR and defibrillation | Multiple specific observations in ambulance and ER, heard thoughts of personnel | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed body receiving CPR at YMCA | 1.00 | Low Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2879 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3898 Mindy B NDE 7603 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mindy_b_nde.html | 2014 | 2014-06-24 | 2015 | F | Mindy was struggling with anorexia following discovery of her husband's infidelity. On June 24, 2014, weighing only 104 pounds, she reconciled with her husband at their favorite beach spot. Around 10 PM, she felt her blood sugar crash severely and began leaving her body, telling a spirit she "didn't get to go to Disney World." She found herself in a golden space, experiencing a life review where she saw everything through God's eyes with pure love, understanding why all the abuse and trauma had happened. She felt God weep with her and experienced more love than humanly possible, becoming love itself. She told her husband "I LOVED you so much" (past tense) and to tell her boys she loves them, then experienced her breath leaving, heart stopping, and eyes closing. She entered a void, felt something like a demon being ripped from her, and was chased by evil spirits and a snake-like figure. A voice asked what she knew of Jesus Christ; when she answered "He died on the cross for me," light burst through darkness and a hand pulled her upward. She transformed from a wild-eyed child to a beautiful woman, whole and healed in God's presence. Hearing her husband cry for help, she chose to return. After a seizure-like reanimation, she screamed "I think I just died. Love is all that matters!" Hospital found nothing wrong despite the crisis. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening anorexia complications with apparent cardiac arrest | Saw husband unable to unlock phone, empty beach, spiritual battle details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/11/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw husband trying to call 911 | 1.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 2880 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3899 Mira S NDE 7602 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mira_s_nde.html | 1994 | 1994-07-30 | 2015 | F | Arti (later renamed Mira) was driving her Mercedes when she pressed the accelerator instead of brakes, crashing at full speed. She experienced her life force (Prana) as white light moving up through her body. She left her body, entering a dark void where she saw her dead body on a golden boat filled with shimmering light. The boat transported her faster than light into an all-pervasive brilliant white consciousness - the Supreme Infinite Light. She experienced complete atomic transformation with atoms leaving through her left side and finer frequency atoms entering her right, reprogramming her being. Looking back, she saw her earthly world didn't exist - only this conscious presence of pure love remained. She received vast cosmic knowledge: the world is mind-created illusion, consciousness alone is real and permanent, love is the fabric of existence. She merged completely with the Ocean of Love, losing individual identity. When told she must return to "do the Work," she traveled back through a cosmic womb tunnel as an unborn golden baby. She returned with no pain initially due to divine anesthetic despite severe injuries including broken jaw and teeth. Following recovery, she abandoned her successful financial consulting life, receiving the name Mira from Sai Baba, dedicating herself to spiritual service. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | High-speed head-on collision, pronounced dead for 32 minutes, critical injuries | Multiple specific details: golden boat, atomic exchange, cosmic tunnel return, pain absence | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 5 | 2 | Saw dead body on golden boat | 0.00 | Hospital staff | Incompatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2881 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3849 Mitchell K NDE 7522 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mitchell_k_nde.html | 2014 | 2014-11-09 | 2015 | M | Mitchell was in Liberia training for Ebola patient care when struck by a falling coconut from a 50-foot palm tree while at the beach. The impact caused severe spinal injuries including C6 and C7 vertebra fractures. After experiencing intense pain and his body crumpling, he stood above his falling body briefly before plunging into total darkness. In the darkness, he sensed other energy presences floating in the same direction. They came to an old iron gate he had previously seen in dreams months before. Unlike in the dreams where he never entered, this time he walked through the gate into an intense warm white glow. He could feel but not see energy presences of others. A familiar female voice, like a long-lost friend, told him to rest and heal. She then offered him the choice to stay or return, warning that going back wouldn't be easy. Remembering his wife Jackie's request to "come back to me," he chose to return. The voice said simply "just breathe." He awoke looking up through palm fronds at faces, initially unable to move his limbs. His medical colleagues took over his care. Recovery required 6 weeks in a hard cervical collar and ongoing treatment. | 5 | Other | 5 | 7 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening spinal fractures from coconut impact | Precognitive dreams of gate, voice interaction, specific return method | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Stood above crumpling body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2882 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3991 Mohammad Z NDE 16083 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mohammad_z_nde.html | 1977 | 2015 | 26 | M | Mohammad was driving from Mashad to Isfahan when he collided head-on with another car. Critically injured and taken to a hospital, he was conscious but in severe pain with angry thoughts. Suddenly he felt deep calm and peace, seeing perfection in everything. He gained complete insights into objects' chemical compositions and mathematical properties. Viewing a young nurse, he saw her 360 degrees and read her thoughts of sadness about him dying. Following her gaze, he saw his own body and realized he was dead. He found himself simultaneously visiting multiple relatives by just thinking of them - his mother preparing vegetables, former teacher worried about his son, and others - while maintaining awareness in the hospital. He passed through a tunnel toward bright light, entering a realm of absolute perfection with other souls. A divine guide who had always been with him showed him earthbound souls attached to material things, including suicides trapped following loved ones begging forgiveness. His life review showed how a simple act of watering a lone tree brought universal joy, while bullying a boy sent negative energy throughout creation, affecting even rocks. He learned everything is alive, we experience what we inflict on others, and those we hurt receive universal compensation. After being shown his future impact helping others see the light, he chose to return. He revived 32 minutes after being pronounced dead. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Head-on collision, critical injuries, pronounced dead for 32 minutes | Multiple simultaneous visits to living relatives, specific observations, life review details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 4 | 1 | Read nurse's thoughts | 0.00 | Hospital staff | Low Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 2883 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3925 Mrs. Grace NDE 7649 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mrs_grace_nde.html | 2015 | F | Mrs. Grace developed acute abdominal pain diagnosed as appendicitis requiring immediate surgery. The night before, her mother expressed fear something might go wrong. Grace also feared death but after meditation and prayer, affirming "I am a soul inside this body," she felt relieved and slept peacefully. Under anesthesia, she counted to 12 then experienced complete consciousness while feeling bodiless with a kind of lightness, lifted above the cot. She moved effortlessly inside a self-illuminated tube with divine brightness unlike anything she had seen before - a pleasurable experience. She insisted on moving forward but suddenly felt reverse events, the heaviness of her body returning. She heard doctors conversing and when she opened her eyes, saw fresh relief on their faces. Upon inquiry, one doctor hesitantly revealed she had died during the last stage of surgery but wouldn't elaborate further. She believes this was another sign from her creator, as she has been blessed with many miraculous events. The experience was emotion - pure bliss and love together. She gained awareness that afterlife exists as her consciousness was crystal clear. She now lives closer to God, more lively, compassionate and human. She later converted from Hinduism to Christianity. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 6 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Surgery with general anesthesia, death during last stage | Self-illuminated tunnel, divine brightness, bodiless consciousness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 1 | Movement through illuminated tunnel | 0.00 | Surgeon | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2884 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4061 Muriel N NDE 7852/7606 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1muriel_n_nde.html | 2009 | 2015 | F | Following hysterectomy surgery, Muriel experienced severe hemorrhaging that put her life in danger. While medical staff worked to stabilize her with blood transfusions, she had a profound near-death experience. She encountered a tall, beautiful being of light with blue eyes who appeared at the foot of her bed holding a large book. This being asked her what she wanted from life, and she expressed desires to kiss her children and understand nature, science, and love. She was shown scenes from her life and gained deep understanding about the universe being constructed from love. During a second crisis in the operating room, she left her body and floated above the surgical lamp, observing the medical team working. Throughout the experience, she felt incredible peace, unconditional love, and a sense of belonging in a realm of pure light. She was given a mission to help battered women and returned with lasting spiritual transformation. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Post-surgical hemorrhage requiring multiple blood transfusions, life-threatening blood loss documented | Out-of-body observation of surgical team, mother's spontaneous awareness of danger without being informed | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed surgical team from above | 0.00 | Mother | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2885 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3942 Nancy R NDEs 7674 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1nancy_r_ndes.html | 2014 | 2015 | F | Nancy was struck by a truck while riding her bicycle and suffered catastrophic injuries including cerebral hemorrhage, collapsed lung, broken ribs, and spinal damage. She experienced two distinct NDEs. During the initial impact, her consciousness split into two parts - one remained in her broken body while another calm observer self hovered outside watching the accident unfold. Three days later during spinal reconstruction surgery, she was transported to a heavenly realm of incredible beauty with rolling hills, meadows, and trees. She met a female spiritual guide who taught her profound lessons about love being the fundamental structure of the universe. Nancy was shown her life and future events, receiving extensive teachings about the meaning of existence. The guide revealed that love forms the underpinnings of heaven and that Nancy had a pre-birth agreement to share these experiences. Despite wanting to stay in this blissful realm, she was sent back with a mission to spread the message that we are here primarily to practice and experience unconditional love. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Severe trauma from truck accident with cerebral hemorrhage, collapsed lung, multiple fractures requiring emergency surgery | Split consciousness during accident, extensive otherworldly observations, received verifiable future information | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/12/2025 | 3 | 0 | Split consciousness during accident | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2886 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3978 Nancy T NDE 7730 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1nancy_t_nde_7730.html | 2000 | 2015 | F | Nancy was under significant stress when she suddenly collapsed at work with her eyes rolling back. She woke up in the hospital after extensive testing that found no medical explanation for the episode. About a week later, she recalled a vivid experience that felt completely real. She felt weightless and was elevated into the night sky along with many other souls. They approached a large dark tunnel with a distant light at the end. An elderly man with a white beard stood at the tunnel entrance, inspecting souls and determining who could pass through. When it was Nancy's turn, he told her in Arabic that it was too early for her and she hadn't finished yet, then threw her back down to Earth. The experience left her feeling peaceful and detached from earthly concerns. Despite being a devout Catholic, she found the experience neither frightening nor particularly religious in nature, though it reinforced her belief in an afterlife. | 6 | Hospital | 1 | 4 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Sudden unexplained collapse, no medical cause found despite extensive testing | Tunnel and light observation, encounter with gatekeeper figure, no specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Souls ascending to tunnel entrance | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2887 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3944 Neha S NDE 7676 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1neha_s_nde.html | 2015 | 2015 | 15 | F | Fifteen-year-old Neha was attacked by a lioness after being coerced by a ranger to enter an enclosure with five lions in South Africa. The lioness inflicted severe bites to her head and chest before she lost consciousness. During this state, she experienced a profound spiritual journey through a portal resembling a black hole with colors beyond human perception. She entered a blissful realm where she felt complete understanding, saw her entire life including future visions of her brother with three daughters, and experienced a state of absolute knowing and oneness. She sensed the presence of Hindu goddess Durga Maa and gained understanding of reincarnation and evolved souls. Her own voice urged her to get up and run, saying she was only fifteen. The portal closed and she has no memory of fighting off the lion and escaping, though witnesses confirm she somehow struck the lion down and ran out. She returned with enhanced psychic abilities, loss of death fear, and complete life transformation focused on spiritual purpose. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening lion attack with severe head and chest injuries, loss of consciousness | Portal experience, complete life review, future visions, profound spiritual knowledge gained | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 0 | Portal with extraordinary colors | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 2888 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3956 Noel NDE 7696 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1noel_nde.html | 2004 | 2015 | 9 | M | Nine-year-old Noel passed out at school and lost consciousness for an unknown period. Other children pressed on his chest trying to help him, and friends later reported they were worried he had stopped breathing. Instead of simply blacking out, he experienced a unique vision in complete darkness. A sepia-toned photo album appeared and opened before him, showing him images of a boat, a young boy, and a middle-aged man whom he did not recognize. He had no physical form during the experience, existing only as a disembodied observer watching the album turn its own pages. The entire experience was set against pitch-black surroundings with only the photo album visible. He speculates the images might have been of his future self with a son. Upon returning to consciousness, he found himself on the floor surrounded by worried classmates. This remained his most vivid experience even years later, leaving him curious about the afterlife despite his scientific atheist worldview. | 6 | Other | 1 | 2 | 3 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Passed out at school, friends worried about stopped breathing, chest compressions given | Sepia photo album vision with unidentified people, possibly future self | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Sepia-toned photo album | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 2889 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3919 Omar R NDE 7635 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1omar_r_nde.html | 1991 | 2015 | 25 | M | Omar was hospitalized for severe bronchial asthma causing breathing problems and hypertension. In the ICU, his condition deteriorated into cardiac and respiratory arrest. While unconscious and being resuscitated with multiple adrenaline shots, he experienced floating above his body and could hear doctors discussing his case and the death of another doctor-patient nearby. He moved rapidly toward an intensely bright white light that grew brighter as he approached. He became one with this light energy, experiencing profound peace unlike anything in life. The light had an emotional quality and he felt surrounded by benevolent entities though he saw no one specifically. Everything was the light and peace. After three resuscitation attempts that he heard from his out-of-body position, he thought of his family and returned to his body. The medical staff later confirmed the accuracy of what he heard during his arrest, including details about his tracheotomy and the death of the neighboring patient. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 36 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac and respiratory arrest in ICU requiring multiple resuscitation attempts with adrenaline | Accurately heard medical discussions and procedures while unconscious, later confirmed by staff | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard resuscitation discussions | 1.00 | Medical staff | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 2890 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4067 Oscar C NDE 7858 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1oscar_c_nde.html | 2010 | 2015 | M | Oscar was a passenger in a violent car accident where two people died. He suffered catastrophic injuries including cerebral hemorrhage, collapsed lung, eight broken ribs, three cracked vertebrae, and a broken hand. He was torn from the vehicle and found on the road still attached to the seat. During the accident, he experienced walking on an ancient bridge made of rock and cobblestones surrounded by dark vastness that went on forever. At the end of the bridge stood a tall male figure in a monk-type robe with long brown hair whose face he couldn't see. Behind the figure was an old wooden door with brilliant, pure light emanating from underneath and around its edges. Though initially scared and confused on the bridge, he felt he knew this figure and was anxious to reach him. They had a conversation he cannot remember, then the figure placed his hand on Oscar's shoulder and he awoke in the Life-flight helicopter. The experience transformed his beliefs from secular atheism to belief in Jesus and the afterlife. | 5 | Ambulance | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident with cerebral hemorrhage, collapsed lung, multiple fractures | Ancient bridge vision, robed figure, door with brilliant light, conversation occurred but not remembered | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Ancient bridge and robed figure | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2891 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4066 Paul M NDE 7857 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1paul_m_nde_7857.html | 1976 | 2015 | M | Paul was white water canoeing on the Delaware River when his canoe capsized and wedged between rocks, trapping him underwater with ropes wrapped around his leg. He was submerged for over 3.5 minutes, experiencing initial terror and burning sensations as water trickled down his throat. After accepting his death, a brilliant white light appeared and he felt himself moving toward it, feeling increasingly better and more peaceful. The light had an emotional quality and he felt surrounded by countless benevolent entities though he saw no one directly. He experienced the most profound peace, consciousness, and aliveness he had ever known, feeling ready to inhale water as it felt good. Remembering a utility knife he had impulsively brought, terror returned giving him adrenaline to cut the ropes and surface. He floated exhausted for five minutes afterward. Despite the profound experience, he remains agnostic, uncertain whether it was spiritual or hypoxia-induced. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Trapped underwater for 3.5+ minutes, near-drowning with water entering lungs | Brilliant white light with emotional qualities, presence of benevolent entities, profound peace | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | White light with benevolent entities | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2892 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3970 Bill VandenBush NDE 10081 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bill_van_nde.html | 1969 | 2015 | 19 | M | Bill VandenBush was a 19-year-old soldier in Vietnam in 1969 when his squad was called to rescue a downed helicopter crew. During the mission, friendly fire bombs hit his position, causing severe facial injuries and destroying his right eye. Shot multiple times by enemy fire, including through the chest and neck, Bill experienced clinical death on the battlefield. During his NDE, he traveled through a dark tunnel into brilliant white light filled with unconditional love and universal knowledge. He encountered his deceased grandfather and another authoritative being who told him he must return to fulfill a higher purpose. After returning to his body, Bill witnessed another soldier's death and saw his spirit leave as a white cloud, communicating telepathically before departing. Despite catastrophic injuries including destroyed vocal cords and severe damage to his arm, Bill survived against all medical odds. The experience fundamentally transformed him from a high school graduate auto mechanic into a counselor and social worker helping Vietnam veterans with PTSD, eventually becoming a published author sharing his story. | 5 | Other | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Multiple life-threatening injuries from bomb shrapnel and gunshot wounds, clinical death on battlefield | Observed another soldier's spirit leaving body as white cloud, telepathic communication with departing spirit, awareness while outside body walking 300 yards | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | severe facial wounds | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw dying soldier's spirit leave body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2893 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3932 Bobby HR NDE 16075 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bobby_hr_nde.html | 2015 | 8 | F |
At age 8, Bobby underwent an elective tonsillectomy with her brother. Following surgery, she began hemorrhaging in the post-operation room, causing medical staff to panic and rush her back to the operating room. During this emergency, Bobby experienced being outside her body, watching herself being wheeled down the hallway and observing her arm fall off the bed and hit a swinging door, which a nurse then pushed back to her side. She was pulled from above her body toward an increasingly bright light that felt exciting and playful. Bobby found herself at the top of an arena-like assembly where a choir of angels stood in endless rows. The angels appeared as pillars of energy with thin lines of light defining their forms, lacking human features except for soft O-shaped mouths emitting indescribably beautiful music and eyes that never looked away from the central bright light that was God. A male guide beside her explained she could not sing with them and that the angels never take their eyes off God. The experience was filled with pure love, happiness, and belonging. Bobby awakened vomiting blood that had gone into her stomach during the hemorrhage. Strangely, throughout her life she insisted she knew her paternal grandmother who died before she was born, recognizing her face, mannerisms, and feeling her love, though she has no memory of meeting her during the NDE or otherwise. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Post-operative hemorrhage requiring emergency intervention, life-threatening bleeding | Out-of-body observation of arm falling and being repositioned during emergency transport | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed self being rushed down hallway | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2894 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3844 Bonnie L NDE 7517 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bonnie_l_nde_7517.html | 1985 | 2015 | 4 | F |
Four-year-old Bonnie was at the river with family when she was dared to go past a red warning line at the boat launch. She was immediately swept into the current, bobbing and unable to call for help as water filled her throat. After multiple attempts to surface, she grew tired and calm, noticing a large fish brush her calf as she floated underwater with eyes open. A warm sensation began building as light filled the river, her body, and thoughts. Reality filtered away and she became one with an all-encompassing energy of indescribable love and connection. She lost individual awareness, merging with everything that existed. The warmth then focused around and beneath her, coalescing to cradle the self she became again. Without words or images, there was communication - a cherishing comfort followed by what she describes as bereavement, knowing she made a choice to return for a purpose that still eludes her. Bonnie was pulled unconscious from the water after an estimated 10 minutes, not breathing. A rescuer performed CPR and drove her to the hospital where she recovered within hours. She never learned the identity of her rescuer. The experience left her with a core connection to that other realm and heightened empathy, though returning to physical existence felt like ashes compared to the unity she experienced. She reports difficulty with relationships and strong emotions due to the persistent sense of connection from her NDE. |
5 | Other | 10 | 4 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Clinical death from drowning, approximately 10 minutes underwater, required CPR | Observation of fish underwater while drowning, awareness of movement and surroundings | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw fish while underwater | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 2895 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3976 Brian P NDE 7726 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1brian_p_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-12-24 | 2015 | M |
On Christmas Eve 2004, Brian was vacuuming when he suffered a massive heart attack. He was resuscitated four times and clinically dead for 12 minutes total. As paramedics worked on him, he heard loud hissing that became like a waterfall, then with a "pop" found himself in a vast black expanse that didn't feel like a tunnel but was completely open. He moved toward a soft golden light like a cloud at sunset. During the experience, Brian felt complete peace with no panic, just calm wonder. He knew he was dead and had no body, realizing he wasn't breathing but didn't care. He wondered about the physics of his experience - how he could see without eyes, how fast he was moving without reference points. He felt himself moving toward the golden cloud with curiosity about what would happen next. His core thought was "I guess I get to find out what happens now." Brian remembers reaching the cloud but has no memory of what happened after, only feelings and a sense of knowing something he's not allowed to remember. He woke up 12 hours later in intensive care. His life fundamentally changed - he went from making $70,000 a year with material success to teaching in a Southeast Asian orphanage for no pay, living off savings. His doctor calls him "Lazarus" because he shouldn't have survived. He now experiences prophetic dreams and unusual connections with animals. |
1 | Home | 10 | 4 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Massive heart attack with 4 resuscitations, clinically dead for 12 minutes | General awareness during experience but no specific veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2896 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3837 Carson D NDE 7511 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1carson_d_nde.html | 1978 | 1978-02-09 | 2015 | M |
Carson was a young boy home sick with pneumonia when he defied his parents and walked to school in the rain. By the time he arrived, he was soaked and felt terrible. After returning home, he became delirious and fell into bed, coughing severely until everything went dark. He heard a roar like an engine, then nothing. Standing up, he saw his body in bed and felt very calm. His deceased grandmother appeared in her pink dress, smiled, and held out her hand. Taking her hand, Carson flew incredibly fast with beautiful beings of love surrounding him. One touched his chest with a warm, smiling touch. They communicated telepathically without words and flew him to a surreal golden city. An older, different Being approached and they talked for what seemed like forever. The Being placed its hand on his shoulder and suddenly Carson was on an up-escalator in a shopping mall with both deceased grandmothers waiting at the top in their Sunday dresses. They told him it wasn't his time, showed him future events including his future wife and cousin's death, and said he would live a long, prosperous life. Carson awoke to find a neighbor nurse crying over him after performing CPR for 10 minutes. He had been without heartbeat or breathing when she found him. The experience included seeing beings he felt were Jesus, experiencing heaven-like realms, and receiving prophetic visions that later came true. His life changed significantly, developing night terrors but also deep spirituality and compassion. |
2 | Home | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest without monitoring, CPR performed for 10 minutes by nurse neighbor | Prophetic visions of future wife and cousin's death that came true, detailed otherworldly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 0 | Prophetic vision of future wife | 1.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2897 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3869 Catalina NDE 7545 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1catalina_nde.html | 2015 | 2015-01-06 | 2015 | F |
Catalina, a laboratory volunteer, was helping a colleague open a stuck autoclave when it exploded due to pressure, causing electrocution and head injury when she fell and struck her head. She lost consciousness for an unknown period. Upon awakening, she found herself outside her body in the same room, able to see her body on the floor. She could receive information without thinking, speaking, or hearing in an all-white, bright environment. Catalina knew she was dead and felt the deepest sadness and compassion for herself - the first time she had ever been her own friend. She cried, wanting to hug herself and provide comfort. As her life flashed before her on a screen-like display, she remembered she was a mother and saw her son's face. She understood God would let her live again and felt she had a choice. She sensed God's presence on her right side and slightly behind - not seeing but feeling the peace of His presence. God conveyed that kindness should be unconditional, extended to everyone including herself, at all times and circumstances. After the experience, Catalina was able to walk to get help on her own. The encounter fundamentally changed her values - she became focused on giving without expectations, leaving everything in God's hands, and practicing unconditional love. She developed heightened intuition and physical sensations along her spine, feeling her soul more prominently. |
5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Electrocution and head injury from autoclave explosion, loss of consciousness | Out-of-body observation of own body on floor of laboratory | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw own body on laboratory floor | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2898 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3924 Phil S NDE 7647 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1phil_s_nde.html | 1990 | 2015 | M | Phil was swimming at Josephine Falls with his wife and daughter, repeatedly riding down a natural rock waterslide. During his last ride, he attempted to ski down on his feet but slipped and hit his head before falling into the deep pool below. He remained unconscious underwater for an estimated 5+ minutes. During this time, he experienced being underwater in an endless, peaceful pool with crystal-clear water and beautiful light patterns. He then had dual awareness - both underwater and viewing the scene from above. He encountered his deceased sister Diane who had died 13 years earlier from cancer. She appeared radiant and fairy-like, beckoning him to follow her through the shimmering water. They swam together until she headed upward, at which point he was pulled back to consciousness. Two men had dived in to rescue him after he finally surfaced. He was diagnosed with severe concussion and head lacerations but recovered without serious physical effects. | 5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Drowning with prolonged submersion and loss of consciousness | Deceased sister encounter, dual perception from above pool | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw people sitting on rocks from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2899 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4065 Philip S NDE 7855 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1philip_s_nde.html | 1986 | 1986-09-27 | 2015 | 21 | M | Philip was participating in a 150-mile charity bicycle ride when he overexerted himself fighting headwinds and heat. After 65 miles, he collapsed and died from organ failure. Three nurses confirmed he had no pulse for over 3 minutes. During his death, Philip experienced a quantum-like transition where he felt his body become vibrational frequencies and particles simultaneously existing everywhere and nowhere. Though temporarily blind, he arrived in a beautiful foyer-like room that felt like the entrance to heaven. Non-human spiritual beings surrounded him with overwhelming unconditional love. They suddenly bowed as a royal figure approached - Philip believes this was Jesus Christ. This figure smiled at him with parental concern and said it wasn't his time, that he must return to Earth. The figure told him not to fear making mistakes and to show unconditional love to others. Philip was gently carried back to his body where the nurses confirmed his pulse had returned. The experience transformed him from atheistic thinking to deep faith, increased compassion, and gave him insights into quantum physics and the nature of existence. | 2 | Other | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest from overexertion, confirmed no pulse for 3+ minutes | Heard nurses saying no pulse, quantum physics insights, royal figure encounter | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 3 | 1 | Heard nurses discussing lack of pulse | 1.00 | Three nurses | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 2900 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3875 Rachel E NDE 7553 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rachel_e_nde.html | 1985 | 1985-07-25 | 2015 | 12 | F | Rachel, age 12, drowned at a YMCA pool while playing with her brother over a boogie board. When her brother began drowning, she made the conscious choice to let him use her as a flotation device to save his life, knowing it would likely cost her own. She remained underwater for several minutes while the lifeguard was briefly absent. During this time, she experienced floating above the pool, seeing everyone from above including the lifeguard returning. She then became one with the entire universe, experiencing herself as time and space itself, understanding everything simultaneously. She felt she was everything and everywhere at once, no longer confined to a body. She had a dialogue with herself/the universe about whether to return to her body, being told to wait for the right moment. She experienced profound understanding of existence, the meaning of life, and the nature of consciousness. Upon being resuscitated, she returned to her body feeling the weight and limitations of physical form. The experience transformed her from a self-centered child to someone with deep spiritual understanding, leading to a life of prayer, purpose, and belief in God. | 5 | Other | 5 | 14 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 8 | Drowning with prolonged submersion, CPR administered | Viewed scene from above, saw lifeguard returning, universal consciousness experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw pool scene from above | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 2901 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3973 Christian Y NDE 23034 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1christian_y_nde.html | 2013 | 2015 | M | Christian Y was riding his motorcycle on July 8, 2013, when a car ran a red light and struck him, causing severe injuries including a nearly severed leg and shattered spine. He went into deep shock and stopped breathing. While being loaded into the ambulance at the accident site, Christian suddenly found himself sitting upright and injury-free next to the EMT, observing his own body on the stretcher being worked on by another EMT. He experienced complete silence and no pain during this out-of-body state. As he began floating above the scene and turning to leave through the ambulance roof, he was suddenly pulled back into his body with a loud "WOOOOSH" sound. Upon re-entering his body, all sounds became extremely loud and painful. The EMT announced "We got him!" and Christian became fully conscious, able to describe his injuries and request a specific trauma center. He then asked permission to pass out. Christian underwent multiple complex surgeries on his back and leg and remained unconscious for two days. During recovery, he experienced intense dreams. The veridical aspect of his experience was his accurate observation of the EMTs working on his body from an external perspective while clinically unresponsive. He reported feeling overwhelming peace during the OBE and understood he needed to help the EMTs save him. The experience left him with certainty about consciousness surviving bodily trauma, though he seeks better understanding of NDE fundamentals. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Severe motorcycle trauma with stopped breathing, shock state documented | Clear OBE with observation of EMTs working on his body from external perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw himself on stretcher being worked on | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2902 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3850 Cindy J NDE 7523 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1cindy_j_nde.html | 1983 | 2015 | F | In July 1983, Cindy J experienced respiratory arrest due to a massive asthma attack, possibly triggered by chemical exposure. After extreme fear and losing consciousness, she faded to black before being jolted awake and moving rapidly down a tunnel toward white light, accompanied by loud noise. As she passed through a membrane into the white light, she felt herself disintegrate into atoms and become one with the light, experiencing overwhelming love, joy, happiness, and union with everything. She then found herself standing still in an orb of white light containing about 15 beings of light. Though not physical, she recognized them clearly and could communicate telepathically. Her maternal grandmother was at the front, her paternal grandfather was present, along with other deceased relatives including her godfather and a coworker's son who had recently died at 22. A large male presence in the left corner identified himself as Aboriginal guardian or great-grandfather watching over her. After some time, her grandmother told her she had to return to earth, saying she would put Cindy "in the oven till fully baked." Despite begging to stay, Cindy jolted awake in the hospital. She lost consciousness intermittently for about a week, each time upset to return to this "horrible, gritty world where everybody looked like rotting fruit." This repulsion eventually wore off. The experience transformed her from agnostic to spiritually open, eliminating her fear of death. She thinks about the experience daily and worked in Aboriginal Land Rights her entire life after an Aboriginal hospital cleaner was the first person she saw upon awakening. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Respiratory arrest due to massive asthma attack, clinical death mentioned | Specific identification of multiple deceased beings including recently deceased coworker's son | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Recognition of deceased beings | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2903 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4072 Cindy S NDE 7865 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1cindy_s_nde_7865.html | 1969 | 2015 | 10 | F | At age 10 in 1969, Cindy S went tubing with a friend on a river after early winter thaw. She got caught in a current and went over the Boy Scout Dam, remembering not to panic before taking in water. She then traveled up a tunnel angled at 45 degrees where the light was so white it appeared blue. She arrived in a white room where an unknown entity held her during a life review that included seeing a newspaper report of her death with a clerical error about location. The entity told her it wasn't her time because she had many life lessons to experience. Despite not wanting to return, she was catapulted out of the water 2-3 feet into the air. Her friend had searched frantically "over a hundred times" and ran home for help, finding no one, then returned to continue searching. Cindy was missing for almost an hour underwater. When she forcefully emerged, her friend initially thought she was joking and became angry, scared, and shocked. She gasped, vomited water, and regained composure while two older boys inexplicably pelted them with rocks. Both Cindy and her friend know with certainty she was underwater for almost an hour with no logical explanation for survival. Since the experience, she can feel others' pain in profound ways. She avoids sharing the story as people assume exaggeration or hypoxia, but she assures it was real. The deeply personal emotional experience cannot be adequately conveyed in English. She waited 30 years before first discussing it with a scientific colleague. | 5 | Other | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Drowning with reported 45-60 minute submersion, vomiting water upon emergence | Impossible survival underwater for 45-60 minutes witnessed by friend, life review with future newspaper | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw newspaper report of her death | 0.00 | Friend | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 2904 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3854 Conni J NDE 7528 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1conni_j_nde.html | 2003 | 2003-03-20 | 2015 | F | On March 20, 2003, approximately one hour after giving birth to her second child, Conni J lost consciousness when her blood pressure fell dangerously low. Her brief experience began with finding herself in a dark space with expanded peripheral vision. The space was intensely quiet, peaceful, and completely void of color. She sensed and somewhat saw beings surrounding her, as if positioned in the center of an immeasurable yet intimate circle. The beings were silently and intently observing her situation without drama, just quiet presence. She felt extremely content in this space before the experience abruptly ended. She awoke to a nurse holding smelling salts under her nose, which she smacked away, thinking "Just leave me alone! I am happy in this place! I want to go back!" The farthest thing from her mind was her newborn daughter. She felt disturbed by the interruption, completely safe, unshaken, and fearless despite having always been terrified of death previously. She was extremely weak, unable to stand, and was carried to bed wrapped in heated blankets while shaking uncontrollably. Through this physical distress, she maintained feelings of complete safety and lack of fear. She was given oxygen, IV fluids, and warm blankets, eventually recovering. The experience transformed her deep-rooted, sometimes crippling fear of death. She became more open-minded about the afterlife, gained awareness of something beyond the physical world, and developed greater compassion and tolerance for others. She didn't share the experience for many years, and when she did, people either remained quiet or seemed disturbed by it. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Dangerously low blood pressure after childbirth, loss of consciousness | Sensed presence of beings but no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2905 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4058 Courtni T NDE 7848 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1courtni_t_nde.html | 2008 | 2015 | F | During a 2008 summer vacation in Spain, Courtni T experienced a near-drowning while canoeing on the Dordogne River. Despite warning the person steering to avoid going right at a difficult river segment, they went right anyway and the canoe overturned. Courtni became stuck underwater in branches while her two friends' legs passed by at top speed. Unable to free herself from the cloudy water, she gave up struggling. She then experienced a rapid life review and felt the arrival of her deceased father behind her on the left. They communicated without words through love as he guided her to understand she had a choice between life and experiencing love on earth. She was shown the scenario of her death including her loved ones' sadness, friends returning to Paris without her, and her little sister's sorrow, which she found unbearable. Reconnecting with her body in the aquatic environment, she tore her pants and t-shirt with extraordinary strength to free herself from the branches. Swimming tens of meters to reach an island, she felt like being born again as a naked newborn seeking light. Simultaneously, her sister in Paris left a message on her answering machine asking if she was well. The experience transformed Courtni from atheist to believer in the afterlife. She gained certainty about continued existence after death, reduced fear of death and life, increased compassion, found her first love afterward, and developed confidence. Her father's presence and the choice given between continuing to the light or returning for earthly love provided comfort and purpose. She describes the communication as pure love and support with inner strength. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Near-drowning with entanglement underwater, life-threatening situation | Deceased father presence, sister's simultaneous phone call from Paris | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Sister called simultaneously from Paris | 1.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2906 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4051 Cristina NDE 7826 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1cristina_nde.html | 2014 | 2014-12-10 | 2015 | 33 | F | On December 10, 2014, Cristina, a 33-year-old Christian woman with congenital heart problems, underwent coronary surgery under local anesthesia. When contrast medium was injected, she couldn't breathe and suffered through hours of painful surgery. Afterward, while waiting on the bed, she greeted an elderly patient being transported past her. Upon making eye contact with the elderly man, she suddenly found herself in bright green hills under a blue sky with colors more vivid than ever seen in life. She existed as a spirit without visible body parts, feeling other presences as light beside her, experiencing the most beautiful feeling of eternal peace. She felt she had reached more peace than thought possible - not an end but a beginning. Suddenly returning, she saw a powerful light above her while on a bed with people yelling her name. She said "I WANT TO GO BACK THERE" before recognizing a nurse and realizing she was back in surgery after cardiac arrest requiring defibrillation. Everyone said it was miraculous she survived. If nurses had transported her first instead of the elderly man, she would have been in an elevator without a defibrillator when arrest occurred. The experience was preceded by a 2005 incident where she felt a comforting presence while praying desperately in church about family illness, and results came back positive. She held tight to a St. Rita ring in ICU and stabilized. The experience eliminated her lifelong terror of death, confirmed her Christian faith, and left her wondering why God gave her a second chance. She immediately shared the experience even in the surgery room. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest during surgery requiring defibrillation, monitoring present | Specific details about timing - arrest occurred after seeing elderly patient, would have died in elevator | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 1 | Timing of cardiac arrest after elderly patient passed | 1.00 | Doctors and nurses | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 2907 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4042 Darcy L NDE 7815 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1darcy_l_nde.html | 1977 | 2015 | 10 | F | In August 1977, 10-year-old Darcy L was on vacation in Spain when she developed severe abdominal pain. Initially misdiagnosed as food poisoning, her condition worsened until acute appendicitis turning to peritonitis was diagnosed. With no ambulance available, her father drove her to the hospital. She underwent emergency surgery and woke in intensive care next to a 14-year-old girl who later died. Doctors gave her a 50% chance of survival, with parents alternating sleeping on the floor beside her bed. During her critical period, Darcy saw herself clearly stretched on the hospital bed from the right corner of the ceiling, feeling indifferent about her body. She then found herself in black limitless tunnel, floating toward a small white glow that became bigger. The light was opaque like cotton. She felt immense happiness, joy, and peace while being pulled toward the light. A voice/thought/spirit said "It's not the moment" and repeated "It is not the moment. You still have things to do and to live down there." When asked what people she'd like to see who would need her help, she answered she wanted to see her parents. She turned back but continued being pulled forward, then slowed and returned to her body. This was unpleasant, cold, painful with infernal noise sensitivity. Following days, she looked at the room's right angle, amused knowing she'd been there. A decade later, her father revealed she'd asked him at age twelve "Daddy, for sure you wouldn't abandon us, would you?" preventing him from leaving during his affair. She took 30+ years to share the experience with a scientific colleague. She has no fear of death and feels others' physical and emotional pain deeply. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Acute peritonitis from ruptured appendix, doctors gave 50% survival chance | Clear out-of-body observation from ceiling corner, specific room location awareness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw self from ceiling corner | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2908 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4063 Dave M NDE 7853/8135 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1dave_m_nde.html | 2015 | 2015-11-27 | 2015 | M | On November 27, 2015, Dave M awoke with severe chest pain and recognized he was having a heart attack. He called 911 (first call was digital noise, second succeeded) and gave his address. Paramedics arrived in 4 minutes. After they began treatment, his arms went numb and he jumped off the bed onto the carpet, not remembering hitting the floor. His heart stopped for approximately 15 seconds. During this time, he found himself surrounded by green mist or fog in low light, feeling no pain in a surreal, pleasant place. He was conscious but seemed to be elsewhere, unable to see paramedics. He said aloud "I'm dead" and heard a pleasant woman's voice confirm "Yes." Though his heart stopped for only 15 seconds, he felt he was there for 20 minutes, experiencing time dilation. His spirit body felt different - he could move from waist up but legs seemed heavy and immobile. He felt no pain and experienced pleasant, surreal sensations. Initially torn between staying in the pleasant space and returning, he felt it wasn't his time and reached out his arm. He then entered a dream state before being revived. He awoke to paramedics saying "Sir, you just had a heart attack and your heart stopped." He underwent surgery for blocked main artery, receiving two stents. The experience provided him 100% certainty that consciousness continues after bodily death. He became more compassionate and nicer to people, trying not to let small things bother him. He clearly remembers every detail and shares his experience openly, knowing some believe while others are skeptical. | 1 | Home | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest for 15 seconds, CPR and defibrillation performed, main artery blockage | Time dilation (felt like 20 minutes during 15-second arrest), mysterious woman's voice confirmation | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard woman's voice confirm death | 0.00 | Multiple paramedics | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2909 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3877 Rachel G NDE 7555 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rachel_g_nde.html | 2008 | 2008-12-02 | 2015 | F |
Rachel was having dinner with her mother at a restaurant on December 2, 2008, when she choked on club soda around 4:30-5:00 PM. She lost consciousness and everything went dark, experiencing what appeared to be a life-threatening choking incident that required immediate intervention. During her unconscious state, Rachel experienced being transported to a different realm while traveling in what seemed to be a car. She was unable to turn around to see who was driving, feeling as if a force prevented her from looking. The environment was extraordinarily vivid, with trees displaying colors she had never seen on Earth and grass of an unusually brilliant shade of green. Everything appeared exceptionally bright but not hot, creating a beautiful otherworldly atmosphere. Her hands appeared to have a glowing halo surrounding them. She felt the presence of three beings in the back seat with her, who emanated goodness rather than any threatening presence. One being spoke to her saying "Don't worry, everything is going to be all right. Sit back and relax and enjoy the ride," which immediately lifted all weight from her and created profound peace. Rachel describes feeling completely free from earthly bonds, light as a feather, and experiencing total happiness. The scenery appeared like a beautiful painting with extraordinary colors and brightness. She felt no more worries and was in a state of complete tranquility and joy. While she couldn't identify the beings, she sensed only goodness and comfort from their presence. She awakened to find a pastor's hands on her forehead saying prayers and her mother looking extremely worried. Medical attention was provided afterwards. Upon awakening, she felt completely refreshed and full of life. The experience left her with lasting impressions of the peace and joy she felt, fundamentally changing her perspective on life and death. |
5 | Other | 3 | 1 | 4 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening choking incident at restaurant, lost consciousness | No specific verifiable observations, only subjective experiences of otherworldly travel | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Otherworldly environment with vivid colors | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2910 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3911 Randall R NDE 7626 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1randall_r_nde.html | 2015 | 2015-01-23 | 2015 | M |
On January 23, 2015, Randall experienced respiratory failure from Guillain-Barre syndrome, resulting in cessation of breathing before intubation. This life-threatening medical crisis required immediate intervention and represented a clear near-death situation with respiratory arrest. Upon losing consciousness, Randall was immediately transported to a dark room where a comforting male presence sat beside him throughout the experience. He never saw the man's face and the figure never spoke, but remained constantly at his side as Randall walked from one side of the room to the other. Randall was aware he was dying and kept repeating "Why is it taking so long?" and "I just want to move on." Then a bright white light appeared to his left, and within that light, he felt the unmistakable presence of his deceased mother. The light brought overwhelming feelings of peace and comfort, and he reached out with both arms, desperately wanting his mother to take him into the light. Suddenly, a hand appeared before him, motioning him to stop, followed by a finger pointing downward, clearly indicating he must return. A male voice then spoke: "There can't be two Randall R's on earth." The experience left Randall with profound disappointment and sadness about not being able to enter the light with his mother. The peace and comfort he felt in her presence was unlike anything he had experienced on Earth. Though no specific earthly observations were made that could be verified, the encounter with his deceased mother and the mysterious statement about two Randall R's remained deeply meaningful. Upon returning to consciousness, Randall found himself in the hospital where medical staff had successfully resuscitated him. The experience fundamentally changed his perspective on death and the afterlife, leaving him with absolute certainty that consciousness continues after physical death and that deceased loved ones await us. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clear respiratory failure with cessation of breathing from Guillain-Barre syndrome | Subjective experience with deceased mother but no verifiable earthly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2911 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3889 Reese J NDE 7584 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1reese_j_nde.html | 1981 | 2015 | 1 | F |
At the age of 15 months in 1981, Reese was left unattended and fell into the family pool. The exact duration underwater remains unknown, but the incident resulted in clinical death requiring CPR for resuscitation. This drowning incident represents a clear life-threatening event with cessation of vital functions in a very young child. During the experience, Reese encountered a man wearing a long flowing white gown who had distinctive yellow hair (not blonde, but actually yellow) and emanated a glowing presence. Despite initial fear, the man worked to soothe and comfort her, repeatedly telling her she was going to be okay. The communication seemed telepathic rather than verbal, as she never actually heard his voice but understood his message clearly. The being conveyed much more than words, engaging in what felt like a rapid internal debate where Reese tried to convince him why she should stay while he only repeated "You're going to be okay." The entire environment was characterized by extraordinarily bright and beautiful colors unlike anything on Earth, with the man himself glowing with an otherworldly light. She felt overwhelming peace, joy, and elation that she describes as beyond earthly comprehension - every good feeling ever experienced magnified exponentially. Remarkably, despite being only 15 months old, Reese retained vivid memories of this experience. As soon as she could talk, she began describing "the man in the pool," which frightened and confused her parents and grandparents. The emotions and sensations were so powerful that even decades later, she struggles to find adequate words to describe the beauty of the colors and light or the intensity of the peace and love she experienced. The experience left lasting impacts on her life, including complete loss of fear of death and strong belief in an afterlife. She developed exceptional compassion for others and a deep understanding that death is not an ending but a transition to something beautiful. The memory remains more vivid than other childhood events from that age. |
5 | Other | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinical death from drowning requiring CPR, clear life-threatening event | Subjective experience of glowing being, no verifiable earthly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2912 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3938 Rob N NDEs 16076 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rob_n_nde.html | 2005 | 2005-08-15 | 2015 | 47 | M |
Rob experienced three separate clinical deaths between 2005 and 2014. The first occurred on August 15, 2005, when he suffered a massive heart attack at home. After experiencing severe heartburn, shortness of breath, and clear bile vomiting, he collapsed on the bathroom floor. Paramedics resuscitated him, but he was clinically dead with documented cardiac arrest. He was in a coma for four days following the event. During his first death, Rob entered a cloud-like tunnel moving toward a parallel universe, surrounded by shadows he later recognized as deceased loved ones. He experienced intense peace, perfect warmth like being held by an angel, overwhelming love multiplied thousands of times beyond earthly experience, and an irresistible pull toward home in Heaven. He saw his deceased father, aunts, uncles, and grandparents, all appearing young. He witnessed incredible glistening towers and buildings with inviting colors. During resuscitation in the ER, he observed from the upper corner of the room, seeing about twenty medical staff working on his body below. His second death in April 2012 involved bleeding out internally with hemoglobin dropping to 4.9, requiring emergency surgery. He experienced a different transition through a brighter tunnel to a large hall with souls helping others through traumatic transitions. His third death in October 2014 occurred during surgery when his blood pressure dropped and heart stopped, requiring chest compressions and open-heart massage. Rob made specific observations including seeing medical staff from above the emergency room, noting approximately twenty people in scrubs and white coats working frantically to revive him. He described the detailed medical procedures and could recall specific medical terminology used by paramedics. His wife witnessed his second death, seeing him turn gray and shake as his heart stopped, with medical staff calling for the crash cart. These experiences transformed Rob completely, eliminating his fear of death and giving him absolute certainty about the afterlife. He now knows that deceased loved ones await us, that Heaven is real, and that death is simply a transition home. He actively shares his experiences to comfort others who have lost loved ones. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Multiple documented cardiac arrests with resuscitation, coma, and medical monitoring | Observed medical scene from above, specific details about staff and procedures | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed emergency room scene from above | 0.00 | Multiple doctors and nurses | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 2913 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3909 Rev. Dr. Robert Joy 7624 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1robert_j_nde.html | 2011 | 2011-02-22 | 2015 | M |
On February 22, 2011, Reverend Dr. Robert Joy suffered a massive heart attack after shoveling snow. His wife drove him to the hospital where the doctor noted he was having "a really good heart attack" before he blacked out during cardiac arrest. Medical staff attempted resuscitation for 40 minutes with 15-20 defibrillator shocks, far exceeding normal protocol. They were preparing to call time of death when one final attempt succeeded. He was then helicoptered to another hospital, arresting two more times during flight, and received a stent in his left anterior descending artery. After brief darkness and passing through a dark void, Robert found himself in a grass-covered field watching dogs playing - dogs he believed were ones he had owned throughout his life. Despite being a minister who doesn't doctrinally believe "all dogs go to heaven," there they were. The scene then shifted to an intensely bright environment with a vertical column of pure white energy that was sparking and sparkling, much brighter than any sun. He floated to within six inches of this pillar of what he took to be God's pure divine presence. Though neither hot nor cold, he sensed touching it would "NOT BE GOOD." He felt total peace and assurance that God would take care of everything, his family, and himself. A low rumbling sound like the lowest organ note permeated everything - a holy, awesome, and awe-inspiring sound. Realizing he must be dead or dying, he prayed desperately: "Please send me back! Can I go back? If there is any way, please send me back!" Robert felt the defibrillator paddles shocking him back to consciousness, seeing the doctor's amazed expression that they had worked after 40 minutes. Despite predictions of severe organ and brain damage requiring nursing home care, he recovered completely except for reduced heart function (EF 35-40%). The experience eliminated his fear of death entirely. He continues to experience heightened light sensitivity, especially with sunlight on snow. As a minister, the experience confirmed his faith absolutely while giving him firsthand knowledge that "God is light and in him is no darkness at all" - a truth he has preached about since. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 3 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 10 | Documented cardiac arrest with 40 minutes of resuscitation attempts, 15-20 shocks | Subjective spiritual experience, no verifiable earthly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 0 | 1 | Emergency room medical staff | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2914 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3868 Ryan NDE 23005 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ryan_nde.html | 2012 | 2015 | M |
Around March 15, 2012, Ryan was holding his breath and unexpectedly fainted, going into what he describes as cardiac arrest. The exact medical circumstances remain unclear, but he lost consciousness and stopped breathing. While the medical details are sparse, Ryan reports experiencing a complete cessation of normal consciousness and entering an altered state. Upon losing consciousness, Ryan experienced visions of the past, present, and future, all of which he states were true and came true. He was then transported to an extraordinarily bright white room where no visible lights created the illumination. In this space, he felt completely weightless and invulnerable - nothing could hurt him. He experienced profound peace in this environment. The room featured a massive white door over 20 feet tall. When this door opened, even more brilliant white light poured through. A man then appeared who Ryan describes as "so pure good" that it was painful to look at him for too long. This being radiated such purity and goodness that prolonged eye contact was impossible. The man delivered a simple but definitive message: "It is not your time, Ryan," after which Ryan immediately woke up and began breathing again. The visions of past, present, and future events provided knowledge that Ryan states proved accurate, with future events subsequently coming to pass about an hour later as he had foreseen. The brilliant white environment and overwhelming sense of peace and safety left lasting impressions. Ryan describes the overall experience as both beautiful and meaningful, noting he felt completely safe despite initial panic. The transformation from fear to absolute peace occurred rapidly once in the white room. He expresses willingness to experience it again and feels a responsibility to share his story with others. |
6 | Unknown | 3 | 8 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Unclear medical circumstances, holding breath leading to fainting and reported cardiac arrest | Claims of verified future visions but no specific details provided | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 0 | Visions of past, present, and future | 1.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2915 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3866 Sadaf J NDE 7541 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sadaf_j_nde.html | 2002 | 2015 | 5 | F |
In 2002, when Sadaf was 5 years old, she went outside to play and fell into a ditch. The edge of the ditch struck her belly hard, causing respiratory arrest and loss of consciousness. Her uncle noticed the accident, rushed to carry her back home, and attempted resuscitation. This traumatic injury resulted in cessation of breathing, representing a life-threatening event requiring immediate intervention. During the experience, Sadaf initially only perceived darkness while maintaining awareness of sounds around her - hearing her distressed family members, some crying, as her uncle laid her on the floor. At that moment, her soul separated from her body and she found herself observing the scene from ceiling level. She could clearly see herself lying on the ground with a very pale appearance, surrounded by family and relatives. Time seemed to slow down dramatically - she could observe clock hands moving slower than normal, noting it was 9:37 (though as a child she couldn't read time but remembered the exact position of the clock hands). Remarkably, despite having weak vision requiring glasses from an early age, during the OBE she could see everything with perfect clarity without corrective lenses. The light bulbs appeared much brighter from her elevated perspective. She witnessed her uncle performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and could sense her family's distress, though she could no longer hear their voices once out of body. Specific observations included seeing exactly where each family member was positioned around her body and what clothes each person was wearing - details later confirmed accurate. She felt herself being pulled down very hard back into her body from above, even passing through her uncle's body during the return. The transition reversed her sensory experience - she could hear but not see initially, then upon return could see but not hear. The experience left lasting impressions despite her young age. She initially forgot the experience but suddenly remembered everything with complete clarity ten years later. When she shared the details with her mother, who hadn't been present, her mother understood why her uncle's wife had been crying that day. The verification of specific details about people's positions and clothing confirmed the reality of her observations. |
5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Respiratory arrest from traumatic injury, clear life-threatening event | Specific observations of family positions, clothing, and clock time from above | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed family members from ceiling perspective | 1.00 | Mother and uncle's wife | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 2916 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4013 Deborah H NDE 7772 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1deborah_h_nde.html | 1967 | 2015 | 7 | F | At age 7, Deborah was playing at a dock with her brothers when she began drowning after grabbing a ski that sank. She left her body and experienced a profound life review through a binder with metal rings that showed everything she had done wrong, moving at incredible speed. She was being judged for her actions, feeling remorse for each transgression shown. She then flew quickly through a wormhole-like tunnel with grayish clouds and saw a light at the end. She observed what appeared to be her deceased aunt floating toward the light. Though experiencing the peace of the other side, she was pushed back by an unseen force. She awoke on the beach with her brothers performing resuscitation. The experience left her knowing death and judgment are real, fundamentally changing her spiritual understanding and making her more compassionate toward others. | 5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Drowning incident described as life-threatening | Life review with specific details of judgment binder, tunnel observation, deceased aunt sighting | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 0 | Life review through binder with metal rings | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2917 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4059 Debra S NDE 7850 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1debra_s_nde.html | 2015 | 2015-10-24 | 2015 | F | Debra fell backward off a loading dock, striking her head on concrete below. She immediately left her body and found herself in a tunnel looking out through a round window or opening. From this vantage point, she could see her husband holding her physical body, telling her not to go, to stay, and come back. She felt no pain while out of body, experiencing both peace and fear simultaneously. Her visual perception was altered - everything appeared in black, white, and gray tones with no color. She made a conscious decision to return, thinking she needed to go back for her husband and wanting to ensure she could move her fingers and toes to verify she wasn't paralyzed. Upon willing herself back, she was instantly drawn into her body and immediately felt intense pain. Her husband later confirmed her eyes had been open in a dead stare without blinking during the experience. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Head trauma from fall described as life-threatening | Specific OBE observations of husband and altered visual perception in grayscale | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 1 | 1 | Observed husband from tunnel window | 1.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 2918 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3863 Diane B NDE 7544 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1diane_b_nde.html | 1955 | 2015 | F | During winter 1955/56, Diane was on the front of a toboggan sled with her father when they hit a tree, unable to steer away on the icy hill. She sustained a skull fracture, broken tooth and nose, with significant trauma. Upon blacking out, she was immediately bathed in white light, experiencing profound joy and bliss. She saw a tunnel and heard voices telling her it was okay to go toward it. From her out-of-body perspective, she could see her distraught father trying to wake her and knew her mother was screaming and running down the hill. She felt torn between the bliss of the light and knowing what her death would do to her parents. The compassion for her parents won out and she chose to return. She awoke as her father carried her up the hill, later requiring surgery to insert a metal plate. The experience left her with lasting psychic abilities and reduced fear, though she blocked many memories for years due to family disapproval of psychic phenomena. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Skull fracture from severe trauma, life-threatening | OBE awareness of parents' distress, tunnel vision, voices guiding | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 2 | 0 | Awareness of parents' emotional states | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2919 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3870 Donna W NDE 7546 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1donna_w_nde_7546.html | 1985 | 2015 | F | In December 1985, Donna's vehicle was struck by a freight train at high speed at an unprotected double crossing. She received the first impact on her door and sustained multiple injuries, not expected to survive the night. After the second impact, she felt herself outside her body with no pain. She found herself in a funnel-like atmosphere where her life regressed rapidly before her eyes. Simultaneously, she saw the most beautiful field of flowers with awesome light pulling her with wonderful sensation. She desperately wanted to go there but knew her young daughter needed her. As she approached being born in her life regression, she knew returning to the womb meant no return. Taking one last attempt to breathe, she came back gasping for air in full pain. The experience transformed her religious views from Catholic to agnostic, eliminated her fear of death, and gave her understanding that traditional religious teachings about afterlife were incorrect. She gained new energy in her hands and heightened sensitivity to others. | 5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe trauma from train accident, not expected to survive | Life review regression, otherworldly flower field with magnetic light, funnel atmosphere | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/12/2025 | 3 | 0 | Life regression experience | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2920 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3936 Doug J NDE 7667 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1doug_j_nde.html | 2012 | 2012-03-12 | 2015 | M | On March 12, 2012, Doug fell and broke his C-7 vertebra, losing consciousness for approximately 5 minutes. He awakened beside a tree overlooking the most beautiful pristine lake he had ever seen, with vivid colors, lily pads, bulrushes, and a heron. The setting had profound peace and tranquility. He encountered his uncle who had died years earlier, appearing young (about 25) in a Brooklyn Dodgers or Yankees #5 uniform. Two other unidentified people watched from nearby. Doug conversed with his uncle about life for what felt like hours. When he heard his niece calling his name from far away, his uncle told him it wasn't his time and he had to go back, ending with "Play it again, Dougie" - his characteristic phrase. Doug was pushed back hard, awakening to his niece who reported his eyes had rolled back and he had convulsions. Later verification with his mother confirmed exact details about his uncle's baseball uniform that Doug had never known. The experience left him with occasional out-of-body episodes where he observes conversations from above. | 5 | Other | 5 | 14 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Broken C-7 vertebra, unconscious approximately 5 minutes | Specific details of uncle's uniform verified, characteristic phrase, detailed otherworldly landscape | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Deceased uncle in baseball uniform | 1.00 | Mother | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2921 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3993 Duane S NDE 7743 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1duane_s_nde.html | 1981 | 2015 | 41 | M | After being given 5 months to live by Stanford doctors and surviving 13 months, Duane died while sitting upright in his recliner. He fell through black space in paralyzing terror until focusing on a soft light brought profound peace. He was greeted by his soul group spanning the horizon - deceased relatives including grandfathers, dog Butch, aunt, uncle, and entities from other incarnations. He experienced the most intense love, like waves of a tsunami. Communication was telepathic and instantaneous. He learned about multiple incarnations, seeing souls from past lives in Germany (1937), Italy (13th century), and as a Native American. His mother appeared with chocolate cake he desired, though she was still alive. A divine Voice welcomed him home but asked if he wanted to return to fulfill commitments to his daughters. Despite desperately not wanting to return from the bliss, he chose to go back. He was told he would receive guidance and had things to do. Multiple return visits over two years provided extensive teachings about reality, reincarnation, and Earth as a theme park for soul adventures. | 6 | Home | 10 | 16 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Clinical death from terminal illness after 13 months | Extensive otherworldly encounters, multiple past life memories, profound spiritual teachings | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 3 | 0 | Soul group greeting | 0.00 | Incompatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2922 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3954 Eileen C NDE 7694 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1eileen_c_nde.html | 1969 | 1969-04-23 | 2015 | 11 | F | On April 23, 1969, 11-year-old Eileen flipped over bicycle handlebars, landing on her head. She sustained a depressed skull fracture, subdural hematoma, temporary blindness, and fell into a coma with seizures on day 3. During emergency surgery for burr holes, she had an out-of-body experience floating above the operating room, observing her body and the medical staff working on her. She vividly remembered details of the OR tiles and stainless steel equipment. A very bright white light appeared that was warm and didn't hurt to look at. Communication was telepathic as the light explained she was no longer in her body. She experienced a life review in film strip form going backwards and forwards, with the light pointing out where she could have been nicer. When asked if she wanted to go with the light, she hesitated and was told she wasn't ready and must go back to help other people, though she wouldn't remember everything shown. Re-entry was like being sucked into a vacuum. She awoke a week and a half later. Post-NDE, she developed premonitions in black and white dreams that always come true, heard voices including deceased relatives, and saw visions. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Emergency surgery under anesthesia for skull fracture and subdural hematoma | Specific OR details observed, life review with guidance, telepathic communication | written_account | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Abnormal EEGs for months | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Operating room details | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||
| 2923 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3968 Elizabeth T NDE 7716 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1elizabeth_t_nde.html | 2010 | 2015 | F | Elizabeth underwent her third aneurysm surgery with only 5% chance of survival, having already survived two previous six-hour operations. During surgery, monitors showed her heartbeat then a flat line. She experienced going straight to heaven with no pain, seeing the brightest light ever. At a table sat two brown-haired children - her miscarried daughter Susan and her daughter Michelle's miscarried son, both appearing grown up and happy. Her grandson was slightly bigger than his living brothers. Her daughter Susan looked just like her sister Michelle. Both children hugged her, bringing relief from years of worry about the miscarriages. Her grandson said "Grandma, go back, we don't need you," and her daughter added "Ma, we're happy, we don't need you. Go back." She returned with intense pain and disappointment but was glad to have living family. Remarkably, she knew her grandson's name though her daughter Michelle had never told her, shocking Michelle when Elizabeth revealed it. The experience eliminated her fear of death and confirmed heaven's existence. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Third aneurysm surgery with cardiac monitoring showing flatline | Knew grandson's name never told to her, specific appearance details of grown miscarried children | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Grandson's name never told | 1.00 | Daughter Michelle | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2924 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3959 Saurabh C NDE 7701 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1saurabh_c_nde.html | 2010 | 2010-12-08 | 2015 | M | Saurabh underwent his seventh major surgery within a month for internal bleeding. During the critical procedure, his heart stopped twice, and medical staff believed he would certainly die without intervention. While clinically dead, Saurabh experienced being lifted in what felt like a transparent elevator, moving rapidly toward a soothing, brilliant light that didn't hurt his eyes. He traveled through space, observing planets resembling Mars with dust and rocks, ascending at incredible speed while feeling profound peace. Upon realizing he was dying, he prayed intensely to return to his mother, directing his prayers to a presence he sensed high above. Despite not being religious, he felt a definite entity controlling his ascent. His desperate prayers to be sent back were answered when he suddenly dropped back into his body, awakening to intense surgical pain. The nurse later confirmed his heart had stopped twice during surgery and he had been clinically dead for a significant time. This experience left him with a complex relationship with death - while confirming an afterlife exists, it increased his fear of dying and led to recurring sleep paralysis that seems connected to his near-death experience. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest during surgery with monitoring, coded twice | Limited specific observations - seeing planets, transparent elevator sensation | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Lifted in transparent elevator toward light | 0.00 | Nurse | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 2925 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3885 Scott W NDE 7578 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1scott_w_nde.html | 2007 | 2007-07-23 | 2015 | M | Scott experienced a traumatic widow-maker heart attack with his LAD completely blocked, arresting three times for a total of 28 minutes. While being treated in the emergency room, he floated above his body and observed the medical team working on him in complete dimensional awareness. He saw someone intubating him, nurses placing IVs, and staff performing catheter procedures for stents. Most remarkably, he felt his surgeon's awareness of his presence hovering over his left shoulder, which the surgeon later confirmed. Scott traveled through a vast meadow with rolling plains and encountered his deceased grandparents, who appeared younger and wearing Hawaiian-style clothing. His grandmother explained this was where all go when they die, emphasizing that earthly suffering is for our time on earth, not the afterlife. Scott was shown the universe filled with strings of light representing all consciousness, each carrying DNA-like memories from conception through all time. He witnessed stars being born and dying, galaxies spinning, and understood the universal connection of all life. A brilliant source light, which Scott recognized as God, told him it wasn't his time and he must return. The surgeon later asked if Scott wanted an attorney, admitting procedural mistakes caused his 2 minute 17 second clinical death. Scott drew accurate diagrams of the medical procedures he witnessed while out of body, astounding the medical team. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Widow-maker heart attack with complete clinical death, multiple cardiac arrests totaling 28 minutes | Exceptional veridical details: specific medical procedures observed and confirmed, surgeon felt presence at left shoulder | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Intubated | 6/13/2025 | 5 | 2 | Observed intubation procedure | 1.00 | Surgeon | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||
| 2926 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3857 Sebastian X NDE 7533 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sebastian_x_nde.html | 2002 | 2015 | 22 | M | Sebastian, struggling with being gay and substance abuse, carefully planned and executed a suicide attempt by overdosing on stockpiled psychiatric medications. His brother unexpectedly arrived to bring him to family, finding him heavily drugged. After sitting on his mother's couch for an extended period, family realized something was wrong and called paramedics. Sebastian was rushed to hospital and placed on life support with predictions he would die or remain vegetative. During his clinical crisis, he traveled through an oppressively dark tunnel described as tar-like void of complete creative absence. Emerging from the tunnel, he floated above his body, seeing himself pale with tubes and medical equipment from all dimensional angles. He was hyper-aware of his family's pain, especially his mother's, experiencing their emotions as a form of communication. His deceased maternal grandmother appeared alongside a brilliant light he recognized as Jesus, who commanded "It is not your time yet. You have other lives to touch. Go back home!" He was then forcefully shot back into his body. This experience eventually led Sebastian to convert to Catholicism and teach adult catechism, though his immediate recovery was complicated by continued substance abuse. The NDE confirmed for him Jesus as literal Messiah and gave him purpose, though full spiritual integration took years to achieve. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Life-threatening overdose requiring life support, predicted death or vegetative state | Detailed observations of medical equipment, family members, multi-dimensional viewing | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Life support equipment | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw own body with medical equipment | 0.00 | Family members | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 2927 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3997 Erica P NDE 7750 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1erica_p_nde.html | 2005 | 2005-10-29 | 2015 | F | In October 2005, Erica was deeply depressed following her cousin's suicide and stepfather's death from Lou Gehrig's disease. During an argument with her boyfriend, she attempted suicide by overdosing on sixty psychiatric medications and threatening herself with a knife. After being taken to a research hospital by ambulance, she became aggressive when staff tried to restrain her. Unable to breathe while held flat, she coded in the emergency room when a pill became lodged in her tracheal tube during intubation attempts. During her clinical death, she experienced an out-of-body perspective, observing medical staff working to intubate her. She then traveled through a tunnel toward an increasingly bright light, entering what she perceived as God's throne room. There she saw Jesus Christ seated beside God in a pure white space. Jesus appeared in a white robe with a purple sash that later turned red, wearing a jeweled crown. She observed flames in his eyes and felt overwhelming love and forgiveness. Though she bowed before them and they spoke to her, she cannot recall their words. She awakened intubated, with a pill still lodged in her left lung. Upon writing on an erasable board, she first asked what happened - learning she had coded and nearly required a tracheotomy - then wrote that Jesus was beautiful and had spoken to her. The experience transformed her from being suicidal and fearful to knowing God forgave her and believing she was sent back to serve Him. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 5 | Overdose leading to respiratory arrest and coding in ER | Out-of-body observation of intubation attempts with pill stuck in tube | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Restraints preventing breathing | 6/13/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw medical staff working to intubate her | 1.00 | Nurse | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 2928 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3841 Erik C NDE 7513 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1erik_c_nde.html | 2015 | 2015-01-03 | 2015 | M | In January 2015, Erik went to bed normally but woke at 4 AM with severe diarrhea and vomiting. Feeling extremely weak, he had his wife take him to the emergency room. Upon arrival, he lost consciousness while lying on a hospital bed. He then found himself looking at his lifeless body from outside it. A brilliant white light appeared, brighter than the sun yet pure white. In this light, he encountered his deceased grandmother and uncle from the 1990s, along with three angels. Most significantly, he saw his son who had died at birth years earlier. The child placed a small hand on Erik's knee and said "Daddy, keep fighting." His uncle told him it wasn't his time yet while his grandmother smiled silently. When Erik tried to walk around them to reach the light, one angel placed its left hand on his shoulder, squeezing firmly, and he was pulled back into his body with a popping sensation. Upon returning, he called the nurse and recounted his experience. Medical staff determined he had been poisoned, likely with eye drops, and prepared resuscitation paddles as a precaution. Tests showed perfect health except for the poisoning effects. Before the NDE, Erik had been severely depressed and wanted to die but feared death. The experience dramatically transformed his perspective - he no longer fears death but has gained a new desire to live. He feels certain of heaven's existence beyond the light and describes the angels as the most beautiful beings beyond earthly description. The experience convinced him of the reality of the afterlife and strengthened his spiritual beliefs. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Poisoning causing loss of consciousness, potentially life-threatening | Encountered multiple deceased relatives with specific details and communication | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw own lifeless body on hospital bed | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2929 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3946 Faith M NDE 16077 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1faith_m_nde.html | 1965 | 2015 | 18 | F | Fifty years before her 2015 account, Faith was a college freshman who went to the campus infirmary for a sore throat and earache. After receiving a penicillin injection, she immediately collapsed on the floor due to an anaphylactic reaction, having had a similar but less severe reaction the previous year. Upon collapsing, she saw the most brilliant light and encountered multiple spiritual beings including her deceased paternal grandfather, the Blessed Mother, Christ, and God. She then found herself on the ceiling observing a doctor and nurse pounding on her chest during resuscitation efforts. When she regained consciousness, the doctor angrily asked why she didn't tell them about her penicillin allergy. She was kept for observation before being released to her dormitory. Faith recognized immediately that something extraordinary had occurred but, being private by nature, told no one until visiting her parents on a weekend. She has always maintained absolute certainty that she went to heaven and returned. Her conviction was reinforced years later when she discovered books by Dr. Moody and learned others had similar experiences. The experience involved cardiac arrest from anaphylactic shock, and she describes it simply as going to heaven and back. Faith's account is notable for its clarity despite occurring five decades earlier, and for her immediate recognition of its spiritual significance even before NDEs became widely known. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Anaphylactic shock leading to cardiac arrest and collapse | Out-of-body observation of medical staff pounding on chest during resuscitation | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw resuscitation efforts from ceiling | 1.00 | Doctor and nurse | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 2930 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3912 Fiveia NDE 7608 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1fiveia_nde.html | 1958 | 2015 | F | In December 1958, during winter school holidays, Fiveia went sledding alone at a large quarry with hills. Using her brother's heavy homemade metal sled shaped like a chair, she attempted to jump on a trampoline while sledding. She fell with her spine hitting the edge of the sled's back, causing excruciating pain throughout her body. Unable to cry out, only wheezing, she thought "I won't survive this pain" and began blacking out, believing she was dying. Suddenly she felt great improvement as her thoughts became distinctly clear. She was pulled upward toward a bright white light that was calming and pleasant rather than blinding. She found herself in a beautiful meadow, sitting on grass and playing with flowers. A small stream separated her area from another section where a 13-year-old girl sat holding a book, reading to four children. Fiveia somehow knew she had to wait there while her fate was decided. The girl told her to go back when voices called "Miss, Miss!" saying "they're disrupting us." When Fiveia said she'd tell them to stop bothering and return, the girl only smiled. Looking down from the meadow's edge, she saw herself lying in snow with arms spread wide, then immediately returned to her body. The experience had lasting effects - she later had seven more journeys to "that world," developed premonitory dreams, and experienced soul travel including once in an owl's body. She changed from atheist to Christian Protestant, believing God exists and that life's purpose is to do no evil for peace on earth. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Severe spinal trauma with loss of consciousness and near-death | Out-of-body view of self lying in snow with specific position | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw self lying in snow from above | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2931 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3987 Frank H NDE 7740 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1frank_h_nde.html | 2015 | 2015-07-30 | 2015 | M | On July 30, 2015, Frank felt light-headed and passed out, hitting the floor. His heart flat-lined and he received CPR for approximately two minutes before recovery. After a brief moment of darkness, he found himself in a large open space with a pure white background and glow. He was floating without awareness of a body, moving toward a group of out-of-focus people in regular clothing. One person was yelling "You're not supposed to be here" while he was still at a distance. Then suddenly he became aware of his surroundings, watching the gentleman giving him CPR and hearing his wife saying "Please don't leave me!" Upon waking, he felt very alert, warm, calm, and at peace. The experience transformed his beliefs and feelings profoundly. Frank now knows with certainty that God exists and there is life after death. He doesn't feel compelled to proclaim it publicly but feels comfortable with his experience. He expressed a wish to understand his purpose for remaining alive. The pure white light's intensity was striking yet soft, and despite the people being out of focus, he could hear them clearly saying he wasn't meant to be there yet. The experience left him with incredible peace and joy, no longer in conflict with nature. While he maintains his Protestant Christian faith, he hasn't found a church where he feels comfortable. The NDE strengthened his religious and spiritual feelings significantly, though he's still searching for the right venue to practice his enhanced faith. | 2 | Home | 10 | 6 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Heart flat-lined requiring CPR for 2 minutes | Awareness of CPR being performed and wife's words | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Awareness during resuscitation | 1.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2932 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4012 GaeLawree C NDE 7771 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1gaelawree_c_nde.html | 1968 | 1968-12-06 | 2015 | F | On December 6, 1968, GaeLawree was a passenger on a motorcycle returning home late at night. While riding down a long driveway, she heard a voice telling her to lay her head on her friend's back, which she did. She then flew through the air 92 feet, hitting the pavement headfirst, bouncing another 5 feet, rolling and stopping on her back. With eyes open seeing the moon and North Star, she left her body and entered a tunnel of very bright light. She experienced ecstasy, peace, love, and belonging while seeing different levels or glimpses of time. She received natural knowledge not taught on earth. Reaching a place of energy, she was met by her deceased maternal grandfather and other recognized energy beings without physical bodies. A huge energy she believed to be God swept around them, telling her she had to return despite great pain ahead. She immediately returned through her eyes, feeling immense pain. During the experience, she observed earthly events including the young man picking her up crying "Oh God, what have I done?", others returning to help, and prophetically saw her mother at work hours later running to answer a hospital call through burgundy curtains. She gained abilities to communicate with animals and sense hidden emotions in people. The experience included visions of earthquakes and Jesus years later. She transformed from greatly fearing death to having no fear, knowing God exists and understanding life's purpose is to love one another. | 5 | Other | 5 | 16 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Severe head trauma from 92-foot motorcycle accident impact | Multiple veridical observations including prophetic vision of mother hours later | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw accident scene from above | 1.00 | Young man, couple, mother | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2933 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4001 Serena NDE 7753 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1serena_nde.html | 2013 | 2013-12-14 | 2015 | F | While working at a pet shop, Serena experienced a severe epileptic seizure that led to convulsions lasting 14 minutes, purple lips, and cardiac arrest. Her neighbor's husband, who was in the army, performed CPR after she lost her pulse while waiting for the ambulance. During the experience, she entered a dark tunnel where she was blissfully flying, feeling happier than ever before. She was laughing with joy as she flew through what appeared to be falling snow in cool air, hearing happy laughter around her. She experienced overwhelming peace, lightness, and total bliss, feeling united with the world and understanding everything about the universe. Something or someone sent her back before she could continue further. She regained consciousness after 1.5 hours in the emergency room and was diagnosed with general photosensitive myoclonic epilepsy. The experience transformed her perspective on death - she now has no fear of dying and believes she will be serene when her time comes. The medical team confirmed she would have died without the immediate CPR intervention. | 2 | Other | 10 | 0 | 10 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest with loss of pulse documented, CPR required for revival | No specific veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2934 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3999 Sergio S NDE 7751 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sergio_s_nde.html | 1987 | 2015 | M | Sergio was receiving daily antibiotic injections for an ear infection when he suffered a severe allergic reaction on the third injection. He immediately passed from the nurse's house to another place - a speedway autodrome where he witnessed a racing car accident. He realized something extraordinary had happened and saw tall trees on a mountain in the distance that he felt compelled to reach. However, a transparent film barrier prevented him from moving forward, enveloping him like a glove. When images of his mother and daughter appeared, he firmly told himself "I MUST RETURN" and was able to break through the barrier. He then entered a bright tunnel filled with luminous acrylic paints of different colors falling around him. He felt very happy and aware he was returning. When he regained consciousness on the nurse's floor, he was still saying "I must return." The nurse reported he had been without a pulse for about five minutes. Years later, he ended up working as a cameraman for motor racing in Argentina, suggesting a precognitive element to his vision. The experience left him convinced that when we die, we pass into another plane of existence where life continues. | 5 | Other | 10 | 6 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death with absent pulse for 5 minutes documented by nurse | Witnessed speedway accident scene that related to future career as racing cameraman | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw speedway autodrome with racing accident | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2935 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3847 ShadowN Z NDE 7521 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1shadown_z_nde.html | 2004 | 2015 | 24 | M | While working as a food delivery driver in the UK, ShadowN was attacked by 3-5 teenagers who knocked him to the ground, causing his head to hit the curb hard. The teenagers stole his car while he watched helplessly. He then found himself surrounded by warm, white, bright lights and experienced a complete life review, seeing all past events including things he had forgotten. He cried tears of happiness, feeling finally released from all circumstances and worries. There was no concern for family or friends - just overwhelming relief and joy. He experienced complete calm and felt ready to go. Doctors later diagnosed brain damage with memory loss lasting several hours, during which he couldn't remember his identity. His memories gradually returned by the next morning. The most significant lasting effect was feeling that his soul didn't belong to his body - as if the original soul had left and he had taken over an empty vessel with its memories. He lost most emotional responses to both happy and sad events. Years later, he still feels disconnected from the body and believes death is not the end but a transition to another world or place. The experience fundamentally changed his perception of life's meaning and significance. | 5 | Other | 5 | 0 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe head trauma with brain damage and memory loss documented | No veridical observations reported, only internal experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2936 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3958 Shanna L NDE 7700 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1shanna_l_nde.html | 1991 | 1991-06-20 | 2015 | 9 | F | At age 9, Shanna's older brother and his friend tried to make her faint by simultaneously pressing on her heart and choking her against a wall. She left her body and floated behind them, looking down as they continued trying to make her faint. Her physical body turned blue and slid down the wall when they released her. Her spirit drifted toward the ceiling where she saw a figure in a white flowing robe with long wavy brown hair gesturing for her to follow. Though his face appeared as white light, she felt she had known him forever. Following him through a portal in the ceiling, she was wrapped in overwhelming love and comfort. She entered a realm of intense white light where she became the essence of serenity, joy, peace, and love. Hundreds of shadowy figures surrounded her. Two women approached - one with short golden hair who spoke to her at length, another with short black hair who stayed back. The golden-haired woman told her it wasn't her time, that she had many good and significant things to do in her lifetime and would do much-needed good in the world. Initially sad to leave, she understood her strong purpose. Upon return, she saw orbs of light that gradually dissipated. Her brother and friend, who looked terrified, confirmed she had been unconscious. Later she recognized the visitors as her great-grandmother and great-grandfather's sister from family photos. | 5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Life-threatening assault with loss of consciousness, body turned blue | Out-of-body observation of scene, encountered deceased relatives later identified from photos | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw brother and friend from above | 1.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2937 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3873 Shara G NDE 7549 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1shara_g_nde.html | 2003 | 2015 | F | During her fifth surgery for severe nerve damage in her arms and hands, Shara experienced an anesthetic injection error - it was injected into her main artery instead of as a nerve block, causing an allergic reaction. She felt burning throughout her body and tried to scream but made no external sound. She floated around the operating room, looking closely at each staff member's face and feeling a heart connection with each, especially the terrified anesthesiologist working to revive her. She hovered over her surgeon's left shoulder until being pulled away through a pin-dot of light. She found herself in a vast space with countless pin-dots of light, moving toward a huge beacon of brilliant white light. A being communicated telepathically, showing her many things about love, creation, math, humanity, and music. She experienced music as a full sensory phenomenon - feeling, tasting, smelling, and seeing it with colors beyond earthly perception. The being told her she had to return. She went through a bright tunnel with falling luminous colors. The surgeon later confirmed feeling her presence over his left shoulder and revealed her heart and breathing had ceased for 2 minutes 17 seconds. Years later, living in a redwood forest cottage, she discovered she could reproduce the otherworldly sounds through her own voice during deep meditation. | 3 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death for 2 minutes 17 seconds during surgery, anesthetic error | Hovering over surgeon's left shoulder - surgeon independently confirmed feeling presence there | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/13/2025 | 1 | 1 | Hovering over surgeon's shoulder | 1.00 | Surgeon | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2938 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4055 Sharon NDE 7839 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sharon_nde.html | 2015 | 2015-10-19 | 2015 | F | Sharon, a retired RN of 36 years, developed severe bilateral pneumonia requiring intubation and ventilator support. She was comatose for seven days and has no memory of the physical events. During her nine-day absence from the physical world, she experienced a journey through a tunnel, floating or swimming without effort. She first entered a dark, chaotic space with bright primary colors forming unremembered letters - this space felt hard, tiring, and unpleasant. She then moved through the tunnel into a space with soft white and golden shimmering light. Moving effortlessly toward the light, she felt incredible peace, calm, and a complete letting go of tension. She saw the soft, worn folds of a light blue and gold robe and knew it was God, though she only saw His legs. She heard gentle words she was told to memorize: "Seek not to understand so that you may believe, but seek to believe so that you may understand." She also heard repeatedly "There is something important you must do." As she was pulled back, she quickly looked over her shoulder and saw her deceased poodle Coco entering the light. She later discovered the words were from the poet Pablo, whom she had never heard of before. The experience transformed her - she became calmer, more forgiving, takes one day at a time, and no longer fears death. | 4 | Hospital | 7 | 2 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Bilateral pneumonia, intubated on ventilator, comatose for 7 days | Received message with Pablo quote she claims no prior knowledge of | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2939 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3971 Shawn C NDE 7719 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1shawn_c_nde.html | 2012 | 2012-06-12 | 2015 | 50 | M | Shawn was found by his wife in the backyard with gray skin and purple lips. EMTs arrived after 10-15 minutes and showed only flat lines on the monitor. After 5-6 electric paddle shocks failed, they declared him dead. Just as they were removing the leads, one beep appeared, then another. During this time, he floated through total darkness feeling indescribable love, came face to face with God who looked into his eyes knowing everything about him - past, present, and future. God spoke telepathically saying "I'm not ready for you yet. There are things I want you to do first." He died again in the helicopter and on arrival at the hospital. Doctors said he would have severe brain damage from oxygen deprivation and showed him the bottom third of his heart - shriveled, blackish, and non-functioning. That night he felt God's presence reach into his chest. The next morning, doctors were bewildered to see his heart beating perfectly, completely healed. They had no explanation for what they witnessed. After the experience, he developed the ability to see people's past when shaking hands. Six months earlier, a voice in his car had explained why God let him witness his father's traumatic death at age 12 - to give him the chance to say goodbye and "I love you" that his brothers never had. | 2 | Home | 10 | 8 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Multiple cardiac arrests, flatlined, required 5-6 defibrillations, declared dead | Miraculous heart healing witnessed and documented by cardiologists - changed from damaged to perfect overnight | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 0 | 1 | Team of cardiologists | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2940 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4070 Sherry B NDE 7863 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sherry_b_nde.html | 2012 | 2012-02-02 | 2015 | F | Sherry and her husband were rear-ended at 35 mph while stopped behind a bus, with propane tanks in their trunk. They were pushed under the bus, inches from decapitation. As she screamed "We are going to die!" and began leaving her body, a calm enveloped her. She heard a female voice firmly say "You will not die." Initially thinking it was her deceased mother, she realized it was a spiritual voice she later identified as the Virgin Mary - the second time in her life hearing this voice (first as a child). Her husband managed to brake just before the bus bumper reached the windshield. Miraculously, the propane tanks didn't explode. The accident caused massive head trauma and post-concussion migraine syndrome, forcing her retirement. However, it triggered a complete reality shift and spiritual awakening. Her psychic and empathic gifts, present since childhood, increased "a thousand percent." She underwent a total life review over the following weeks, shedding heavy baggage. She transformed physically - joining a gym, becoming athletic, looking 10-15 years younger. Her daughter noted she was "totally different and so much better." She developed abilities to channel, has "knowing," and enhanced psychic intuition. She now lives with daily joy and appreciation, though her marriage suffered as her husband became negative after the accident. | 5 | Other | 3 | 0 | 3 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Major car accident with head trauma, nearly decapitated | No veridical observations, only spiritual voice heard | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2941 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3983 Ginny H NDE 7738 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ginny_h_nde.html | 1995 | 2015 | F |
Ginny, an undergraduate student, experienced respiratory arrest during a severe asthma attack. She was transferred from the health center to the hospital, where she was turning blue and fighting for each breath. The medical staff worked to intubate her as she stopped breathing. During the experience, Ginny floated above her body and observed the medical staff working on her, hearing them talking and machines going off. She was surrounded by the whitest, brightest light that didn't hurt her eyes, feeling incredible peace, comfort, and joy. She found herself in a huge white space filled with love and walked through a flowing white lace curtain that seemed alive and breathing. She encountered a male figure in a white gown with a glow, who told her "Don't worry Ginny the breath of life will be breathed back into you. Your time has not yet come." Though Ginny didn't want to return, she was pulled back rapidly into her body, experiencing the sensation of coming through the breathing tube into her mouth, throat, trachea and lungs. She could see this happening and heard mechanical breathing. She woke up in the ICU five days later with confirmation that she had indeed stopped breathing and been resuscitated. The experience transformed her faith from uncertainty about God to absolute certainty of His existence and the reality of the afterlife. She no longer fears death and gained a deep understanding that she is loved. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Respiratory arrest during severe asthma attack in hospital setting, required intubation | Out of body experience with observations of medical staff working, heard conversations and equipment | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed medical staff working on her body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2942 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4031 Goldie T NDE 7799 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1goldie_t_nde.html | 1985 | 2015 | F |
Goldie attempted suicide in 1985 and was found unresponsive without vital signs by her sister and significant other, who performed CPR on her. During the experience, she floated above her body feeling weightless and observed a black circle that grew larger, becoming a tunnel with a comforting light at the end. She felt no pain and headed toward the welcoming light through darkness. When she heard her sister call her name, the voice was like lightning passing through the tunnel toward the light. Another voice said "Go back. It's not time" but Goldie screamed "No!" not wanting to return. She felt someone grab her legs and drag her backward away from the light. During this backward journey, she became aware of dark beings grabbing at her but not grasping her. The black circle closed, preventing re-entry to the tunnel. Goldie observed her sister and significant other performing CPR on her body, with her sister crying and pleading for her return. With nowhere else to go, she sat on her body, laid down into it, and awoke in terrible pain and gasping. The experience transformed her from atheist to deeply spiritual, developing Cherokee religious practices. She now experiences psychic phenomena including seeing spirits, receiving visits from deceased individuals, and knowing about dangers before they're visible. She believes earthly life is temporary with a purpose for spiritual beings, that difficulties remove impurities so the spirit can shine pure, and that love is the only law of the spirit domain. |
2 | Home | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Found unresponsive without vital signs, CPR performed by two witnesses | Observed sister and significant other doing CPR, heard sister crying and pleading | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw CPR being performed | 1.00 | Sister and significant other | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2943 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3910 Gray W NDE 7625 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1gray_w_nde.html | 2013 | 2013-09-05 | 2015 | 59 | M |
Gray, a 59-year-old athletic man, fell approximately 28-30 feet from a pine tree while trimming a limb on September 5, 2013. Landing on his back, he ripped all tendons from his left arm and sustained severe injuries. Alone behind the garage with neighbors unavailable, he experienced intense tingling sensations and watched his surroundings become transparent as an intense shaft of light shone from the clear blue sky. The light was intensely hot but not unpleasant, and Gray felt his body fading while experiencing no concept of time and a sensation of sinking into the ground. Despite intense physical pain, fear dissipated into disappointment and resignation about dying unexpectedly. Later investigation revealed no natural source for the shaft of light due to garage structure and tall pines blocking the sun. When the homeowner returned and called EMS, Gray experienced floating above the scene during transport, hovering a few feet above the people and vehicles with heightened consciousness. He could see and hear everything including discussions about potentially amputating his right leg. He flat-lined in the ambulance but revived and reached the hospital. The experience left him without fear of death or pain, more reflective and compassionate but less tolerant of obstacles to living fully. He experienced memories of past events like a childhood eclipse in vivid detail. Gray reports being told by several people that he's clairvoyant since the incident. |
5 | Other | 7 | 12 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Fell 28-30 feet, severe trauma, flat-lined in ambulance | Shaft of light impossible at location, observed scene from above, heard amputation discussion | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Impossible shaft of light | 1.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 2944 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4071 Greg McC NDE 7864 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1greg_mcc_nde.html | 2013 | 2015 | M |
Greg experienced an anaphylactic reaction in a supermarket that specialists couldn't precisely define afterward. After sweating, bowel movement, and losing body control, he collapsed in the corridor. He could see and hear everything around him for about ten minutes until going into shock. Either his partner or a passing nurse said "We're losing him" before everything went dark. Greg felt himself floating into pitch-blackness with an incredible feeling of peace and tranquility - the most serene and beautiful experience imaginable. He couldn't see anything in the darkness but felt overwhelming peace and serenity. The experience was amazingly beautiful with feelings he didn't want to stop. He described being absorbed slowly and gently pulled upward into the peaceful darkness. The experience ended when paramedics arrived with adrenaline, giving him an annoying jab in his right arm that brought him back. Greg emphasized the darkness wasn't frightening but deeply peaceful, and he felt a sense of moving through it or it moving through him. The experience was entirely pleasant with no fear. Following the NDE, Greg reports no longer fearing death, believing it's nothing to be feared. He noted the profound peace in the darkness was the biggest surprise, contrasting with his expectations. Though not religious before or after, he valued the complete absence of fear and the certainty that death is peaceful. |
2 | Other | 7 | 4 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Anaphylactic reaction leading to shock and collapse | Heard someone say "We're losing him" before losing consciousness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard statement about dying | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2945 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3884 Hailey M NDE 7575 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1hailey_m_nde.html | 2007 | 2015 | F |
Hailey stopped breathing after her breathing tube was removed following her third major spinal surgery to correct a failed fusion. The last thing she remembered was joking with the surgeon as medication took effect. She then vividly found herself looking around the recovery room, hearing medical staff saying "She's not breathing!" and "We're losing her!" A nurse patted her hand insisting "You've got to breathe for me, honey." Realizing she was either dreaming or dead, Hailey felt the greatest sense of calm, peace, and love wash over her - greater than she thought possible. She then experienced being everywhere at once, seeing multiple simultaneous events. She observed her surgeon talking to her parents about the surgery, then receiving a call and running back saying "If I'm not back in five minutes, it's a good thing." She was then sucked back into her body like waking from a dream. Two weeks later at home, Hailey overheard her mother telling her grandmother that she had stopped breathing when the doctor was with them. This confirmed her experience was real. Her mother, who had her own NDE as a teenager, immediately recognized and understood what Hailey experienced when she shared it. The experience transformed Hailey from agnostic questioning to certainty about God's existence as a supreme energy of pure love and acceptance. She felt she had been to this realm before, experienced universal connection where everything is part of everything, and learned that earthly difficulties help spiritual growth. She no longer fears death and became greatly compassionate toward others. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 15 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Stopped breathing after breathing tube removed post-surgery | Observed surgeon talking to parents, his return after call, nurse's specific words | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard medical emergency declarations | 1.00 | Mother | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||
| 2946 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3886 Jacob NDE 7580 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jacob_nde.html | 1989 | 1989-07-28 | 2015 | M |
Jacob, a high-functioning addict with hyperthyroidism, experienced cardiac arrest after a six-month binge of drinking and drugging in July 1989. After days without sleep and heavy drinking, he felt his heart beating irregularly before it felt like it exploded. He observed his body floating above it, then found himself at the edge of a black amphitheater looking across the universe at a vortex of white fire spiraling through space, resembling nuclear power generator electricity. Voices from the vortex called him to join the energy, but Jacob firmly said "NO! I want my own." A slim pillar of white fire appeared separate from the large one, which he claimed with satisfaction as his. A voice said "It is not your time; you may remain if you wish though." Despite wanting to stay, he thought of his 8-year-old daughter who needed him and chose to return. His girlfriend found him covered in purple and black splotches after 15 minutes without breathing, beating him and swearing at him for dying in her bed. It took 3-4 hours before he could walk. His doctor said he shouldn't be alive. Jacob couldn't drink or use drugs after that moment and has led an examined life since. The experience led Jacob to completely reject Judeo-Christian beliefs, embracing Setian philosophy focused on individual sovereignty and antinomian spiritual dissent. He believes there is no God, that "we are god," and gained certainty about creating his own spiritual destiny separate from universal oneness, which he explicitly rejects. |
2 | Home | 10 | 4 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Cardiac arrest from substance abuse, stopped breathing 15 minutes | Saw girlfriend beating him, body covered in bruises | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw physical condition of body | 1.00 | Incompatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 2947 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3922 Javier G NDE 7641 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1javier_g_nde.html | 1975 | 1975-02-28 | 2015 | M |
Javier was in a catastrophic underground train crash on February 28, 1975, with over 40 dead in the front coach and only two survivors. The scene was horrific with twisted metal, decapitated bodies, and rats attracted to the carnage. He was unconscious for 4-5 hours before rescuers arrived. Following the impact, he lost all notion of time and location, feeling he "ascended" and was being "absorbed" into space. Javier floated into an all-white, peaceful space - not shiny white but a different, relaxing whiteness. He was magnetically attracted upward, absorbed slowly into the marvelous calm. The place radiated peace with no sound, buildings, or people, yet he knew he wasn't alone. The magnificent whiteness attracted him like a child to candy, providing never-ending eternal pleasure as he let himself be absorbed. Then instantly, Javier fell into an unending depth to a horrible place of extreme heat, loud screams, and torture. It was totally dark and he desperately wanted to repel the downward attraction but couldn't stop being swallowed. It terrified him like a child seeing a lion. He was unconscious 4-5 hours until rescuers shouted "Is there anyone else there?" and he responded without knowing why. The experience convinced Javier of the existence of both Heaven and Hell, having visited both. Initially dismissed as "mad" in 1975, he later wrote a book about it. He experienced premonitions afterward and became greatly compassionate, seeing continuity of existence from before birth through death into eternity. |
5 | Other | 10 | 6 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Train crash with 40+ dead, unconscious 4-5 hours | Experienced both heavenly and hellish realms sequentially | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Sequential heaven and hell experience | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2948 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3903 Jayne S NDE 7610 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jayne_s_nde.html | 1973 | 2015 | 19 | F |
Jayne, a 19-year-old street kid pushed from home after childhood abuse and violence, attempted suicide in September 1973. She heard loud doors slamming shut and felt relief, then became bubbles popping like effervescence, stretching for millions of miles like a raindrop returning to the ocean. She traveled faster than light through galaxies in amazing peace, joy, and love. She went through an explosive, orgasmic, glorious intelligence and power that was indescribably beautiful. Moving into magnified love, she heard angelic singing - musical tones without words. She rapidly passed crowds of energy beings, hearing mumbled voices, alternating between assemblies and quiet spaces. At a place with many rainbows, an energy-person expressed shock at her arrival. She spiraled downward three turns while hearing "TEACH" in a deep, prolonged voice. Jayne awoke in hospital a week later, believing she was shown her true spiritual identity moving through perfect love and Divine intelligence. The experience gave her divine purpose to teach. Sixteen years later, with three autistic sons and a broken marriage, she became a teacher. She earned multiple degrees including a Masters in Educational Psychology and teaches Aboriginal children about replacing negative thoughts with positive ones. Her transformation was profound - from atheist street kid to deeply spiritual educator. She knows Heaven is real, that earthly life is temporary like a spot in eternity, and feels blessed to have experienced such immeasurable peace, joy, and love. She understands fear comes from the brain's thoughts, not from perfect love. |
6 | Unknown | 7 | 8 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Suicide attempt resulting in week-long unconsciousness | Extensive otherworldly journey with divine commission to teach | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Divine commission received | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2949 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4002 Simon C NDE 7755 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1simon_c_nde.html | 1994 | 2015 | M |
Simon experienced a near-death experience in 1994 following a severe road accident that left him in a coma. The accident caused significant trauma requiring surgical intervention, and he was placed under general anesthesia during emergency surgery. During the surgery, Simon found himself observing the scene from above. He could see the surgeon operating on him in detail, watching every procedure the surgeon performed. This out-of-body perspective gave him a clear view of the medical team working to save his life. He was conscious of being outside his physical body while simultaneously aware that the body below belonged to him. The most significant aspect of his experience was encountering his deceased father, who had passed away two and a half years earlier. His father communicated with him, delivering a crucial message that Simon's time had not yet come. His father explained that Simon's mother and sister still needed him, providing a clear reason for why he must return to life. This encounter provided both comfort and direction during the experience. Upon awakening from the coma, Simon retained vivid memories of both observing the surgery and the conversation with his father. The experience left him with a certainty about the continuation of consciousness after death and the ongoing presence of deceased loved ones in some form. |
4 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Coma following road accident with surgical intervention under general anesthesia | Observed surgical procedures from OBE perspective and encountered deceased father with specific message | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Coma state | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed surgeon operating from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 2950 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4041 Sophia J NDE 7818 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sophia_j_nde.html | 1994 | 2015 | F |
Sophia experienced a near-death experience in August 1994 following a serious fall from a horse. The accident resulted in life-threatening injuries that required emergency medical treatment. She was rushed to the emergency room where medical staff worked to stabilize her condition. After the fall, Sophia came to consciousness but found herself in an extraordinary state - she was up high in the corner of the emergency room, looking down at the scene below. She was shocked to see her own body lying on her stomach on the emergency room table. This out-of-body perspective gave her a unique vantage point of the medical emergency unfolding below. The experience of seeing herself from outside her body was vivid and clear, leaving no doubt in her mind about what she was witnessing. During this out-of-body state, Sophia found herself in front of her grandfather, who had passed away the year before. They were bathed in a green halo of light, and her grandfather was sitting on his tomb. She felt wonderful and wanted to stay with him, experiencing no physical sensations from her injured body. However, her grandfather told her firmly that she had to return and assured her that everything would be okay. She initially refused to go back, feeling so peaceful in this state where time seemed to have stopped completely. Eventually, Sophia woke up in her hospital bed with clear memories of the entire experience. The encounter left her with a profound sense that her deceased grandfather was still present in some form and aware of what would happen in her life. |
5 | Hospital | 3 | 8 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening fall from horse requiring emergency treatment | Specific OBE perspective from corner of emergency room, saw body position, encountered deceased grandfather with green halo | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw self from corner of emergency room | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2951 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3957 Spencer O NDE 7698 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1spencer_o_nde.html | 2006 | 2006-10-18 | 2015 | M |
Spencer experienced a near-death experience on October 18, 2006, during a suicide attempt. He had slit a major artery in his wrist and was losing blood rapidly. Within 5 to 10 minutes, his breathing began to slow as his life ebbed away. The severity of the blood loss created a life-threatening medical emergency requiring immediate intervention. As Spencer began to lose consciousness, he felt the warmth of something infinite reaching out to absorb him. He entered a deep state of unconsciousness but then found himself levitating over the landscape visible from the ambulance. The trees were moving, and the sky appeared resplendent and beautiful. During this out-of-body state, he heard a gentle yet stern voice tell him, "It's not your time." He vaguely remembers letting go of someone's hand during this otherworldly encounter. When Spencer suddenly awoke in the ambulance, he witnessed a policeman crying and saying, "He was just too young, so young." Spencer immediately asked the officer not to cry for him, and the officer responded, "Alright Spencer I won't cry." Upon entering the emergency room, Spencer saw lights everywhere that he later discovered were not actually present - these were non-physical lights visible only to him. The experience was characterized by numinous understanding, pure indivisible peace, unity of spirit, security, and white light that drew him in with overflowing warmth and comfort. The experience profoundly impacted Spencer's understanding of reality, teaching him that there is a reality beyond our mortal state, that our finite condition cannot fully understand that infinite reality, and that life is precious and should not be gambled with. |
5 | Ambulance | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening blood loss from severed artery during suicide attempt | OBE over ambulance landscape, heard voice saying "It's not your time", saw lights that weren't there in ER | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 3 | 1 | Levitated over ambulance landscape | 0.00 | Police officer | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2952 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4053 Stéphanie B NDE 7836 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1stephanie_b_nde.html | 2006 | 2006-10-18 | 2015 | F |
On October 18, 2006, Stéphanie underwent what should have been a simple endoscopy to check on a stomach ulcer. Under general anesthesia, a catastrophic complication occurred - the procedure caused an internal perforation leading to massive hemorrhaging. In the recovery room, she awoke with unbearable pain and an intense burning sensation throughout her body. Despite initially being told she was just reacting badly to anesthesia, her condition rapidly deteriorated. She began vomiting blood profusely, triggering panic among the medical staff. Over the next two hours, she experienced three cardiac arrests - two spontaneous and one on the operating table that required defibrillation to restart her heart. During these critical moments, Stéphanie experienced both an internal and external perspective simultaneously. From above, she watched the scene unfold like a movie - seeing herself curled up on the stretcher while nurses held her arms and head as blood poured from her mouth onto the floor. She observed the medical staff's panic, heard the alarm being triggered, and watched the doctor arrive. The doctor stretched her out, held her hand, appeared terribly sorry, and told her not to worry about the perforation, that he would take care of her and they would put her back to sleep. She saw all this while floating above, knowing with certainty that she was dying. Internally, she experienced an extraordinary transition. The unbearable physical pain began to dissipate as she rose above her suffering body. The room transformed, lighting up with an incredibly white but non-blinding light. She felt absolute peace, total well-being, and happiness beyond description. She thought of her boys without seeing their images, saying goodbye to them as "angels" without any sorrow or fear, knowing she would still be with them in a different way. Everything became white, peaceful, painless - just pure happiness and absolute well-being that cannot be adequately expressed in words. Stéphanie eventually returned to her body and awoke in intensive care. The experience left her without fear of death, knowing that those who pass are simply elsewhere but fine - better than in life. She gained certainty about the afterlife and occasionally sees white, fuzzy entities she considers guardian angels watching over her. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Three cardiac arrests over 2 hours during endoscopy complication with internal hemorrhage | Detailed observation of medical panic, blood vomiting, doctor's specific words and actions, alarm trigger | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed medical emergency from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2953 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3992 Stephanie P NDE 7746 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1stephanie_p_nde_7746.html | 2004 | 2004-03-01 | 2015 | F |
Stephanie experienced two separate near-death experiences, both triggered by severe asthma attacks that completely blocked her airways. During the first episode on March 1, 2004, she had an asthma attack worse than ever before with absolutely no air going in. While being driven to the hospital, she knew she was dying. Halfway to the emergency room, something took over her body - she rolled down the window and screamed "somebody help me" at the top of her lungs, despite being unable to talk or breathe. She was shaking her head in disbelief because she knew she hadn't yelled it herself. Everything went white, and she next found herself in the intensive care unit. The second experience involved similar life-threatening asthma, where she saw her fingers and toes turning blue from lack of oxygen. She lost consciousness but maintained awareness, seeing everything in bright white light. She found herself above her body, observing herself being wheeled out to the ambulance. She could see herself lying motionless on the gurney. Despite this, she felt calm and at peace with not coming back, experiencing complete relaxation and the sense that everything would be fine because nothing else mattered anymore. Her awareness during this state was remarkably clear and detailed. According to her boyfriend, she was in the ambulance for about 25 minutes before they drove away, during which time she may have been intubated. When she came around in the ambulance, she was again screaming at the top of her lungs, wondering who was doing the screaming, as something else seemed to have taken over her body in both cases. Notably, during the out-of-body experience, she observed the EMTs having trouble getting her to the ambulance because they were stuck in the lilac bush - a detail that was later confirmed to have actually happened. These experiences removed all doubt about the afterlife for Stephanie. She now knows she has something to finish in this life before being allowed to die, feeling more spiritually connected than ever before despite not being particularly religious. |
5 | Ambulance | 5 | 14 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Two severe asthma attacks with complete airway blockage, fingers/toes turning blue | OBE viewing self on gurney, EMTs stuck in lilac bush (confirmed), mysterious screaming despite inability to speak | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Complete airway blockage | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw self being wheeled to ambulance from above | 0.00 | Boyfriend | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 2954 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3974 Stephanie R NDE 7724 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1stephanie_r_nde_7724.html | 1966 | 2015 | 11 | F |
In October 1966, eleven-year-old Stephanie was riding her bicycle back from the schoolyard when a catastrophic accident occurred. After carefully looking both ways and seeing no cars, she began pedaling across the street. A fast-moving car appeared suddenly, giving her only a fraction of a second to react. According to eyewitness accounts, she hit the car door with such force that it tore a 6-inch gash across her entire gluteus muscle. Her body then flipped onto the roof, rolled down the windshield, and when the driver finally saw her and slammed the brakes, she was flung 20 feet into the air, landing on the street half a block away. In that instant before impact, time seemed to slow dramatically. Stephanie saw her entire eleven years of life flash before her eyes like a movie reel with dotted holes on the edges. She had time to marvel at experiencing exactly what people describe about life flashing before one's eyes, and even had time to think about having that thought. She made a split-second decision to turn her wheel left so her hip would take the impact rather than hitting head-on. After this decision, she was instantly catapulted to "the other side" - a reality existing in the same place but in a different dimension, where she felt cradled by infinite love and comfort, with no pain or judgment, only bliss. During her time on the other side, Stephanie received counsel about whether to return to life. She understood the span of a lifetime was merely a speck compared to this timeless place. She was given a choice and decided to complete her pre-life plan, choosing to come back. Upon returning to her body, she experienced a unique transitional state where the world was frozen and silent. She saw people on the sidewalk as beings made of spinning lights - their heads were round spinning lights and their bodies were oval spirals of gold, green, and orange light, alive and breathing. When she tried to move, everything snapped into focus instantly, with the light-beings becoming normal people with clothes and faces. The experience gifted Stephanie with permanent freedom from fear of death, empirical knowledge that consciousness exists separate from the body, and deep empathy for others in pain. For years afterward, she experienced healing abilities through her hands and could perceive illness sources and energy blockages in people. |
5 | Other | 5 | 18 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Catastrophic bicycle accident with severe trauma, appeared lifeless to witnesses | Life review with movie reel detail, OBE from hundreds of feet up, saw people as spinning light beings, counselor being | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 3 | 0 | Life review as movie reel | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 2955 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3963 Steve L NDE 7709 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1steve_l_nde_7709.html | 2000 | 2000-08-05 | 2015 | M |
On August 5, 2000, Steve was driving through an intersection when another driver hit his car at high speed, causing his vehicle to wrap around a telephone pole. The impact resulted in a traumatic brain injury that would trigger a profound near-death experience. The severity of the crash left him in a life-threatening condition requiring immediate emergency medical intervention. When Steve was placed in the back of the ambulance, the physical vehicle seemed to disappear as he was transported into a brilliant light. Within this light, he encountered a being who asked him the same profound question four times: "Who are you?" Steve struggled to answer correctly, responding incorrectly three times before finally admitting on the fourth attempt, "I don't know who I am." The light being then revealed the answer: "You are love." This exchange represented a fundamental teaching about his true spiritual identity beyond physical form or earthly roles. Steve asked if he could stay in this beautiful realm because he didn't want to return to earth. The light being responded with a clear "No," explaining that Steve had a mission he must complete. Though the specific nature of this mission wasn't revealed, Steve accepted the directive and agreed to return. The experience was characterized by the overwhelming beauty of the light realm and the profound revelation about his essential nature as love. Since his NDE, Steve's life has been transformed. He has been sharing his story with many people and discovered he received gifts of channeling in 2011 and psychic intuitive abilities. The experience fundamentally changed his understanding of identity, purpose, and the nature of existence, leading him from a place of little compassion to being greatly compassionate toward others. |
5 | Ambulance | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident wrapping car around telephone pole, traumatic brain injury | Transported to light realm, specific dialogue with being about identity, told about mission | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 1 | 0 | Dialogue with light being about identity | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 2956 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3981 Steven K NDE 7734 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1steven_k_nde.html | 1973 | 1973-07-04 | 2015 | M |
On July 4, 1973, Steven and his military buddies were celebrating the holiday at the lake and beach area on Fort Hood. Despite not being a strong swimmer and expressing concern about weeds in the water, Steven joined his friends swimming toward a floating platform about 100 yards from shore. He quickly tired and turned back but unknowingly swam into a weed field. The weeds seemed to tighten their grip around his limbs as he panicked and fought against them. He went under water multiple times, screaming for help each time he surfaced. His friend was only 20 feet away when Steven went down for the third time. As Steven went under for the final time, a peaceful consciousness came over him. Looking up from underwater, he cried out to God to save him. At that moment, a very bright light appeared before him, revealing what appeared to be a long tunnel with the light at its end. As he floated through this tunnel toward the bright golden-yellow light, an individual appeared at the end whom he couldn't clearly identify. This being pointed toward the opposite end of the tunnel from where Steven had entered, conveying that it wasn't his time yet and he needed to go back. Steven believes this figure may have been Jesus or possibly an Archangel. Immediately after this encounter, Steven found himself observing the scene from several hundred feet above the ground. He could see his friends carrying his lifeless body and laying him face down on a picnic table. At the precise moment they stepped back, he felt himself re-entering his body and began throwing up water. His friends were amazed he was alive, as they were about to call base police and an ambulance, believing him to be dead. Steven never went to the hospital after the incident and has only shared his experience with a handful of people. The experience included his past flashing before his eyes frame by frame just as the light appeared. He emerged with a deep faith in God and Jesus Christ, no longer fearing death, and maintaining a close personal relationship with God. |
5 | Other | 5 | 14 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Drowning with multiple submersions, appeared dead to witnesses | Tunnel with golden light, being pointing back, OBE seeing friends carry body to picnic table, life review | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Underwater/drowning | 6/13/2025 | 3 | 0 | Tunnel with bright golden-yellow light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2957 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3994 Jeanne MK NDE 7747 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeanne_mk_nde.html | 1973 | 2015 | F | Jeanne developed mysterious burns covering 98% of her body with 2nd and 3rd degree burns after minimal sun exposure. She was hospitalized in isolation and died three times over three months. During her first death, she was initially scared and found herself observing medical staff working on her body. She was shown a negative place and pleaded not to be there, then floated down a mother-of-pearl path with indescribable colors. During subsequent deaths, she visited beautiful buildings including a glittering library with ancient but sparkle-new structures. On her third death, she was taken to a viewing room where spiritual beings showed her son Brian and told her she needed to return to care for a son named Adam, though she had no son by that name. Three years later, despite being on strong birth control, she had a son and named him Adam. Each return to her body felt like being vacuumed back against her will. Medical staff could never determine the cause of her burn-like condition. The experience left her with enhanced psychic abilities and the ability to see when people would die. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Multiple clinical deaths documented in hospital setting with 98% burns | Viewing room observation, correct prediction of future son Adam, awareness during death states | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 3 | 0 | Observed medical staff working on body | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2958 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3859 Jeanne ZS NDE 7537 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeanne_zs_nde.html | 1970 | 1970-01-08 | 2015 | 25 | F | Jeanne hemorrhaged severely one week after giving birth to her daughter in 1969. During the life-threatening event, she left her physical body and hovered above it, watching doctors frantically work to save her life by cutting open collapsed veins and filling them with plasma. She had no physical eyes but could observe everything with clarity, including seeing a woman die across the hallway and watching her soul sail upward. She could hear without physical ears, including her husband's conversation down the hallway and his unspoken thoughts and fears. She had absolute knowing without a physical brain. She experienced a state beyond emotion as we understand it - blissfully peaceful and serene. When faced with the choice to continue or return, she knew she had to go back to raise her children, understanding that her husband would resent their daughter if she died. She instantly returned to her pain-wracked body heading into surgery with her eighth unit of blood. The experience gave her a complete understanding of our continuation after death and eliminated her fear of death while paradoxically increasing her love for life. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Severe postpartum hemorrhage requiring plasma and 8 units of blood | Observed woman dying across hall, heard husband's thoughts and distant conversation | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw woman die across hallway | 1.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||
| 2959 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3989 Jeff D NDE 7745 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeff_d_nde.html | 2003 | 2003-01-22 | 2015 | M | Jeff was shot eight times including one bullet to his left carotid artery during a criminal attack. While being attended to by two neighbors with medical backgrounds, he went into shock and began experiencing an overwhelming calmness completely out of character given he had just physically assaulted his attacker. As the peaceful feeling progressed, he saw his father who had died 30 years earlier along with another unidentified person. He was elated to see his father but remembered his 11-year-old daughter was in the house during the shooting. He began praying as loudly as possible, asking Jesus to let him live for his daughter's sake. One neighbor who had worked in Memphis Trauma Unit stated she believed he was gone and could not hear his prayer. After asking Jesus to spare him, all the pain immediately returned and his father disappeared. He got back on his feet and remained standing until EMTs arrived. The experience confirmed his Christian faith and eliminated his fear of death. Within years after the NDE, his writing abilities changed dramatically, going from struggling with any document to writing AP press releases and articles for The Sporting News. | 5 | Other | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Shot 8 times including carotid artery, clinical death | Saw deceased father during clinical death state | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/13/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw deceased father | 0.00 | Neighbor (former Memphis Trauma Unit) | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 2960 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3872 Jeffrey B NDE 7548 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeffrey_b_nde.html | 1982 | 1982-07-06 | 2015 | 14 | M | At age 14, Jeffrey was struck by a teenage drunk driver going 55 mph in a parking lot, throwing him 45 feet through the air. He experienced immediate darkness that gradually lightened to gray as he floated upward through the grayness. He emerged onto a flat plain with misty ground and saw a massive gray stone wall stretching to infinity with a doorway nearby. Whitish, pearlescent tendrils of light flowed from the doorway like sea anemone arms, filling him with overwhelming feelings of relief, love, acceptance and coming home. As he approached the light, the emotions intensified. Before crossing the threshold, everything went black. A Vietnam War medic photographer witnessed him say "Are you going to bury me?" while clinically dead with no heartbeat or pupil response for at least 8 minutes. His injuries included fractured skull, brain damage, broken bones, torn ligaments, and organ damage. He was comatose for hours and doctors predicted paralysis and mental diminishment. He made a remarkable recovery over 7 weeks in hospital and months of therapy, regaining full function despite the severe injuries. | 2 | Other | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Heart stopped for at least 8 minutes, no pupil response | Said "Are you going to bury me?" while clinically dead | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 1 | Spoke while clinically dead | 1.00 | Photographer (Vietnam War medic) | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||
| 2961 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3838 Jennifer J NDEs 7510 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jennifer_j_ndes.html | 2001 | 2001-11-27 | 2015 | 40 | F | Jennifer hemorrhaged uncontrollably after childbirth, developing DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulation) with platelet count dropping to 80. She went into cardiac arrest multiple times, had strokes and seizures, and was pronounced clinically dead at least once. She experienced at least four separate NDEs during weeks in a coma. In one, she existed as pure thought quoting Descartes. In another, she saw a light behind her and knew if she turned to look she couldn't return, choosing to come back for her children. She merged with all souls who ever lived, experiencing infinite knowledge and understanding all languages simultaneously, becoming one with Creator and Creation. Most remarkably, she found herself in her Uncle Bill's operating room in Pennsylvania watching him die during routine surgery, later confirmed though no one in Florida knew about his surgery. She heard her sister-in-law Joan asking her to squeeze her hand while comatose and managed to do so. After 48 units of blood products and multiple surgeries, she awakened December 7 and was released December 12 with complete recovery despite predictions of permanent disability. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Multiple cardiac arrests, strokes, DIC, pronounced dead, coma | Witnessed uncle's death in PA, squeezed hand while comatose, multiple verified observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/14/2025 | 4 | 2 | Witnessed Uncle Bill dying in Pennsylvania | 1.00 | Joan (sister-in-law) | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||
| 2962 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3843 Jennifer W NDE 7516 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jennifer_w_nde_7516.html | 1995 | 1995-09-10 | 2015 | F | Jennifer was caught in a riptide while playing in the ocean at night in Puerto Rico and swept out to sea. After fighting waves for about 30 minutes, she knew which wave would kill her. As she took her last breath, time stopped - the ocean stilled, stars began falling into the sea, and the wave suspended above her dripping droplets. She traveled instantly to space, exploding into pure consciousness as an astral being above the beach near the moon. She was acutely aware of being alive without a body in what felt like a holy place. A voice informed her non-judgmentally about her life, why she was dying, and how it would affect loved ones. She received profound information about past, present and future, experiencing God's unconditional love and individual divinity. She saw a bubble of light she knew was heaven's entrance and tried to float toward it but was suddenly blasted back into her body as the wave crashed down. She was miraculously rescued at the exact moment of drowning, died, was resuscitated on the beach, then nearly died again from secondary drowning before spending a week in ICU. | 5 | Other | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Near-drowning with death and resuscitation, secondary drowning, ICU | Time stopped, stars fell, wave suspended, traveled to space | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 0 | Time stopped and wave suspended | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 2963 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3930 Joanne L NDE 7658 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joanne_l_nde.html | 1986 | 1986-11-20 | 2015 | F | During labor, Joanne felt faint with bouncing eyes as her baby's heartbeat stopped, causing panic among staff. She felt warm envelopment and lost consciousness, then experienced incredible peace while slowly rising from her body toward the ceiling. Everything turned deep orange as she watched staff frantically working below. Rising past a wall clock she tried to cling to, she was drawn toward a white light tunnel above. She sensed her deceased father's presence and personal love in the light. Realizing she couldn't leave her unborn baby with her violent partner, she chose to return despite the intensifying love from the light. She saw future visions of her husband hitting her and herself leaving with the baby by train. With tremendous effort, she lunged toward her baby and bounced back into her body with great force, immediately feeling pain and hearing chaos. Her daughter was saved by emergency cesarean. The baby appeared remarkably alert, holding her head up like a 6-month-old. Joanne later developed psychic abilities, became a tarot reader, Reiki master, and hypnotherapist, often present at people's deaths to help them pass over. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Baby's heart stopped, life-threatening emergency requiring cesarean | Saw future of leaving violent husband, medical scene observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed medical emergency response | 1.00 | Husband | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2964 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3926 Joe H NDE 7650 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joe_h_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-10-04 | 2015 | M | Joe was hit at 55+ mph causing catastrophic injuries including 6 ruptured discs, fractured skull, and spinal cord damage. After impact, he experienced a tunnel-like whirlpool with bright white light at the center, feeling drawn through it. Using the ancient HU mantra he had practiced for 32 years through Eckankar teachings, he repeatedly left his body during excruciating pain episodes. A spinal injury IV treatment was reducing paralysis but causing severe spasms. Every hour for over 24 hours, he sang HU to lift outside his body for 30+ minutes at a time while maintaining awareness of the room. The night nurse witnessed these episodes, asking what sound he made that allowed him to do what "no one can do." A transplant team waited as he was expected to die. He stayed conscious outside his body focusing on warm light beyond the operating room, demonstrating to medical staff that consciousness exists outside the body. His survival is attributed to both the revolutionary spinal treatment pioneered by Christopher Reeves and his ability to exist outside his body during critical periods when organ failure typically occurs. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Catastrophic spinal trauma, 6 ruptured discs, skull fracture, expected to die | Nurse witnessed 30+ minute OBEs, maintained consciousness outside body | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Repeated OBEs lasting 30+ minutes | 1.00 | Night nurse | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 2965 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3845 Steven T NDE 7519 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1steven_t_nde_7519.html | 1986 | August 15, 1986 | 2015 | M | Steven was involved in a racing accident in 1986 when a car came down on him in turn four, causing his car to flip and land on its roof. The impact and subsequent fire led to severe oxygen deprivation that should have been fatal according to medical staff. During the accident, Steven experienced an out-of-body experience where he floated above his car, observing the rescue efforts from a position about ten feet in the air near the garage light. He could see both viewpoints simultaneously - one from inside the car and another from floating above. He watched rescue members struggle to extinguish the fire and extract him from the vehicle, with one crew member ripping the hood open with bare hands. Despite being told his oxygen levels were so low he should not be alive, Steven survived without permanent damage. Upon awakening in the ambulance, he saw lights getting progressively brighter and wondered if he was going to heaven. He felt complete peace during the experience with no pain or worries, knowing he was in God's hands. The experience profoundly affected his spiritual life, though he later struggled with depression and suicide attempts before finding peace with God. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Racing accident with fire and critical oxygen deprivation | Clear OBE with specific viewpoint observations from above the car | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw rescue efforts from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 2966 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3917 Sue Ann NDE 7632 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sue_ann_nde.html | 2011 | January 19, 2011 | 2015 | F | Sue Ann experienced cardiac arrest in January 2011 due to medication that accelerated her heart rate combined with an undiagnosed heart defect. In the ambulance, she told the EMT she was dying and could feel herself going, then heard the monitoring equipment beep as she flatlined. She found herself in bright light that didn't hurt her eyes, where even the ground was light. To her right, she saw three identical, ancient humanoid beings connected as one, wearing robes with falling flower petals and feathers. Communication was telepathic as her soul asked why she had endured so much heartache. They responded that she had chosen every path and would rejoice in every experience, but it wasn't her time yet. She then appeared in a cathedral surrounded by people whose faces she couldn't see due to her own bright light. After being gone for what the doctor said was 20 seconds (though 95% don't return from being gone that long), the EMT successfully performed CPR. Sue Ann remained in critical condition for three days but made a full recovery without organ damage. The experience strengthened her faith, as she believes she was before God as a trinity. | 2 | Ambulance | 10 | 2 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest with documented flatline in ambulance | No specific veridical observations - spiritual experience only | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 0 | 1 | EMT | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2967 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3916 Susan F NDEs 7631 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1susan_f_ndes.html | 2011 | 2015 | 57 | F | Susan F reports three NDEs throughout her life, beginning at age two. Her most significant adult experience occurred in 2011 while attending a hypnotist convention in Massachusetts. While sleeping in her hotel room, she spontaneously felt her spirit leaving her body. She encountered her deceased father, son Jason (who died at age 12), and other deceased friends and relatives. They appeared in an opaque-looking area between earthly and heavenly dimensions. Her father and son pushed on her head, telling her to "Get back in your body! Stay! Stay!" though she wanted to leave. She argued that she wanted to "come home" but her father persuaded her to stay longer on earth, suggesting something great was in her future. Throughout the experience, she couldn't open her eyes or initially speak, though she was crying and having a telepathic conversation that her roommate Dr. Janice witnessed. Susan has been clairaudient, clair-cognizant, clairsentient and clairvoyant since childhood, regularly seeing angels and energy fields. She now works professionally doing readings, clearings, and bringing messages from deceased loved ones. The experience reinforced her understanding that real life exists in the eternities rather than on earth. | 6 | Other | 1 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 4 | Spontaneous OBE during sleep, no medical crisis | No veridical observations, purely spiritual encounter | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 0 | 1 | Dr. Janice | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2968 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3896 Sydney L NDE 7600 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sydney_l_nde.html | 2015 | 3 | F | At age three, Sydney was playing at the top of the stairs with her older brother and sister when her brother pushed her, causing her to fall down the entire staircase. She immediately left her body and floated above the stairs, watching herself cascade down like a rag doll. From this elevated perspective, she observed her brother, sister, and mother screaming while her mother caught her at the bottom of the stairs. She was confused seeing them crying over her body while she was floating above, trying to communicate but not being understood. She remembers sitting at the top step of the stairs, then sleeping, before being reintegrated into her body without understanding what happened. When she told her mother she was okay and had seen everything from above, her mother never believed her because Sydney wasn't hurt. The experience profoundly affected her life, leaving her with unusually vivid memories of early childhood that remain clear over 40 years later. She mentions a second NDE during her fourth pregnancy involving resuscitation but has difficulty discussing it. The childhood experience created lasting effects including periods of self-confinement that worried her parents. | 5 | Home | 3 | 8 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Traumatic fall down stairs at age 3 | Clear OBE with specific observations of family members' reactions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw self falling down stairs | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2969 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4048 Thomas A NDE 7832 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1thomas_a_nde.html | 1976 | June 1976 | 2015 | M | In June 1976, Thomas experienced an NDE during a dental procedure when the nitrous oxide mixture went to 100% nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen. He heard a loud buzz and felt like stretching before popping out of his body and seeing himself lying in the dentist chair, even remembering what he was wearing. He passed through the ceiling and began spinning toward a cityscape before emerging onto a large organic-looking portico. He saw a crystalline nighttime city view where each light represented one of his lifetimes. In that moment, he understood the secret of life, finding it beautifully simple and telling himself he must remember it when he returned. Two humanoid beings in white appeared, finding it humorous that he was there, and escorted him back. He awoke during CPR administration. The experience profoundly changed his perspective - he lost his previous Christian ministerial training beliefs, finding the experience had nothing to do with Jesus. He now believes everything and every action is acceptable, describing the secret of life as simple and non-threatening. He thinks about the experience daily and considers it the most meaningful event of his life, leading him to no longer fear death. | 3 | Other | 7 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Nitrous oxide overdose during dental procedure requiring CPR | Clear OBE, saw self in chair with specific clothing memory | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw self in dentist chair | 0.00 | Incompatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2970 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4024 Thomas M NDE 7785 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1thomas_m_nde_7785.html | 2005 | September 21, 2005 | 2015 | M | Thomas was beaten by three aggressors in September 2005, going into cardiac respiratory failure. He felt something forcefully pulling his spirit/soul/energy source out through the top of his head, initially resisting like a stretched rubber band before releasing completely. Floating above his body, he tried to command it to move but realized he was dead, causing extreme distress. A voice told him to stop worrying as all troubles had stayed with his body, bringing overwhelming peace and liberation. He passed through the ceiling into a tunnel where he traveled at extreme speed. In a dream-like state, his deceased sister and grandmother appeared, telling him it wasn't his time. He awoke in a clinic after resuscitation. The experience eliminated his fear of death and confirmed his belief in an afterlife. He now talks internally with his deceased relatives and feels less connected to irrational human behavior, becoming more isolated but more compassionate. He describes gaining prophetic dreams about world events. His unique memory of HOW he exited his body - through the top of his head like a rubber band - motivated him to share his experience to see if others had similar sensations. | 2 | Other | 10 | 6 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Cardiac respiratory failure from violent assault | Clear OBE, saw medical staff working, unique exit description | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Soul extraction and body observation | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 2971 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4038 Tim B NDE 7816 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tim_b_nde_7816.html | 1997 | October 10, 1997 | 2015 | M | In October 1997, Tim was working under his 1979 Ford pickup truck when it rolled off the ramps and landed on his chest, preventing him from breathing. After struggling to push the crossbeam off, he found himself floating above the shop light in the garage, looking down at the truck's hood and roof. He then entered a brown-colored space where he heard a voice say, "Your kids can't lose their dog and their dad in the same week" (his dog had been killed four days earlier). The truck then rolled off his chest onto his thigh, where he remained trapped for 45 minutes before breaking free. He suffered a bruise around his entire chest and back but no other damage. The experience led Tim to explore Native American spirituality, believing the voice belonged to an Ojibwa medicine man who had died in 1992. He converted from Lutheran Protestant to Native American religion, now participating in daily prayer with spirits who make themselves known through dreams and other communications. He describes church as meaningless compared to his new spiritual practices. The experience made him more assertive, caring, and less fearful of death, believing it made him "real" to himself. | 5 | Home | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Truck fell on chest, could not breathe, trapped 45 minutes | Floating above garage light, saw truck hood and roof from above | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw truck from above | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2972 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3929 Tom A NDE 7656 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tom_a_nde.html | 2014 | November 26, 2014 | 2015 | M | Tom experienced a heart attack on November 26, 2014, with doctors saying he went too long without oxygen and would have brain and heart damage. His core body temperature was lowered to 93 degrees for treatment. Standing in the hospital hallway, he saw four medical staff working on his body and said aloud "I'm dead," feeling warm peace wash over him. His deceased father appeared, saying "I'm impressed. A little John Wayne-ish, but I am impressed." The hallway wall dissolved behind his father, revealing a green valley with trees, blue mountains, and water with sunlight. His father glowed with bright, non-blinding light. His deceased mother appeared, urging them to hurry. When Tom said he wanted to stay, his father turned him toward rolling countryside with an old farm and pathway, pushing him through a gateway while saying "Tell everyone to be nice to each other." Tom felt his father was sorry to send him back and received the message to tell people to "stop worrying about their pending death because worrying takes life away." He awoke to his wife, an RN, telling him about the heart attack. In the hospital, he saw a large man with crossed hands standing at his bed's foot, making him feel safe and stopping his resistance to treatment. The experience eliminated his fear of death and increased his compassion, leading him to drive ill seniors to appointments. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Heart attack with clinical death, core cooling to 93 degrees | Saw medical staff working, specific details of deceased parents | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Core body cooling | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw medical staff working on body | 0.00 | Wife (RN) | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 2973 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3928 Joel B NDE 7648 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joel_b_nde_7648.html | 1970 | 2015 | M | Joel experienced a severe electrical accident in January 1970, three days after his wedding. While attempting to fix an electrical control cabinet, he was electrocuted by 380 volts passing from his left hand to right hand. The intense electrical current caused the measuring device cables to melt and stick to ground terminals, severely burning him. He was unconscious for approximately 30 minutes with fire brigade intervention required. During his unconscious state, Joel found himself in an endless tunnel with the impression of his life flashing before him. He passed by relatives and other people he knew, including his fiancée and brother, experiencing a floating sensation. The experience felt surreal as he moved through this tunnel realm. Joel eventually regained consciousness either spontaneously or through revival efforts by the firemen - he cannot recall which. He found himself on life support with monitors connected everywhere while still at the accident site. The proximity to the fire station, less than one kilometer away, likely saved his life. Though Joel describes feeling peace and floating sensations during the experience, he maintains an atheistic worldview and considers the experience not definitively real, though it seemed to be at the time. | 5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe electrical injury with 380V causing unconsciousness for 30 minutes, required fire brigade intervention | Tunnel experience and life review described but no specific verifiable observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2974 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4050 John B NDE 7834 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1john_b_nde_7834.html | 1971 | 2015 | 18 | M | In July 1971, 18-year-old John B was living alone in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, working as a musician. After selling marijuana and paying his supplier, he returned home around 2 AM. Hours later, before sunrise, he was awakened by loud knocking. A man he recognized demanded entry at gunpoint with four accomplices. They broke down the door, severely beat John with fists and gun butts, and tied him up with speaker wire. As they continued beating him while searching for money, John dissociated from the unbearable pain and left his body. He floated near the ceiling, observing his body lying in a pool of blood while one attacker continued hitting him with a rifle. Another stopped him, saying he had killed John. While they removed music equipment, John's senses faded until only awareness remained. He experienced being turned inside-out, then found himself in a tunnel of clouds with lightning flashes, moving toward a Light Being with amazing warmth and magnetism. He felt complete relief and a sense of finally being home as he merged with this Being. John regained consciousness tied up on the floor about 2.5 hours after the attack began. The Light Being continues to appear to him, especially when washing his hair, appearing with a radiant yellow onion-shaped core surrounded by violet-purple, bringing great comfort and psychic cleansing. | 5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Severe beating causing loss of consciousness, attackers believed he was dead | Clear OBE with specific observations of his body, blood, attackers, and their actions/conversations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed attackers and heard their conversation | 1.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 2975 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4035 John S NDE 7810 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1john_s_nde_7810.html | 2015 | 2015-02-16 | 2015 | M | On a rainy night in February 2015, John S was speeding in a car with a friend when he had no seatbelt and unsheathed knives on the floorboard. During the car accident, time seemed to stop momentarily - he saw a knife hanging in mid-air and threw himself in front of it to protect his friend. The knife entered his skull, and he saw stars before darkness washed over him. In the darkness, John felt a vast nothingness but sensed an evil presence. He shouted to go back, saying his friend needed him. Then he felt himself descending fast and saw himself limp with his friend frantic. He was enraged he couldn't comfort his friend. A disembodied voice asked "Why do we live?" and John replied about being part of something greater. A shadowy figure outlined in rain appeared, stating man was put on earth to find their own way. The figure laughed like lightning and said it had admired John's thinking, telling him to return to the living and that it would keep watching. John took the deepest breath ever and screamed in pain upon return. He received over 30 staples for his injuries. Though formerly atheist, he now believes in a higher power and has experienced the voice again warning him of danger, wondering if his dog might be a conduit for this communication. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Knife entered skull during car accident, required 30+ staples | Out-of-body observations of his injured body and frantic friend | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw his own injured body and friend's reaction | 1.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2976 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3982 Joschua B NDE 7737 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joschua_b_nde.html | 1995 | 2015 | M | During summer 1995, young Joschua was at a public pool in a youth program. Being one of the youngest, he went under a barrier to join older kids at the deeper end. Unable to feel the bottom, he slipped underwater and felt fear while reaching toward sunlight. Suddenly he was above the water, seeing his body underneath with no attachment to it. He floated higher, seeing the city below, having a ghost-like form. He was then transported to a space-like darkness where he became a small yellow orb of light, able to see in all directions. Other orbs appeared - people who had died, glowing in different colors. Their thoughts flowed between them simultaneously. He knew a pink orb was a woman in her 30s who died in a car accident but was at peace. A great light appeared like a smooth sun, emanating the greatest love he'd ever felt. Moving toward it felt like home. A force stopped him, saying without words that he needed to return, hadn't accomplished what he needed. He protested, saying he was tired of going back so many times. He tumbled through darkness back to his body as the lifeguard performed CPR. Reconnection was painful and confining. The experience taught him that God experiences itself through creation and we are all expressions of God simultaneously. He believes in reincarnation and has had dreams of past lives. | 5 | Other | 7 | 10 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Drowning incident requiring CPR from lifeguard | Detailed observations from OBE perspective, specific knowledge about other souls including woman who died in car accident | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw his body underwater from above | 0.00 | Lifeguard | Incompatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2977 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4023 Joseph C NDE 7780 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joseph_c_nde.html | 1970 | 2015 | 8 | M | In 1969/1970, eight-year-old Joseph experienced clinical death during surgery. He heard voices during the life-threatening event, then saw deceased beings and angels. After dying during surgery, he hovered above his body, observing medical staff trying to revive him. He was whisked through hospital floors and rooms, observing those attending his surgeries. He saw three others who had just passed over. Beings spoke encouraging words and warnings. Initially in a dark void and scared, they helped him rise. He separated from the scene, going through ceilings into the sky and orbit. Two angels struggled with his weight, then handed him to Jesus. In heaven for about three hours, Joseph saw angels and God, who communicated directly and through an angel. He saw biblical people he hadn't yet learned about, including Enoch whom he mistook for Moses. During his life review in a court setting, he was shown his life, sins, love, and forgiveness of others. He cried for his sins in shame and repentance. He saw his physical body being healed. He returned as orderlies were wheeling him to the morgue incinerator, waking up crying just before disposal. The experience included extensive interaction with God, Jesus, angels, and biblical figures, with detailed life review and divine communication. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death during surgery, pronounced dead and taken to morgue | Detailed observations of surgery room, hospital floors, other deceased, woke up being wheeled to incinerator | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/14/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed medical staff trying to revive him | 1.00 | Two orderlies | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 2978 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3876 Kantor R NDE 7554 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kantor_r_nde.html | 1993 | 2015 | M | In 1993, Kantor was using improperly connected machinery when he received an electrical charge of 380 volts from left hand to right hand. He was aware but couldn't call for help or breathe. A clear blue shining link surrounded his body as the current twisted him until his weight pulled him away from the machinery. He realized this was the end but felt calm. His entire life passed through his mind in one picture, seeing minute details like childhood clothing buttons. He saw his family, especially his mother, and worried about hurting her. From above, he observed himself lying on the ground with coworkers doing something with him, hearing them say he probably had epilepsy. In his soul, he told them to leave him alone, that he was fine. He slowly rose toward the ceiling, feeling strong light and warmth. Despite workshop noise, everything became quiet. He experienced profound well-being, calmness, and peace. He regained consciousness outside where the ambulance was, with his heart racing and breathing terrible. After the experience, he re-evaluated life, prioritizing spiritual over material values. Though not becoming religious, he moved closer to God and believes in angels. People have told him about the pleasant warmth from his touch and healers have noticed his aura, which wasn't visible before the injury. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | 380 volt electrical injury causing apparent death, coworkers thought epilepsy | Heard coworkers say he had epilepsy while out of body, life review with specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard coworkers discussing his condition | 1.00 | Coworkers | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2979 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4034 Trinjntje NDE 7803 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1trinjntje_nde.html | 1975 | 2015 | 8 | F | During a car accident in 1975 when Trinjntje was 8 years old, she experienced a brief loss of consciousness after hitting her head on the dashboard. Her mother had been driving under the influence and crashed at an intersection. While unconscious, Trinjntje found herself in a dark, grey, hazy field with hills where she encountered two young men. She felt compelled to search for water in this otherworldly landscape. The experience had a dreamlike quality but felt very real to her. Upon regaining consciousness, she discovered that the other car in the accident contained two young male occupants - one relatively unharmed and another who spent months in a coma. This correlation between her vision and reality struck her as particularly meaningful. The experience left her with certain paranormal sensitivities, including an unusual effect on electronic equipment. Though brief, this childhood NDE during a traumatic accident provided her with an early glimpse of consciousness existing beyond the physical body, though she only came to understand its significance much later in life. | 5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Car accident with head trauma and loss of consciousness described | Saw two young men in otherworldly setting that corresponded to actual accident victims | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Awareness of two young men during OBE | 1.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2980 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3964 Udaya N NDE 7711 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1udaya_n_nde.html | 1990 | 2015 | 16 | F | At age 16 in 1990, Udaya slipped and fell at home, losing consciousness for several minutes according to her mother. During this time, she experienced floating through a completely dark tunnel while maintaining full awareness of her identity and surroundings. She could hear her mother crying and knew her body was lying on the floor, yet felt completely detached from it with no emotional connection. She recognized herself as separate from her physical form. While traveling through the tunnel, she felt overwhelming joy and the sensation of heading toward her true destination. She sensed the presence of her deceased grandmother and other souls surrounding her with love. The experience was interrupted by a powerful, commanding voice that ordered her to open her eyes three times. This divine command was so strong that she felt compelled to return to her body. Upon regaining consciousness, she felt physical distress and immediately tried to repeat a phrase she had been given, though she could not remember what it was. Medical examination at the hospital found no physical injuries. The experience profoundly affected her spiritual development, leading her to embrace the understanding that she is an eternal soul rather than merely a physical body. | 5 | Home | 3 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Fall with loss of consciousness, mother thought she was dead | Heard mother crying while unconscious, sensed deceased grandmother, received information | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard mother crying while unconscious | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 2981 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3998 Vikki H NDE 7752 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1vikki_h_nde.html | 1988 | 2015 | F | In August 1988, Vikki was violently attacked and thrown across a room, landing on a metal rod and losing consciousness for approximately 30 minutes. During this time, she found herself in a state of total darkness with no physical sensations or connection to earth. Despite the darkness, she experienced profound happiness and contentment, knowing her identity but feeling completely detached from earthly concerns. She had no bodily form but was aware she could manifest hands if desired. Over the course of the experience, her senses gradually returned one at a time until she was back in her body experiencing severe pain. Throughout the experience, she maintained awareness of who she was but felt no emotional attachment to her physical life or even her mother who was present. The overwhelming feeling was one of wanting to remain in this peaceful state rather than return to physical existence. The experience fundamentally changed her perspective on death and consciousness, convincing her that awareness continues after physical death. She now lives without fear of dying, understanding from direct experience that consciousness exists independently of the body. | 5 | Unknown | 5 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Criminal attack resulting in unconsciousness for 30 minutes | No specific veridical observations, mainly subjective experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2982 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3871 Wendy S NDE 7547 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1wendy_s_nde.html | 2013 | Feb 13 2013 | 2015 | F | On February 13, 2013, Wendy experienced a medical crisis related to her autoimmune disease Henoch-Schonlein purpura. After feeling unwell at work with swollen legs and hands, she went home and fainted after showering. Her blood pressure dropped dangerously to 60/40. During this medical emergency, she instantly found herself in a place of pure white light where she encountered her deceased parents - her father who died in 2007 and mother who died in 2010. She experienced an all-encompassing love beyond earthly description and had a profound conversation with her parents. While present with them, she could hear her husband and son in the background as if they were a dream. She struggled with the decision to stay in this peaceful realm or return to earth. Her parents reciprocated expressions of love, but ultimately she chose to return for her son who needed a mother. The experience felt more real and present than physical reality, with her earthly family seeming distant and dreamlike. Upon awakening, she found EMTs and ambulances had arrived. The experience eliminated her fear of death and reinforced her belief in an afterlife where consciousness continues. | 5 | Home | 7 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Documented blood pressure of 60/40 indicating life-threatening hypotension | Heard husband and son while unconscious, made conscious choice to return | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard husband and son while unconscious | 1.00 | EMT | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2983 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4022 William L NDE 7779 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1william_l_nde_7779.html | 1991 | 10/21/1991 | 2015 | M | On October 21, 1991, William was punched in the chest by a friend and knocked unconscious with convulsions. He instantly found himself floating through an incredibly green field toward a beach or cove with high cliffs. He realized he was not walking but floating timelessly, had no solid body though could manifest hands if desired, and felt only bliss like being wrapped in a blanket of love. At the cove, he encountered his grandfather who had died 8 years prior, along with 7-12 other beings whose faces remained hidden. His grandfather laughed and assured him all was well. When William asked about the other beings, he was told they loved him. He suspects they may have been biological relatives (he was adopted). His grandfather told him it was time to return and made him repeat a specific phrase three times with instructions to remember it upon waking. The command to return was extremely powerful. William felt profoundly at home and wanted to stay but was sent back. Upon regaining consciousness, he immediately tried to recall the phrase but neither he nor his friends who witnessed his convulsions could remember what he had been repeating. The experience convinced him that God definitely exists and that consciousness continues after death. | 5 | Other | 5 | 14 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Knocked unconscious with witnessed convulsions | Given specific phrase to repeat, was actually repeating something witnesses heard | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 1 | Repeated phrase while unconscious | 1.00 | Friends present | Moderately Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 2984 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4056 Winona A NDE 7841 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1winona_a_nde.html | 1979 | 2015 | F | In 1979, Winona experienced clinical death during an extreme abuse situation where she stopped breathing and began convulsing. During this crisis, she encountered a presence on her right side that appeared as a light being who transformed into the likeness of Jesus. This figure looked into her eyes and touched her right cheek, immediately enabling her to breathe again and freeing her from pain and fear. Despite remaining in the traumatic situation, she felt connected to something infinitely larger than the abuse. The Jesus presence asked her to "see," and she witnessed herself in a future shamanic journey at age 40, standing in complete white light that was all-encompassing and fully loving. This light surrounded her completely, bright yet not harsh, emanating pure love. After the presence left, some of this loving energy remained with her, allowing her to endure the continued violence without fear. The perpetrator noticed she had lost his control over her and became more violent, but she maintained her connection to the divine love. This experience, combined with an earlier NDE at age 3 involving light beings, shaped her spiritual understanding that divine light and love are always present within all things, giving constantly for the purpose of life. | 1 | Other | 10 | 10 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 8 | Clinical death explicitly stated with cessation of breathing | Prophetic vision of future shamanic journey that later occurred | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Vision of future shamanic journey | 1.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2985 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3874 Ysel NDE 7552 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ysel_nde.html | 2000 | 04/2000 | 2015 | F | In April 2000, Ysel attempted suicide by overdose after promising her daughter she wouldn't do anything harmful. After emergency responders broke down her door, she experienced an out-of-body perspective, looking down at herself while firefighters and police worked to revive her. She observed and heard clearly as they questioned her neighbor who had called 911 after seeing her motionless through the bedroom window. She heard specific details about the emergency response and crucially overheard a female officer telling another they needed to call Child and Family Services to place her three children in foster care. This revelation triggered an immediate desperate desire to return to life, realizing her children had no one else and might not be safe without her. She felt the presence of someone behind her during the experience and initially felt profound peace. She found herself possibly traveling through a bright light with an unseen but strongly felt divine presence she believes was God. The experience was characterized by exceptional clarity of perception - she could hear and understand everything happening simultaneously despite the chaos. Upon returning to her body, she awoke in the hospital and later faced her daughter's heartbreak at the mental health facility. The experience transformed her life purpose, living now to honor the second chance God gave her. | 5 | Home | 7 | 16 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Life-threatening overdose requiring emergency response | Multiple specific observations of emergency response verified as accurate | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard emergency responders discussing children | 1.00 | Firefighters and police | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2986 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3851 Kate L NDE 7525 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kate_l_nde.html | 1970 | 2015 | F | Kate underwent a hysterectomy that developed severe complications with paralytic iliac, causing her bowel to become paralyzed. She was transferred from a private hospital to a public hospital in critical condition and rushed to surgery. During the emergency surgery, she died on the operating table and experienced a profound out-of-body experience, floating above and watching the surgical team work on her body. She observed the surgeon throw an instrument on the floor when given the wrong one. She then traveled through a long tunnel that became increasingly bright, accompanied by incredible music, and emerged into a brilliantly lit place with flowers, trees, and a stream with a bridge made of entwined tree trunks. At the bridge, she encountered her deceased grandmother and another woman she didn't recognize - later identified by her mother as her great-grandmother who died before Kate was born, confirmed by specific physical features including brilliant blue eyes, a dark mole near her mouth, and an indent in her chin. Her grandmother told her it wasn't her time and to go back. After being resuscitated and unconscious for several days, Kate verified the surgical details with the surgeon, who confirmed she had died on the table and that he had indeed thrown the instrument. The experience eliminated her fear of death and strengthened her belief in God and the afterlife, though she still questions some Catholic Church teachings. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 45 | Exceptional Evidence | 17 | Clinical death during surgery explicitly confirmed by surgeon | Observed specific surgical event (instrument thrown) verified by surgeon; identified unknown deceased relative with specific physical features later confirmed | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 2 | Saw surgeon throw instrument on floor | 1.00 | Surgeon | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 2987 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3967 Katie E NDE 7714 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1katie_e_nde.html | 1995 | 2015 | 15 | F | At age 15, Katie smoked strong marijuana with her boyfriend and experienced an adverse reaction, feeling faint and sick with legs turning to jelly. She collapsed while crossing the street, hitting the back of her head on the pavement and having a brief seizure lasting about two seconds. Though only unconscious for seconds, she felt she spent hours in another world. She traveled through a beautiful paradise and reached a destination where she met wise, knowledgeable beings like God or Jesus who gave her understanding of the universe. As she was pulled back, all memories of the experience were taken from her, falling away like sand through fingers despite her desperate attempts to retain them, repeatedly telling herself "You must remember where you've been." During her return, she saw blackness with a vertical beam of white light that divided into three strings of colored energy (red, white, blue), each spinning like planets that gradually transformed into the faces of people looking down at her - her boyfriend and two women who had stopped to help. One woman told her she'd had an epileptic fit. Katie felt the otherworldly experience was more real than earthly life and was amazed years later to discover others had similar experiences on NDERF, convincing her she had crossed over during her seizure. | 5 | Other | 3 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 2 | Brief seizure following drug reaction and head injury | Limited specific details; mostly feelings and impressions with memories reportedly taken away | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw three people transform from energy into faces | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 2988 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4029 Katie W NDE 7795 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1katie_w_nde.html | 2015 | 2015-01-20 | 2015 | F | Katie attempted suicide and experienced total respiratory failure and coma. As her husband pulled up to the emergency room, she left her body and observed from above as staff removed her from the vehicle using a wheelbarrow-type chair. She saw specific details of each worker's appearance and clothing, floating higher until she could see the hospital roof and nearby mall. She was drawn into what appeared to be a full moon but was actually "the light," entering a white room without borders filled with unnatural but beautiful light. After seeing a line of waiting people, she found herself sitting with Jesus, who had tan skin, shoulder-length golden-brown hair, and brilliant jewel-like green-blue eyes. He showed her a rapid life review of moments where she had hurt others through meanness or self-absorption, revealing the domino effect of lost love opportunities without condemnation. When she expressed wanting to stay, Jesus showed her the negative consequences for her children and husband if she died. The moment she decided she couldn't do that to them, she returned to her body with a jolt. She verified details with medical staff, including accurately describing physical appearances (even a nurse's hair streak color and jacket), confirming with the head priest about the Indian priest of small stature who gave last rites, and experienced multiple out-of-body observations during traumatic intubation. She remained in critical condition for three days. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 20 | 48 | Exceptional Evidence | 18 | Total respiratory failure, clinical death, coma for three days | Multiple specific verified details of medical staff appearance, priest identity, detailed Jesus encounter | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 3 | 2 | Saw medical staff physical appearances and clothing | 1.00 | Hospital supervisor | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 2989 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3941 Kellie NDE 7673 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kellie_nde.html | 1978 | 2015 | F | At a party, Kellie smoked marijuana that a man claimed was special, though she wasn't a regular smoker. She immediately felt faint and sick with legs turning to jelly, then collapsed after attempting to walk. She experienced a classic out-of-body experience, floating up against the ceiling like a balloon and softly bumping it. From this vantage point, she observed the scene below with muffled hearing, as if hands were cupped over her ears. She could see people's hair parts straight down the middle but couldn't see faces. A girl she didn't know was trying to help her and was very upset, saying "She's not breathing, somebody help her!" Kellie felt calm, peaceful, and grateful for the girl's caring, experiencing affection for her. She heard someone say "She's wet her pants" but felt unconcerned, only curious about what she could see. Suddenly, like suction, she was rapidly pulled back into her body with her hearing transitioning from muffled to normal during the return. She felt heavy and affected by gravity again. A friend helped her outside for air. She was worried that if she had died, she would have been trapped in the house forever like a ghost. She went home without telling anyone about the experience for about 20 years, maintaining that the experience remained more real to her than normal life. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Drug reaction causing respiratory arrest - witness stated she wasn't breathing | Specific auditory observations of helper saying she wasn't breathing, comment about wetting pants | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard girl saying she wasn't breathing | 0.00 | Unknown girl helper, friend | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 2990 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4046 Kenneth F NDE 23065 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kenneth_f_nde.html | 2012 | 2012-10-20 | 2015 | M | Kenneth underwent a high-risk cardioversion procedure for atrial fibrillation with a 15% mortality rate. During the procedure where a wire was passed through his groin to deliver an electric shock to his heart, he experienced what felt like his body exploding in white light and his mind being forced from his body. After momentary oblivion, he found himself out of body observing medical staff pronounce him dead. He watched as his body was turned over, a rectal thermometer inserted, and the doctor unprofessionally slapped his bottom saying "Dirty boy!" after he had urinated. He observed his naked body being cleaned, shaved completely, photographed, and placed in the morgue among other corpses. In the morgue, he sensed other astral bodies of the deceased and felt a sinister, seductive presence trying to absorb him into oblivion, which he resisted. He then felt a paternal, benign presence pull him away from this dark force. Later, he regained consciousness on a morgue slab as the mortician was about to begin dissection, with tissue sample lines already drawn on his torso. A student noticed saliva dribbling from his mouth just before the first incision. Despite the mortician wanting to proceed, instruments showed a barely discernible pulse and Kenneth was resuscitated. He learned that bodies presented as dead but still alive are discovered monthly at that hospital. The experience led him to join a spiritualist/occult circle and changed his religious views from Catholicism. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 2 | Clinical death during cardioversion procedure, pronounced dead by doctor | Detailed observations of morgue procedures, body handling, specific comments from staff | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 4 | 0 | Medical procedures after being pronounced dead | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 2991 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3879 Kevin S NDE 7558 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kevin_s_nde.html | 1996 | 1996-08-04 | 2015 | 7 | M | Seven-year-old Kevin was run over by a car while on vacation the day after his birthday. He was flown to Children's Hospital in deep coma and kept on life support. During the helicopter transport, he floated above the aircraft, looking down at the medical team working to keep him alive. From there, he floated up to heaven where everything was pure crystal-white and angels surrounded him, lifting him upward. God held him in His arms and told him three times to go back. After his recovery, Kevin developed a remarkable spiritual gift - he can sense when someone is going to die and be with God. He accurately predicted his brother Gary's death in June 2008 from drug use, telling his mother beforehand that Gary would soon be in paradise, which helped her cope with the loss. His soul also visited both his hospitalized mother and his grandmother at home simultaneously around 3 AM the next day, telling them "don't cry, I am going to be alright." Both women independently reported this visitation before comparing experiences. Kevin reports being on his "second journey" in life, living with disabilities from the accident but remaining happy, knowing we're all just passing through this life. He has no fear of death and maintains strong Catholic faith, having seen his deceased godfather Uncle Jay during the experience. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clinical death from trauma, deep coma, life support in pediatric ICU | Floating above helicopter, soul visiting mother and grandmother verified independently | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 2 | Saw medical team from above helicopter | 1.00 | Mother and grandmother | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 2992 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3943 Kim B NDE 7675 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kim_b_nde.html | 2013 | 2013-10-10 | 2015 | F | After six years of custody battles and facing homelessness due to foreclosure, Kim reached her breaking point and overdosed on medication mixed with wine. Her coworker, alerted by a text she doesn't remember sending, found her unconscious on the kitchen floor. Paramedics worked on her for 21 minutes with no vital signs, with one telling her coworker after 20 minutes that she likely wouldn't survive. Kim found herself in a yard with perfectly maintained grass surrounded by endless wheat fields, under incredibly bright sun that didn't require squinting. She encountered her beloved grandfather who had died in 2004, appearing healthy with his characteristic white t-shirt, red suspenders, and lopsided hat. They communicated telepathically as he led her to an old house with a wraparound porch. Inside, she smelled her grandmother's homemade split pea soup (grandmother was alive but had dementia) and saw her garden through the window. Her great aunt and other deceased family members were present. On the back porch, her grandfather released her from guilt about not seeing him before death, showed her his now-clean carpenter's hands, expressed pride in her as a mother, and promised coming peace and happiness. He revealed knowledge of her three children, her mistakes as learning experiences, and urged her to quit smoking. As she re-entered the house at his invitation to check on "grandma's soup," she awoke in the emergency room on her grandfather's birthday, October 10th. The experience brought complete forgiveness toward her ex-husband and certainty that struggles would end. | 2 | Home | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | No vital signs for over 20 minutes, paramedics stated unlikely to survive | Detailed grandfather appearance, knowledge of children, occurred on his birthday Oct 10 | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 2 | Grandfather knew about her children and life events | 0.00 | Paramedic | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 2993 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4103 Lawrance B NDE 7919 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lawrance_b_nde.html | 2008 | 2016 | M | Lawrance was hiking in extreme heat (108°F) when he suffered severe heat stroke. After completing a 32-mile hike with a damaged water bladder, he collapsed from dehydration. He experienced a profound NDE where he encountered a conscious light entity that communicated with him telepathically. The light asked if he was ready to move on, and he was given time to say goodbye to his children in a vision before crossing into what he described as complete nothingness. Medical personnel stated he died several times and was resuscitated. The return to his body was extremely painful, both physically and emotionally, as consciousness returned in waves over what felt like an extended period. | 2 | Ambulance | 10 | 0 | 10 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinical death confirmed multiple times by medical personnel | No specific veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2994 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4117 Lisa S NDE 7945 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lisa_s_nde_7945.html | 2016 | 2016 | F | Lisa experienced a medical emergency due to extremely low blood sugar in March 2016. She woke at 2:22 AM with severe leg cramps, got up to walk around, and then fell, hitting the back of her head. Her daughter found her unconscious on the floor and tried to help, but Lisa fell again in the bathroom, losing all bodily functions. During her unconscious state, she experienced being surrounded by bright white light from every direction and heard a voice say "It's not your time." At that moment, she gasped as life returned to her body. She found herself in the corner of the bathroom, sweating profusely. Despite the severity of the incident, she was immediately able to function normally, cleaning up and showering. The experience strengthened her belief in God and the afterlife, removing her fear of death. | 5 | Home | 5 | 1 | 6 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening low blood sugar with head injury | Voice heard but no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2995 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4223 Lisa S NDE 8107 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lisa_s_nde_8107.html | 1994 | 2016 | F | During her third C-section in February 1994, Lisa had an allergic reaction to medication administered through her epidural. After the anesthesiologist gave her the drug, she lost blood pressure and consciousness. She suddenly found herself in the corner of the hospital room looking down at her own body. She could see her husband standing by a couch near the window, appearing extremely pale. She was aware of presences on both sides of her but they did not communicate. The out-of-body experience seemed to last a few minutes to her, though it was actually less than a minute. She returned to her body as suddenly as she left it, finding nurses around her bed taking vitals. Her husband confirmed he had been pushed away from the bed by nurses during the emergency. The experience left her with a strong belief in an afterlife and changed her religious views from Lutheran to agnostic. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | C-section with epidural, allergic reaction causing loss of blood pressure | Observed husband's location by window, his pale appearance | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw husband by window looking pale | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2996 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4250 Lori L NDE 8152 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lori_l_nde_8152.html | 1981 | 2016 | F | Lori experienced a life-threatening hemorrhage several days after a successful hysterectomy in October 1981. As her husband rushed her to the hospital, she could feel blood gushing with every heartbeat while lying in a puddle of her own blood. She was praying fervently to live long enough to raise her children. Suddenly, all noise ceased and everything became quiet and peaceful. She felt a warm, large hand gently caress her hair and heard a sweet voice telepathically tell her, "It's okay. It's not your time; I have more for you to do." Her heart immediately slowed and she knew with certainty she would survive. At the hospital, the doctor performed emergency surgery without anesthesia. Despite the painful procedure, she found it more bearable than expected. The experience eliminated her fear of death and strengthened her faith in God. | 5 | Ambulance | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening post-surgical hemorrhage | Telepathic divine message, no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2997 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4246 Louise R NDE 8146 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1louise_r_nde.html | 1989 | 2016 | 20 | F | Louise had two separate NDEs. First in 1989 at age 20, she fell from a car traveling 100 km/hour after her sandal slipped while trying to exit the moving vehicle. She found herself unconscious on the road but could see her body from above in what appeared to be daylight despite it being nighttime. She saw a childhood memory and then a white light before returning with pain. The second experience occurred in 2005 during a suicide attempt when she drove into an oak tree. During this event, she had visions of past and future events, including seeing her partner's deceased mother on a bicycle and her son waiting at the kitchen window - which she later confirmed happened exactly as seen. Both experiences involved out-of-body perception and the second included accurate future vision. She maintains agnostic beliefs despite the experiences. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Two separate life-threatening events with trauma | Saw body from above, saw future event of son at window, saw deceased person | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw body position from above | 0.00 | Son | Low Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 2998 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4180 Margarita C NDE 8044 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1margarita_c_nde.html | 1995 | 2016 | F | In 1995, Margarita was in a severe car accident in Costa Rica where the vehicle flew four meters after impact. She experienced steel-like mandala doors opening before her eyes, which she realized were made of pure energy. She found herself in a place of pure light and information where she felt totally loved and recognized herself as part of this light. She lost visual awareness but could hear everything around her, including a paramedic saying to others about attending to her husband. She felt herself sitting in the light for an extended period. The light dissolved into the atmosphere when she awoke in the clinic. She suffered a broken hipbone and severely injured hand. The experience transformed her understanding of universal connection and led her to ecological work. She describes the light as love and information that unites the whole world. | 5 | Ambulance | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident with major injuries, life-threatening | Heard paramedic discussing treatment priorities | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard paramedic conversation | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2999 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4187 Maria P NDE 8055 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1maria_p_nde.html | 1996 | 2016 | F | On Women's Day 1996, Maria was drugged at a bar-restaurant, causing cardiac arrest. After just two sips of her drink, she felt something terrible would happen. She collapsed and her friend George held her, but she mysteriously slipped through his strong grip "like a snake" - something he couldn't explain. Her heart stopped and she couldn't breathe. She found herself floating above her body, looking down at it while experiencing magnificent, intelligent light that communicated with her. She felt perfection, bliss, and overwhelming love. When she said she wanted to stay, the Light replied "But it's not your time!" She then felt vibrations and jerked back into her body. Since the experience, she has developed healing abilities, can communicate with other dimensions, see past and future events, and her heart acts as a "telephone" sensing when others think of her. The experience completely eliminated her fear of death. | 2 | Other | 10 | 7 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Heart stopped, no breathing, confirmed by witness | Saw self from above, witnessed unusual slipping through arms phenomenon | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/14/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw self from above and George holding her | 1.00 | George | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 3000 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4259 Marie L NDE 8155 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1marie_l_nde.html | 1990 | 2016 | F | During the birth of her second daughter in September 1990, Marie experienced clinical death after a nurse injected something into her IV. The heart monitor alarm immediately went off, indicating cardiac arrest. Everything turned light grey and she felt pulled backward. She experienced bright light from every direction and heard a voice say "It's not your time." A huge breath then came back into her body as she gasped and found herself conscious in the bathroom corner. She had been unconscious and unresponsive during the emergency, with nurses attending to her urgently. When she returned to consciousness, she was completely functional despite having lost bodily functions during the event. The experience gave her certainty about life after death and eliminated her fear of dying. She changed from having no religious practice to actively seeking spiritual understanding. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 1 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest during childbirth with heart monitor alarm | Heard divine voice, no veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||