| 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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| 3401 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4802 James M NDE 9035 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1james_m_nde_9035.html | 2020 | 2020 | M | On April 21, 2020, James bled out during surgery with only 5 minutes before being declared dead. He saw a huge, round, colorful opening or pathway leading to a white church and small white buildings under blue sky. He felt no anger, sadness, or regret - instead experiencing powerful love, forgiveness, and being known completely. Seven male figures appeared, wearing long gray overcoats with faces of bright glowing light. Communication occurred through emotional feelings rather than words. Three figures on his left, then three more on his right approached non-threateningly. He badly wanted to stay in this place of intense positive emotions but was sent back. The experience transformed him from someone with PTSD and guilt to feeling accepted, loved, and whole. His personality changed to become more open and honest. He now believes in a higher power who "is not a bad guy" and learned how to forgive. The emotions were so powerful he struggles to express them, having never felt such acceptance and love before. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Bled out during surgery, 5 minutes from death declaration, critical surgical emergency | Detailed vision of pathway, church, buildings, seven specific beings with light faces | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 0 | Colorful pathway to white buildings | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3402 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4801 Jeanette U NDE 9031 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeanette_u_nde.html | 1999 | 2020 | F | On September 21, 1999, Jeanette had a severe asthma attack with sudden onset, dropping to less than 40% lung function within 15 minutes. After over an hour of unsuccessful treatment, she was clinically dead for six minutes. She had an out-of-body experience observing medical staff working on her body, aware of injections but feeling nothing. She was then lifted into a void with subconscious sensation of being in space above Earth. Her alertness exceeded anything previously experienced - perfectly aware with no positive or negative sensations, just peace that earthly problems were finished. Another presence identified itself as her "oldest friend" named Heimdall (name unknown to her), telling her she would always have what she needed. After asking "Am I dead?" she awoke after being unconscious nearly a week. She was told she should have died or been vegetative. She later learned Heimdall is a Norse deity name but believes this was a past life connection. Since then, she always has had necessities provided through unusual circumstances. Her religious path changed from Christianity to eclectic paganism with interest in reincarnation. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinically dead 6 minutes from asthma attack, critical respiratory failure | Out-of-body observation of emergency room procedures, verified by physical marks on body | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed ER procedures from above | 1.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3403 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4860 John W NDE 9111 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1john_w_nde.html | 2020 | 2020 | 71 | M | On July 10, 2020, 71-year-old John passed out from heat stroke while at a wall and fell 40 feet into a stream below. His experience was like flicking off a switch - one moment sitting, next moving through a meadow or field. He felt completely relaxed, peaceful, safe, calm, serene, stress-free with wellness, joy, happiness, heightened awareness and clarity. He was in bright outdoor sunlight that wasn't hot, extremely comfortable and willing to remain there. His mind was sensing this new wonderful environment while his body was unconscious. He then found himself floating in the cool stream with his son's arm under his head. Despite the 40-foot fall, he had minimal damage and immediately asked about his wife. He felt no shock or adrenaline, maintaining the peace from the experience. Heat stroke victims require immediate cooling which the stream provided, likely saving his life. Medical staff wanted to keep him immobilized but he insisted he was fine, not in shock, and was walking out within 30 minutes. He remains a committed Christian, his faith strengthened by experiencing what he hopes to return to when his time comes. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Heat stroke with 40-foot fall, life-threatening trauma combination | Experienced peaceful bright meadow/field during unconsciousness, retained extraordinary calmness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 0 | Bright peaceful outdoor realm | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 3404 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4759 Julie C NDE 8968 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1julie_c_nde_8968.html | 2016 | 2020 | F | On February 17, 2016, Julie was strangled to death by her ex-husband who held her against a wall by her neck until she died. Her body fell to concrete floor, head bouncing off it. He tried unsuccessfully to revive her, then went to check on children while figuring out what to do with her body. She reports being dead for 30 minutes. During this time, she saw light then moved through the wall, hovering over her family. She initially thought she was alive but quickly realized she wasn't and fought to return to her body, then darkness until awakening. Since returning, she is stronger, smarter, and feels out of place. She went from stay-at-home mom with waitressing history to running all distribution operations for an eight-billion-dollar industry with 75 people reporting to her. When meditating, she can return to the light but finds it frightening as decades seem to pass in minutes. She still feels the light within her and describes herself as a completely different, happy person. Her emotions have made a complete 180-degree turn. | 5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Criminal attack resulting in death by strangulation, not breathing 30 minutes | Saw light, moved through wall, observed family from above while dead | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw light and moved through wall | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3405 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4614 William R NDE 8726 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1william_r_nde_8726.html | 1978 | 2019 | 15 | M |
William, a 15-year-old boy, experienced a severe motorcycle accident in 1978 while attempting a dangerous jump at approximately 70 mph. Despite hearing a warning voice, he ignored it and hit a rut, causing him to land head-first and lose consciousness. Two witnesses saw the accident and observed him motionless for about 5 minutes with no signs of breathing or life. During his unconscious state, William had an out-of-body experience where he saw his twisted body on the ground. An angel appeared - described as a small girl-like figure with a crown - warning him that dark entities were approaching. He saw three evil spirits in black robes coming to capture him. The angel took his hand and they flew upward through space, passing stars and planets in a tunnel of light until reaching heaven. There he met two beings at a podium with a large book containing names and dates. They showed him his name was scheduled for much later in the book. He was then taken to God, who appeared as a 10-foot tall figure in white robes. God reviewed his entire life, deemed him good, and showed him a future vision of himself paralyzed with a son caring for him. William observed specific details including the two witnesses standing 50 yards away, then approaching closer, their discussion about whether he was dead, and their reactions when he finally took a breath. He also experienced God healing his neck with crackling and popping sounds, though leaving one thing out of place as a reminder. Upon return, William awoke taking a deep breath as the witnesses jumped back in shock. At the hospital, x-rays of his neck mysteriously appeared whited-out three times, which William attributes to God's healing touch. He suffered lasting neck pain but avoided paralysis. The experience profoundly affected his faith and gave him occasional premonitions about others' deaths. |
5 | Other | 5 | 14 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Severe motorcycle accident with head trauma, unconscious for approximately 5 minutes per witnesses | Multiple specific observations: saw two witnesses from above, their positions and movements, heard God heal neck with specific sounds, mysterious x-ray whitening | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw witnesses and their movements from above | 1.00 | Two motorcycle riders | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 3406 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4711 Yi-Ming NDE 16104 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1yi_ming_nde.html | 2017 | 2019 | 30 | Unknown |
Yi-Ming, a 30-year-old, experienced poisoning that led to loss of consciousness and life-threatening symptoms requiring emergency resuscitation. The individual experienced difficulty breathing, hazy consciousness, stopped blood flow, and whole body coldness. Remarkably, chronic shoulder and spine pain that had persisted for years completely disappeared during the event. During the NDE, Yi-Ming experienced floating upward in complete darkness, feeling engulfed and flying through what seemed like a black hole. The experience was characterized by being unemotional, immobile, and mute while flying. Life review images appeared rapidly, showing scenes from adulthood backward to childhood, then accelerating to show unfamiliar pictures. The journey continued to a cosmic realm where galaxies and unknown stars were visible. Suddenly, a heavy downward pull occurred, sending Yi-Ming back through the black hole like a meteor at full speed toward the ground. The individual observed flickering lights while falling at high speed, with everything appearing blurry. Vaguely aware of being above the ground during the descent, consciousness was lost upon impact. Medical resuscitation occurred at the hospital, with a woman's voice confirming "He is responding, he is back." The stomach discomfort experienced was later identified as resulting from tracheal intubation and stomach pumping procedures. Recovery was difficult, with complete physical and mental exhaustion lasting several days. Yi-Ming reported a second experience at an internet cafe after two days of continuous gaming, involving out-of-body sensations and heightened auditory perception, but this appears less medically critical than the poisoning event. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Poisoning incident requiring hospital resuscitation with tracheal intubation and stomach pumping | Heard specific medical statement "He is responding, he is back" during resuscitation, awareness of medical procedures | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard medical staff during resuscitation | 1.00 | Hospital staff member | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 3407 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4648 Jade NDE 16099 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jade_nde_16099.html | 2019 | F | A teenage girl was riding her bike with her sister when she attempted to ride up a steep hill. After reaching the top, she suddenly collapsed unconscious over her bike, experiencing what appeared to be cardiac arrest. During the event, she had an extraordinary out-of-body experience where she became another person - an elderly man around 60 years old walking in a desert, complete with his lifetime of memories, wife, and children. She experienced herself as this man thinking about his village and the love between them. Suddenly everything went black and the man jumped in fear. She then found herself back in her body, convulsing on the ground. As the man's consciousness inhabited her body, he was terrified and confused by the green leaves and unfamiliar surroundings. Gradually, as feeling returned to her fingers and toes, she became herself again while the man faded away. Her sister reported she had turned purple during the incident. The experience brought profound changes including becoming extremely psychic with knowledge of future events, immunity to electric shocks, watches no longer working on her, and a complete shift in perspective where she viewed her abusive parents as children needing guidance. She experienced constant deja-vu and knowledge of future events, including knowing she would divorce her future husband before marrying him. | 2 | Other | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clear cardiac arrest suggested by loss of consciousness, purple coloration, and convulsions | Sister witnessed subject turning purple and convulsing - specific physical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 1 | Sister observed physical state during cardiac arrest | 1.00 | Sister | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3408 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4673 Jason S NDE 8837 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jason_s_nde.html | 1995 | 2019 | 18 | M | An 18-year-old man attempted suicide by hanging himself with an electrical cord noose. While testing its strength, he immediately lost consciousness and experienced clinical death. Upon dying, he became aware he was dead and was grabbed by four dark shadows that he believed were dragging him to hell. After praying to God, the shadows disappeared and he became a conscious dead person able to see his body hanging. He experienced time distortion and walked toward his house where his mother was sleeping. When attempting to climb the front steps, his foot went through them, confirming his non-physical state. He walked through the house with the floor at waist-height, stood at his mother's bedside apologizing for being dead, then suddenly time stopped and bent backwards. He found himself on the ground coughing with his mother crying and wiping his face with a wet cloth. His 4'8" mother, weighing just over 100 pounds, had somehow lifted his 155-pound body and removed the cord. Every blood vessel in his eyes had burst, making him look demonic. The experience left him more cautious in his words and actions, with a definite knowledge that God and the afterlife are real, and that there are literal consequences for how one lives. | 5 | Home | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death from hanging, all blood vessels in eyes burst indicating severe trauma | Specific observations of body hanging, foot going through steps, walking through house structure | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Burst blood vessels in eyes | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw own body hanging | 0.00 | Mother | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 3409 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4709 Jazmin NDE 8880 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jazmin_nde.html | 1992 | 2019 | F | A woman underwent Hijama (wet cupping) treatment with a doctor. She was very scared as he applied suction cups and made cuts. Suddenly, she found herself in a completely dark room with no sense of time or location, floating without any ground beneath her feet. She lost all memory, including her own name and identity, repeatedly asking questions that went unanswered. She then saw a tiny, distant light and became overwhelmed with fear. As she remembered her mother and began calling for her, she gradually remembered who she was. The dark room then filled with colors, creating a whirlwind or vortex effect around her. She began hearing strange voices that turned into screams and cries calling her name, including her mother's voice. With difficulty, she opened her eyes to find herself lying on the ground rather than in the chair, with her mother holding her feet elevated while the shocked doctor looked on in fear. She experienced severe chest and hand pain, feeling as if a ton of weight was on her body preventing her from standing. After a few minutes, the pain subsided and she could stand. She felt her heart had stopped and then restarted during the experience. The experience left her unchanged in her religious practices as a devout Muslim. | 6 | Other | 3 | 2 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Unclear medical event during cupping procedure, possible vasovagal response or other reaction | No specific veridical observations, only subjective experiences | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3410 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4635 Jean K NDE 8759 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jean_k_nde_8759.html | 1988 | 1988-11-29 | 2019 | F | A woman six weeks pregnant with twins experienced a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy rupture. One embryo was in the uterus, the other in the fallopian tube. She began projectile vomiting with severe abdominal pain and was rushed to the hospital where she aspirated on vomit. While in the OB/GYN emergency room, her condition worsened and a code team was called. The last thing she remembered was the doctor asking "Are you going?" before she lost all physical sensation, including the chronic bone and nerve pain she had lived with for nine years as a traumatic amputee. She felt weightless, floating, and free from all physical encumbrances. She found herself in a dark tunnel with a light at the end, moving toward it with increasing feelings of peace and love unlike anything she had experienced before. She knew she was close to death and felt completely accepting of it. However, when she thought of her husband and one-year-old son having to live without her, though believing they would ultimately be fine, she felt herself forcefully pulled back. She awoke to bright lights and shouting, feeling disappointed to return to unbearable pain. She was rushed to surgery for internal bleeding from the ruptured fallopian tube. The experience solidified her belief in the afterlife and God's loving presence, enabling her to later comfort dying relatives including her mother. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Life-threatening ectopic pregnancy rupture with internal bleeding requiring emergency surgery | Classic tunnel and light experience but no specific veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 3411 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4701 Jeffrey C NDE 8890 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeffrey_c_nde_8890.html | 1985 | 1985-01-05 | 2019 | M | A member of the "Wheels of Man" motorcycle club was involved in a severe accident when a drunk driver made an improper left turn, hitting him at 45mph. His passenger Frank was pulled under the truck, breaking his back in 15 places. Upon impact, Jeffrey was immediately knocked out of his body, watching everything happen in slow motion. He observed himself grabbing the driver's hair and punching him while outside his body. He watched paramedics arrive and work on him. In the ambulance, he heard medics say "We're losing him!" and the flatline on the heart monitor. He went from horrific pain to complete bliss, feeling his spirit being pulled from his body from right to left. Everything turned brilliant white light that felt like being hugged with love. The light faded to reveal the most beautiful scenery with vibrant flowers in colors he'd never seen before, rolling hills, and himself gliding along the ground. His vision cleared to show a river with a gazebo containing two wicker chairs, a glass table with a pitcher of lemonade and two empty glasses. He glimpsed a beautiful cabin and felt overwhelmingly that this would be his home when he crossed over permanently, but that he wasn't supposed to be there yet. The white light returned with a whoosh and he was back in his body in horrific pain. He was induced into a coma and upon awakening felt amazed that an infinite spirit could be crammed back into a physical body. The experience made him appreciate life more while also making him aware of how governments and religions prevent people from living life to its fullest. | 5 | Ambulance | 10 | 12 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 4 | Clinical death with flatline on heart monitor heard by patient | Specific OBE observations of accident scene, self punching driver, paramedics working | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 3 | 0 | Observed accident scene from outside body | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 3412 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4618 Jordan M NDE 23344 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jordan_m_nde.html | 2015 | 2015-02-10 | 2019 | F | A woman in Japan underwent her fourth C-section with an unusual sense of dread, despite having had three previous procedures with the same doctor in the same room. This was complicated by her second C-section being traumatic - the epidural failed and she felt the surgery, waking repeatedly even after being put under. After anesthesia was administered, she went black then found herself far above the scene, in no pain, standing near a railing surrounding a shallow pool with 3-4 women in white robes taking notes. Her robe was different from theirs. Looking into the pool, instead of water she saw the operating room as if the ceiling had been removed. She pointed to procedures and explained them to the women, who asked questions and conversed with her. She observed the surgeon becoming very upset, yelling at nurses, with panic setting in. She saw her organs placed outside her body with thick rope-like attachments. Other people began calling the women away. As the pool became fuzzy, she was pulled toward it head-first, falling forward while colors, sounds and shapes blasted at her. She returned to excruciating pain being wheeled out. Her husband reported the doctor was drenched in sweat, exhausted, and warned against more children due to her uterus's condition. The experience felt like a teaching center in heaven, and she wished to return to that peaceful place. She later divorced her husband and continues seeking to understand her purpose from the experience. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | C-section under general anesthesia, fourth procedure with complications warned by doctor | Detailed observations of surgical procedures, organs being removed, doctor's distress | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed surgery from above through pool-like viewing portal | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 3413 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4664 José G NDE 8809 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jose_g_nde.html | 2015 | 2019 | M | A man experienced two separate fainting episodes with unusual phenomena. In the first incident, while in a bathroom as his blood sugar dropped, he felt heavy dizziness then moved at full velocity through an endlessly spiraling tunnel, free-falling while all his life memories appeared as photos passing from left to right with a strong blowing sound. He exited the tunnel to find himself lying on the bathroom floor beside his father. One year later during a second fainting episode at a bar after just one beer, everything went dark and he found himself walking in a dark city illuminated by weak lights, floating inside a sphere full of energy rays. Shadow-faced people passed by who seemed unable to see him. He felt transported to another dimension during this experience. Both episodes involved altered states of consciousness with a strong sense of being in non-physical realms. His father had previously experienced a near-death event during a heart attack where he saw his deceased mother and an indescribable light. The experiences led to lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, and precognitive dreams that later manifested in reality, though these dreams involving the deceased caused him fear rather than peace. | 6 | Home | 3 | 2 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Fainting episodes possibly due to hypoglycemia, no life-threatening event confirmed | No veridical observations, only subjective tunnel and otherworldly experiences | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 3414 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4683 Joseph M NDE 8860 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joseph_m_nde_8860.html | 1998 | 2019 | M | A man spent 5-10 days in the critical care unit with infectious colitis. During a crisis, he rose above his body observing the ICU room with frantic, confused doctors. He saw his deceased maternal grandfather, appearing much younger at about 35, yelling at the doctors and telling them what to do. The room and Earth slowly moved away from him, noting no stars in space and clouds on Earth. He stopped moving and became aware of a great energy source behind him that he could feel against his back. He contemplated whether to turn and face the energy, knowing there might be no return, or go back for his young children who needed a father. The instant he decided to return for his children, he was back in his body. The experience eliminated his fear of death and gave him greatly enhanced empathy. His wife confirms he was profoundly changed, saying he now "sees people" for who they really are. He learned to trust this new ability. The experience remains crystal clear in his memory, and he occasionally has premonitions of meaningless events that later occur, including knowing who's calling before answering the phone. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Critical condition with infectious colitis requiring ICU stay for 5-10 days | Observed ICU scene from above, saw deceased grandfather instructing doctors | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed ICU room from above | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3415 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4626 Julie VP NDE 8747 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1julie_vp_nde.html | 1981 | 2019 | 7 | F | A 7-year-old girl was electrocuted while moving an old green lamp on her red desk, receiving a heavy electrical shock to her head. She left her body, felt sucked upward, and floated in dark space with sharp vision and pure, pleasant organ-like sounds. She thought "So this is what death is like. It's not serious. It doesn't hurt." She felt no fear, only pleasure. She saw scrolling black and white images like an old movie - her grandparents (grandfather deceased, grandmother alive), school, the North Sea, and parents. Large white letters scrolled around her forming words including "bike," "Pierre," "children," "school" and others. In the darkness, she saw a distant glow that became an indescribably powerful light like sunlight through a prism with all colors present yet mixed. She was attracted to this light feeling immense, indescribable love emanating from it. She entered a soft, reassuring dark tunnel with increasingly blinding light at the end and a human silhouette. The love was so powerful she'd never known it before or since. She wanted to reach the person but saw images of her mother and brother when older, not fine and needing her. Torn between the light and returning for them, she apologized to the Being for not being able to die. She was brutally propelled back into her burning body. Her mother found her on the floor, body shaking, holding the lamp stuck to her face. After getting shocked herself, her mother wrapped her hands and pulled the plug. Julie experienced burning lungs, wet clothes from bladder release, and months of insomnia fearing the silhouette would take her. She developed strong psychic abilities, seeing future and past events, overwhelming empathy, and spontaneous sharing of joy and love. | 5 | Home | 10 | 10 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Severe electrocution causing cardiac/respiratory arrest, mother shocked when touching her | Saw mother and brother coming, specific future vision of them older, detailed descriptions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Body shaking, lamp stuck to face | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw mother and brother approaching | 1.00 | Mother and brother | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||
| 3416 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4624 June S NDE 8744 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1june_s_nde.html | 2006 | 2019 | F | A woman six and a half months pregnant with placenta previa experienced a massive hemorrhage at home. After calling 911, she lost consciousness multiple times. In the ambulance, she entered a profound void of blackness - weightless, timeless, ageless, with no body, breath, sound, or attachment. She moved through a tunnel toward something desired, feeling pure blackened silence and total bliss with deep, unearthly love she had longed for her entire life. It felt like finally arriving home after a miserable journey. Time didn't exist - it could have been one second or a million years. When paramedics shouted her name, she was offended by the return to lights and sirens. She observed herself from above, seeing paramedics place an oxygen mask and insert an IV while the driver shouted. She felt no urgency, accepting either outcome. Returning to the void, she felt accompanied by multiple unseen presences, knowing she was moving toward somewhere she longed to return. She became aware of being a warrior meant to assist needed change, with a mission to complete that was decided before birth. Though the relief of being there was enticing, she knew she would return sooner than realized and the sacrifice would be worth it. The presences gave loving encouragement as she agreed to return. After a month hospitalized and emergency C-section, her premature daughter survived. She divorced her husband three years later, had a relationship with a man she'd always loved, and continues searching for her purpose. The experience brought lasting changes including difficulty with superficial people, compassion despite being walked on, trouble focusing on money-driven work, constant need for solitude, and getting lost in nature, art, music, and meditation. | 5 | Ambulance | 10 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Life-threatening hemorrhage from placenta previa requiring emergency intervention | Detailed observations of paramedics working, oxygen mask, IV insertion from above | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed self in ambulance from above | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3417 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4781 Ken D NDE 9006 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ken_d_nde_9006.html | 1961 | 2020 | 7 | M |
In July 1961, seven-year-old Ken was playing at a forbidden harbor pier in Denmark with his friend Peter. They were jumping between a log raft and the dock when Ken fell into the water and couldn't swim. He sank vertically, hit the bottom, pushed up but struck his head on the raft above, and lost consciousness. During his near-death experience, Ken found himself in complete darkness with a luminous angel-like figure who appeared behind him and called him by his nickname "Kukke." The angel showed Ken his entire life on a movie reel from birth to that moment, stopping at times when he had lied or stolen to explain how these actions affected others. The angel explained there was meaning and a plan for Ken's life, telling him he would return to heal sick people and do things with music. Ken begged to stay in this peaceful, loving place but was sent back. Ken was pulled from the water by his friend Peter who grabbed his hair, with help from an adult who performed artificial respiration. He had been underwater and unconscious for an extended period. The man thought Ken might be dead but successfully revived him with CPR. Ken awoke feeling incredible happiness, knowing death doesn't exist. The experience profoundly affected his entire life, though he kept it largely secret for years due to his parents' religious beliefs conflicting with what he experienced. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Drowning incident with loss of consciousness, not explicitly clinical death but life-threatening | Life review shown by angel figure, received information about future purpose (healing and music), but observations not independently verifiable | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw entire life review on movie reel | 0.00 | Unnamed man who performed CPR | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 3418 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4819 Ken M NDE 9057 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ken_m_nde_9057.html | 1959 | 2020 | 8 | M |
On July 5, 1959, eight-year-old Ken was at a pond with his parents. While riding a small log trying to reach the center of the pond where other children were playing, he lost contact with the ground and the log rolled over. Unable to swim, Ken sank to the bottom, gasped water, and his last conscious thought was surprise that he could "breathe water." He then pushed off the bottom but hit his head on the underside of the log raft. After a moment of black void, Ken found himself above the water facing the bank where parents were sitting on blankets, about 40 feet away. He was observing from just above the pond surface, feeling wet but with no other sensations. He watched as a man on a blanket next to his father jumped up, alerting his dad, and both men ran toward him through the water. They reached into the water to his right, pulling out his body. Ken experienced another void before awakening on a blanket surrounded by concerned people. When he insisted he had watched everything from above the water, his father said he never came up. His father seemed upset when Ken described seeing the other man react first and pull him from the water. The man had performed CPR thinking Ken might be dead. The experience left Ken feeling conflicted about religion and church teachings about resurrection. He turned away from organized religion by age 10, though the memory remained vivid and consistent throughout his life. He kept the experience largely private due to his parents' religious beliefs and their unwillingness to discuss it. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Drowning with clinical death (cessation of breathing/heart function) requiring CPR | Clear out-of-body observation of rescue from above water, witnessed specific sequence of events including other man alerting father | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 1 | Observed rescue from above water | 1.00 | Father and unnamed rescuer | Mixed Compatibility | 4 | ||||||||
| 3419 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4841 Kevin G NDE 9089 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kevin_g_nde.html | 2003 | 2020 | M |
On April 29, 2003, Kevin was riding his motorcycle home from work on a dark, wet evening when he was struck from behind while stopped in traffic on a bridge. The impact catapulted him into the air, and as he ascended, he left his body and briefly glimpsed the accident scene below. He found himself flying horizontally through dark space toward a porthole of white light where he perceived God's presence. He felt overwhelming peace and joy, wanting only to reach the light, with no regrets about leaving the world behind. When Kevin realized he wasn't getting closer to the light, he felt God was stopping him. Looking down and to his right, he saw Jesus standing in the dark space, also looking toward the light. In an instant, Kevin understood what was happening and mentally said to God, "Get me out of this one and I won't come here again without Him." He was immediately returned to his body, landing safely on the white double lines beside a vehicle, avoiding oncoming traffic. Kevin sustained only heavy bruising despite the severity of the accident. His first thought upon the driver approaching was not to get angry because "Jesus wouldn't want it." The experience transformed him from an agnostic to a follower of Jesus. For the next ten years, he hosted a Bible study group in his home, became a hospital chaplain volunteer, and left his commercial real estate career to become a librarian. The core message Kevin received was "Don't Be Afraid. I have you safe and secure. I'm holding you tight." He kept the experience private for ten years before sharing it, knowing that God is always present and that he won't be going to the light alone next time. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe motorcycle accident with life-threatening potential | Brief OBE viewing accident scene, saw Jesus and God in spiritual realm | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 3 | 0 | Glimpsed accident scene from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3420 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4776 Laura B NDE 8996 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1laura_b_nde_8996.html | 2012 | 2020 | F |
In December 2012, Laura underwent a lithotripsy procedure for a kidney stone at a urology center. After being given general anesthesia and counting backward from 100, she went under around 93. The next thing she remembered was a woman's voice softly telling her, "You're not going to remember anything that has happened here when you wake up." She looked around and saw everything was gray but getting lighter, then felt pulled back into her body. Laura regained consciousness to find an anesthesiologist and nurse yelling in her face and shaking her, their voices slowly becoming audible like turning up volume on a radio. They were urgently asking if she had a history of heart problems. When she could finally speak, she said no. The medical staff informed her she had been going into cardiac arrest, which was very stressful for her to comprehend. They told her she had experienced a serious cardiac event during the procedure. Laura felt certain something significant happened while unconscious, though she couldn't remember details as the voice had predicted. She sensed she wasn't alone during the experience and that someone protective had been with her throughout the event. The voice was not from the medical staff but from "a totally different place." She went somewhere but wasn't allowed to bring the memory back with her. When Laura returned for a follow-up weeks later, all the staff came to check on her, indicating she had given them "quite a scare." They all knew her story well, confirming the severity of her medical crisis. The experience strengthened her belief in life after death and her connection to nature. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Surgery with general anesthesia, cardiac arrest during procedure | Heard otherworldly voice giving information, awareness during unconsciousness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard woman's voice about memory | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3421 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4774 Laura K NDE 8994 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1laura_k_nde.html | 1986 | 2020 | 25 | F |
On January 11, 1986, 25-year-old Laura was in a severe car accident in Chicago when a van ran a red light and struck the passenger side where she was sitting. The impact caused their car to spin, and Laura said "Call on Jesus, He'll help us" before losing consciousness. She had to be extracted from the damaged door and was transported by ambulance to the hospital, unconscious throughout. While her body was in the emergency room, Laura found herself in a spiritual realm where Jesus asked if she wanted to see where she was. She was kneeling at Jesus's feet, crying and begging to live. Looking up, she saw Jesus sitting on a tall white chair next to God, who was partially obscured by a white cloud. Jesus turned to God and asked, "Could she live?" God motioned something to Jesus, who then stood up and joyfully proclaimed with raised hands, "He said Yes! He said Yes!" as if signaling to others. Laura immediately returned to her body and awoke in the hospital. Despite intending to keep the experience private, the first thing she told her husband was "I was in Heaven and saw Jesus." She had suffered 6 broken bones (4 ribs, 2 pelvic), a punctured lung, bruised liver, and internal bleeding. She spent a week in ICU with a chest tube, then three more weeks recovering in the hospital. The experience was characterized by bright white surroundings in heaven, clear interaction with Jesus and God, and Laura's complete conviction of its reality. She describes knowing without doubt that God and Jesus are always with us, guiding and leading for our highest good. The experience remains crystal clear to her decades later. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident with multiple life-threatening injuries | Detailed observation of Jesus and God in heaven, specific dialogue and actions witnessed | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw Jesus and God in heaven | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 3422 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4818 Lee C NDEs 9054 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lee_c_ndes.html | 2018 | 2020 | M |
On November 28, 2018, Lee experienced a ruptured 10.5cm abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) that began as severe pain during church service. Initially thought to be kidney stones, he was rushed to emergency surgery where the aneurysm ruptured en route. With only a 5% survival rate for a 5cm AAA (his was twice that size), he lost 8 pints of blood and coded multiple times, experiencing clinical death at least twice during his ordeal. During his first experience, Lee found himself in a dark, warm place with glowing stones in brilliant colors containing ancient writings he couldn't read but understood. These stones had arrows pointing forward, leading him home, which he understood as "the Word" from John's Gospel. In his second, more dramatic experience, his entire life flashed before him with complete clarity - years passing in seconds. He witnessed not only his actions but their ripple effects on countless lives, feeling pride for some decisions and shame for others, though experiencing no external judgment. In his third and most impactful experience, Lee was held by an overwhelmingly loving presence like a parent holding a baby, with heartbeats merging. He was too awestruck to speak but knew they communicated before being gently released back to life. This presence conveyed that choices have consequences without condemnation, and filled him with universal love he could feel in every cell. Lee spent 11 days in ICU, lost function below his ribcage including kidneys and intestines, had his right leg turn black, underwent multiple surgeries, and had to relearn to walk. Despite this, he recovered, married his fiancée in the hospital, and now speaks widely about his experience, emphasizing that death has no sting and is just the beginning. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Ruptured 10.5cm AAA, multiple cardiac arrests, clinical death, 50% survival chance | Life review with ripple effects shown, ancient stone writings understood, held by divine presence | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/25/2025 | 3 | 1 | Understood ancient stone writings | 0.00 | Surgical team | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 3423 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4829 Leonard M NDE 9070/9687 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1leonard_m_nde.html | 2016 | 2020 | M |
On August 17, 2016, Leonard felt strange chest sensations after work. He drove himself to the hospital and collapsed immediately upon entering the ER doors, going into cardiac arrest. He was resuscitated twice at the first hospital, had a stent placed, then was flown to a trauma hospital where he coded two more times. After stabilizing, he coded again and was pronounced dead on August 18th. His family was notified of his death, memorial plans began, and his employer started insurance procedures. He remained clinically dead for an entire day. During his death, Leonard traveled through an amber tunnel with people reaching toward him from all sides. He then found himself floating down a gloomy highway at night, passing the Brewery District landmark in Columbus. He suddenly shot up to space where he observed Earth from a distance with what appeared to be a tree-like energy circulation protruding from the planet's top. To his left, he saw a spiral of stars resembling a wormhole (later identified as matching the Andromeda galaxy). He existed without form, just pure awareness, understanding what God meant by "I AM." On August 19th, while memorial preparations continued, medical staff discovered a faint pulse. Despite only a 23% survival chance and suffering 26 strokes while in a medically induced coma, Leonard survived. He awoke feeling unprecedented peace and bliss with no concerns or anger. However, he developed an overwhelming ability to feel emotions from everyone globally and began having prophetic visions during meditation, including accurately foreseeing train derailments, mass shootings, and geopolitical events months in advance. Leonard lost his job of 20 years, his home, and had to completely rebuild his life. He experiences the world's collective emotional pain, which can be exhausting, but remains optimistic despite permanent physical disabilities including nerve damage and brain injury. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Multiple cardiac arrests, clinical death for entire day, confirmed by medical staff and family | Observed specific Columbus landmark while floating, saw Earth and Andromeda galaxy from space, prophetic visions verified | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw Columbus Brewery District landmark | 1.00 | Medical team, family | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 3424 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 3583 Nigel O NDE 7098/9032 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1nigel_o_nde.html | 2015 | 2020 | M | Nigel experienced two separate NDEs. At age 9 (1959), he fell from a tree and stopped breathing. During this childhood NDE, he traveled through a tunnel toward a light and encountered a voice that told him "it is not your time, you have to go back" as he had "things to do." The experience included profound peace, joy, and a sense of unity with everything. In his second NDE at age approximately 70 (2015), during three strokes over 24 hours with heart rate over 200 BPM and multiple system shutdowns, he experienced a life review where he was disappointed at how little he had accomplished. He encountered a presence who said telepathically "You have done enough; you can come over." He experienced a beautiful peace within a soft yellow/gold backdrop and had no feeling for family or friends, realizing how short life is in cosmic terms. He discussed his life with what he understood to be God, feeling guilt about not providing security for his wife. Despite being told he could cross over, he chose to return to fulfill commitments. The experience included insights that souls experience life through others and that existence itself is meaningful. His recovery involved relearning to walk and talk, with lasting personality changes including becoming more self-contained and better at understanding complex concepts. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Three strokes in 24 hours with heart rate over 200 BPM, system shutdown documented | Life review experience with telepathic communication from presence, insights about cosmic perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard two male nurses betting on survival | 0.00 | Consultant | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 3425 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4783 Patti LL NDE 16115 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1patti_ll_nde.html | 1973 | 2020 | 20 | F | In June 1973, while hitchhiking across Canada, Patti was attacked by a man who attempted to strangle her after she tried to escape his vehicle. As she was being strangled and losing consciousness, she experienced a kaleidoscope vision where she was watching multiple TV-like screens showing different times in her life, specifically her hitchhiking experiences. She saw her mother pulling at her not to go hitchhiking, a girlfriend expressing concern, a TV news program about a murdered hitchhiker, and other hitchhiking situations. The scenes went round and round in the kaleidoscope. She then felt herself going through a light, bright area that wasn't a defined tunnel but an area of extreme peace and light where she felt weightless. She became aware of a voice asking "Have you learned your lesson yet?" to which she thought "Yes, but unfortunately, it's too late now." The response was "It's not your time yet. You still have work to do." Part of her wanted to continue with the light due to its peacefulness and love. When she awoke, the attacker had released his grip and she escaped into the forest. Police later indicated her description matched a serial rapist in the area. The experience profoundly affected her life, making her contemplate her purposeful work and never truly fear death, knowing something special happens after death. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Near-fatal strangulation attack documented | Kaleidoscope vision of multiple life experiences, voice communication about lesson and purpose | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 0 | Kaleidoscope vision of life events | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 3426 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4789 Peter H NDE 9014 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1peter_h_nde_9014.html | 1967 | 2020 | 9 | M | At age 9, Peter had bronchial asthma and was rushed to hospital with his mother. After receiving a penicillin injection, he had an allergic reaction. He found himself up in a corner of the ceiling in the treatment room, watching his mother, nurse, and doctor urgently moving around his body slumped in a chair. He could see everything from different viewpoints within the room, mostly from above, and watched the urgency of the medical staff and his mother's loving concern. He could see from multiple perspectives and watched as a doctor rushed in and injected him with what he later learned was adrenaline. As soon as he saw the injection in his thigh, he was back in his body with his breathing restored. His mother later verified everything he saw and felt during the experience. The lighting seemed to glow brighter than normal during the OBE, and he felt a peaceful loving warmth throughout. He felt strong compassion for everyone in the room. The experience made him more loving, especially toward his mother, and more spiritual and open to beliefs than his brothers. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Life-threatening allergic reaction to penicillin requiring emergency intervention | OBE with multiple specific observations of medical procedures and staff actions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw medical staff and mother from ceiling | 1.00 | Mother | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 3427 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4782 Rebecca S NDE 9008 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rebecca_s_nde.html | 2003 | 2020 | 7 | F | At age 7, Rebecca had a ruptured appendix with peritonitis on December 26, 2003. During emergency surgery, her heart stopped twice on the operating table. She experienced going through a color-changing tunnel from black to grey, feeling weightless and the most content she had ever been. She floated down to what seemed like solid ground in a pearly-grey cloudy place. A tall figure in a robe stepped out from behind a veil - someone she didn't know but felt she had known her whole life. She rushed over and hugged the figure's legs. Behind a smoke-like veil were hundreds of thousands of people rushing around like blurs. She then encountered two elderly people who asked "How is your mum?" - later identified by her mother as possibly her great-grandparents based on their description. When told it was time to go, she resisted saying "I don't want to go. I really like it here." Before returning, the guardian figure warned her "Bad things will happen but I want you to know it will be all right." Indeed, her parents divorced the following year, her father died suddenly in 2007, she was sexually assaulted, and her siblings were taken into care. The doctor said if her heart had stopped a third time, they wouldn't have resuscitated her. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Heart stopped twice during surgery for ruptured appendix with peritonitis | Detailed descriptions of otherworldly realm, specific beings, and prophetic warning verified | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 1 | Met deceased great-grandparents | 1.00 | Mother | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3428 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4796 Rhonda M NDE 9024 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rhonda_m_nde.html | 1986 | 2020 | 14 | F | Rhonda had two out-of-body experiences. The first occurred around age 5 during a high fever from flu, where she found herself on the ceiling looking down at herself on the couch while her mother was on the phone with the doctor. The second and more significant experience happened at age 14 during surgery when she had an allergic reaction to medication that stopped her heart. She heard the flatline beep on the heart monitor and observed from above as medical staff frantically tried to restart her heart. She was not in pain and heard them yelling for her not to leave, which seemed strange to her. The commotion lasted only moments from her perspective. She later learned she had an allergic reaction to one of the medications. The doctor was amazed at her recovery, which took half the expected time. She was so energetic in the ICU that they needed to sedate her. During both experiences, she felt complete calm while observing from outside her body. She could see everything happening with her body and around it. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Heart stopped during surgery due to allergic reaction, flatline documented | Observed flatline monitor and medical team response from OBE perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard flatline and saw medical response | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 3 | |||||||||
| 3429 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4838 Sandi T NDEs 9082 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sandi_t_ndes.html | 1975 | 2020 | 5 | F | Sandi experienced multiple NDEs between ages 3-7 during severe abuse by foster parents. In one experience after strangulation leading to clinical death, she observed from beside her body as medical staff argued about removing life support. A Being of light instructed her to follow and remember exactly what the foster parents and doctor said. She followed them through hospital corridors to an office where she witnessed their argument, later repeating the conversation verbatim. She was taken into the presence of what she calls the Great Intelligence/God, experiencing overwhelming love, gratitude, and physical presence of these emotions. She toured the universe, surfing on sound, tasting colors beyond human perception, experiencing songs of planets and laughter of stars. After being given the choice, she decided to return despite knowing only pain awaited. In another NDE, she toured other worlds including a water-covered planet with bioluminescent beings, traveled among stars and planets, and received a "download" explaining Earth's purpose in allowing the unlimited divine to experience limitation, solving the paradox of an unlimited loving God. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinical death from strangulation, declared brain dead, life support removed | Followed people through closed doors, repeated verbatim conversation from distant location | written_account | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 3 | 1 | Followed group to distant office | 1.00 | Doctor, foster parents | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 3430 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4797 Schon R NDE 9026 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1schon_r_nde.html | 2005 | 2020 | 8 | M | Eight-year-old Schon, diagnosed with B-Cell Leukemia, was in the hospital on December 23, 2005. After asking his mother to pray and get him a drink, he began convulsing and having a seizure as a reaction to chemotherapy. His mother pressed the emergency button as he flatlined and emergency doctors rushed in while his mother fainted. He briefly saw himself from above, then transitioned to a white, glowing space like an endless void with no shadows or physical form. The light felt like heated water in a jacuzzi - comforting, peaceful, free, and euphoric. He had no body but could "look" around, feeling like a floating camera with 360-degree movement. He describes feeling amazing, with perfect vision despite normally needing glasses. He experienced incredible peace and the sensation of being in a jacuzzi of light. Time seemed to stop or lose all meaning. He felt a sense of universal understanding and connection, though specific details were hard to explain. Since the experience, he has high emotional intelligence, intuition, and often feels he can sense entities or feel places. He completely lost his fear of death and has spent years trying unsuccessfully to recreate the feelings through various means. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Flatlined during convulsions from chemotherapy reaction, CPR given | White void experience with enhanced perception but no specific observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3431 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4839 Seemoon C NDE 9086 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1seemoon_c_nde.html | 1986 | 2020 | 9 | F | Nine-year-old Seemoon was with her 12-year-old cousin who attempted to hypnotize her by having her breathe slowly then covering her nose and mouth simultaneously. On the second attempt, she lost consciousness. She saw a vision of a 1900s-style locomotive train going through a tunnel with densely packed people in traditional Korean white clothes. Many more people on the platform were trying to board the departing train as it released steam. A bright light was visible at the end of the black tunnel. While standing on the platform watching, two adults pushed her aside trying to board before her. She pushed back saying "No!" but the train left without her. She then woke up to find her cousin and brother relieved. Her cousin reported her face turned red and she lost consciousness. The experience made her feel that boarding the train would have meant death. She developed an obsession with not wasting time, feeling that meaningless days are unbearable. She now believes life is finite and prioritizes people over money or work, thinking that sins will somehow be paid for. | 5 | Home | 3 | 6 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Face turned red, lost consciousness during suffocation attempt | Vision of train with Korean cultural elements, tunnel with light | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw train with people in Korean clothes | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 3432 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4903 Ahly S NDE 9175 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1_ahly_s_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-11-03 | 2021 | M |
In November 2001, Ahly was involved in a severe car accident while intoxicated. He collided with a bridge protective wall at high speed. The trauma was so severe that doctors said he could die from a fat embolism. His oxygen levels dropped into the 60s, indicating brain death level hypoxia. During the accident, everything turned black and he found himself in a beautiful place surrounded by stars. He experienced no pain, hunger, or anxiety - only peace and comfort. He was surrounded by billions and billions of stars, and when he looked at himself, he was a star too. He could have stayed in that peaceful state forever. Then he heard a soft voice telling him, "It is not your time yet." He felt as if he had been thrown from a distance back into his body. He awoke on a gurney in terrible pain and covered in blood. The medical team struggled to stabilize him, and he underwent multiple major surgeries. During one surgery, he had an anesthetic crisis and was dying again. He saw an intense white light and stopped fighting to breathe, wanting to return to the beautiful place full of stars, but the doctors saved him. This happened again in another surgery. After recovery, he experienced lasting effects including seeing ghosts, lights, and shadows. He heard voices and had extra-sensory experiences. He reports knowing that human life is more complex than we understand and has a spiritual component. He also had a childhood NDE at age 7 from a streptococcus infection where angels took him to heaven and he was sent back down a rainbow. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Severe car accident with life-threatening injuries, oxygen dropped to brain death levels | Experienced otherworldly realm of stars and heard voice, but no specific earthly observations verified | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw billions of stars and became a star | 0.00 | Doctor | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 3433 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4904 Alex L NDE 9176 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1_alex_l_nde.html | 2018 | 2018-01-03 | 2021 | M |
On January 3, 2018, Alex experienced a massive heart attack at home. He had been feeling unwell and noticed a vibrating sensation in his chest. His blood pressure spiked to 156/106, the highest it had ever been. He experienced multiple seizures with crushing chest pain like a bowling ball pushing up his throat. First responders arrived and the paramedic said they were losing him. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. In the pre-op area, his eyes rolled up and the lights went out. His last thought was "Thank God, it's over!" He then found himself in blackness, experiencing intense happiness, joy, and love beyond any words. He was in a fog watching a brilliant light that grew brighter as the feelings intensified. The light was so bright that people appeared as silhouettes. One person was lying horizontally with others hustling around the body. He was drawn to the light and overwhelming feelings. Then he heard "200 joules. Set. Clear." and tried to scream "NO!" with all his might. The body lurched skyward and when it landed, he was back in his body. He could see the medical team performing CPR even before opening his eyes. When he raised his hand, they realized he was back. The doctor confirmed they had shocked him with 200 joules to bring him back. He was clinically dead for 4-10 minutes according to the medical team. Alex returned with a message that thousands or millions will die from something coming, and there will be a massive effort to save everyone that shouldn't be done. He experienced lasting changes including increased empathy and awareness of past wrongs he needed to make amends for. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clear cardiac arrest with defibrillation, clinically dead 4-10 minutes per medical team | Heard exact defibrillation setting (200 joules) while clinically dead, confirmed by medical team | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 2 | Heard defibrillation settings while dead | 1.00 | Doctor | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 3434 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4900 Change F NDE 9169 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1_change_f_nde.html | 2002 | 2021 | M |
In March 2002, Change was playing kickball at school when he fell and lost consciousness. The injury appeared to involve head trauma severe enough to potentially cause brain hemorrhage or fatal brain swelling. He was unconscious on the sports field with classmates gathered around attempting to revive him. After falling, he experienced moving at lightning speed through a dark tunnel. He watched the smiling faces of his classmates rotating one after another like pieces of shattered mirrors - he still clearly remembers three specific faces. His body was in pain and he had trouble breathing. The tunnel experience continued until he reached a bright light at the end. The light became brighter as all the pictures disappeared, and he moved toward it at high speed. Once he entered the light, he found himself floating in a peaceful state in a black universe. He was formless, like water evaporating and dispersing slowly. The experience was incredibly relaxing, peaceful, and comfortable. Suddenly, he experienced a dimensional shift and his soul was floating above the school sports field. From above, he watched his body lying on the grass surrounded by classmates. He specifically observed one classmate trying to resuscitate him by pinching his philtrum (the area above the mouth). When he regained consciousness, he had complete amnesia - he couldn't recognize people around him or remember where the school restroom was. His memories gradually returned over the next two hours. The experience remains crystal clear to him years later. He reports occasionally remembering things that later happen in the future as an after-effect. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Head trauma from fall causing unconsciousness, potential brain hemorrhage mentioned | Observed specific resuscitation technique (philtrum pinch) while unconscious, remembered specific classmate faces | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw classmate pinching philtrum from above | 1.00 | Classmate | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 3435 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4905 John G NDE 9177 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1_john_g_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-05-01 | 2021 | M |
In May 2001, John and his cousins were playing in a hay barn attic. While running around in circles, he fell 15 feet through a hole and landed flat on his back on the concrete floor below. The fall was severe enough to cause unconsciousness and potentially life-threatening injuries. His cousins reported the entire incident happened in seconds, but to John it felt like half an hour. Immediately after landing, John recalls floating above himself and seeing his body lying on the concrete. He had a clear out-of-body experience where he could observe himself from an elevated perspective. The environment then became super bright with clouds, followed by darkness before he regained consciousness. During the experience, he described being in a peaceful state with no sound and filled with blindingly bright light. He vividly remembers seeing himself from above his body. The experience felt like it lasted much longer than the actual time that passed. When he came to, he could stand up perfectly but felt like he weighed a million pounds and could barely walk. The experience left a lasting impression on John. He describes the out-of-body state as peaceful and filled with bright light that was blinding in intensity. Though the physical event lasted only seconds according to witnesses, his subjective experience felt extended in time. He has never shared this experience publicly before submitting this account. |
5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | 15-foot fall onto concrete floor causing unconsciousness | Clear OBE with self-observation but no independently verified observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw self from above after fall | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 3436 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4906 Kimberly T NDE 9179 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1_kimberly_t_nde.html | 2021 | F |
Kimberly underwent surgery and woke up in the ICU with a strange memory. Unlike previous surgeries where she experienced no awareness, this time she had a profound experience while under anesthesia. During the surgery, her oxygen levels dropped to 60%, which indicates brain death level hypoxia. The doctor had to take extraordinary measures to revive her. She found herself suddenly in a hallway where the walls, ceiling, and floor were made of light. Love was a tangible thing that she literally breathed in and out - the most amazing feeling ever. She suddenly knew where her deceased grandmother was and started hurrying down the hallway, eager to see her. The experience was one of overwhelming peace and love. Then she heard someone scream "KIM!" She turned around thinking "I forgot my kids" and knew she had to return. She immediately woke up in the ICU. When she told the story to her husband with the doctor present, the doctor's face went white. He confirmed that during surgery, for no apparent reason, her oxygen had dropped to 60% (brain death level). Nothing he tried was working to bring her back. In desperation, he grabbed her shoulders and screamed "KIM!" in her face, after which everything returned to normal. The doctor's confirmation of screaming her name exactly as she heard it while unconscious provides strong verification of her awareness during clinical crisis. She knows she was on her way to heaven and believes that had she been allowed to see the other side fully, she wouldn't have wanted to return. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 15 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Surgery with oxygen drop to 60% (brain death level), doctor confirmed crisis | Heard doctor scream "KIM!" while under anesthesia with oxygen at 60%, doctor confirmed exact action | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Intubated | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard doctor scream her name | 1.00 | Doctor | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 3437 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4902 Natalia Th NDE 9174 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1_natalia_th_nde.html | 2010 | 2021 | 7 | F |
In 2010, when Natalia was 7 years old and in first grade, she was eating lunch in the school cafeteria when she began choking on her food. She could not get any air and became panicked. A teacher laid her over her lap and repeatedly hit her back trying to dislodge the food. The choking episode lasted what felt like ages, during which she could not breathe, felt her heart rate slowing, and her eyes closed. She was then surrounded by dark nothingness but wasn't particularly stressed - rather, she felt quite calm and at peace. She floated in a peaceful darkness and may have seen a type of purple energy standing across from her in the void. While in this state, she remembered thinking "What about my mom?" and feeling like she couldn't just die on her. She had a realization that she was going to die but it wasn't time yet because of her mother. The dark void experience was characterized by complete silence and an unusual sense of peace despite the life-threatening situation. She felt she shouldn't be there yet and needed to return for her mother's sake. Time seemed to not exist in this space. When she came back to her senses and started breathing again after coughing, she was confused and felt as if she had just woken from sleep. She was happy to be breathing again. The experience left her wondering about the blissful void and why she had been so calm while almost dying. She later shared the experience with friends, and one reported having a similar void experience during their own NDE. |
5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Choking episode with inability to breathe, heart rate slowing | Otherworldly void experience with possible entity, no earthly observations to verify | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw purple energy in void | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 3438 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4943 Amy G NDE 9249 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1amy_g_nde.html | 2015 | 2015-04-12 | 2021 | F |
On April 12, 2015, Amy was violently attacked by her husband's ex-wife. The attacker, much larger than Amy (6 feet tall, 180 pounds versus Amy's 5'4" 115 pounds), strangled her for nearly 2 minutes and bashed her skull against a car and cement floor. This was a life-threatening assault resulting in non-fatal strangulation with multiple head trauma and spinal injury. During the strangulation, Amy left her body and found herself walking down a damp, dark tunnel looking confused. She moved toward light and away from darkness through the tunnel. She then heard "AMY, AMY, AMY" and turned away from the light back to the darkness, returning to her body. Her husband was yelling her name repeatedly. A remarkable verification occurred: both Amy and her husband clearly remember him yelling "AMY AMY AMY" three times, which brought her back. However, they had been recording the conversation for co-parenting documentation purposes and captured the entire attack on audio. When they reviewed the recording, nowhere on it does her husband yell her name, despite both having vivid memories of this occurring. This suggests Amy heard him calling her on a non-physical level while out of body. After returning, Amy felt like she didn't fit in her body properly for months, like wearing shoes that were too tight. She experienced lasting peace and calm despite the violent nature of the event. She gained a different outlook on what happens after death, knowing that she simply walked away from her body as if nothing had happened. She misses the feeling of pure bliss, peace, and calm from the experience. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Nearly 2 minutes of strangulation plus head trauma, life-threatening attack | Both remember husband yelling name 3 times but audio recording proves this didn't happen physically | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Audio recording of attack | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard husband yelling name not on recording | 1.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||
| 3439 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4940 Andre V NDE 9243 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1andre_v_nde.html | 1990 | 1990-10-27 | 2021 | M |
On October 27, 1990, Andre had a catastrophic motorcycle racing accident at the Grand National Final in Atlanta, Georgia. He crashed on an oil spill, suffering severe injuries including a badly broken left forearm and his leg caught in the bike forks. The internal bleeding was so severe it caused a heart attack and clinical death. He lost consciousness multiple times and eventually died from blood loss. While dead, Andre heard alarms from machines and instantly felt no pain. He floated on the ceiling watching his body as nurse Vickie and three others rushed in. He then saw what looked like a highway filled with human figures with light shining from their navel area, heading toward a bright portal. He joined them and discovered telepathic communication worked across all languages - when he asked questions in Afrikaans or English, everyone heard in their own language. The group included people of many religions: Catholic, Baptist, Muslim, Atheist, Jew, Buddhist, Hindu, and tribal peoples. They told him they were going to purgatory where they would review EVERY decision made on earth and see how those affected God's plans and others. He was told "Time only exists on earth." He then felt an urgent need to leave and found himself at a dark river with a beautiful park on the other side. He saw his deceased grandmother (died 1982), father (died 1983), and dog Nicky (died 1970s). His father yelled in Afrikaans "Go back; we are not ready for you yet!" He returned via a road with small souls entering babies' bodies. When back in his room, nurse Vickie introduced him to Julie. Andre already knew Julie's name, shocking both nurses. Julie confirmed "I only saw you while you were flat lined." This verified his out-of-body observations. The experience led Andre to believe he must share God's love and his NDE story with others. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Heart attack from internal bleeding causing clinical death, confirmed flat-lined | Knew nurse Julie's name despite being flat-lined, telepathic communication across languages, saw deceased relatives | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/25/2025 | 2 | 1 | Knew nurse Julie's name while flat-lined | 1.00 | Vickie and Julie | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 3440 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4862 Annalise E NDE 9115 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1annalise_e_nde.html | 1985 | 2021 | 16 | F |
In 1985, when Annalise was 16 years old, she underwent general surgery to remove four teeth that had grown through the roof of her mouth. During the surgery, her heart stopped and she stopped breathing, requiring resuscitation. At some point during the procedure, she became conscious despite being under anesthesia. She found herself floating in an arched structure, possibly a tunnel, with light energy being bent around her. The light was excessively bright - so bright it would have burnt retinas on earth, yet it was soft and didn't hurt at all. She existed not as a body but as pure energy, joined to all other energies that had been before and would be after. She became aware that all beings are just energy and are intrinsically linked. Communication would have been through telepathy or just knowing. The feeling was beyond human words - pure bliss, peace, and calm. The place felt familiar, like she had been there before or even came from there. She was pulled back to the operating room against her will. From the ceiling, she watched the proceedings as more people entered the room. She saw a girl fighting with the medical team as they tried to resuscitate her with shocks. The girl punched a nurse in the face and sprained another nurse's wrist. Only when she was no longer separate did she realize the violent girl was herself. The next day, a nurse came to the ward and Annalise asked "How is your wrist?" The nurse replied "Still sore. How did you know about that?" confirming Annalise had indeed injured her wrist during resuscitation while Annalise was supposedly unconscious. After the experience, no watches would work on her and her heart rate became erratic. She became exceedingly empathic, picking up on others' feelings and having premonitions. She also had awareness of family deaths before being told, including her grandmother visiting after death. |
3 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Heart stopped during surgery requiring resuscitation with defibrillation | Observed self fighting staff and spraining nurse's wrist, nurse confirmed injury next day | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw self fighting and injuring nurse | 1.00 | Nurse | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 3441 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4808 Sinnaeve NDE 9038 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sinnaeve_nde.html | 2011 | 2020 | 21 | F |
Sinnaeve was 21 years old when she experienced an NDE after smoking cannabis mixed with alcohol at a party. Having never smoked before, she had a severe reaction involving sweating, nausea, and loss of consciousness. She fell in a hallway trying to reach the bathroom and experienced clinical death with friends attempting to revive her. During her NDE, she traveled through a dark tunnel toward an ultra-bright, white, scintillating light. Once in the light, she was welcomed by her deceased maternal grandfather who had died when she was 13. They reviewed her life together, and she experienced unconditional love incomparable to earthly feelings. Her grandfather revealed a family secret about her paternal grandmother being in darkness due to an unrevealed secret. She and her grandfather existed as luminous, shimmering vapor rather than solid forms. She felt completely at peace with no sense of time passing. A golden line appeared that she wanted to cross, but her grandfather warned her that crossing it meant no return. She could see her body in the hallway with friends trying to revive her. Her grandfather explained that her earthly mission wasn't over and that her 18-month-old son needed her. He told her that from their vantage point, they could see and know everything happening on earth. Upon returning to her body, she experienced it like diving from a high diving board. She awoke with friends panicked above her, unable to breathe or speak initially. It took 10 minutes before she could fully recover. Since the experience, her intuition has become extremely developed and she frequently enjoys astral projections. Death no longer frightens her as she is convinced of an afterlife. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drug overdose (cannabis/alcohol) causing unconsciousness, friends attempting revival | Saw her own body from above with friends trying to revive her, grandfather knew about her son despite dying years earlier | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw her body from above | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 3442 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4805 Sophia K NDE 9036 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sophia_k_nde.html | 2014 | 2020 | F |
Sophia experienced an NDE in 2014 during a drug overdose that resulted in clinical death. She was in a car with her boyfriend when she began feeling intensely cold, like a corpse, despite the heat running at full power in -30°C weather. She then separated from her body and watched from outside the car as her boyfriend worried about her condition. She was quickly pulled upward by a bright, warm light and found herself walking in a foggy place with unfamiliar people. Through the fog, her deceased relatives began to appear, including her mother who had passed away years earlier. She spent what felt like almost all day walking and talking with them, though time had no meaning in that realm. Her mother told her about future events in her life including details about her children and career. The relatives inhabited their own world that was light, airy, weightless, and completely free from evil or pain. Her mother revealed specific information about what would happen in Sophia's future and then told her it wasn't her time and she had to return. Despite desperately wanting to stay with her relatives in that peaceful realm, she was pulled back. Her relatives disappeared into the fog and darkness began pulling her downward in an unpleasant experience she likened to being born again. Upon returning to her body, she found her vision had improved and she could see things with different colors and contrast than in normal life. She gained the ability to see through people and read minds. The experience convinced her that an afterlife definitely exists where God's presence can be felt. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drug overdose resulting in clinical death, separation from body observed | Mother provided future information about children and career, experienced telepathic communication | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw herself from outside the car | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3443 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4823 Stephen K NDE 9061 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1stephen_k_nde.html | 1998 | 2020 | M |
Stephen drowned at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, after being caught in what appears to have been a rip current. He was held on the sea floor, unable to reach the surface despite seeing sunlight through the water just feet above. His lungs burned for air until he involuntarily inhaled water, experiencing a sudden but painless transition marked by a feeling that swept from between his eyes down through his body. He experienced an indescribable lightness as if all earthly weight and responsibilities had been washed away. The murky waters became crystal clear, and he could see ripples in the sand and scattered shells on the sea bed. He became aware of his body seated on the ocean floor below him, rocking gently with the waves. He discovered he could see everything simultaneously in all directions with perfect 360-degree vision. He watched as a man swam down to rescue his body, taking it under the arms to bring it to the surface. Stephen observed specific details like a conch shell on the sea floor and was fascinated by the ability to see both minute details like individual grains of sand and the broader surroundings simultaneously. He felt warm, calm, and at peace, surrounded by pure love in what felt like a familiar, natural state as if he had been there before. He understood he had lived before and would live again through reincarnation. He experienced a strong pull to return and awoke choking on the beach. He wept for hours afterward, not from relief but from feeling the heaviness of his body again. For over a month, he felt uncomfortable in his physical form, longing for the lightness he had experienced. Twenty-two years later, he still feels this heaviness daily. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Drowning with involuntary water inhalation, CPR given on beach | Crystal clear vision underwater, saw rescuer swimming down to body, observed specific details like conch shell, 360-degree simultaneous vision | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw rescuer retrieving his body | 1.00 | Rescuer | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 3444 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4833 Steve H NDE 9074 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1steve_h_nde_9074.html | 1993 | 1993-09-18 | 2020 | M |
Steve was at Stockton 99 Speedway in California watching NASCAR racing from the pit observation area when a catastrophic accident occurred. A race car came off the track, hit the fence, and continued along it, striking multiple people including Steve. The impact threw him approximately fifty feet according to his ex-wife who witnessed it. The accident injured fifty people and killed one person at the scene. Steve was not breathing and had no pulse, prompting CPR attempts that initially failed. During his clinical death, Steve experienced looking down from on top of the scoreboard near where he had been standing. He could see everything clearly - where the car came off the track, hit the fence, knocked over fence posts and people, and eventually came to rest on its roof. After this out-of-body observation, he found himself at home in bed on a normal Sunday morning with his wife and children laughing together. His friend Bob's voice calling his name interrupted this scene. When Steve said he didn't want to leave his family, his wife told him he had to go and hurry back. Steve then experienced walking down a long, super-bright hallway that was almost blinding like the sun. He resisted going through the door at the end which opened to complete darkness. Something or someone helped guide him through, and he remembered gasping for air as his friend Bob said "I thought you were dead." The medical team had nearly given up on him, considering him one of the last to leave because they didn't think he'd survive transport. A medical helicopter was called but didn't take him. Steve survived with multiple internal injuries and about a 10% chance of surviving surgery. His wife was told he had even less chance of surviving until morning if he made it through surgery. He spent several weeks in the hospital and experienced recurring nightmares where his deceased friend Ed claimed Steve was supposed to be with him because he wasn't supposed to survive the accident. |
5 | Other | 10 | 16 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death with cessation of breathing and heart function, CPR given, massive trauma from race car impact | Observed accident scene from above scoreboard with specific details of car trajectory, fence damage, and final position on roof. Saw exact location and sequence of events he couldn't have witnessed from ground | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed accident scene from above | 1.00 | Ex-wife, friends from track | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 3445 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4765 Susan H NDE 8974 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1susan_h_nde.html | 1998 | 1998-10-16 | 2020 | F |
Susan experienced three NDEs, with the first occurring on October 16, 1998, during severe pregnancy complications. She suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum throughout her first trimester, experiencing debilitating nausea and vomiting that left her weighing only 95 pounds at 13 weeks pregnant. During a medical appointment, she collapsed on her doctor's desk and experienced clinical death with no pulse or heartbeat detectable by Dr. Im, who said multiple times "We are losing her." During her NDE, Susan walked uphill on soft green grass in bright daylight alongside a huge person whose shadow encompassed her in a circle. She recognized being in Heaven in the Shadow of the Almighty from Psalm 91. They communicated through wordless thought transfer. She was led to a meadow with extraordinary colors of green with more yellow than seen on earth. Under a giant tree, she observed about a dozen children aged 2-8 playing in a circle, moving counter-clockwise while holding hands. She was particularly drawn to a little girl in a pale green dress who stumbled and was gently helped up by a teenage girl. Susan spent what felt like two days conversing with God in a white realm after He saved her from an initial descent. God told her who had placed drugs in her drink (relating to the medical crisis), explained he would repair her body, and instructed her to pursue education until He told her to stop. The voice commanding her return was soft but carried absolute authority. Her husband confirmed she was unconscious for about three minutes while Dr. Im worked to revive her. After returning, Susan was completely healed of hyperemesis gravidarum and never vomited again during pregnancy. She also received healing from a heart murmur. Years later, she realized the little girl in the green dress she saw in heaven was her unborn daughter, wearing the exact same style dress she would later receive as a gift. Susan went on to complete three degrees as instructed and now shares her testimony through books and television. |
5 | Other | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinical death during pregnancy complications, no pulse/heartbeat detected by physician, doctor stated "losing her" multiple times | Saw unborn daughter in heaven wearing specific green dress later gifted, healed of hyperemesis and heart murmur with medical records, accurate prophecy about having daughter when told having boy | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw unborn daughter in heaven | 1.00 | Dr. Im, husband | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3446 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4757 Sydney U NDE 8963 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sydney_u_nde.html | 2019 | 2019-08-26 | 2020 | F |
Sydney experienced severe pregnancy complications at 35 weeks, developing kidney and heart failure that caused flash pulmonary edema - she was drowning in her own fluids. The life-threatening situation required an emergency cesarean section under general anesthesia. Following the surgery, she was placed in a medically-induced coma for twenty hours while the medical team stabilized her condition. During her NDE, Sydney found herself in a dark area where she, her deceased mother, and several unknown people were bathed in a blue-white glow. They appeared to be standing around what she recalls as a stone table. Her mother, who had passed away three and a half years earlier at age 53, appeared young and beautiful, looking about Sydney's age. Her mother held her hand while Sydney repeatedly wanted to leave, but her mother insisted she stay a little longer because she needed time to get better. Her mother revealed that Sydney had a beautiful baby daughter and emphasized that she had to go back because her daughter needed her. Sydney felt the experience lasted a long time, with a sense of timelessness where everything seemed to happen at once. The beings present seemed to be from heaven or a better place, creating an in-between or waiting place atmosphere. She experienced feelings of happiness, relief, and incredible joy during the encounter. When Sydney woke up twenty hours later, she was still intubated and couldn't speak. She had to write to communicate, asking about the date and time because it felt like much more time had passed. She felt profound gratitude for being alive. The experience left her certain that an afterlife exists and that her mother came from a heavenly place to guide her back to life for her newborn daughter's sake. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Emergency C-section under general anesthesia, kidney/heart failure, pulmonary edema, medically-induced coma | Mother knew about baby daughter, appeared younger than death age, felt like extended time when only 20 hours passed | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/26/2025 | 1 | 0 | Mother knew about newborn daughter | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 3447 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4760 Tammi V NDE 8969 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tammi_v_nde.html | 2019 | 2019-11-06 | 2020 | F |
Tammi experienced a stercoral ulcer perforation causing severe sepsis, requiring emergency exploratory surgery. She lost two-fifths of her colon and her spleen during the procedure. The initial pain felt like being sliced through the abdomen from hip to hip. After being prepped for surgery, she has no memory until finding herself in a dark void during what appears to have been a near-death experience during the operation. In the void, Tammi encountered a unique being she doesn't believe was an angel. The being was tall with very long arms and legs, mottled greenish-grey leathery skin, and bat-like wings draped from his arms and attached to his torso. She never saw his face and experienced the scene from both her own perspective and a bystander's view from above and behind the being. Despite his unusual appearance, she felt no fear, only acceptance and readiness to release her life. The being reached out and gently wrapped his arms/wings around her, communicating without words. As the being pulled her into his embrace, she turned her head and rested her cheek on his chest, feeling peaceful, calm, and accepting of death. She felt sad about losing her family but knew they would be okay. The encounter felt both brief and eternal. Then she felt herself being pulled away from the embrace, with the being not resisting but holding on loosely as she was drawn back. Tammi awoke in the ICU still intubated, spending four days there followed by additional days in general care. The experience has profoundly affected her - she no longer fears death but struggles with daily life knowing the peace that awaits. She thinks about the experience every day and will never forget the being or any details. Life now seems trivial and temporary to her, with worldly concerns like wealth feeling unimportant compared to the peace she experienced. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Emergency surgery for perforated colon with sepsis, lost organs, ICU recovery with intubation | Unique being encounter with specific physical details, dual perspective viewing, no typical NDE elements | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/26/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3448 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4745 Theresa C NDE 8951 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1theresa_c_nde.html | 1997 | 2020 | 7 | F |
Seven-year-old Theresa drowned in a swimming pool after losing her grip on a flotation device. Despite her mother being present but inattentive, Theresa panicked and went under three times, unable to scream for help due to water in her mouth and throat. She experienced pure terror as she watched the sky slip away from underwater, then everything went black like dreamless sleep. During her NDE, Theresa found herself observing her own body floating at the bottom corner of the pool with her hair covering her face and arms suspended limply in front of her. Her rainbow-colored swimsuit appeared brighter than ever before. She immediately recognized it was her body but felt she was no longer that person, experiencing complete peace and certainty. She felt herself being pulled upward and noticed the water transformed into warm, pure light that felt like a true mother's hug - beautiful serenity. The experience involved extraordinarily vivid sensory perception, with colors more brilliant than normal and vision sharper than usual. The light was pure, bright, warm, and seemed physical in nature, encompassing everything around her. She felt calming peace indicating all would be well forever, with no wrong ever again. The state felt completely right and natural. Theresa was revived by an EMT with beautiful blue eyes whom she initially thought was an angel. She felt intense anguish about being brought back, asking "Why did you do this to me? Why did you bring me back?" The experience left her with the most vivid memories she has ever had, remaining sharp even 29 years later. Remarkably, she never feared water afterward, finding it calming instead. She developed precognitive dreams in childhood that frightened her. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drowning with loss of consciousness, CPR administered by EMT, clinical death implied | Saw own body from outside with specific details of position and appearance, water became light, enhanced vision and colors | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw own body underwater | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 3449 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4842 Thomas C NDE 9090 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1thomas_c_nde.html | 2016 | 2016-08-31 | 2020 | M |
Thomas was on the operating table awaiting hip surgery when he experienced a massive pulmonary embolism and ischemic stroke just before receiving anesthesia. He stopped breathing and experienced clinical death, requiring emergency transport from the Veterans Administration hospital to a university medical center for open-heart surgery to remove blood clots. He barely survived what doctors called a "Widowmaker" and was later told he was a medical marvel for surviving. During his NDE, Thomas first found the operating room empty and bright, got off the table, and fell through a door, landing on grass at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon. Wearing only a hospital gown, he walked invisibly among people to a shelter where a funeral was taking place. He saw his wife and step-daughter crying and realized with horror it was his own funeral. Everything was in absolute silence. The scene went dark, then shifted to a different perspective where he watched his parents arguing in a white concrete block room, feeling as if he was in his mother's womb experiencing various scenes that seemed eternal. Thomas then awoke in a chair with a woman in a nurse's uniform and dark blue sweater standing in a dark room. She spoke to him telepathically without moving her mouth, telling him he was being sent back because it wasn't his time yet. After blacking out again, he experienced being on a couch unable to move (part of his coma), then saw a bright light like looking directly at the sun. He awoke to find his wife crying while holding his dog tags and hands. The medical team explained his near-fatal conditions and successful emergency surgery. Thomas reports being able to hear spirits now and having enhanced emotional sensitivity (clairsentience) since the experience. He saw his future, including his family's life if he had died. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest (pulmonary embolism causing stoppage of breathing) during surgery preparation, required open-heart surgery, monitoring present | Observed own funeral at specific cemetery location, saw wife and step-daughter reactions, telepathic communication with nurse figure, prophetic vision of family's future | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Witnessed own funeral at cemetery | 0.00 | Medical team | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 3450 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4816 Van I NDE 9053 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1van_i_nde.html | 1994 | 2020 | M |
Van experienced clinical death after someone spiked his drink with a large amount of methamphetamine. He collapsed with no breathing or pulse for approximately 30 minutes while friends attempted resuscitation. His entire life flashed before him in less than a second, followed by an involuntary self-judgment mechanism that activated automatically. Based on this judgment, he fell through the earth as if it were no longer solid, passing through soil, rocks, and minerals without friction but with terror. Van found himself in hell, slamming onto a highly polished green marble floor in an endless hallway lined with doors. Behind the doors he found people trapped in eternal torments related to their earthly desires - a woman endlessly cleaning a toilet that never gets clean, a glutton being force-fed continuously, and a lustful man surrounded by beautiful women he could never touch. Satan appeared as a perfectly groomed 6'2" man in a fine suit with exceptional linguistic skills, who welcomed Van to his palace. Van ran through endless colored marble hallways (green, red, white) while Satan's voice invaded his mind, telling him there was no escape. After being chased by a giant head through halls where people were plastered alive into walls, Van was pushed through a wall into complete darkness. A white light then engulfed him, bringing him to a bright realm where he met God, who explained He had saved Van from hell because it wasn't his time to die. Van spent approximately two days in conversation with God, who answered his questions, revealed who had drugged him, and told him to pursue education until told to stop. Upon return, Van found his friends panicked after 30 minutes of death. He identified his poisoner and cut ties with the group. Following God's instruction, he completed three degrees with little money, transforming from academic failure to success. God and angels now periodically visit him, and he has encountered Satan once more on Earth. Van reports understanding universal mechanics and receives ongoing divine assignments. |
5 | Other | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Complete cessation of breathing and heartbeat for 30 minutes after methamphetamine overdose, friends unable to revive | Extensive detailed observations of hell's structure, specific torments, Satan's appearance, conversation with God revealing poisoner's identity, prophetic educational instructions fulfilled | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 3 | 1 | Detailed hell architecture and inhabitants | 0.00 | Multiple friends | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 3451 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4987 Sandy K NDE 9311 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sandy_k_nde.html | 1967 | 2021 | 2 | F |
At age 2, Sandy fell through ice on the Ottawa River and went underwater, experiencing clinical death. Her brother screamed for help, and her uncle pulled her out after finding her by her snowsuit. She was given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, declared gone, but her mother insisted she couldn't be dead. She was taken to the hospital in a coma and received a blood transfusion. During her NDE, Sandy found herself in a white space she describes as Heaven, not in her body but somewhere else. She was aware of a presence with her - someone who communicated telepathically and showed her how wonderful life was. This being instilled in her an everlasting excitement for life and gave her an understanding that life is a miracle. She was told not to be afraid and received a message about helping others by sharing this excitement. The experience was on a cellular level, with the being emitting surround-sound-like communication. Sandy has no specific recall of the drowning incident itself but retained a vivid memory of the otherworldly experience. She describes feeling different throughout her life, always sensing that people weren't being their true selves. The experience left her with a strong desire to help others and do something for greater humanity. She always had a lingering memory of the experience but only understood it fully years later when she learned she had nearly died. Following the NDE, Sandy developed a deep spiritual path, eventually becoming a Medical Qigong Master and Doctor, an Acupuncturist, and a Taoist priest. She reports that the experience gave her an understanding that we are all one, that life is precious and never-ending, and that love is the answer. The being's message emphasized the continuous nature of life and the importance of sharing joy and excitement about life with others. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Drowning incident with loss of consciousness, CPR given, coma and blood transfusion indicate severe medical crisis | Telepathic communication and general awareness but no specific veridical details that could be verified | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 3 | 1 | Experienced white space described as Heaven | 0.00 | Uncle, Mother | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 3452 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4888 Sharon V NDE 9151 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sharon_v_nde.html | 1995 | 1995-11-22 | 2021 | F |
Sharon was shot twice by her stalker ex-boyfriend with a sawed-off shotgun after months of escalating harassment. The first blast shattered her left arm, nearly severing it. The second shot was fired directly into her back, blowing out her right lung. As she was dying from blood loss and inability to breathe, she knew she was going to die within seconds. She surrendered to death, saying in her mind "I'm ready to die, Lord." Immediately upon surrendering, Sharon was engulfed by an amazing golden, pulsating, loving light in a 10-foot diameter circle around her. She described it as the most wonderful feeling ever experienced - pure unconditional love multiplied by 1000 or more, leaving her in complete rapture. She could have stayed with that light forever. The feeling was indescribable with words, far beyond any earthly experience of love or joy. While immersed in the light, Sharon heard a voice in her gut repeatedly telling her to "Roll over and play dead or he's going to shoot you till you're dead." After hearing this instruction three or four times, she pulled her attention from the light and followed the voice's guidance. She rolled onto her back, let her arm flop out, groaned, and held her breath as if dead. The shooter fired a third shot that missed her, then shot himself and died on her outstretched arm. This action saved her life, as he had another shell ready but thought she was already dead. Sharon was given only a 30% chance of survival after 6 hours of surgery. She spent 6 weeks hospitalized with multiple surgeries. The experience left her knowing she would be okay despite her critical condition. She wrote a book about the experience titled "Stalked and Shot: A True Story of Survival and Change." The voice and the instruction to play dead directly saved her life from certain death. |
5 | Home | 5 | 12 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Shot twice with shotgun, lung blown out, massive blood loss, 30% survival chance, 6 hours surgery | Voice provided specific life-saving instruction that directly prevented third fatal shot, witnessed outcome | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 3 | 2 | Golden pulsating light surrounding her | 0.00 | Police officer | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 3453 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4962 Shawnise C NDE 9273 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1shawnise_c_nde.html | 2019 | 2019-08-28 | 2021 | 34 | F |
Shawnise experienced cardiac arrest and was clinically dead for approximately 20 minutes following severe complications from a tubal ligation surgery. The surgery resulted in a perforated bowel that went untreated for days, leading to life-threatening infections including sepsis. She developed acute hypoxic respiratory failure, acute renal failure, and congestive heart failure with only 10-15% blood pumping to her heart. While being monitored, she went into VT cardiac arrest and received CPR with 5 electrical shocks that broke her ribs. During her 20-minute death, Shawnise's spirit instantaneously left her body and she felt herself leaving the weight of her physical form. She briefly heard the cry for help and "code blue" while observing the operations to save her life from outside her body. She felt no pain from the CPR or electrical shocks. She experienced being in a deep peaceful sleep state, floating towards a warm inviting light in a dark tunnel. She felt immortal, pure, and light as a feather floating effortlessly upward. The dark tunnel transformed into rays of vibrant futuristic colors in an endless space. She heard beautifully composed instruments and peaceful sounds that mesmerized her. She felt deeply connected, welcomed, loved, and forgiven - experiencing pure love and complete peace with no worry, stress, hunger, thirst or pain. She was able to see and hear prayers flowing past her like objects, knowing they belonged to her. She witnessed a specific flower in a garden - a burgundy to reddish lily with a translucent stem showing the flow of life and energy, which she recognized as a glimpse into paradise. Shawnise was in an induced coma for five days after resuscitation and wasn't expected to survive mentally intact. Her sister witnessed her lifeless eyes popped out of the sockets and the 20-minute resuscitation effort. Medical staff expressed disbelief at her survival given her low body temperature and extended time without oxygen. She required months of recovery including cardiac rehab and continues to take multiple medications with an implanted defibrillator. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 10 | VT cardiac arrest with monitoring, 20 minutes clinical death, CPR with 5 shocks, induced coma | Saw code blue operations, heard prayers, saw specific lily flower with translucent stem, futuristic colors | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 4 | 2 | Observed resuscitation efforts | 1.00 | Medical staff, nurses | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 3454 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4978 Dr. Sona B NDE 9300 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sona_b_nde.html | 2016 | 2021 | F |
Dr. Sona B, a physician, experienced carbon monoxide poisoning while taking a hot shower in a small, unventilated bathroom in Mumbai, India. She was visiting her grand uncle's house where a gas geyser had been recently installed. The bathroom had no windows or ventilation fan. During the shower, she became increasingly weak with her limbs turning to jelly. She heard a telepathic voice urgently telling her to "SIT DOWN RIGHT NOW AS SLOWLY AS YOU CAN!" with a vision showing that if she didn't comply, she would fall, crack her skull, and bleed to death. Following the voice's instruction, she tried to sit gently but fell due to weakness, hitting her head on the floor. Instantly, she was taken up into light on what felt like an 85-degree escalator going up. She was thrilled and knew she was dying but didn't care, having read extensively about NDEs on NDERF. She was excited to meet her son who had died of bone cancer at age 18, along with her husband who had died at 48, both within 10 months of each other a few years prior. During the experience, she met both her deceased son and husband, with her husband in the background as she primarily wanted to talk with her son. They conversed for what she experienced as three hours, though she cannot remember the content of the conversations. Meanwhile, her cousin found her after 45 minutes, tried to break down the door, got neighbors and a locksmith, and finally broke through after three hours total. They found her incoherent and naked in bodily waste, talking but saying she wanted to be left alone and didn't want to come back. Sona remained weak for days afterward with an irregular heartbeat that persisted for weeks. Her cousin believed she had simply fallen asleep from exhaustion, never understanding the true nature of what occurred. A neurologist later confirmed her symptoms matched carbon monoxide poisoning, specifically "Gas Geyser Syndrome" common in India. The experience left her more intuitive and able to receive messages from the other side. |
5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Carbon monoxide poisoning confirmed by neurologist, unconscious for 3 hours, irregular heartbeat for weeks | Telepathic warning prevented skull fracture, met deceased son and husband, 3-hour experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Telepathic voice warning | 0.00 | Cousin | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 3455 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4881 Star E NDE 9139 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1star_e_nde.html | 1984 | 2021 | F |
Star E was murdered by her estranged husband who had been stalking her after their separation. During an unexpected visit to her hidden home, he attacked her with extreme violence, choking her repeatedly and using a weapon. After multiple attempts to strangle her, he successfully cut off her air supply completely. As she was dying, unable to breathe and knowing death was seconds away, she surrendered to death saying "I'm ready to die, Lord." Upon surrendering, Star was immediately engulfed in pure, brilliant light and no longer had a physical body. She found herself in the center of a vast nothingness that was completely filled with the presence of the living God. She describes being in the middle of "the Glory" - a place beyond words in the English language. God wrapped her in His love and held her to His breast, filling every fiber of her being with peace that passes all understanding. She experienced God's love for her at a level she never knew existed. While wrapped in this divine love, Star completely surrendered her will and everything she was to God without hesitation. She wanted to stay there forever and told her Father she was ready to come home. God spoke words specifically for her, telling her that her complete surrender was what He had been waiting for, but that He was taking her back because it wasn't her time yet. He gave her new life both physically and spiritually. God then released her husband's grip from her throat and pushed him away. When Star returned to consciousness on the floor, she was no longer afraid despite the severe injuries and blood everywhere. Her husband was crying and asking "What have I done?" She convinced him to leave, which he did mysteriously quickly. The experience transformed her completely - she went to Bible school, was ordained, taught in churches and overseas, became a mission leader, and led teams internationally. She gained great compassion, ability to love greatly, and moves in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. |
5 | Home | 5 | 8 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 10 | Strangled to death, weapon attack, extensive injuries documented by police and hospital | Direct encounter with God, divine intervention stopping attack, transformative spiritual gifts | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Encounter with God in brilliant light | 0.00 | Police, Hospital staff | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3456 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4937 Stefan vdB NDE 9238 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1stefan_vdb_nde.html | 1978 | 1978-10-01 | 2021 | 6 | M |
At age 6, Stefan was having his tonsils removed under general anesthesia. He counted backwards from 10 and fell asleep around 6 or 7. During the surgery, he initially thought he was dreaming when he woke up and saw three doctors very busy working on him. He was viewing the scene from high up in the room, floating above his body which was still lying on the table. He noticed a circular portal of light in a corner behind him and felt an emotional pull to enter it. Upon entering the portal, Stefan was greeted by a young boy his age who introduced himself as his father's grandfather. The boy said Stefan was allowed into heaven and could come with him. When Stefan questioned his youthful appearance for a grandfather, the being transformed into an old man to make him comfortable. They walked together in a completely white space with no walls, floor, or ceiling. In the distance, Stefan saw a large white wall with radiant white light emanating from behind it in a circular shape larger than the wall itself. As they approached, Stefan could feel the light as pure, overwhelming love that made him cry with joy. He felt completely accepted regardless of deeds or wrongdoings. He saw two people on the other side of the wall facing the light source - one standing calmly and another strong bearded man kneeling and crying before the light. When asked why he wanted to return, Stefan explained his parents would be sad, he had friends and a whole life ahead. His great-grandfather agreed he should go back. Stefan then woke on the surgery table with a surgeon saying "Well, you gave us a good scare, but we managed to get you back." The experience profoundly shaped Stefan's life. He describes himself as radiating calmness to good people while sometimes agitating those with evil intentions. He experienced prophetic dreams showing glimpses of his future that later came true exactly as shown. In his forties during depression, a being of energy appeared and helped heal him over several months. He no longer practices organized religion but maintains belief in God and feels called to help people. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Tonsillectomy under general anesthesia, surgeon confirmed they had to bring him back | Met great-grandfather verified by father's recognition, saw two beings before light, white space | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/26/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw doctors working on his body | 1.00 | Surgeon | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||
| 3457 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4980 Tahira H NDE 9302 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tahira_h_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-11-15 | 2021 | F |
Tahira was visiting her sister-in-law at a hospital when she suddenly fell from a bench and fainted. She has no memory of what caused the fainting episode. During the experience, she felt her life continuing normally but she was not normal - she could see and hear people doing daily routine tasks and talking to each other, but they could not see her. She observed many people, including strangers, in an unfamiliar place she had never seen before. She saw her family doing routine tasks and other unknown people doing their work. During the experience, Tahira noticed minute details she would never normally observe, watching what each person was doing with heightened awareness. She specifically remembered someone giving an antique teapot with a long spout to someone, thinking it was really nice. She believes this was her elder brother giving it to his wife who was in the hospital. She felt she was going somewhere and was about halfway there, walking on an unpaved road with nothing around it, not even trees, when she heard her brother's panicked voice repeatedly shouting her name trying to wake her. She tried hard to answer her brother because she could sense the tension in his voice. After a few moments, she woke to find her brother rubbing her hands and frantically calling her name. Doctors had gathered around her, she had wet her pants, and her brother reported her eyes had been open with tears rolling down while her lips were blue and she was cold and sweating. The entire experience seemed to happen very fast with everyone rushing. Following the experience, Tahira feels she should pray five times daily as prescribed in Islam for a happy, calm eternal life. She gained an understanding that people were following Islamic principles of love, care, respect, and helping each other in the place she observed. Her niece was born unexpectedly two hours after her experience, suggesting the antique teapot gift might have symbolized the coming birth. |
6 | Hospital | 1 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 4 | Fainting episode of unknown cause, blue lips and cold suggesting possible circulation issue | Observed people doing routine tasks, saw gift giving, no specific veridical details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw people doing routine tasks | 0.00 | Brother | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 3458 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4935 Todd C NDEs 9232 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1todd_c_nde.html | 2020 | 2020-04-10 | 2021 | 51 | M |
Todd has experienced two NDEs. His first was brief, lasting only about 3 minutes, featuring the typical bright light and peaceful feeling. His second NDE six years later was far more profound - he was clinically dead for at least 30 minutes from a heart attack. Medical staff didn't expect his mind to survive, yet he returned mentally intact. The nurses were discussing their disbelief that he could be alive given his extremely low body temperature and extended time without life signs. During his extended death, Todd found himself sitting on a huge throne-like chair in a room with tan walls and floor. There were two arched doorways without doors that he perceived as scanners that would read one's life and soul to determine where they belonged after death. He believed these doorways showed one's deeds on earth through a mechanism impossible to fool since "you can't fool yourself." He spent what felt like 5 minutes there, sensing that souls don't reach this place until the body has been gone for an extended time. A Chinese woman with a baby appeared and asked what they were supposed to do. Todd told her they had to pick a door. When she asked which one to choose, he deliberately told her the door he thought was wrong, intending to go through that door himself so she wouldn't have to. She went through the other door and disappeared. Before Todd could choose his door, he was slammed back into his body 10 miles away from where he died. He heard nurses arguing about whether he could actually be alive given his condition. Todd also experienced a download of an entire previous life as an insurance investigator in Cleveland who lived for 35 years. He now feels almost a hundred years old with these additional memories. He believes he was kept alive through numerous near-death situations throughout his life specifically to experience death, remember it, and return to share that death is nothing to fear. He was unconscious for 14 days after returning but retained vivid memories of the experience. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 36 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Heart attack with 30 minutes clinical death, body temperature too low for survival, unexpected recovery | Detailed description of judgment room with doors, interaction with Chinese woman and baby, heard nurses discussion | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 3 | 2 | Judgment room with scanner doors | 0.00 | Two nurses | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||
| 3459 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4890 Val C NDE 9155 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1val_c_nde.html | 1988 | 2021 | 16 | F |
At age 16, Val had been severely depressed due to extreme abuse from her father who had threatened to kill her. After praying fervently for death through reincarnation to another life, she experienced a sudden, explosive headache in the back of her head that felt like her head would explode from pressure. Her neurologist later said this sounded like a burst brain aneurysm. She felt chakra-like energy points activate up her body from groin to head, especially strong at her throat, though she had no knowledge of chakras at the time. When the energy reached the top of her head, the pain vanished and she left her body floating upward into an utterly black void. Initially confused about the nothingness, she thought "surely there is something here?" and immediately saw geometric shapes floating toward her on a grid. When she thought "Where is God?" her consciousness expanded to encompass the entire universe. She was filled with overwhelming unconditional love that she knew was God - a love unlike anything on Earth, pure bliss. She became one with everything in existence, filled with all knowledge, understanding the connection to all things including trees, rocks, and animals. Val then found herself in a light-filled cave where she hid behind a wall, observing what appeared to be a grey alien with large black eyes. The alien's body was made of beautiful moving light in colors that don't exist on Earth, like an aurora borealis. Though she knew she wasn't supposed to be there, the alien telepathically asked if she would come out. She was mesmerized by the alien's beauty and kept trying to look at it rather than the flat-screen TV showing her life scenes. When she realized her death would cancel the school musical where she had the lead role with no understudy, she flew backward at high speed back into her body. The experience transformed Val completely. She learned to love her abusive father unconditionally, recognizing his violence came from feeling unloved. By projecting love and finding the good in him (his gardening), she stopped his abuse. She developed methods to love life despite difficulties, using humor and childlike play to overcome depression. The experience taught her that unconditional love is the answer to the world's problems. |
5 | Home | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Likely burst brain aneurysm per neurologist, explosive head pain, sudden recovery | Universal consciousness expansion, detailed alien description, saw life scenes on screen | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 3 | 0 | Consciousness expanded to universe | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 3460 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4868 Viki NDE 9121 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1viki_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-01-01 | 2021 | F |
On January 1, 2021, Viki was prescribed two new non-narcotic pain medications for a foot injury. While doing yoga and meditation on the floor with mala beads, ruby, and garnet rocks, the stones in her hands became extremely hot. During meditation, she briefly saw all her past and present lives like an acknowledgment of all her existences, feeling natural to recall these multi-life memories. She was using the mantra "I know what I want. I know who I am. I need your help (angels and universe) to achieve my dreams." When her son called, she got up too quickly causing dizziness. Everything became wavy like being in a boat rocked by gentle waves. She saw a very bright light above her, like looking at a star from only a few feet away, giving off bright purple and white rays. She experienced her body being stripped off her shoulders like a sleeve or soft shell that folded and fell to the floor. She literally felt the separation into two entities - herself standing up and the body lying on the floor, describing it as the body falling from her like a coat. Viki heard her son repeatedly calling "Mom, are you okay?" and tried to reconnect to her body. She felt like she was entering through the open mouth, like sucking through a straw, then settling back inside her body's chest. Her son reported she appeared to have seizures with her body shaking. Without him calling her back, she would not have returned as the light was so comforting. She was scared for her son not wanting him to see her unconscious. The experience confirmed for Viki that there is no death, just existence with or without a body. The physical body is merely a sleeve or way to be on this planet. She had many sleeves before. She now treasures every moment, word, and hug more than ever, understanding that everything will be okay and she needs to stay for her three young children and those she will meet in the future who depend on her. |
5 | Home | 3 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | New medication reaction causing seizure-like activity per witness | Saw bright star-like light with purple/white rays, felt body separate like removing coat | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Bright star-like light | 0.00 | Son | Incompatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 3461 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4794 Sheila S NDE 9025 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sheila_s_nde.html | 2018 | 2020 | F |
Sheila experienced three heart attacks in the hospital, with the longest clinical death lasting 15-18 minutes. During her third heart attack, while intubated and being resuscitated, she had multiple encounters with Jesus. Her experience began with her consciousness leaving her body and traveling through a tube-like tunnel filled with colors, which she later understood to be galaxies and universes. She arrived in an all-white courtyard where she met Jesus, whose love was so intense it knocked her to her knees. She spent what felt like days sitting on His lap, conversing in what may have been Aramaic, though she understood everything perfectly. Jesus told her three critical things: fellowship with believers is important, forgiveness is essential for salvation, and those who hurt children face severe consequences. He showed her a new world within His eye and explained that Satan fears believers' connection with God. The experience included sensory-rich details like sitting under gazebo structures where people were cooking and performing music, and being served incredibly delicious fruit by a woman who may have been blue in color. Jesus emphasized that kindness is crucial - that we should treat each other like royalty because we are all connected. He revealed that He cries when we criticize ourselves because He sees us as absolutely perfect. Sheila begged to return to Earth despite Jesus wanting her to stay, citing concern for her friend and cats. Upon return, she found herself able to hear God clearly and developed a mission to help bring His children home. After the experience, Sheila was paralyzed and wheelchair-bound initially but miraculously recovered completely. She now speaks openly about Christianity and maintains that her experience was absolutely real, with her friend Peggi recording her testimony immediately after she regained consciousness. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Three documented heart attacks in hospital with CPR given, clinically dead for 15-18 minutes during longest episode | Detailed observations of Jesus appearance, staff, sphere, specific conversations, blue world in His eye, gazebo structures | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Intubated with breathing tube | 6/26/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw Jesus with specific physical details | 0.00 | Peggi (friend of 30 years) | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3462 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4821 Shia M NDE 9059 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1shia_m_nde.html | 2015 | 2015-04-02 | 2020 | 18 | F |
Shia experienced an NDE at age 18 during her third surgery for intestinal obstruction when her implanted defibrillator began shocking her rapidly. She felt her heart beating extremely fast with severe pain in her chest and stomach, experiencing tunnel vision before losing consciousness. She passed out on the bed after experiencing approximately 10 minutes of distress, with the defibrillator delivering multiple shocks. During her unconscious state, she found herself as pure consciousness without a physical body, feeling completely weightless. She existed in a dark void that paradoxically seemed full of life, with a grainy, static-like visual quality similar to television static but black. She had perfect 360-degree vision and could see clearly without her glasses for the first time. She felt like a single grain of sand among infinite grains making up the void, sensing that each grain possessed consciousness. She experienced complete oneness with this infinite consciousness, understanding what unity truly meant by being part of it. The most striking aspect was the complete absence of fear, worry, or questions - just perfect peace and calm. She felt more peaceful than ever before in her life, simply taking in the experience without her usual anxious thoughts. Despite her young daughter sleeping in another room, she felt no concern or attachment to earthly matters. Time seemed to have no meaning in this void state. After regaining consciousness, she initially dismissed the experience as fainting. Only after a week passed did she have a flashback remembering the full experience. The memory remains crystal clear years later, and she has completely lost her fear of death. She has also experienced shadows and other paranormal phenomena since the NDE, though she cannot recall all details of her time on the other side. |
1 | Home | 7 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Defibrillator was shocking her, heart racing, chest/stomach pain, but unclear if actual cardiac arrest occurred | Experienced void consciousness, 360-degree vision, seeing without glasses, feeling of oneness with infinite consciousness | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Implanted defibrillator device | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 0 | Perfect vision without glasses in void | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||
| 3463 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4834 William C NDE 9075 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1william_c_nde_9075.html | 2005 | 2020 | M |
William experienced a heart attack in Spring 2005 while building a birdhouse with his children. His young daughter's quick action in calling 911 saved his life after he lost consciousness. He required a stent placement in his right ventricle, and the heart specialist described it as "touch and go" and told him he was "lucky to be alive." During the event, paramedics recorded his blood pressure at a critical 40 over 20. During the heart attack, William could not breathe and felt his heart beating progressively slower as he heard his children crying out to him before darkness overtook him. His consciousness was pulled into a dark void where he experienced a sequence of distinct emotions and thoughts. His first reaction was curiosity, wondering if this was what Elvis felt when he died. Then anger arose as he thought Death was cowardly for sneaking up from behind rather than confronting him face-to-face. As he contemplated and gradually accepted that he was dying, he felt the presence of a Being who communicated that he was dying but that it would be okay. In this void, William experienced no pain, only a relaxing, pleasant sensation that felt weird but peaceful. Despite the darkness, he remained fully conscious and aware that he was in a specific place and not alone. The Being's presence emanated pure, unconditional love that was overwhelming in its intensity. This presence felt deeply familiar, as if William had always known this Being. The love was so powerful that words cannot adequately describe it. When William thought to the Being that he did not want to die in front of his children and couldn't do that to them, he suddenly became fully conscious again. He heard a paramedic announcing his critically low blood pressure. The experience has made him more compassionate and understanding of people, more patient in relationships, and absolutely certain that an afterlife exists. As someone who works with patients who have shared their own NDEs, he never expected to experience one himself. |
2 | Home | 10 | 6 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Heart attack requiring stent placement, blood pressure 40/20, described as touch and go by specialist | Encountered being of overwhelming love in void, familiar presence, thought communication | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard paramedic stating vital signs | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3464 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4822 William H NDE 9062 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1william_h_nde_9062.html | 1952 | 2020 | 3 | M |
William experienced a drowning incident around 1952 when he was 3 or 4 years old while checking fishing lines along a fast-moving creek in Michigan with his father, his father's friend, and the friend's 8-9 year old son. Despite his father's warning to stay away from the creek bank, William slid down into the crystal-clear, very cold water. While completely underwater, he was confused about why he couldn't breathe but felt no pain, panic, fear, or anxiety whatsoever. From underwater, William could see the older boy on the bank above him, then witnessed beautiful rainbow lights appearing. Suddenly he found himself floating several feet up in the air with a complete out-of-body perspective. He saw and heard the older boy yelling to the fathers that he had fallen in the water, watched the men running back from far up the creek, and observed the older boy attempting unsuccessfully to pull him out by his hair. From his aerial viewpoint, he saw his own body in the creek and couldn't understand why he was looking at himself from above, though it seemed nice, fun, and interesting. While floating above, William became less interested in the rescue scene and felt drawn toward a really nice place he sensed was just a moment away. The visual experience was extraordinary - colors flowing like liquid with an intensity that numbed the senses, comparable to sunlight glistening on rippling water or rainbows multiplied beyond description. Everything was sharply in focus despite him being a child who never needed glasses. He felt united with the world around him in Michigan's summer beauty. Something or someone pushed him from behind just as his father pulled his body from the water and performed chest compressions on the bank. William returned to his body with intense, burning chest pain while coughing and vomiting water. He felt angry and found it unfair that he had to come back when he was so near that beautiful place he never saw but knew was there. His primary fear during the experience was that his father would spank him for disobeying. Now at 72, as a Vietnam veteran, college graduate, former priest candidate with an IQ over 140, he still cannot find adequate words to describe the experience that remains his most vivid childhood memory. |
5 | Other | 7 | 10 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Drowning incident with CPR, but at age 3-4 with limited medical documentation from 1952 | Saw rescue attempts from above, older boy pulling hair, rainbow lights, sensed beautiful place nearby | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Creek water | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw rescue attempts from above | 0.00 | Father, father's friend, older boy | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||
| 3465 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4764 Xiao Yu NDE 16114 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1xiao_yu_nde.html | 2018 | 2020 | Unknown |
Xiao Yu experienced a severe sudden illness in 2018 that resulted in a 14-day coma in the ICU, during which multiple resuscitations were performed. While unconscious and on a ventilator, Xiao Yu was aware of dying as consciousness departed the body like a stream of thin green smoke, hovering up to the ceiling. From above, Xiao Yu watched doctors and nurses working on the lifeless body below as surroundings gradually became smaller and more distant. The soul arrived at a hill with meadows filled with brilliant tiny flowers and a brick house at the foot where Xiao Yu had lived with grandmother from ages 5 to 13. This peaceful place brought feelings of ease and comfort. The scene then shifted to a dim greenish warehouse-like building crowded with people lined up in sequence, marching forward silently. At this moment came the realization of having died, accompanied by complete relief and indifference toward children, parents, and all earthly concerns. The people were directed by uniformed officials to enter a lobby and wait for numbers to be called, similar to waiting at a bank. One official instructed not to walk about and to come forward when called. A woman behind, whose face remained unseen, boasted about her former wealth, fancy cars, and mansion, criticizing others' clothes. The crowd and officials scolded her as a home-wrecking mistress who deserved her death in a car accident. When asked for identification, Xiao Yu was told "No, not you! You are the one who did not deserve to die yet." This announcement was broadcast repeatedly before consciousness was plunged into blankness. Multiple resuscitations occurred during the coma, with chaotic beeping from ventilator and monitoring machines in the ICU. After discharge, Xiao Yu was wheelchair-bound with a catheter, unable to walk or urinate normally. Religious elders later explained the return was due to unfulfilled purpose and karmic obligations. Xiao Yu miraculously recovered completely, able to run fast and function normally. The experience transformed an atheist into someone who acknowledges karma's reality while maintaining skepticism about God. |
4 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Coma for 14 days in ICU with multiple resuscitations on ventilator | Specific childhood home details, warehouse building, uniformed officials, waiting room setup, overheard conversations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | On ventilator | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 0 | Childhood home on hill | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 3466 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4771 Yon J NDE 8988 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1yon_j_nde.html | 1977 | 2020 | 18 | F |
Yon experienced an NDE at age 18 during her third surgery for intestinal obstruction in April 1977. During the operation, her pulse became critically unstable, forcing the surgical team to stop the procedure and suture her without completing the surgery. The medical crisis was severe enough that the surgery had to be abandoned to preserve her life. Suddenly during the surgery, Yon's consciousness floated to the ceiling where she looked down on her body below. She observed two doctors and two nurses operating on her while placing her organs in a large basin. She could see her parents crying outside the operating room, yet felt no fear or distress about the situation. The observation from above provided a complete view of the surgical scene including the medical staff's actions and her parents' emotional state beyond the operating room walls. She then flew through a very dark tunnel at extremely high speed, with the sound of hammering echoing through the tunnel. At the far end of the tunnel, she could see very bright light that appeared as a swirling mixture of yellow, white, and red colors. The tunnel experience felt like flying at the speed of light through complete darkness toward this brilliant illumination. Despite the dramatic nature of the experience, she felt calm and peaceful throughout, with a sense of happiness rather than fear. She was unable to exit the tunnel before waking up in the hospital room with sutures. Following the NDE, she made a complete recovery without requiring additional surgery, which she considers remarkable given the initial prognosis. The experience left her with moderate life changes including reduced material desires, certainty about the afterlife, and an exceptionally vivid memory of the event that remains clearer than other memories from that time period. When she later told her family about seeing the surgery, they confirmed her observations about the surgical procedure involving her intestines in the basin. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 12 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Third surgery for intestinal obstruction, pulse critically unstable forcing surgery suspension | Saw specific surgical details, organs in basin, parents crying outside room, tunnel with bright light | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Surgical procedure details from above | 1.00 | Family members | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 3467 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4845 Yuan-San NDE 16118 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1yuan_san_nde.html | 2017 | 2020 | Unknown |
Yuan-San experienced an accidental overdose after taking three sleeping pills instead of one due to severe insomnia that had developed tolerance to the medication. Around 8 PM, after being unable to sleep despite extreme exhaustion, Yuan-San took the triple dose hoping for rest. Shortly after, intense chest pain began, feeling like being punched, with unbearable discomfort and trouble breathing regardless of body position. Opening the window for fresh air initially helped the chest pain, but then consciousness was lost for three seconds followed by a collapse to the floor, lying unconscious for 30 minutes. During the unconscious period, Yuan-San experienced what felt like a surreal dream in a vast emptiness devoid of all life - no trees, animals, or grass. Standing there in confusion, two tall beings appeared with fuzzy faces hidden by hooded robes. These beings asked Yuan-San to follow them, creating an odd but acceptable feeling despite the strangeness. They walked together for a long distance through this empty realm. Though the experience felt unfamiliar and weird, there was an inexplicable sense that it was appropriate to go with these mysterious figures. Suddenly, a warm light appeared above, coming down with an urgent command: "Don't continue, stop going forward!" There was an immediate knowing that leaving these two beings was necessary. Yuan-San ran frantically toward the light while one being attempted but failed to grab Yuan-San's hand. The beings stood watching as Yuan-San continued running toward the light, feeling increasingly safer with distance from them. The desperate flight toward the light felt like survival itself depended on reaching it. Upon awakening, Yuan-San immediately documented all details to preserve this exceptional experience. The event is considered special and meaningful, though its full significance remains mysterious. The experience stands out as unique and important enough to warrant careful recording and reflection. |
5 | Home | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Sleeping pill overdose with chest pain and breathing difficulty, 30 minutes unconscious | Two hooded beings with fuzzy faces, warm light from above, voice warning to stop | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 1 | 0 | Beings and warning voice | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3468 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4920 Ashley R NDE 9205 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ashley_r_nde.html | 2014 | 2021 | F | Ashley was at her grandmother's house watching TV when she experienced a heart attack that led to cardiac arrest. She died for over 4 minutes according to hospital staff. During this time, she had an out-of-body experience where she found herself back home in Virginia with both deceased and living relatives. She felt overwhelming love and peace, seeing some non-human beings observing them. She didn't experience the typical tunnel or bright light that many report. When she returned to her body, she woke up in the hospital where medical staff informed her that her heart had stopped. The experience felt like it lasted much longer than the 4 minutes of clinical death. She saw her deceased grandfather who communicated with her about his feelings. The experience left her with a heightened awareness and the belief that she can now sense when things are going to happen. She remains atheist but knows there is an afterlife where loved ones continue to exist. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clear cardiac arrest with clinical death for over 4 minutes | Saw deceased relatives, non-human beings, experienced different location | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 1 | 0 | Found herself in Virginia with deceased and living relatives | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3469 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4971 Barney J NDE 9286 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1barney_j_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-10-12 | 2021 | M | Barney experienced cardiac arrest during a heart stress test when contrast solution was administered. He felt nauseous, dizzy, and had difficulty breathing before losing consciousness. The nurses tried to lift his legs but he couldn't respond. He said the Jewish prayer Shema multiple times. During his cardiac arrest requiring CPR, he heard loud voices screaming numbers, then experienced moving through a tunnel toward a warm, bright light with multiple rings. The light resembled galaxies with darker outer rings and brighter inner rings. He saw his daughters' names floating in the brightest part of the light, which brought him profound peace and joy. He heard Hebrew words being spoken but couldn't understand their meaning. The experience ended when he was moved to a stretcher and ambulance. The experience strengthened his Jewish faith and made him feel he must live meaningfully, with no time for anger. He believes the light may have been God's Shechinah (divine presence). Since the experience, he feels called to make every minute valuable. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Clinical death during monitored stress test, CPR administered | Heard voices screaming numbers, saw daughters' names in light, tunnel experience | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 0 | Heard voices screaming numbers | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 3470 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4945 Beatrice W NDE 9251 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1beatrice_w_nde.html | 1996 | 2021 | 20 | F | Beatrice, age 20, experienced a severe allergic reaction while at a festival, causing her to faint and remain unconscious for about 7 minutes. She left her body through an opening in her head with a buzzing and plop sound, entering a black infinite void that felt comfortable and familiar. She discovered she was pure consciousness without need for a physical body, able to move through the infinity by thought alone, expanding and contracting her size at will. Beautiful, rhythmic ethereal music permeated her being and she danced through the universe as one with the music. She continued moving upward at a 45-degree angle on autopilot until reaching a border she couldn't cross. A powerful male voice told her she couldn't continue and must go back, showing her visions of her boyfriend holding her legs and calling her name. She felt his complete love through all ages. Despite wanting to stay at what she knew was the home of all souls, she was sent back with the message that she still had work to complete. Upon return, she felt the narrow confinement of her body and severe homesickness but managed to overcome depression by focusing on positive memories. | 5 | Other | 5 | 16 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Severe allergic reaction causing unconsciousness for 7 minutes | Detailed OBE with thought-movement, music, voice, shown boyfriend's actions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw boyfriend holding up her legs | 1.00 | Boyfriend | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 3471 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4977 Ben B NDE 9298 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ben_b_nde_9298.html | 2017 | 2017-12-25 | 2021 | M | Ben attempted suicide by taking 32 100mg Seroquel pills and cutting his arm, driven by severe PTSD and depression from childhood sexual abuse. He entered a tunnel and encountered 7-8 foot tall beings resembling perfect firefighters who carried him toward a warm light before dropping him. He met wise beings in capes and communicated telepathically with a powerful voice full of anger and love. The voice asked why he continued to hate and abuse his soul. He was then shown his deceased abuser being tortured in a dark place, screaming for help with teeth and claw marks on his body. The voice explained the abuser would remain there for eternity until accepting love and light. Ben was told he was a survivor, not a victim, and that God forgives those who suffer from another's hands. The voice forgave him for torturing animals in his traumatized childhood but said he must forgive himself and complete his work. After being sent back, Ben experienced profound healing. The experience led to 4+ years without self-harm or hospitalization and 5 years without suicide attempts. He now helps rescue animals and continues therapy. | 5 | Home | 3 | 12 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening overdose and cutting, but no medical confirmation | Detailed encounter with beings, voice, and vision of deceased abuser in hell | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw deceased abuser being tortured | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3472 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4934 Bess M NDE 9228 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bess_m_nde.html | 2019 | 2019-03-04 | 2021 | F | Bess was being induced for childbirth due to high blood pressure when she passed out during IV insertion. The nurse was pushing the needle down hard trying to place the catheter when Bess felt lightheaded and lost consciousness. Her baby's heartbeat was lost for 12 minutes during this event. While unconscious, she had an out-of-body experience where she was floating in the hospital hallway, slightly elevated, looking into her room. She observed the scene from above with everything very still and silent. She also saw her stepmother's sister, who worked on the labor and delivery floor, trying to peek into the room to see what was happening. Days later, her husband confirmed that everything she saw looking into the room was accurate. Her stepmother also confirmed that her sister had indeed been trying to peek into the room during the emergency. The experience was peaceful despite being frightening, and she felt like she was given a choice whether to return or move on. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 18 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Life-threatening event during childbirth, baby's heartbeat lost for 12 minutes | Specific observations of room layout and stepmother's sister peeking in | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 2 | Viewed hospital room from hallway while floating | 1.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 3473 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4955 Bethany I NDE 9266 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bethany_i_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-08-23 | 2021 | F | Bethany experienced clinical death during gallbladder surgery when anesthesia complications occurred. The anesthesiologist said "plan b" and "She is going in too deep" which she heard even though he was behind her. She entered a black tunnel like going down a drain, which was initially scary. Then a nuclear explosion-like bright light appeared on the horizon and engulfed her 360 degrees. The operating room sounds faded, ending with the heart monitor beeping. In complete silence and brightness, she began moving forward calling "Jesus" repeatedly, transitioning from fear to peace. Her three children's faces flashed before her eyes in rapid succession. She then crashed back onto the operating table with deafening voices and machinery. The physician's assistant said "She still has a good grip on my hand" which she heard before waking in recovery. She could see and hear people in the operating room even though that wasn't physically possible. The experience confirmed her Christian faith and belief in an afterlife. Operating room staff later confirmed the accuracy of her observations. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 16 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clinical death during surgery, anesthesia complications | Heard specific comments from anesthesiologist and PA, saw OR despite impossibility | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard anesthesiologist's comments | 1.00 | Operating room staff | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3474 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4897 Bill J NDE 9165 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bill_j_nde_9165.html | 1970 | 2021 | M | Bill was struck by a 500-pound beam that hit his head and back, causing him to fall underneath it. Upon impact, he thought "This is it" and experienced everything in slow motion as he fell. Suddenly he was somewhere else feeling great, watching all events of his life pass before him, including many forgotten memories. He suddenly knew all the questions and answers about life's mysteries, understanding everything clearly. He saw all his deceased family members standing in a semi-circle waving and welcoming him, but they were beyond a point where he could reach them. He realized it wasn't his time to stay. He returned to his body lying on his stomach with the huge weight on his neck. The experience was wonderful and eliminated his fear of death completely. He felt that place was really home. Even 50 years later, the experience remains crystal clear in his memory. He knew God was letting him experience this glimpse of the afterlife, confirming his Christian belief in life after death. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe head and back trauma from 500 lb beam | Complete life review, saw deceased family, gained universal knowledge | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 3475 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4988 Bruce S NDE 9312 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bruce_s_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-08-21 | 2021 | M | Bruce experienced a severe accident that left him unconscious for 48 hours. During this time, he went through a tunnel and left his body, seeing himself lying on the bed. When he emerged from the tunnel, he saw his deceased best friend Trey standing on a mountain. Initially not recognizing him from behind, Bruce called out and Trey turned around. They communicated telepathically without physical bodies. Bruce asked why he was there and if he was dead. Trey said he wasn't dead, just in a different reality. Most significantly, Trey told Bruce not to blame himself for Trey's death, saying it was his own fault, not Bruce's. This was deeply meaningful as Bruce had carried guilt for years, believing he should have been with Trey the night he died and that it should have been him instead. The experience brought resolution to years of survivor's guilt. Bruce saw his past flash before him and felt overwhelming calm, unity with the world, and happiness. After returning, he changed from atheist to Christian and developed heightened sensitivity to energy and premonitions about danger. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe accident with 48-hour unconsciousness | Detailed encounter with specific deceased friend, received meaningful message | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||||||
| 3476 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4924 Candy A NDE 9212 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1candy_a_nde.html | 1993 | 2021 | M | Candy was a small freshman placed in a senior study hall when a large 6'7" senior picked him up from behind with one arm across his shoulders during horseplay. The class found it hilarious, but the senior's arm had slipped to Candy's neck, cutting off his air supply. Unable to get support or escape, darkness crept in until everything went black and silent. Unlike anesthesia, his consciousness remained highly alert. He heard nothing but knew he could hear, saw only darkness but knew he could see. He felt like a puddle of liquid poured out millimeters thin, yet maintained awareness from a single point of all-encompassing observation. The darkness was velvety, soft, and comforting, not frightening. After about 5 minutes in this space, he became aware of the senior's panic and desperate concern for his wellbeing. He came to on the floor and quickly assured the senior he was okay despite his embarrassment. The experience showed him that consciousness continues apart from the body, existing in a dark but comfortable space between life and death. He maintained his Mormon faith and developed serendipitous abilities, like knowing to save a train seat for his cousin who unexpectedly appeared. | 5 | Other | 3 | 8 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening choking causing unconsciousness | Out-of-body awareness of senior's panic and concern | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 3477 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4984 Carrie B NDE 9307 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1carrie_b_nde.html | 1995 | 1995-10-07 | 2021 | 17 | F | Carrie, age 17, fell from her galloping horse and suffered a traumatic brain injury, resulting in a 10-day coma. She has vivid memories of viewing her unconscious body from 15-20 feet above, crumpled on the ground in her jeans and pink shirt. Everything was still and silent with no one else present. She later observed herself from above on a hospital gurney near a nursing station with warm golden lights and in the CT scan room. Both memories were quiet and serene, with her just floating and observing her lifeless body. She felt it was as if she was given a choice whether to return or move on. After waking from the coma with hearing loss and brain troubles, her life crumbled - going from being voted friendliest in her class to becoming withdrawn and struggling with PTSD for 25 years. Remarkably, exactly 25 years later during PTSD treatment, she experienced a spiritual reunion while walking, feeling her spirit return with a rush of joy in her chest. She discovered a 100-year-old grave of another Carrie B. and heard ravens like those that spooked her horse, feeling her whole body humming with connection. She believes her spirit may have been partially separated for 25 years before fully returning. | 4 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Traumatic brain injury resulting in 10-day coma | Specific details of viewing body from above, clothing description, hospital scenes | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 1 | 0 | Viewed her body from above at accident site and hospital | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||
| 3478 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4948 Ray F NDE 9258 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ray_f_nde.html | 1958 | 2021 | 5 | M | At age 5, Ray was stung by a black wasp while cleaning up a destroyed dollhouse in the backyard. He was allergic to wasp venom and went into anaphylactic shock, causing his body to swell like the Michelin Tire Boy. His godfather and mother rushed him to the hospital in a police car with sirens. He died several times on the way and at the hospital. During his NDE, he found himself in darkness with a spotlight above, then was scooped up by a gray-black twister with no sound. Inside the twister were voices giving him instructions through thoughts. He traveled through darkness seeing spots of light, approaching one where children his age were playing with puppies. A little girl offered him a puppy but the twister moved him away before he could take it. The experience felt peaceful and fun to his 5-year-old mind. After recovering, paranormal activity began in their house including voices, objects moving, and foul odors. Ray believes his NDE opened a corridor between the living and afterlife worlds. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death stated multiple times during transport and at hospital from anaphylactic shock | Specific details about twister, children with puppies, voices giving instructions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw children playing with puppies in a lit area | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 3479 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4925 Rebekah M NDE 9213 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rebekah_m_nde.html | 2020 | 2021 | F | Rebekah had been fighting seizures for two years when she experienced her NDE. While on the phone with a friend after a hard day, she had a seizure that caused severe pain in her left arm. She found herself on the ground, unable to move, with her body going cold. She saw herself from above, noting the laptop cord wrapped around her neck. She then soared through clouds, feeling she was with an eagle that had been euthanized weeks earlier at her veterinary clinic. The clouds opened to reveal a beautiful green valley where she felt incredible happiness and the presence of loved ones, though she couldn't see them. She experienced intense feelings of calm, comfort, love and warmth. She saw darkness and light, witnessed scenes from her life including things she had done and wanted to do. When her daughter came into view, she realized the impact her death would have and chose to return by focusing on the pain in her arm. Since the experience, she has no fear of death but worries about those left behind. | 5 | Home | 7 | 10 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Seizure with rapid heartbeat and severe pain, body going cold | Out of body observation of self with specific detail about laptop cord position | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/26/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw herself on the ground from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3480 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4976 Richard E NDE 9296 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1richard_e_nde_9296.html | 2020 | 2021 | M | Richard went to the emergency room feeling ill and tested negative for COVID-19. After abnormal ECG tests, he was hospitalized for heart catheterization. During the procedure, contrast dye went the wrong way due to an extra artery, requiring a second injection. His heart began to quiver and staff yelled at him to cough before he passed out. He immediately found himself in a large open space with ground like pure bluish jewel or glass, surrounded by bluish swirling fog. He saw a brilliant pure light on the horizon that he knew was God and Jesus, feeling the Holy Spirit flowing through everything. A large powerful being escorted him, showing him God's throne and two tall stone pillars with vines or writing that rose forever. His deceased grandparents reassured him everything was okay. He was there for what felt like hours though clinically dead for 5 minutes. Golden rays of the Holy Spirit flowed through the blue environment. After being told to return, the being pushed him back. He received knowledge and instructions he cannot fully remember. The experience was entirely telepathic with no audible words, feeling everyone's thoughts through a heavenly network. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest during heart catheterization with monitoring, clinically dead for 5 minutes | Detailed descriptions of environment, beings, pillars, throne, specific colors and spiritual elements | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 0 | Clinically dead for 5 minutes | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3481 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4895 Robert B NDE 9163 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1robert_b_nde_9163.html | 2019 | 2021 | M | Robert woke with severe nausea, left arm and chest pain. After multiple episodes of increasing pain, his family called an ambulance. He prayed for Christ to forgive and save him, believing he was dying. In the ambulance, he coded after telling the EMT his pain was getting worse. He found himself completely in a perfect place without a body, aware of every action and decision from his life. He saw an infinitely bright light that didn't hurt his eyes, knowing it was the energy that created the universe. He received knowledge that Christ accomplished salvation for all and he was safe. Time stopped and he lost the survival instinct, feeling totally at peace. He noticed he could smell pure cotton linen despite having lost his smell years earlier. He glimpsed intricately woven linen and knew everything about its perfect creation. The EMT confirmed he coded and asked if he remembered anything. He received three stents for his massive heart attack and became more serious about his faith afterward. | 2 | Ambulance | 10 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Massive heart attack, coded in ambulance, CPR given | Regained lost sense of smell, specific detail about cotton linen weave | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 1 | Regained lost sense of smell | 0.00 | EMT | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 3482 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4889 Ronald B NDE 9152 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ronald_b_nde.html | 1963 | 2021 | 5 | M | At age 5, Ronald was drawn to the dangerous left side of a creek where someone had drowned. While in an innertube, something teased him to lift his arms, causing him to slip out and go under. After calling for help with a mouthful of water, he drowned with no one noticing. A light appeared and grew brighter as his soul separated from his body with pure ecstasy. He flowed through a tunnel of light, passing doorways on the sides. An entity with a crustacean appearance - pinchers, black round eyes, and shell body - blocked his path three times. He called it the "crawfish man." His soul fought the being but at age 5 wasn't ready for spiritual combat. Years later he discovered this being matched the description of Metatron in an angel encyclopedia. After revival, he experienced ongoing paranormal activity including seeing light beings, ghosts, shadow beings, and developing empathic abilities. He believes his NDE opened a corridor between worlds and has written extensively about his subsequent paranormal experiences. | 5 | Other | 10 | 10 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Drowned in creek, required resuscitation | Detailed description of unique being later identified as Metatron | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 0 | Encountered being with crustacean appearance | 0.00 | Incompatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3483 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4922 Samuel E NDE 9208 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1samuel_e_nde.html | 1993 | 2021 | 12 | M | At age 12, Samuel had a freak gymnastics accident attempting a back salto dismount from asymmetrical parallel bars. He slipped and his head whipped backwards with his body weight following. His consciousness remained uninterrupted from the impact to experiencing an empty, pure black void with no dimension or time. He had no body, existing as pure thought, which amazed him. He wondered if he had died and tried to yell but couldn't. His thoughts bumped into external presences that communicated wordlessly through pure conceptual thought and emotion. They were surprised to see him and disapproved of his being there. He suddenly had a body again with his PE teacher holding his head, calling his name. He could feel everyone's emotions - from detachment to panic to his teacher's guilt and relief. He cried uncontrollably without understanding why. The experience felt like a veil had been lifted, truly waking up before returning to earthly reality. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe head and neck injury from gymnastics accident | Experience of existing as pure thought, telepathic beings disapproving presence | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 0 | Felt emotions of everyone present | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3484 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4938 Wallace S NDE 9239 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1wallace_s_nde.html | 2007 | 2021 | M | During a cardiac procedure, Wallace's cardiologist accidentally punctured his heart while trying to move a stent. He required emergency surgery and doctors told his family they would know in 24 hours if he would live or die. During his out-of-body experience, he saw people dressed in white in a peaceful place with green grass and beautiful flowers. To go further required passing through a gate. The gatekeeper left and returned, telling Wallace three times it wasn't his time and he had to go back. Wallace knew if a deceased family member had brought him past the gate, he wouldn't return. He experienced a dark tunnel that grew brighter as he approached the light. He saw his past and personal future scenes. People told him never to look at the light, but he found the experience peaceful. After returning, he developed ESP abilities, sensing spirits and knowing about deaths before being informed. He became closer to God, volunteers helping those in need, and shares his story though some doubt NDEs can be remembered. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Heart punctured during cardiac procedure requiring emergency surgery, life-threatening | Specific description of gate as boundary, developed ESP with verified instances | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 0 | Knew about deaths before being informed | 1.00 | Moderately Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3485 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4887 Wendy W NDE 9146 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1wendy_w_nde.html | 1997 | 2021 | 36 | F | Wendy had two NDEs days apart while 10 weeks pregnant. She experienced recurring dreams of a violent storm destroying a ship, which she later understood as warning of her uterus rupturing. In NDE #1, she felt searing abdominal pain at home alone when her fundus ruptured. Angels appeared in her bathroom, with a male angel urgently telling her to call for help or go Home. They lifted her to the phone after she got on hands and knees. She lost 3/4 of her blood volume over several days. In NDE #2, the night before surgery, she popped out of her body with relief, saw herself pale as sheets with messy hair. She rode an escalator to the Light where 20 beings including angels and deceased grandparents gave her energy hugs. An angel said she was welcome to stay but if she returned, she'd recover, her baby would be born healthy, but life would be hard until finding her life path. She chose to return for her children. She indeed recovered, had her daughter, but faced job losses, divorce, and financial hardship for years before finding her spiritual path. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Fundus rupture with loss of 3/4 blood volume, multiple transfusions needed | Accurate predictions: recovery, healthy baby birth, job losses, hard life ahead | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw herself from above in hospital bed | 0.00 | Self | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3486 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4896 Whitney H NDE 9164 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1whitney_h_nde.html | 2021 | 2021 | F | Whitney was in the ICU 48 hours after anesthesia with aspiration pneumonia, struggling to breathe. While exhausted and disoriented, unable to call for help, she began drifting peacefully on her back surrounded by a pale blue glow into a calm blue void. She wasn't alone despite not seeing anyone - all were connected. She felt profound peace, belonging, home, safety, joy, acceptance and love. She felt cared about just for being herself without needing to prove anything. She then woke to a sternal rub with a flashlight in her eyes and ICU staff moving chaotically around her after a low oxygen alarm. She felt shame, guilt and disappointment upon returning. The experience was entirely pleasant with crystal clear vision though seeing with eyes closed. In the void, time didn't exist and she was just being. She felt acceptance by the universe and connection to all. The diffused blue light was mystical. She has no fear of death now and feels she has love within and around her. This was days after the surgery in March 2021. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 6 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | ICU for acute respiratory failure, hypoxia, and pneumonia with low SpO2 alarm | Out of body experience in blue void with feelings of connection | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 1 | Awareness during unconscious state | 0.00 | ICU staff | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3487 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5036 Amanda G NDE 9395 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1amanda_g_nde.html | 1986 | 2022 | 30 | F | Amanda was undergoing a tubal ligation procedure when she had a severe reaction to epidural anesthesia. The anesthetist accidentally punctured the inner casing fluid within her spine, causing the epidural to spread throughout her entire body rather than just the lower half. Her blood sugar and blood pressure crashed simultaneously, leading to paralysis and respiratory arrest. She experienced floating above the operating table, observing the medical team's frantic efforts to save her. CPR was administered for approximately three minutes while she watched calmly from above. During her OBE, she saw a white light in the corner of the room that grew brighter and larger, with a being approaching her. She then observed her husband pacing in the waiting room and felt he needed her. The being guided her back to the operating room and toward a bright tunnel, but Amanda refused to enter, stating her husband and baby needed her. She consciously chose to re-enter her body and began breathing on her own. The experience was characterized by total peace despite the medical chaos. She was kept for monitoring overnight and experienced complications requiring additional surgery a week later. Despite the traumatic medical events, Amanda remembers the NDE portion as entirely pleasant and peaceful. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest with CPR documented during epidural complications | Observed medical team, husband in waiting room, specific details of resuscitation efforts | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/27/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed surgical team panic and CPR administration | 1.00 | Nurse | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||
| 3488 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5063 Andrew M NDE 9431 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1andrew_m_nde.html | 2013 | 2022 | M | Andrew was working on a TV production when he experienced stroke-like symptoms followed by a Type II DeBakey Aortic Dissection. After feeling extreme chest pain like someone tearing his insides apart, he was initially misdiagnosed with a panic attack at the first hospital. After 4 hours and a CT scan revealing the dissection, he was helicoptered to another facility. During the helicopter ride, he experienced a complete OBE, watching the helicopter from 100 feet away behind and above the tail in a peaceful, content state with yellow-tinted vision. In surgery, he underwent deep hypothermic metabolic stasis with confirmed cerebral silence for 39 minutes. During this clinical death, he found himself in a space of perfect peace and contentment, surrounded like being underwater but with no light or sound initially. He sensed deceased family members including grandparents and felt pure consciousness. His grandmother told him he had more to do and wasn't meant to stay yet. The experience was characterized by understanding everything as common sense and feeling united with all existence. He reluctantly returned to his body and woke 26 hours later. Post-experience, he had demonic nightmares for months until receiving prayer, lost all fear of death, and gained increased empathic abilities. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death with confirmed cerebral silence for 39 minutes during cardiac surgery | OBE during helicopter transport observing from outside perspective | written_account | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Deep hypothermic metabolic stasis | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed helicopter from outside perspective | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3489 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5104 Anita B NDE 9491 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1anita_b_nde.html | 1980 | 2022 | 30 | F | Anita was undergoing a tubal ligation procedure due to concerns about pregnancy complications from severe hypoglycemia. During the operation, she had a severe reaction to anesthesia causing both her blood sugar and blood pressure to crash simultaneously. The medical crisis was brief but significant, lasting approximately one minute according to her recollection. She experienced floating above the operating table in a state of complete calm while observing the surgical staff in distress over her condition. She could see the medical personnel becoming upset and working frantically. A nurse's exclamation of "We almost lost her" coincided with her return to her body. Throughout the experience, she felt incredible peace and a floating sensation, completely disconnected from any physical distress. The experience was characterized by total tranquility despite the medical emergency. She describes feeling united with the world and experiencing incredible peace and happiness. The brevity of the experience meant she did not encounter beings, travel through tunnels, or see lights, but the profound sense of peace and the out-of-body observation of the medical crisis left a lasting impression. Post-experience, she felt fortunate to be alive and motivated to "get her act together," though her religious beliefs remained unchanged as a Protestant Christian. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 7 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Surgery with general anesthesia, bad reaction causing blood sugar and pressure crash | Observed surgical personnel upset, floating above operating table | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed surgical team's distress | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 3490 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5009 Anonymous 16125 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1anonymous_nde.html | 2022 | Unknown | As a teenager playing by the riverside, the person was swept away by the tide and drowned, unable to swim. After sinking to the bottom and struggling unsuccessfully to reach the surface, they lost consciousness from lack of oxygen. Upon losing consciousness, they suddenly regained awareness from a vantage point about two meters above their body, experiencing what felt like soul separation. They became relaxed and stopped struggling, hearing peaceful music that sounded like a blend of Western church ritual music and Chinese music. Their entire life from childhood to the present played back in third-person perspective like a movie slideshow at super-fast speed but with crystal clear content. They saw their deceased father and other unknown people during this life review. Specific memories included stealing a radish when hungry, swearing, spitting, and hitting siblings - actions that caused tremendous pain in their heart when witnessed. They tried to avoid watching but couldn't, feeling deep repentance for bad actions. A white light appeared surrounding their body with a particularly bright opening above, from which a mysterious force sent them out. They surfaced directly and went to shore. The experience was characterized by the classic elements of OBE, life review with moral reckoning, peaceful music, encounters with deceased relatives, and return through a bright light opening. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Drowning with loss of consciousness | Life review with specific details, deceased father seen, mysterious rescue | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 3491 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5007 Ashley H NDE 9342 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ashley_h_nde.html | 2010 | 2022 | F | Ashley was lured to an unfamiliar location by her abusive ex-boyfriend's associates who drugged her drink with intent to kill her. After being drugged, she heard a clear, authoritative male voice urgently telling her to leave immediately. Despite the friend's attempts to keep her there, she insisted on leaving and gave him a ride home. Her next memory is sitting outside her car against the back tire in a golden wheat field with mountains, under a bright blue sky with no visible sun. A woman in 1980s-era clothing with curly brown hair sat beside her crying, communicating telepathically that everything was okay and it was over now. The woman repeated reassurances without moving her lips. When Ashley felt cold and heard ambulance sirens, she returned to awareness in a hospital. She later discovered she had called her mother speaking incoherently about hunting ducks, her car had crossed the median into oncoming traffic, struck a tree, and rolled down an embankment. The woman who comforted her was identified by her father as Trish, Ashley's nanny who had died in a rollover accident when Ashley was one year old. Remarkably, Trish's elderly mother later approached Ashley at a random church service asking about seeing her daughter. The experience included warnings of danger, deceased caregiver assistance, and multiple confirmations of identity. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 18 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Criminal drugging and car accident with life-threatening injuries | Deceased nanny identified by photo, confirmed by nanny's mother independently | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Criminal drugging | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 1 | Warning voice to leave dangerous situation | 0.00 | Father and Trish's mother | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3492 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5093 Bahar Y NDE 9475 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1bahar_y_nde.html | 1992 | 2022 | 5 | F | At age 4 or 5, Bahar went to a swimming pool with her kindergarten class and jumped into the deep end despite being unable to swim. She immediately sank and struggled to surface, managing to break through briefly to attempt calling for help before being pulled down again. After continued struggling, she experienced an out-of-body perspective, observing from above as her teacher swam toward her. She watched herself being pulled from the pool and placed on the ground with all the children standing around. During the OBE, she felt no emotions - no sadness, fear, or bliss - and simply observed the scene without attachment. She did not experience tunnels, light beings, or deceased relatives that others commonly report. The experience was purely observational from an elevated perspective. Her teacher successfully rescued her and she survived. She always recounted seeing the rescue from above when asked about the incident, though no one questioned how this was possible. Only after her brother's death three years ago, when researching death and NDEs, did she recognize her childhood experience as an NDE. She attempted unsuccessfully to contact her former teacher for confirmation. Additionally, she reports having a "ghost friend" she could see and hear until age ten, when she told him to leave. The experience left her with enhanced perception abilities. | 5 | Other | 5 | 7 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drowning in swimming pool as young child | Observed rescue from above including teacher and other children | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed rescue from above | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 4 | |||||||||
| 3493 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5008 Betty R NDE 9343 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1betty_r_nde.html | 1995 | 2022 | 15 | F | Betty, an experienced horse trainer, was thrown headfirst onto a hard-packed road while breaking a young thoroughbred. Landing nearly on top of her head, she experienced acute awareness of everything - sun, wind, grass - from an impossible vantage point miles away. She observed her entire day from an outside perspective: getting up at home, working at the barn, saddling the horse, and the accident itself. She watched herself lying in the road from her everywhere-nowhere perspective and saw the horse travel two additional miles back to the barn where a coworker caught it. She observed her employer find her and experienced difficulties during surgery. Walking on a darkening road, she met her deceased horse friend Miss Diamond, who had died traumatically months earlier. The horse appeared decomposed initially but improved to healthy condition as they walked. Miss Diamond assured Betty she wasn't at fault for the horse's death and guided her toward somewhere together. At a crossroads, an ageless lady gatekeeper firmly told Betty it wasn't her time and she had things to do. Miss Diamond passed while Betty was turned back. She re-entered her body, awakening with severe injuries requiring extensive therapy. The experience granted her special empathic abilities with humans and animals, leading her to hospice nursing. She later attempted suicide but was again told she had a purpose to fulfill. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 18 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Severe head trauma with neck fracture and clotting | Observed horse return, coworker catch it, employer search - all verified; met deceased horse | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed horse return and events at barn | 1.00 | Coworkers and employer | Low Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 3494 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5043 Byun SS NDE 9409 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1byun_ss_nde.html | 1967 | 2022 | M | Byun was working at a construction site carrying bricks up temporary stairs on a four-story building when he fell with the bricks to the bottom. After being taken to the hospital and declared dead, he saw himself lying on a bed covered with a white sheet and his sister collapsed and wailing. He experienced soul separation and went up into the sky, seeing Seoul city, entering a commercial airplane to observe passengers and cockpit, then traveling worldwide to see Christ the Redeemer statue, Eiffel Tower, London Bridge, Sydney Opera House, and Hong Kong locations. His entire life played back from earliest childhood in super-fast but crystal-clear detail, including painful moments of stealing food when hungry, swearing, spitting, and hitting siblings. He felt tremendous heart pain and deep repentance while being unable to avoid watching. He was pulled through pastel-colored fog toward extremely bright light where he felt perfect peace and communicated through thought/feeling with an unseen existence about love. He could instantly travel anywhere by thought, visiting his siblings in their hut. After seeing fireworks outside a window, he struggled to move and fell, eventually learning he had returned from the morgue. Post-experience, he could see people's hidden thoughts and pain. Years later, he successfully guided colleagues around Hong Kong using knowledge from his NDE, amazing them by knowing specific locations like a hidden fruit stall. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Fatal fall from 4-story building, declared dead, sent to morgue | Worldwide travel visions later verified in Hong Kong; predicted locations accurately | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw worldwide locations during NDE | 1.00 | Moderately Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3495 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5102 Chris C NDE 9489 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1chris_c_nde_9489.html | 1990 | 2022 | 11 | M | At age 11, Chris and friends attempted a "fainting game" learned from other schools, using hyperventilation and blood flow restriction to induce unconsciousness. After failed attempts in the schoolyard, they tried again in the school lobby where Chris lost consciousness for 1 minute 40 seconds according to a friend's watch. He suddenly found himself in another dimension - a dark yet bright, soft, shaded space where he floated weightlessly without a body but retained his consciousness and identity. He felt utterly peaceful, comfortable, and at one with everything, experiencing no physical or emotional tension. The state was characterized by perfect rightness and direct experience without memory of earthly life. After some time, he was suddenly "sucked" back into his body with a "whooshing" sensation. Upon reconnecting with physical reality and its memories, his immediate thought was "Oh no, not THIS again!" - referring to all earthly existence including family and relationships as tiresome and effortful. A teacher warned him about the danger of death from restricted blood flow. The experience subtly shifted his life trajectory, devaluing materiality and traditional success. At 17 he became partially psychotic and clinically depressed, struggling with mental health for years. He believes the NDE made him take an unconventional, more difficult life path while possibly preventing suicide. | 5 | Other | 3 | 4 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Intentional fainting game causing 1:40 unconsciousness | No specific observations, only otherworldly experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3496 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5113 Christopher C NDEs 9501 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1christopher_c_ndes.html | 2014 | 2022 | M | Christopher, a former heroin addict who had recovered but still used occasionally, injected a recreational dose at his brother's flat. He immediately found himself out of body in a vast black space that was paradoxically both pitch black and brightly lit. Without a physical form but retaining his consciousness and identity, he floated in overwhelming joy, comfort, and serenity. The experience felt more real and natural than physical life. He suddenly understood everything about existence - who we are, where we came from, and the universe's nature. The answers were remarkably simple, like "child's play," and he wondered how he had missed such obvious truths. A sky-blue dot of light appeared in the distance, growing larger and eventually exploding into brilliant blue and green rays. His eyes then sprang open on the sofa, gasping for breath, with his brother about to call emergency services after Christopher had stopped breathing for approximately three minutes with blue lips and face. He exclaimed he had something amazing to share but couldn't recall the cosmic knowledge upon returning. Four years later, a ketamine experience returned him to the same space with identical realizations, confirming the reality of the realm. Post-NDE, he gained profound life appreciation, moved to nature, lost fear of death, and believes consciousness is humanity's proper form. | 2 | Home | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Heroin overdose causing respiratory arrest for 3 minutes | Universal knowledge gained but not retained; blue light and explosion | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 0 | 0 | Incompatible | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 3497 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5080 Jeff L NDE 9453 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeff_l_nde_9453.html | 2019 | 2022 | M | Jeff experienced a STEMI heart attack on March 28, 2019, and drove himself to the hospital where he collapsed at the emergency room entrance. He was taken to the cardiac catheter lab where he was in and out of consciousness. Suddenly he felt symptom-free and realized he was observing his body from about 30 feet away while the medical team worked on him. He tested his cognitive functions and found his memories intact with extraordinary clarity. He then found himself on a short-grass prairie watching a black cylindrical cloud approaching on the horizon, which he understood to be death. As the cloud nearly reached him, he heard a voice behind him asking about the typical NDE elements like tunnels and angels, after which he could breathe again and returned to his body with a thud. He awoke later with electrodes and equipment, having survived the heart attack. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | STEMI heart attack explicitly stated, life-threatening event in hospital setting | Out-of-body experience with observation of medical team from distance, symbolic death imagery | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed medical team working on his body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3498 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5017 Jessica Kay NDE 9354 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jessica_kay_nde.html | 2022 | 5 | F | Five-year-old Jessica was riding her pony Fireball when the pony slipped in mud and fell. She found herself floating above her body with a 360-degree view, seeing her pink jacket under the pony and her family rushing to help. She entered complete blackness where a Being answered countless questions about life, evil, and religion. She then entered a realm of white clouds and marble buildings where she met a group of excited beings and two tall angels. At marble stairs, she met someone she believed was Jesus who showed her why she needed to return - displaying her parents' and sisters' difficult futures without her, and her own future with marriage and three boys. On returning through a dark tunnel, she saw evil beings at the bottom. She was thrust back into her body in the bathtub, miraculously uninjured despite being trapped under the horse. | 5 | Other | 5 | 18 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Accident with pony falling on child, potentially life-threatening trauma | Multiple specific observations including seeing pink jacket under pony, 360-degree vision, detailed future visions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw scene from above with 360-degree view | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3499 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5109 Jim H NDE 16128 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jim_h_nde_16128.html | 2022 | 2022 | M | Jim, a Vietnam veteran with severe heart disease from Agent Orange exposure, experienced five near-death episodes in October 2022 when his implanted defibrillator fired multiple times. Each episode involved extreme chest pain followed by a black and white downward spiral and a black triangle with a white dot in the center. The defibrillator explosions brought him back each time with intense pain throughout his body. The monitoring machines in the Cardiac ICU recorded these events, with nurses witnessing one episode as he called for help. The spiral represented life leaving his body with a deflating sensation and concentrated left-side headache. The triangle appeared to be his version of the tunnel with light commonly reported. He interprets his survival as having an unfulfilled divine purpose. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 6 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Multiple cardiac arrests with defibrillator documented in ICU, witnessed by medical staff | Unique spiral and triangle imagery, specific sensations during dying process | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 1 | Black and white spiral with triangle | 1.00 | ICU nurses | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 3500 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5110 Joshua G NDE 9499 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joshua_g_nde.html | 2020 | 2022 | M | Joshua was drinking heavily due to relationship issues when he consumed excessive amounts of Jack Daniels, leading to violent vomiting and choking. He collapsed unconscious in the bathroom where his mother found him face down and not breathing. While she performed CPR following 911 instructions, Joshua found himself in another realm - standing on a crowded path with people of various backgrounds staring at him. He saw a city skyline with silver skyscrapers surrounded by mountains, a blue lake, and green vegetation. The path had glass-paneled railings of bronze stone. He could faintly hear his mother crying and the emergency operator while experiencing this cold, clear environment. After taking steps toward the city, he suddenly returned to consciousness surrounded by paramedics. Later research led him to NDE accounts of a "City of Light" matching his experience. | 5 | Home | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Alcohol poisoning with respiratory arrest requiring CPR | Detailed otherworldly city environment, hearing earthly events while unconscious | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 0 | Heard mother and emergency operator | 1.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3501 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5056 Karen NDE 9425 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1karen_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-07-09 | 2022 | F | Karen experienced heart damage from COVID inflammation eight months prior. She woke unable to breathe, called 911, and died on her porch where her bowels released. A light came from inside her like a beacon and she floated through it, feeling all-consuming love. She saw an elongated figure at the tunnel's end and felt she was returning home. Looking back at her body, she didn't want to return but was distressed about not completing her earthly assignment. The tunnel opened from inside her out through the veil. She experienced the universe with every star vividly in color and sound, hearing the galaxy sing. She became aware she is a portion of the supreme being. Though she had a conversation with the entity, she cannot recall details despite hypnosis attempts. She awoke 8 hours later on a ventilator after EMS resuscitation. She returned with a gift she doesn't understand and is now obsessed with frequencies and sound healing. | 2 | Home | 10 | 15 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Clinical death on porch with bowel release, CPR given, 8 hours unconscious on ventilator | Tunnel from inside self, elongated being, universal awareness, galaxy singing, looking back at body | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 0 | Universal perception and looking at own body | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 3502 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5084 Kavis NDE 9459 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kavis_nde.html | 2016 | 2016-09-18 | 2022 | F | Kavis attempted suicide by overdose while feeling emotionally void. After swallowing pills, she collapsed and entered a deep meditative state where she felt she was forgetting something important - a sense of purpose. She called 911 before losing consciousness. Her heart stopped and she experienced leaving her body, being pulled upward toward a black hole with immense pressure. Looking down, she saw her body on a table with a sad doctor. While being pulled up, she felt the strongest sense of purpose and fought against going, despite being told she would find peace if she let go. Her purpose felt bigger than her own peace. Upon awakening, she experienced heightened intuition and receives feelings about what she needs to do. She now understands that everyone tries, there is no absolute right or wrong, everything comes down to intent, and her soul feels too large for her body. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death with heart stoppage explicitly stated, medical resuscitation | OBE seeing body and doctor from above, specific pulling sensation, dialogue about purpose | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw body and medical staff from above | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3503 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5022 Kevin L NDE 9362 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kevin_l_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-07-13 | 2022 | 59 | M | Kevin was stung by a wasp and went into anaphylactic shock. His heart rate exceeded 150 bpm and he felt his life draining away. A tunnel appeared next to his daughter with diamond-shaped shards shooting from his body into it. He felt connected to something accessing his life information, particularly interested in his emotional pain and depression. A powerful entity emerged showing Earth projections, revealing itself as connected to everything and learning through living beings. Kevin was transported through the tunnel to a black hole's event horizon, then to another universe with golden nebula and geometric soul patterns including machine souls. He learned consciousness creates souls regardless of biological or artificial origin. After being slammed back into his body, he had to choose to stay for his family. The entity showed immense patience and gave him the word "CHOOSE." He experienced this as microseconds of Earth time while hours seemed to pass. | 5 | Home | 10 | 20 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Severe anaphylactic shock with life-threatening symptoms, later hospital treatment | Extraordinary detail: tunnel manifestation, information transfer via shards, entity projections, alternate universe, machine souls | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 3 | 0 | Tunnel with entity and information transfer | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 3504 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5011 Laura B NDE 9346 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1laura_b_nde_9346.html | 2018 | 2018-11-09 | 2022 | F | Laura experienced complete heart block and passed out. First responders arrived within 7 minutes, and while hooked to EKG her heart stopped, requiring CPR. During unconsciousness, she first perceived a great void, then saw a hazy light in the distance that she swam toward. The environment resembled a combination of cave formations and underwater passages (cenote). She found herself in an underwater cave trying to reach the surface and light. The path was uphill at a 75-degree angle. As she reached the boundary between water and air, she heard her name being called and regained consciousness, possibly coughing up water. She felt calm and driven throughout, with no fear despite normally being afraid of the dark. The experience felt like being in an underground underwater tunnel moving toward light. | 1 | Other | 10 | 6 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Complete heart block with cardiac arrest on EKG, CPR given to revive | Unique underwater tunnel/cave imagery, swimming toward light, heard name being called | written_account | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 0 | Underwater cave environment and hearing name | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 3505 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5082 Lisa R NDE 9456 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lisa_r_nde_9456.html | 2019 | 2022 | F | Lisa was in a severe car accident when another vehicle hit them from behind, causing their car to crash head-on into a concrete barrier at 65 mph. She left her body and entered a black void with brilliant light behind the walls about to burst through. She was met by at least a dozen short angels (4 feet tall) with different colored gowns who communicated telepathically. One angel spoke with God about whether she should stay or return while another comforted her. She was told angels can control time and had slowed it to save her. Time didn't exist where she was. The angels showed her overwhelming love and told her they're always with her even when unseen. Though she wanted to stay for the incredible peace and love, God decided she must return. She found herself back in the car with paramedics. The experience has never faded and she can remember every detail years later. | 5 | Other | 5 | 16 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | High-speed car crash head-on into barrier at 65mph, life-threatening | Detailed angel encounters, telepathic communication, time stopping, specific angel descriptions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 0 | Detailed vision of multiple angels | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3506 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5095 Melinda C NDE 9477 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1melinda_c_nde.html | 2010 | 2022 | F | Melinda, suffering from postpartum depression and abuse, overdosed when threatened with losing her child. She experienced clinical death with complete liver failure requiring life-flight to another hospital. On the other side, she encountered beings of energy, light and sound who communicated without words. Her deceased father was present, providing reassurance. She was told she was needed back for her family and shown how her death would cause them suffering. Entities praised her strength and said she would help others. She passed through what she later called the Arcadian realm. She saw her mother praying beside her body and felt her pain, which convinced her to return. Against all medical expectations, her liver spontaneously healed without transplant - tests returned to normal range, stunning doctors who said it was impossible. She gained empathic abilities, heightened intuition, and electronics malfunction around her. She now creates art, writes, and plays music, understanding her purpose is healing through her frequency. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Drug overdose with clinical death and complete liver failure, life-flight required | Saw mother praying by bedside while unconscious, miraculous healing documented, specific realm details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw mother praying while unconscious | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3507 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4986 Charlene R NDE 9310 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1charlene_r_nde.html | 2013 | 2021 | F | Charlene experienced a heroin overdose on February 12, 2013, that led to clinical death with cessation of breathing and heart function. After deliberately overdosing alone in her room, she moved to another room to be found, accompanied by her dog Alice. Upon losing consciousness, she experienced herself awakening into an overwhelming sense of peace, serenity, and love, finding herself in another realm where she could see between the human world and a beautiful otherworldly place. She was met by a group of deceased family members and friends, plus two unknown beings, in a location with multicolored silken grass-like ground and a golden-yellow sky. The environment felt perfect - no need for breathing, eating, sleeping, or pain. When her family members told her it wasn't her time and she needed to return, she argued with them but was suddenly back in her body with paramedics working on her. The experience left her with enhanced sensory abilities including telepathic communication with her children, heightened hearing to the point of being overwhelming, and the ability to know things she shouldn't know about people and events. She found it difficult to socialize afterward due to being able to hear others' thoughts and detect lies. The experience confirmed her belief in something greater than earthly life with a higher purpose, though she struggles with the isolation that comes from her enhanced abilities. | 5 | Home | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clinical death from drug overdose with CPR required | Met deceased family and friends in otherworldly realm with specific environmental details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw self and medical response from outside body | 0.00 | Friend and boyfriend | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 3508 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4950 Charles W NDE 9260 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1charles_w_nde.html | 2017 | 2021 | M | Charles had a heart attack at work on June 27, 2017, with a blocked left anterior artery requiring stent placement. During the procedure at 10:02 AM, while conscious but looking away from the surgical area at a clock, his heart suddenly stopped. He was instantly transported to a large room filled with rows of tables where scientists in 1950s-style white lab coats were conducting research - looking through microscopes, handling test tubes, taking notes. The scene was peaceful and quiet, with an even gender balance unusual for that era. Most strikingly, everything appeared in deeply saturated black-and-white, like an old film. Charles stood observing the scientists who didn't notice him, feeling calm and peaceful with no sense of time passing. After what seemed an indefinite period but was actually just three minutes, he was suddenly back on the operating table at 10:05 AM as doctors used the defibrillator to restart his heart. He had curled into a fetal position during the shock. Charles interprets this experience as his unconscious brain creating a calming distraction with the message that "medical science will save you," possibly using black-and-white imagery to save cognitive bandwidth during the medical emergency. The experience left him with greater appreciation for what the human brain can accomplish. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest during monitored stent procedure with defibrillator use | Detailed otherworldly scene but no verification possible | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 0 | Witnessed scientific laboratory scene in black and white | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3509 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4956 Cheltsey T NDE 9267 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1cheltsey_t_nde.html | 2004 | 2021 | 8 | F | Cheltsey was born with a Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) and underwent open heart surgery at age 8 in 2004. During the procedure under general anesthesia, she experienced clinical death requiring CPR. She witnessed the doctors working on her body from above before her soul traveled through a white tunnel guided by angels. She encountered extraordinarily bright colors that don't exist on Earth and felt an overwhelming sense of comfort, happiness, and perfection. In this realm, there was no need to breathe, eat, sleep, or experience pain. She met Jesus Christ, who appeared with nail marks from crucifixion on his hands, which he explained showed how much he loves humanity. Cheltsey begged to stay in this perfect place, telling Jesus that the world was evil and cruel, but he responded "not yet" and said it wasn't her time because she had a purpose to fulfill. She was then sent back and awoke intubated. The experience profoundly changed her religious beliefs, leading to her salvation in her teenage years. She emphasizes that in heaven, earthly concerns like money, awards, illness, and suffering don't matter - only obedience to Jesus. The love she experienced was incomparable and indescribable. The memory remains vivid and she occasionally shares it with those she feels won't judge her. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Clinical death during monitored open heart surgery requiring CPR | Met Jesus with crucifixion marks, saw unique colors, traveled through tunnel with angels | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/27/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw doctors working on her body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3510 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4942 Chris NDE 16122 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1chris_nde_16122.html | 2021 | Unknown | Chris was hit by a car as a young child while crossing the street to buy snacks. Upon impact, Chris experienced floating above their body and looking down at themselves lying in the street. People gradually gathered around the injured body below. Chris then shifted attention to their second-floor bedroom window and witnessed their grandmother running down the stairs in panic, observing each step clearly as she descended. The memories after this point became fragmented, but the time spent floating above the body remained extraordinarily vivid, able to be recalled like playing a movie. Chris was later hit by cars twice more at the same location but only suffered bruises. After reading about NDEs, Chris noted not seeing the commonly reported tunnel of light, meeting God/Buddha, or deceased relatives, attributing this to being too young to have known any deceased family members. Two months before writing this account, during deep meditation, Chris briefly visited what appeared to be a heavenly realm - a huge palace with the body feeling weightless, golden yellow ground, towering white Greek-style pillars reaching into clouds, and a massive library. This matched descriptions Chris later read about the "Temple of Wisdom" in heaven. Chris maintains no religious beliefs but wanted to share these experiences. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening accident being hit by car | Clear OBE with specific observation of grandmother's movements on stairs | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed own body from above | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3511 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4951 Christoph K NDE 9259 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1christoph_k_nde.html | 2021 | 2021 | M | Christoph suffered a pulmonary embolism on July 29, 2021, creating a life-threatening medical emergency. During his unconsciousness, time seemed to stand still and the medical staff trying to save him felt strangely familiar, as if they were longtime friends. While unconscious, he experienced having many questions answered in ways he couldn't explain. Rather than seeing a tunnel, he encountered a unique light that seemed to vibrate and emit a kind of sound. This vibrating, sound-emitting light completely removed his fear and gave him deep peace. He describes this light as his salvation. His lung made a miraculous recovery within 14 days, which he attributes to the healing power of the light he encountered. The experience left him with heightened sensory awareness - he reports better hearing, now able to perceive more natural and animal sounds than before. He also experienced an altered sense of time, feeling as though he had been away for years despite the brief duration. He felt happiness, love, and warmth during the experience, along with incredible peace and joy. The experience gave him a sense of understanding about love being the answer to life's questions. As a Catholic, he believes the light and frequency he encountered was God. The experience strengthened his faith and religious conviction. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening pulmonary embolism | Encountered vibrating light with sound, miraculous recovery | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 0 | Encountered vibrating light with sound | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3512 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4929 Darrell C NDE 9220 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1darrell_c_nde.html | 2012 | 2021 | M | Darrell experienced a severe heart attack on December 1, 2012, and was rushed to the hospital where he was placed on life support for seventeen days. He flatlined three times total, with one episode lasting 12 minutes. During this extended flatline, he left his body and hovered about 3 feet above his hospital bed, clearly observing his physical form below and his wife sitting beside the left side of his bed. A beautiful blue shimmering light appeared between them, communicating a profound and powerful sense of love. He quickly recognized this as the presence of the creator of the universe and the Holy Spirit, initially thinking it might be God himself before realizing God is a person, not a light. After a few minutes, the entire scene dissipated. His next conscious memory was 17 days later when they removed him from the induced coma and ventilator. Upon awakening with his wife holding his hand, his first words were "I am going to serve the Lord the rest of my life" - words that came spontaneously without premeditation. This marked a dramatic transformation from being a nominal churchgoer to becoming a born-again, committed Christian. The Holy Spirit placed an insatiable desire within him to know God personally, leading to thousands of hours of Bible study. The experience brought lasting changes including intimate friendships and complete dedication to serving God. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest with 12-minute flatline on life support with monitoring | Hovering 3 feet above bed, saw wife's position, encountered Holy Spirit as blue light | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed self and wife from above | 0.00 | Wife | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 3513 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4870 Dave M NDE 9123 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1dave_m_nde_9123.html | 2015 | 2021 | M | Dave experienced a heart attack on November 27, 2015, with chest pain initially dismissed as heartburn. When symptoms returned more intensely with cold sweats and nausea, he called 911. While paramedics attended to him, he progressively lost hearing, peripheral vision, and feeling in his arms before falling unconscious. His heart stopped for one minute due to 95% blockage of the left coronary artery. Upon clinical death, Dave felt himself being "peeled out" of his body and awakening in another realm with overwhelming awareness. He found himself surrounded by a green mist with low-level light coming from behind it, sitting in a transparent form where he could see green background through his outline and colored veins running through his legs. Realizing he had died, he felt wrapped in warm fog without pain, incredibly conscious and aware with millions of thoughts racing through his mind. Though amazed by the peaceful beauty, he wasn't ready to leave the physical world and sat hoping for revival. After what felt like 20 minutes but was actually one minute, he fell asleep in that realm and awoke back in his body as paramedics revived him. He received two stents and recovered fully. The experience eliminated most of his fear of death, made him more compassionate, and confirmed that consciousness survives bodily death, though he remains agnostic but more open-minded. | 2 | Home | 10 | 14 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest with 95% blockage, heart stopped for 1 minute | Transparent body with colored veins, green mist environment, time distortion confirmed | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw transparent spirit body | 0.00 | Paramedics | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 3514 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4933 David R NDE 9227 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1david_r_nde_9227.html | 1963 | 2021 | 11 | M | In 1963, eleven-year-old David was hit by a car while riding his bike, with his body thrown 40 feet from impact, suffering an open compound fracture to his left fibula and tibia plus a broken left knee. Though he doesn't remember the accident itself, he vividly recalls watching himself being loaded into an old hearse-style ambulance from outside his body. He then found himself floating through white clouds with no sky, ground, trees, or animals, moving toward an open gate where intensely bright but soft light emanated. He observed a long line of people four or five abreast entering the gate. At the gate, he was greeted by his deceased grandmother and her sister (whom he'd never met in life). His grandmother told him to go back as it wasn't his time, but he continued approaching. The sister raised her arm from the mist, pointed, and said "look." When David turned, he saw an ambulance traveling down a road about to go under an overpass. As he turned back to his grandmother, he suddenly opened his eyes inside that very ambulance passing under the overpass. He awoke later in the hospital with a full leg cast. His first words to his mother were "I saw grandma," but she hushed him, saying they'd discuss it later - which never happened. David questions whether it was real, wishes he could have entered the gate to see if heaven has trees and animals, but knows he experienced something beyond this life. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe trauma from vehicle accident with multiple fractures | Met deceased grandmother and her sister never met in life, saw ambulance scene that matched reality | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 0 | Watched self being loaded into ambulance | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 3515 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4936 Dayana AM NDE 9234 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1dayana_am_nde.html | 2021 | 2021 | F | Dayana attempted suicide on July 3, 2021, devastated by her father's death on June 19, taking over 10 pills. Despite her husband forcing her to drink milk and hours of cold sweats and racing heart, she eventually experienced paralysis starting in her legs and hands, with her eyes feeling emptied from inside. She told her husband goodbye, asked him to care for their daughter, then felt her heart stop. Initially seeing white light while thinking of her daughter brought her back briefly, seeing herself on the bed beside her husband while also feeling her heart not beating. She told him "I'm going to die" before everything went dark. She then traveled through a round, narrow, completely white tunnel with no light at the end, desperately looking for her husband and seeing only her 7-year-old daughter's face. At the tunnel's end was a precipice opening to the most beautiful sky she'd ever seen. Her recently deceased father appeared, kissed her forehead, and pushed hard against her chest. She begged to stay in that perfect, peaceful place, telling him the world was evil and cruel, but he said "not yet." The push coincided with her husband's desperate screaming, feeling like electroshock. She returned to find her husband crying, reporting she had stopped breathing with blank eyes and cold body. The experience gave her indescribable peace, feeling reborn as a different person on July 4, 2021, with new personality and enhanced clairvoyant abilities. | 5 | Home | 10 | 14 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clinical death from overdose, stopped breathing with vital signs absent | Met recently deceased father, traveled through tunnel, saw precipice to heaven | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw self on bed beside husband | 0.00 | Husband | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 3516 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4954 Debora C NDE 9265 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1debora_c_nde_9265.html | 1967 | 2021 | 5 | F | Five-year-old Debora drowned in 1967 in Panama after slipping into a neighbor's pool when she returned alone after being told to leave. She experienced seeing her body floating in the water while simultaneously going to the neighbor's window for help and watching paramedics work on her. During this out-of-body experience, her soul traveled a dark path holding hands with a long-haired little girl, walking up a dark hill with others ahead walking two by two. They reached a bright light revealing only a gate, with Jesus standing to the right in a white robe extending his hands. Though she couldn't see his face due to bright light, she felt deeply loved and unafraid. Jesus touched her head then turned her around for the girl to walk her back down the dark path. After resuscitation, she couldn't speak for two years and was placed in special education, experiencing ongoing dissociation and out-of-body projections throughout her life. She could see herself sitting at her desk from outside her body and travel elsewhere while her body remained. At age 8, Jesus anointed her again with love. She developed empathic abilities and visions of the future, able to see good or evil in people's souls through their eyes as definite light radiating from them. Her mother was cursed by a witch, leading to her sister's tragic death at 25. Debora believes Jesus has protected her throughout life for a specific purpose with her two sons. | 5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Drowning requiring resuscitation | OBE seeing body in water, met Jesus at heaven's gate, walked with unknown girl guide | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw body floating in pool | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 3517 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4894 Jennifer M NDE 9162 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jennifer_m_nde.html | 1985 | 2021 | F | Jennifer was four months pregnant when she collapsed while on a boat trip with friends. Her husband reported she stopped breathing, turned grey, and her eyes rolled back - appearing dead. She experienced walking through a tunnel of light that opened to a garden where she heard children laughing and playing. A man she believed to be Jesus told her she couldn't stay with the children and had to return. She felt disappointed but was sent back. The experience occurred suddenly with no specific medical cause identified, though shock was suspected. After returning to consciousness, she had a different outlook on death and absolute certainty of an afterlife. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Collapsed and stopped breathing, appeared dead per husband's report | Tunnel of light, heard children, encountered Jesus figure, but no verifiable earthly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 2 | 0 | Walking through tunnel of light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3518 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4913 Joe B NDE 9196 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joe_b_nde_9196.html | 2021 | 2021-02-19 | 2021 | M | Joe was hit by a delivery van and run over on February 19, 2021. He was unconscious with a concussion and was pronounced dead in the ambulance. During this time, he found himself standing next to a wall, looking down at a paramedic working on someone on a stretcher. He experienced a giant roaring sound in his head that he will never forget. After watching for what seemed like several minutes, he suddenly returned to his body in extreme pain. Medical staff told him he should have been dead. Joe had a clear out-of-body experience watching the paramedic save his life, though he saw no lights, deceased loved ones, tunnels, or religious figures. The experience gave him absolute belief in an afterlife and strengthened his Christian faith. He now views life in a better light and feels he is a better person and Christian. | 5 | Ambulance | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Hit by truck, run over, pronounced dead in ambulance - clear life-threatening trauma | Clear OBE watching paramedic work on his body from above, roaring sound, crystal clear vision | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/27/2025 | 1 | 1 | Watching paramedic work on body | 1.00 | Paramedic | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 3519 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4872 Joon O NDE 9124 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1joon_o_nde.html | 1976 | 1976-04-21 | 2021 | M | Joon had a severe car accident in 1976 after a celebration with colleagues. His car was hit during a street race, spun across an intersection, and he was ejected 30 meters through the window. He was initially placed with bodies waiting for the morgue until his sister identified him by his unique feet. During his three-day coma, he experienced viewing two versions of himself - one at the accident scene and another in an otherworldly realm. He observed children in a heavenly home where thoughts manifested instantly as reality. An archangel-like being in a color-changing white cassock lifted him up and told him it wasn't his time, sending him back to help many people. A crucifix pendant was found embedded in his spine during surgery, which the doctor said saved his life. The experience has remained vivid for 44 years. | 4 | Hospital | 5 | 15 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident, coma for 3 days, initially presumed dead | Saw two bodies simultaneously, observed otherworldly realm with instant manifestation, encountered archangel figure | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Crucifix embedded in spine | 6/27/2025 | 3 | 0 | Viewing accident scene from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3520 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4930 Karen L NDE 9224 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1karen_l_nde.html | 1973 | 2021 | F | Karen overdosed on post-partum depression medication and was pronounced dead in the ambulance. She experienced floating above her body, watching EMTs work on her while they couldn't hear her speaking to them. She realized her mouth wasn't moving on the body below. She then moved to another dimension with extremely bright light where she was given a choice by a voice to stay or return to care for her newborn child, who she later reveals is autistic. She chose to return for her child. The experience gave her extreme awareness, prophetic abilities, healing gifts, and empathy for others. She has had multiple NDEs (1973, 1978, 2001, 2005) and the light returns during troubled times. She believes she was shown her future but those memories were taken when she returned. She feels she is meant to be an earth angel helping others discover their purpose. | 2 | Ambulance | 10 | 10 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Pronounced dead in ambulance after overdose | Clear OBE watching EMTs work, saw body not moving mouth while she spoke | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 0 | Watching EMTs work on body | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3521 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4961 Kim A NDE 9272 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kim_a_nde.html | 2017 | 2017-06-12 | 2021 | F | Kim was hospitalized for sepsis and experienced heart fibrillation. She was taken to a cliff overlooking a valley with golden-brown light and trees below. Several beings of light communicated telepathically, with one spirit guide asking if she would be satisfied with her life if it ended. She was shown and entered a large glowing orb where she experienced conversations and interactions from her past, feeling emotions of others. She answered honestly that she had held back in life due to fear. She was immediately returned after this admission. An RN later came in panicked about her heart monitor readings. Days later, she saw beautiful glowing lights outside her window. The experience taught her that relationships matter most to heaven/God, life is a precious gift, and she lost all fear of death. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Sepsis with heart fibrillation, life-threatening condition | Life review in glowing orb with specific past events, telepathic communication with beings | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 1 | Valley with golden-brown light | 0.00 | RN | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3522 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4910 Klaus K NDE 9189 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1klaus_k_nde.html | 1974 | 2021 | 10 | M | Ten-year-old Klaus was hit by a VW Beetle while crossing a highway on his bicycle in 1974. He immediately found himself several meters above the road without experiencing the crash impact. From above, he could see through the car, engine cover, and engine. He observed his feet sticking out from under the car and watched as a desperate young man pulled his body out. Once his body was completely pulled out, he suddenly returned to it. To everyone's surprise, he got up with only scratches and no fractures. During the experience, he felt no emotions and was an uninvolved observer. He kept the experience private for many years, feeling it was normal and self-evident at the time. Now Buddhist, he attributes his spiritual path partly to this and other spiritual experiences throughout his life. | 5 | Other | 5 | 14 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Hit by car, body trapped under vehicle - life-threatening accident | Saw through car and engine to see body underneath, observed specific details of rescue | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 0 | Seeing body under car from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 3523 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4875 Kristin K NDE 9130 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1kristin_k_nde.html | 1990 | 1990-05-13 | 2021 | 14 | F | Fourteen-year-old Kristin had severe bronchitis that developed into life-threatening pneumonia with only 5% oxygen in her blood. She would have died if arrived 15 minutes later at hospital. She floated toward the ceiling, looked down at her body, and felt held, safe, and loved. Everything became luminously bright with warm light. She saw a glowing circle with soft yellowish-red colors. A voice in her head offered her the choice to stay in the light or return to her body. When she saw her beloved grandmother checking on her, she chose to return because of family love. The voice told her to tell her grandmother she needed to go to the hospital quickly or she wouldn't survive. Her grandmother later had deeper connection with her. When grandmother died, a psychic conveyed a message that she was happy with grandpa. The experience opened a spiritual path and eliminated fear of death. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Life-threatening pneumonia, only 5% blood oxygen, near death | Floating OBE, saw grandmother enter room, voice gave life-saving instruction | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 1 | Floating toward ceiling | 0.00 | Grandmother | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 3524 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4941 Krystal L NDE 9242 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1krystal_l_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-07-18 | 2021 | F | Krystal experienced clinical death from a drug overdose and received CPR from her brother. Time went into slow motion as she watched her life play out like on television. Then came a void like a commercial break, followed by the same show playing in reverse with backwards words. She watched herself sitting on the couch from outside her body, wondering why she was getting another chance at life and why she didn't stay dead. Her soul was thrown back into her body head-first during CPR. She heard her brother screaming and felt chest compressions before breathing heavily and convulsing. This was entirely distressing - she felt sad, upset, and full of regret. She experienced a strange loop where her last words kept repeating. The experience worsened her PTSD but gave her perspective on what will happen when her time comes. She maintains agnostic beliefs and felt the experience showed no afterlife exists. | 2 | Home | 10 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Clinical death with CPR, drug overdose | Life replay forward and reverse, OBE watching self, time distortion | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 1 | Life playing forward then reverse | 0.00 | Brother and sister-in-law | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 3525 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4864 Lee S NDE 9117 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lee_s_nde_9117.html | 2020 | 2020-05-11 | 2021 | M | Lee, a firefighter/EMT, experienced severe COVID-19 with life-threatening breathing problems. After feeling something heavy on his chest and being unable to exhale, he told himself "This is it!" before losing consciousness. He found himself floating high above an amazing forest that extended for miles, with a beautiful calm lake in the distance. He felt no pain, was moving slowly, wanted to stay in that place, and had no worries. In a blink, he returned to the hospital where the ER doctor said he was lucky and would have needed a ventilator if not better soon. He tested positive for COVID-19 and spent 4 days hospitalized. The experience gave him a different outlook on death with no more fear. He believes in a wonderful afterlife though hasn't shared widely fearing disbelief. The experience felt timeless yet lasted only a moment. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | COVID-19 with severe respiratory failure, life-threatening | Floating above vast forest and lake, profound peace, clear vision | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 0 | Floating above forest and lake | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 3526 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4928 Leila D NDE 9218 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1leila_d_nde.html | 2004 | 2021 | F | Leila was dying from total liver failure with organs shutting down. Family said final goodbyes and pastor gave final prayer, expecting death within 24-48 hours. After crying out to God for help, she found herself above her body watching events unfold. She was pulled into an extremely bright light that was soft, comfortable, and didn't hurt her eyes despite being brighter than the sun. At the brightest point, she felt overwhelming peace, joy, love, and positive feelings far exceeding any earthly experience - like a drop of water compared to an ocean. She saw a white shadowy female figure and heard a male voice telling her to go back. Her grandmother, bathed in white light like clouds, told her it wasn't her time because her children needed her. She was instantly returned to her body. The experience gave her unshakeable faith, knowledge of God's existence, and understanding that love is everything. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Total liver failure, organs shutting down, expected to die within 24-48 hours | OBE watching from above, saw/heard deceased grandmother, brilliant mystical light | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 0 | Brilliant light experience | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3527 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5097 Colecia W NDE 9478 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1colecia_s_nde.html | 2017 | 2017-05-27 | 2022 | F |
Colecia experienced a drug-induced car accident that led to severe trauma and an out-of-body experience. She was huffing air duster while driving to pick up a friend for a party when she lost consciousness behind the wheel. Her car struck an electric pole and ended up between two trees in the woods, resulting in life-threatening injuries including internal bleeding, multiple fractures, and respiratory failure. During the accident, Colecia found herself floating above her body, looking down at herself lying in the wreckage. She described feeling like she was underwater and coming out of herself. Initially unaware she was dying, she only realized the gravity of her situation when she tried to breathe but could not. When she sat up in her spiritual form and turned around, she saw her physical body still lying there unconscious. The separation was vivid and clear - she could observe everything from an elevated perspective. The person who found her knew her name and was calling out to her, which she credits with bringing her awareness back to the fact that she was dying. She describes making a conscious decision to return to life rather than continue in the separated state. According to the rescuer, when he opened the car door, the headrest was touching the back seat and airbags had deployed over her body. When he removed the airbag, her body immediately sat up, though she has no memory of this physical response. Colecia spent 13 days in the hospital with extensive injuries including a broken nose, fractured cheekbone, three holes in her face, fractured vertebrae, two broken ribs, and internal bleeding. The experience taught her about the distinction between soul and body - her soul felt strong and on fire while her body was broken. This led to a spiritual awakening and development of mediumship abilities, including visions and communication with deceased individuals. She now works as a spiritual life coach and creates music about her experiences. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening car accident with multiple severe injuries documented | Clear out-of-body experience with observation of self from above | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw herself from above while out of body | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 3528 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5076 Colleen M NDE 9445 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1colleen_m_nde.html | 2022 | 2022-06-12 | 2022 | F |
Colleen experienced a massive saddle pulmonary embolism that nearly claimed her life, with complete obstruction of both pulmonary arteries. Two days before the event, she developed shortness of breath with a heart rate of 144 and oxygen saturation around 85%, but refused medical attention to avoid jeopardizing scheduled knee surgery. In the early morning hours of June 12th, after getting up to use the bathroom, she had a severe cough that triggered a catastrophic medical crisis with oxygen saturation plummeting to 45% and heart rate soaring to 158. During this life-threatening event, while her husband prepared for CPR and awaited emergency services, Colleen had a profound near-death experience. Everything suddenly went dark and she found herself moving through a tunnel toward a destination of overwhelming peace and love. She described moving on what felt like a silent escalator toward a light that grew bigger and brighter but was never unpleasant or dazzling. All pain and suffering completely vanished, replaced by indescribable bliss and a feeling of being completely loved and at peace. As she moved closer to the light, she felt increasingly aware that continuing meant leaving the physical world permanently. Time lost all meaning during the experience, and her senses seemed to merge into one unified awareness. She felt a sense of unity with the universe and understood that death was nothing to fear. The experience was characterized by incredible peace, happiness, and a feeling of coming home to a familiar yet extraordinary place. Colleen was pulled back to consciousness when she heard her name being called, returning to awareness of her body and the severe medical crisis. The blockage in her left artery spontaneously broke away and went peripheral, saving her life. She underwent emergency treatment including catheter-directed thrombolysis and spent five days in the ICU. A complication with her arterial line led to compartment syndrome requiring emergency fasciotomy. The experience left her with lasting changes including decreased anxiety about death and a more relaxed approach to life's challenges. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Massive pulmonary embolism with documented cardiac and respiratory failure | Tunnel and light experience but no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3529 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5077 Constanza S NDE 9446 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1constanza_s_nde.html | 2003 | 2003-10-31 | 2022 | 9 | F |
Nine-year-old Constanza was struck by a car while crossing the street outside her school on October 31, 2003. She had stopped to observe an unusual solar phenomenon - a dark circle blocking the sun above the school exit - when time seemed to slow down around her. After leaving her backpack on the school bus, she attempted to cross the street to buy candy with classmates when she was hit by a vehicle. Her body was thrown through the air, landing near a gas station by the school church, earning her the nickname "The girl who flew" from classmates. During the impact, Constanza experienced a profound near-death experience. She found herself trapped in a black space with her spirit falling back into her body. She saw a dark tunnel with a light at the end that was both cold and warm simultaneously, emanating peace. Throughout the experience, she was conscious of everything happening and repeatedly asked God not to let her go, insisting it was not her time yet. She thought of her mother and felt both peace and despair as her soul fell back into her physical form. The most significant aspect was her awareness of falling from the tunnel back into her body while maintaining consciousness throughout. She kept repeating mentally "This can't be true" before opening her eyes and feeling like she had returned to life. She knew something profound had changed her life forever. The experience included a sense of divine protection, as she felt another presence had saved her during the impact, consistent with earlier childhood experiences of seeing protective spirits. Constanza sustained serious injuries including an exposed fracture requiring surgical pins after a month of unsuccessful healing attempts. The experience triggered lasting changes including hearing loss, a hypothalamic lesion, vestibular disorder, and post-traumatic stress. Years later, she experienced a spiritual awakening with developed mediumship abilities, prophetic dreams, and visions. She now creates music about her experiences and works in spiritual guidance, viewing her NDE as part of a larger spiritual mission. |
5 | Other | 7 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe trauma from pedestrian-vehicle accident with life-threatening injuries | Tunnel with light experience, consciousness during apparent unconsciousness | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 0 | Experienced falling from tunnel back into body | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 3530 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5006 Dr. Cornelia T NDE 9336 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1cornelia_t_nde.html | 1989 | 1989-12-20 | 2022 | F |
Dr. Cornelia experienced a life-threatening sepsis ten days after giving birth to her third child with complications including symphysis rupture and lochial congestion. On December 20, 1989, her condition became critical and the attending physician expected her to die that night. Her husband, also a doctor, was at her bedside when she suddenly entered a near-death state that would profoundly change her understanding of life and death. During the experience, Cornelia found herself moving through darkness toward a light, traveling on what felt like a silent escalator. The tunnel was like a kaleidoscope - dark outside but not cramped, with bright facets that weren't dazzling. As she approached the growing light, she recognized this as the pathway to death. This triggered an eloquent telepathic dialogue with an unseen being who knew her intimately. Each time she presented arguments for why she needed to return to life, the escalator would stop while her reasons were carefully considered with deep understanding and compassion. The communication was the most perfect she had ever experienced - simultaneous thought, word, and reaction without any possibility of misunderstanding. Her opposite gently invited her twice with "You are allowed to come," but she continued expressing her need to return. Her final, decisive argument was that if she died now, her three young children (ages 3 years, 18 months, and 10 days) would never remember their mother or experience her love. This maternal love proved to be the trump card that allowed her return. After a brief movement, she opened her eyes to see her husband's relieved face saying he thought she was dying. The treatment began working and she survived against medical expectations. Following the NDE, Cornelia developed powerful clairvoyant abilities, experiencing nightly prophetic dreams that later came true in exact detail, including a colleague's future accidental death. These abilities eventually became overwhelming, and she prayed for their removal. The experience taught her that love is the fundamental force of existence and that consciousness definitely continues after death. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening sepsis with physician expecting death that night | Detailed tunnel experience with telepathic communication but no earthly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3531 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5004 Daniel C NDE 9340 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1daniel_c_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-01-10 | 2022 | M |
Daniel experienced a major heart attack on Sunday, January 10, 2021, at 10:30 PM. He was taken to the hospital and placed on a table where medical staff attached monitor and defibrillator stickers to his chest and back. Suddenly overcome by extreme fatigue, he found himself unable to keep his eyes open despite trying with all his might. As his eyelids closed in what felt like entering a heavy sleep, his heart stopped for a full minute, as later confirmed by his doctor. The moment his eyes closed, Daniel found himself standing barefoot on golden steps, looking down at his feet. The steps were magnificent - four or five in number, thirty feet in length and three and a half feet wide with railings on either end, leading down into an extraordinary garden. He immediately noticed his chest no longer hurt and felt wonderful, describing it as a "perfect nothingness." The scene before him was unlike anything earthly - huge trees in a crescent formation about 200 yards away with white bark and pink leaves, gold lace hanging from their tops with embedded gold stars. The environment was surreal yet peaceful. The sky was pink, and when he looked for familiar things like birds, there were none. The garden below had no grass but was covered with gold lace, pink leaves, tree trimmings, and a steel wool-like substance with light emanating up through the ground. Despite his bare feet and the seemingly rough texture, he knew it couldn't be scratchy and was preparing to walk down into this mystical garden. He turned to his left, remembering his entire life, friends, successes, and failures, but realized none of it mattered because he was no longer there but in this new place. Daniel was awakened by a doctor shaking his shoulder, informing him his heart had stopped. Using a stopwatch later, he timed his recollection of the experience at one minute and one second - matching the duration of his cardiac arrest. He shares his story daily with multiple people, finding that it gives them hope. As a born-again Christian, he believes his faith enabled this glimpse of heaven, interpreting the golden steps and garden as God's personal creation for his joy. The experience solidified his faith in Christ and left him without fear of death. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest with monitoring equipment, heart stopped for one minute | Detailed otherworldly observations with unique specific elements, time correlation | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw golden steps and mystical garden | 0.00 | Doctor | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 3532 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5029 Dave C NDE 9380 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1dave_c_nde_9380.html | 1973 | 2022 | M |
Dave experienced multiple near-death events, with the primary one occurring in October 1973 when he was hospitalized with collapsed lungs. After a week of severe flu and hallucinations, he was admitted with both lungs collapsed, with only the top half of his right lung functioning. During his 15-day ordeal without initial medication, he experienced profound altered states where he could float in and out of an alternative reality at will, finding himself in a state of bliss with brighter colors and heightened senses. His experiences included traveling through a tunnel he found comforting, with walls providing security and light ahead to follow. He also experienced reality transforming into different scenes that would shatter like glass when interrupted by medical staff. One notable scene was an Australian wild west bar where he sat at a table with a saloon girl behind him, feeling her presence without seeing her, surrounded by an atmospheric gathering. He developed the ability to control his movement between ordinary reality and this heightened state during his extended illness. The medical severity included three patients undergoing the same operation that day, with Dave being the only survivor after complications requiring intensive care. Throughout the experience, he felt no fear, describing it as "fascination override," and came to understand quantum reality instantaneously, years before reading about Heisenberg's theories. He experienced overwhelming love and bliss, losing all fear of death, and feeling the other world was more real than our physical reality with its grey quality in comparison. Dave also reports a connected experience where his friend Larry died of a heart attack calling out his name at the exact moment Dave collapsed in Holland with chest pains and breathing difficulties. This synchronicity, along with an earlier 1971 car accident where he observed his body from above while trapped in wreckage, reinforced his understanding of consciousness existing beyond the physical body. The experiences left him with enhanced intuitive abilities and complete trust in his instincts. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Both lungs collapsed, only survivor of three similar operations, ICU required | Multiple OBEs, controlled movement between realities, detailed otherworldly scenes | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 0 | Floating above body during car accident | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3533 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5012 David C NDE 9348 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1david_c_nde_9348.html | 2012 | 2022 | M |
David underwent spinal surgery following a car accident, with the operation initially appearing successful. However, in the post-operative ward with five other patients, he was awakened by his monitoring machine alarm sounding with all readings showing blank. A young nurse rushed in, checked the machine, and ran for help. Multiple medical staff arrived with replacement equipment, closing the curtains around his bed as they worked to revive him from apparent cardiac arrest. During this crisis, David experienced a profound separation from linear time and physical reality. He found himself sitting up observing the scene with 360-degree vision, like having fish-eye lenses, able to see everything simultaneously. He was intensely aware that he was no longer part of the medical team's world but existed in a different dimension where linear time was irrelevant. He felt he could fast-forward or rewind time at will but chose to observe the unfolding events. An older nurse with dyed blonde hair showing dark roots constantly spoke in his left ear, repeating "Come on David, stay with us." The most remarkable aspect occurred when the closed curtains suddenly opened and two small, swarthy men in shabby clothes appeared, standing and observing him. Their unexpected entrance diverted his attention from the medical team. One man smiled and communicated telepathically with an inquisitive gesture, asking "Well, are you coming?" David declined the offer and everything went blank. He awoke mid-morning surrounded by medical staff, with the other five ward patients staring at him with mixture of trepidation, fear, and awe. The older nurse who had been speaking to him waited until other staff left before leaning in close to say, "You had us really worried last night David, you had us really worried." The experience left him with an unshakeable conviction about the continuation of consciousness after death, God's existence, and that he has unfinished business to complete before his final departure. He interprets the two mysterious visitors as angels and feels the experience confirmed his prayers before surgery to survive for his young children. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Post-operative cardiac arrest with monitoring showing flat readings | 360-degree vision, detailed observations of medical team, mysterious visitors | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/28/2025 | 3 | 1 | Monitoring machine alarm and blank readings | 1.00 | Older female nurse | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3534 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5098 Deanna R NDE 9479 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1deanna_r_nde.html | 2018 | 2018-09-08 | 2022 | 58 | F |
Deanna, age 58, experienced severe heart failure, kidney failure, and respiratory failure on September 8, 2018, after a week of worsening abdominal symptoms. Unable to breathe and with feet turning cyanotic, she was rushed to the emergency room where medical staff immediately began emergency treatment. As they worked to undress her and attach IVs, she suddenly found herself transported to a medieval castle-like room with stone walls, a wooden table set for three, and burning sconces providing light. At the head of the table sat Jesus Christ in a white robe, exactly as depicted in her grandmother's picture - with dark hair, beard, and kind eyes. Deanna could see every detail perfectly despite normally wearing glasses, and could breathe freely without pain. Through a wooden door came her father, who had died years earlier at age 57, appearing beautiful, glowing, and restored to health. The love she felt from him was unlike anything experienced on Earth, washing over every cell in her body with pure light and warmth. As she prepared to embrace her father, Jesus held up his palm and firmly but kindly said "Not now. Go back," communicating telepathically. She immediately returned to her body, finding herself about to enter a CAT scan machine, still unable to breathe. She later learned her heart had nearly failed and doctors said ten more minutes would have been fatal. She required intensive care treatment including management of left bundle branch block and pulmonary hypertension, later receiving an ICD pacemaker-defibrillator. Additionally, during her three-day ICU stay, Deanna witnessed a man in jeans and biker boots spending days writing on her wall with a pencil, analyzing his life decisions before death. No one else could see him. She later found his obituary confirming he died in a motorcycle accident on her third ICU day. The experience left her with enhanced spiritual sensitivity, vivid prophetic dreams featuring deceased relatives providing important family information, and an unshakeable knowledge that her mother continues to protect her from the other side. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 36 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Heart failure, kidney failure, respiratory failure - nearly fatal per cardiologist | Perfect vision without glasses, deceased father recognition, verified spirit sighting | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw dying man in ICU room for three days | 1.00 | Newspaper obituary | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 3535 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5075 Dianne B NDE 9444 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1dianne_b_nde.html | 1966 | 2022 | 0 | F |
At only 2-3 months old, Dianne experienced a life-threatening case of pneumonia that led to an extraordinary out-of-body experience she would vividly remember throughout her life. During the severe illness with high fever and respiratory distress, she found herself floating up against the ceiling, looking down at a desperately ill baby lying on its stomach. Initially not recognizing the baby as herself, she felt overwhelming empathy and sadness, unconsciously saying "that poor baby is so sick." From her elevated position, Dianne observed remarkable details impossible for an infant to normally perceive or remember. She saw a glass humidifier with a rick-rack pattern like Charlie Brown's shirt emitting steam, recognized the baby had pneumonia, and gained a complete panoramic view of the room. The makeshift nursery was actually a dining room with furniture pushed aside to accommodate the crib. She noted specific details including wallpaper with ships, olive drab full-length curtains, two large windows facing the front of the house with bushes outside, all observed in darkness while the house was quiet. Years later, at age four in their new house, Dianne recounted this experience to her mother in precise detail. Her mother was astounded, repeatedly asking "who told you this?" as they had moved from that house when Dianne was still very young. Every detail was confirmed accurate - the pneumonia at three months, the downstairs dining room converted to accommodate her crib for closer monitoring, the vaporizer, wallpaper pattern, and room layout. The experience was so vivid that 56 years later she remembers it with perfect clarity. The profound empathy and guilt she felt during the experience became a defining characteristic, though paradoxically she struggles with natural empathy as an adult and must consciously work at it. The deep guilt she experienced watching the sick baby manifested throughout childhood as hiding illnesses from her mother to avoid the guilt of being sick again. Additional psychic experiences include sensing her mother's death during surgery before being informed, and seeing her guardian angel as a grey, undulating vapor during a traumatic period in her marriage. |
5 | Home | 7 | 18 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Life-threatening infant pneumonia with high fever and respiratory distress | Impossible infant observations verified years later, panoramic room view | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 1 | Detailed room observation from ceiling as infant | 1.00 | Mother | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 3536 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5026 Donna May S NDE/FDE 9377 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1donna_may_s_nde.html | 2008 | 2008-12-28 | 2022 | F |
Donna May experienced a near-death event when her estranged husband attempted to murder her through strangulation on December 28, 2008. During a seemingly normal afternoon while dancing with their four-year-old son, her ex-husband arrived home early and suddenly attacked, pushing her against the stove and choking her while repeatedly screaming he would kill her. As she lost consciousness with tears streaming down her face and her son screaming "You are killing my mommy," she reached the point where she could no longer breathe or see. At the moment of losing physical sight, Donna May encountered her deceased mother who had passed the previous May. Her mother appeared in vivid detail wearing a pretty pink top, silver hair, and white shorts. Without speaking verbally, her mother beckoned to her with hand gestures, waving her forward as if saying "Come to me." Donna May responded mentally, screaming "I can't, Mom. I have to stay here with Nate!" Understanding her daughter's fierce maternal devotion and knowing she wouldn't intentionally fight back, her mother's beckoning had a profound effect. The refusal to join her mother caused Donna May to wave her arms in rejection, unknowingly scratching her attacker's face severely without feeling anything. Her hand caught something wet - his mouth - which she pulled with all her might, finally breaking free from his grip. The police response was traumatic; she was handcuffed, denied warm clothing, and ultimately arrested for domestic violence based on her ex-husband's fabricated complaint, despite being the victim of attempted murder. She spent hours in custody without water or basic care, developing severe PTSD. The experience confirmed for Donna May that her mother continues to love and protect her from the other side. She also describes an earlier profound experience at age 18 when a masculine voice she identifies as God or her Guardian Angel saved her from a fatal car accident, placing a hand on her shoulder and instructing her to pull aside, then saying "Fear not. I am with you." Her vehicle miraculously passed through a busy five-point intersection during rush hour without brakes, stopping safely near police officers. These experiences left her with absolute certainty about divine protection and the continuation of love after death. |
5 | Home | 7 | 10 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Criminal strangulation causing loss of breathing and vision | Saw deceased mother in specific clothing who beckoned her forward | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw deceased mother beckoning | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 3537 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5041 Michael Z NDE 9403 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michael_z_nde.html | 2017 | 2022 | M | Michael Z was renovating his home in 2017 when he experienced a medical crisis. Having high blood pressure and forgetting his medication while doing strenuous overhead work, he injured his hand with a hammer and felt dizzy. He fainted outside and lost consciousness for 3-10 minutes according to witnesses. During this time, Michael found himself in a dark circular room filled with incredible warmth and an overwhelming sense of love, security, and well-being stronger than anything he had experienced in life. He saw a bright circular light window showing something green and rainbow-colored in the distance. Though he could not see them, he felt the presence of familiar deceased loved ones and pets guiding him with gentle hands. He was seated on something and felt he was being led somewhere when suddenly the hands let go and he returned to consciousness, finding himself in the arms of his wife and friend. Michael experienced disappointment at being pulled back from this wonderful feeling. He may have had an out-of-body experience, as he later recalled seeing the entire rescue sequence from above, though these memories only surfaced days later. Since the experience, Michael feels more empathetic and can sense people's feelings and thoughts more intensely. He also reported seeing the number 911 frequently and sensing his deceased grandfather's presence until a fire at their restaurant in 2019. | 5 | Other | 3 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Fainting episode with loss of consciousness for several minutes | Possible out-of-body observations of rescue but recalled days later with uncertainty | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw rescue sequence from above | 0.00 | Friend and wife | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 3538 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5118 Michele C NDE 9505 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michele_c_nde_9505.html | 1973 | 2022 | M | Michele C experienced clinical death during an illness in 1973. His soul left his body and he entered a state of absolute serenity never before felt on earth. From outside his body, he had the gift of being everywhere at once and could see multiple family members simultaneously in different locations. He saw his mother, grandmother, and sister in despair at home, wanting to tell them not to worry since he felt wonderful. At the same time, he observed his father at work being notified and running to the medical unit, leaving his briefcase on the stairs. Michele watched the doctor administering an injection into his veins, and as soon as the medicine entered his system, he re-entered his body. He later woke up in the hospital after several hours. When Michele recounted his experience, including specific details about the medical office he had never seen before and his father leaving the briefcase on the stairs, his parents were astounded as these details were confirmed to be accurate. The experience left him with a deep understanding that death is a rebirth in a different dimension. He now feels more peace about death and the afterlife, and has developed psychic abilities, often knowing events before they happen in his life. The experience has deepened his relationships and given him a more peaceful perspective on life. | 6 | Unknown | 7 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clinical death explicitly stated during illness | Multiple specific verified observations including father's briefcase and medical office layout | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw father at work being notified | 1.00 | Parents | Moderately Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 3539 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5050 Mimi D NDE 9417 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mimi_d_nde.html | 2018 | 2022 | F | Mimi D has atrial fibrillation and experienced a near-death event in October 2018. After a stressful day including a 3-hour phone conversation while gardening in summer heat, she came inside unable to breathe. She ripped chains from her neck and could hear bits of conversation but couldn't talk or see. In the ambulance, she watched from above as the blonde ambulance lady said "We've lost her!" to the dark-haired driver who pulled over. Mimi felt peaceful and intrigued, standing/hovering behind the woman trying to revive her. Her deceased mother was present, appearing neither young nor old but different than in life. They communicated without words through a knowing connection, experiencing something beautiful beyond description. Mimi and her mother watched the resuscitation together before both turned to leave, at which point Mimi was sent back - she jokes her mother "kicked her butt" back into her body. She heard the paramedic say "She's back!" and was placed on life support. Her first words upon waking at 8:30pm were "I was with my mum." The experience left her yearning for that incredible feeling of becoming a higher being, part of a universe beyond imagination. Two months later, she understood her purpose in returning when her story helped a young man grieving his friend's death. Since then, people are drawn to her and her story helps them heal. The NDE fundamentally changed who she is, leaving her without fear of death and part of her still connected to that realm. | 2 | Ambulance | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest explicitly stated - lost in ambulance with CPR | Specific observations of paramedics and their conversation while clinically dead | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 3 | 1 | Heard paramedic say patient was lost | 1.00 | Paramedics | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3540 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5053 Naomi NDEs 9420 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1naomi_ndes.html | 1987 | 2022 | 6 | F | Naomi experienced two NDEs in her life. At age 6 in 1987, while lying on a couch, she suddenly stopped breathing and felt the most peaceful moment before realizing she could float. She elevated upward through the wall, her soul knowing exactly where to go. High above the house, she encountered a Being of strong, bright but gentle light that didn't hurt her eyes. She experienced unprecedented happiness and began jumping around the Being like a playful deer. The Being, whom she later identified as God/Jesus, was young, full of love, and completely accepting of her playful nature. She felt 199% brain capacity, understanding she was born to be with Him, experiencing weightlessness and knowing this realm was more real than earthly life. Her grandmother, a nurse, performed CPR and brought her back, leaving her feeling heavy, unclean, and instantly sad. At age 26, she had a pulmonary embolism from birth control pills. She saw a dark tunnel with light at the end, recognizing it from before. A Being stopped her with a gentle but strong arm, communicating telepathically about her 4-year-old daughter. Despite Naomi insisting her daughter would be fine, the Being wouldn't let her pass as it wasn't her time. Both experiences left her with enhanced intuition, strong belief in holism, and knowledge that there is life after death that is more real than this one. | 2 | Home | 10 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | CPR given for stopped breathing at age 6; pulmonary embolism with clots at 26 | Detailed otherworldly observations and telepathic communication with beings | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw Being of light above house | 0.00 | Grandmother (nurse) | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3541 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5092 Nicholas G NDE 9474 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1nicholas_g_nde.html | 2022 | 2022 | M | Nicholas G has Pulmonary Fibrosis with 40% lung capacity and experienced multiple suffocation episodes in October 2022. During sleep, his nose clogged and mouth failed to open, causing actual suffocation that became incorporated into his dream. The dream landscape systematically drained of color to ashen grey as his body shut down. Upon realizing he was dying, he looked upward at the blue sky, became lucid, felt alive again, and his human ego "switched off." A tunnel formed overhead drawing him in at high speed, with black walls pulsating with golden light leading to brilliant golden light at the end. A soothing voice coached him through breathing as his heart seized. He was aware of his body flailing but considered it merely a husk. At the tunnel's end, he reached a 500-foot wall of golden light - the veil between worlds. He sensed overwhelming goodwill, happiness, and many friendly souls beyond. Images showed morphing clouds turning into grand halls and vistas of what awaited him. Despite desperately wanting to cross over, he chose to return, believing it would offend God to leave prematurely. The experience repeated when he fell back asleep, with more visions of the afterlife. Nicholas, a Buddhist, lost all fear of death and gained certainty about God's existence, describing God as coaching him back to life. He now feels divinely guided and eagerly anticipates his eventual crossing. | 5 | Home | 7 | 12 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Life-threatening suffocation with heart seizure during pulmonary fibrosis crisis | Detailed tunnel and afterlife visions with conscious choice to return | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw golden tunnel with black walls | 0.00 | Wife | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3542 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5064 Pam T NDE 9432 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1pam_t_nde.html | 1970 | 2022 | 15 | F | Pam T attempted suicide at age 15 while at boarding school in West Germany in 1970. Her father was a British soldier and she was struggling emotionally. After taking a whole bottle of drugs, she remembers nothing until finding herself in sick bay. During the experience, she was going toward a very bright light with an overwhelming feeling of pure, unjudging, all-encompassing love. It was wonderful and unlike anything she had experienced before. She then woke up feeling like someone had pressed her body back onto the mattress, with the mattress springing back as though she had been released from above. She was left with the distinct feeling that she had caused hurt and sadness to someone or something, and must never attempt suicide again because she had to live her life. The experience left her with no fear of dying and she has never forgotten any of it. Pam comes from a family of atheists and still identifies as atheist, but acknowledges there is "something" beyond death, describing the light as pure and bright but not burning her eyes, unlike sunshine. She experienced unconditional love for the first time - a love without conditions based on appearance, generosity, or any earthly reason. The sadness and disappointment of whoever sent her back made her understand she should never try to end her life again. Since then, she has occasionally dreamed of that same overwhelming love during difficult times, waking with optimism and strength to continue. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Suicide attempt with drug overdose requiring medical intervention | Experienced bright unearthly light and overwhelming unconditional love | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw pure bright light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 3543 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5062 Patrick P NDE 9430 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1patrick_p_nde.html | 2022 | 2022-07-28 | 2022 | M | Patrick P, celebrating his Master's degree in Space Studies, took Delta-8 gummies with his sister. While his sister was fine, Patrick woke two hours later in excruciating pain, managing to tell his wife to call 911 before fading. He felt his heart seizing and vision dropping away as everything went dark. In the void of indescribable brown-purple-grey-black shades, he saw a rope and ballard line like a club entrance. The "bouncer" quickly closed the rope as deceased family members told him "No, go back!" A soothing voice he couldn't identify but felt rather than heard told him "No, not like this. Follow my breathing. Concentrate on breathing." The voice coached him through breathing as his heart seized again. In the ambulance, his vision turned red with spectral lines as his heart monitor flatlined. He thought "No, you gotta be kidding me!" The voice returned, coaching him through breathing again until he regained feeling in his limbs. Patrick, previously a logical skeptic requiring evidence, now believes in God with certainty, understanding that the being was coaching him back for a reason, though the purpose wasn't revealed. He believes God's heartbeat can be heard at the center of every constellation, connecting all life. The experience gave him deep gratitude and brought his life into focus. | 1 | Ambulance | 10 | 10 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clinical death with flatline on monitor, CPR given for drug reaction | Heard himself flatline and saw deceased family members at border | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 3 | 1 | Heard heart monitor flatline | 1.00 | Paramedics | Moderately Compatible | 6 | ||||||||
| 3544 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5000 Ramona C NDE 9334 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ramona_c_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-08-06 | 2022 | F | Ramona C underwent coronary artery bypass surgery with 3 grafts on August 5, 2021. The next morning after being extubated and taking a walk, she collapsed and coded for over 2 minutes. CPR was performed and she was rushed back to surgery for stent placement as the bypass had failed. She coded again during catheterization and remained sedated on a ventilator from Friday to Monday with alarmingly low heart function. During this time, Ramona experienced being in a void of clear white space with no fear. She had a life review without judgment, just playback. A guide communicated with her telepathically, though she didn't see them directly. She had an out-of-body experience hearing the medical team's concern about her organs failing. When she expressed being tired and ready to go, the guide informed her she wasn't ready to pass because her soul still had lessons to learn. She understood relationships are temporary and transactional for growth, that we live many lifetimes, and could choose between returning to her body or reincarnating. She saw a woman with a child of a different race but chose to return to her loved ones. While rushing back, she felt the presence of deceased parents and mother-in-law but didn't stop. Upon waking Monday, her heart function had normalized to everyone's surprise. The experience confirmed consciousness continues beyond death and we have multiple lifetimes, though the specific lessons she needs to learn weren't revealed. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest with CPR for 2+ minutes, coded twice during procedures | Out-of-body observation of medical team discussing organ failure concerns | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 2 | Heard medical team discussion | 1.00 | Medical team | Low Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 3545 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5088 Renata D NDE 9465 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1renata_d_nde_9465.html | 1983 | 1983-04-19 | 2022 | F | Renata D was serving in the Navy when she had a motorcycle accident on April 19, 1983, outside the base. Her last memory was preparing to mount the motorcycle. She then recalls seeing doctors and nurses in blue scrubs surrounding her, counting "one, two, three" to transfer her from gurney to bed. Suddenly, she was floating above her body and found herself face-to-face with Jesus. He wore a white robe and had brownish-gray hair. She saw the brightest illumination of white light that overshadowed everything. Renata felt surreal peace with no concept of time - the most amazing calm she had ever encountered. Everything seemed at a standstill. Jesus stretched out his hand and said, "It's not your time yet." She then returned to her body with no other memories of the accident. The experience was neither eerie nor frightening, just profound peace. Since then, Renata is not afraid of dying and has converted from her Jewish/Romanian Orthodox upbringing to Christianity. She became more empathetic and aware of life's fragility. The experience made her understand she was saved and gave her certainty about God's existence. She can partially recreate the feeling during deep worship. Renata's transformation from confused religious background to committed Christian faith, combined with her verified encounter with Jesus, demonstrates a powerful spiritual conversion. She continues to volunteer with hospice, comforting others in their time of need. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Motorcycle accident with apparent life-threatening injuries | Face-to-face encounter with Jesus who spoke directly to her | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw medical team preparing transfer | 0.00 | Self-report | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3546 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5112 Richard S NDE 9500 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1richard_s_nde_9500.html | 2008 | 2022 | M | Richard S was doing flood duty in the Army in June 2008 when he decided to get a saline IV to rehydrate after working in extreme heat. The saline bags had been left in the sun all day and were approximately 120 degrees Fahrenheit. After being hooked up, he became dizzy with blurred vision and profuse sweating. His eyes rolled back and his heart stopped, causing his body to go into shock. A nearby Army medic resuscitated him. During the brief clinical death of less than 30 seconds, Richard became part of something he cannot fully describe. He experienced no pain, was euphoric with no anxiety, and knew he had died but was very happy about it. The experience seemed to last much longer than the actual 30 seconds. When resuscitated, his pain returned and he was angry at the medic for bringing him back. Since this experience, Richard has studied parapsychology since the early 1990s and believes "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear." He now has certainty about the afterlife and is ready to return "home," feeling that his current life is dragging. The military mishap with overheated saline causing cardiac arrest gave him a glimpse of an existence he describes as absolute delight, leaving him with changed beliefs about death and the afterlife. Despite no visual or auditory experiences of beings or realms, the profound euphoria and timelessness convinced him of continued existence after death. | 1 | Other | 10 | 4 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Cardiac arrest from hot saline causing shock, resuscitated by medic | Euphoric experience lasting longer than 30 seconds of death | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 1 | Became part of indescribable something | 0.00 | Army medic | Moderately Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 3547 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4909 Liam A NDE 9186 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1liam_a_nde.html | 1992 | 2021 | M | Liam was experiencing severe emotional pain after a relationship ended and decided to take sleeping pills to numb his worries. Initially taking one pill, he found himself automatically taking the entire package as if under remote control. His ex-girlfriend found him and he lost consciousness, later waking briefly in an ambulance before entering a profound experience. He found himself in an endless dark cosmic space, absolutely alone but with unprecedented mental clarity and universal knowledge. He felt he could answer any question about the universe with perfect understanding, experiencing consciousness at a level thousands of times clearer than earthly awareness. The loneliness in this void was unbearable, feeling like total abandonment that would drive him mad if it continued. He awoke in a hospital bed two days later, though his perceived time in the void was only about five minutes. The experience left him without fear of death and with lasting changes in his spiritual understanding. | 5 | Hospital | 3 | 2 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Drug overdose causing unconsciousness for 2 days | Subject experienced cosmic void and enhanced consciousness but no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw paramedics in ambulance | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3548 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4899 Lizette NDE 9171 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lizette_nde.html | 2019 | 2019-10-13 | 2021 | F | Lizette was with a friend who was experiencing opioid withdrawal after a failed hiking trip. Against her better judgment, she agreed to try snorting a small portion of an opioid pill at her friend's urging, having only tried one orally before which made her sick. After snorting the substance in a parking lot, she immediately felt intense tingling throughout her body and knew she had taken too much. She then experienced an out-of-body perspective, seeing herself sitting in the passenger seat from above and to the right, as if floating above the driver. Everything then went dark. She awoke in an ambulance with two paramedics, one kind and one harsh. The harsh paramedic told her she was the third overdose of the day. The kind paramedic explained that the fire department had saved her life and that it was very close - they thought she wouldn't make it. The experience left her with mixed feelings about meditation and prayer, avoiding practices she once regularly engaged in. | 5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening opioid overdose requiring emergency intervention | Out-of-body observation seeing self from above driver position | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw self from above | 0.00 | Paramedic | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 3549 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4880 Makaila M NDE 9137 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1makaila_m_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-01-23 | 2021 | F | Makaila was driving home from work when she hydroplaned on wet roads at 50 mph. Her car flew off the road, went two feet into the ground, and flipped three times. She was ejected through the windshield on the third flip. During the accident, she found herself in a pure black room with invisible walls that revealed stars - a cosmos-type space. The room was cold and dark but felt comforting. She sensed a male presence behind her that felt too comforting, as if something was wrong. In this space, she appeared in her childhood body but was pure white, like drawn on paper. The room had shiny silver strings at the corners where walls met ceiling and floor. Feeling uneasy about the presence, she ran to a wall which revealed a door with bright light shining through. Upon passing through the door, she awoke in the ambulance covered in blood. First responders said they were certain she would die given the severity of the crash and her injuries, but she only had a small brain bleed, C2 vertebrae fracture, and five gashes. She left the hospital in three days, fully walking. | 5 | Ambulance | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident with ejection through windshield, brain bleed, neck fracture | Otherworldly cosmic room experience but no veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3550 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4994 Mathew B NDE 9324 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mathew_b_nde.html | 2019 | 2019-06-16 | 2021 | M | Mathew experienced a severe medical emergency after intense exercise, feeling a sharp pop in his neck followed by escalating pain over several days. On Father's Day, with blood pressure at 180/90, his vision began failing and he felt like his head was exploding with each heartbeat. After calling 911, he collapsed as his wife arrived. At the moment he felt he had died, absolute peace came over him and he heard a comforting voice saying "everything is going to be alright, just chill out" - speaking like a hippie from the 1960s. Though he never saw the speaker, the voice felt familiar and comforting. He felt connected to everything around him, and as he let go, part of his ego died and his entire life suddenly made perfect sense. The pain briefly stopped before returning, but now manageable. Though paralyzed and unable to speak clearly, his mind had perfect clarity and expanded awareness. He calmly directed his wife and was aware throughout multiple paralysis episodes. Diagnosed with complex migraine causing catatonia, the experience transformed his life perspective, leading him away from organized religion toward personal spiritual growth and deeper connections with others. | 5 | Home | 3 | 2 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe medical emergency with paralysis and collapse | Mystical voice and ego dissolution but no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3551 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4879 Michelle L NDE 9131 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1michelle_l_nde_9131.html | 2012 | 2021 | F | Michelle was preparing for work in the bathroom when she suddenly felt a chill travel from her head down through her body. Recognizing this as a bad sign, she sat down on the toilet. Within a second, the pain vanished and she saw a sheet of brilliant white light appear before her. She felt completely safe with all pressure gone - no need to deal with problems or worry about her children. She experienced profound calm and happiness, thinking "It is so nice here that I want to stay." After a while, she heard a voice telling her "Go back, you still have a lot to do, and you need to go to work." She felt depressed and woke with a sense of loss on the cold marble bathroom floor. She called an ambulance and was taken to the hospital where examinations found everything normal except injuries from her fall. She collapsed several more times afterward but never experienced that state of happiness again. The experience taught her that death is not horrible but leads to a peaceful, pleasant place without worries - a beautiful, calm heaven. She is no longer afraid of death. | 5 | Home | 3 | 2 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Loss of consciousness with collapse requiring hospitalization | Saw white light and heard voice but no specific veridical details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3552 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4927 Mike C NDE 9216 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1mike_c_nde_9216.html | 2011 | 2021 | M | Mike experienced chest pains and called an ambulance. His heart stopped in the ambulance, leading to 24 minutes without a heartbeat and 45 minutes of CPR. After receiving stents, he remained in a coma for 10 days. During this time, his consciousness was transported to the edge of the universe where he could see all of creation. He could see all planets and stars, with any object coming to the foreground when he focused on it. Throughout, he felt incredible, indescribable love and was aware he was both part of everything and still his individual self - both observer and observed. He encountered his firstborn son who had died in infancy but appeared as an adult. He saw yellow and orange zebra-like horses. He emerged from the coma to Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door." Afterward, he continued seeing beings others couldn't see, including an old man drinking beer that only his 3-year-old grandson could also see. He experienced consciousness as still separate from his body while driving. The experience eliminated his fear of death completely and made him extremely sensitive to others. | 2 | Ambulance | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest with 24 minutes without heartbeat, 45 minutes CPR | Saw edge of universe, encountered deceased son as adult, observations beyond physical location | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw deceased son as adult | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3553 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4991 Nerise B NDE 9319 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1nerise_b_nde.html | 2002 | 2002-05-24 | 2021 | 19 | F | Nerise had just given birth to her first child when she experienced a uterine rupture. After standing up to use the restroom, she felt an immense rush of blood and saw it on the floor, thinking "That's not right." She heard a nurse yelling for a crash cart before entering a warm, comfortable darkness - not the scary kind of dark she usually feared, but cozy like a warm hug. She couldn't see or hear anything but felt no fear, experiencing it as a void that was full of love and comfort. She was in a place without stress or fears, knowing she was surrounded by love in this darkness. Time seemed to stop existing in this peaceful state. She later regained consciousness on the cold bathroom floor and called for an ambulance. Her mother later told her she thought she had lost her forever. The experience inspired Nerise to become a registered nurse at age 23. She no longer fears death and always remembers how comforting the experience was, knowing she was okay without any fear at all. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Uterine rupture following childbirth with severe hemorrhage | Experienced comforting void but no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3554 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4911 Niels W NDE 9193 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1niels_w_nde.html | 1995 | 2021 | 4 | M | Niels was 3-4 years old undergoing eye surgery when his heart stopped twice. During the experience, he felt chest pain and called out to God for help before being rocketed out of his body. He saw himself on the surgery table with doctors scrambling while feeling great himself. He was pulled upward through a tunnel of light by a being made of light he had seen before the anesthesia. Inside a void, the being asked "Who do you want me to be?" and offered to speak in his mother's or deceased grandfather's voice. During a life review, Niels surprised the being by asking to plan his next reincarnation, specifically requesting Japan. The being showed him Numuro in Hokkaido where he glimpsed himself as a future male wearing a dark coat and autumn scarf at a train station. The being agreed to let him remain autistic in his next life. When dragged back to his body as doctors restarted his heart, he was pushed back to the void when revival initially failed. The being told him he would develop mental illness in his twenties (which proved accurate) but wouldn't let him see his grandfather yet. He returned to his body for his mother's sake. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Eye surgery under anesthesia with heart stopping twice | Specific details about future incarnation location and appearance | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/28/2025 | 0 | 0 | Incompatible | 9 | |||||||||||
| 3555 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4953 Norman T NDE 9262 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1norman_t_nde_9262.html | 1979 | 1979-04-09 | 2021 | 19 | M | Norman was 19 years old returning from an Alice Cooper concert in Las Vegas with a friend, both drunk and stoned. The driver turned too sharply on a freeway onramp, causing the car to roll down a 40-foot embankment at least 5 times. Norman was ejected from the car (no seatbelts in 1979) and broke his back in three places. He would have died if wearing a seatbelt as the car hood crushed below the steering wheel. He blacked out as they rolled and found himself walking toward a bright light. He experienced a peaceful life review, seeing his entire life from infancy through the concert - including being turned upside down as a baby by the doctor. He heard an unidentifiable voice saying it wasn't his time and he still had things to do. He felt like he was on "cloud 9" in this peaceful state. When his soul returned to his body, he awoke yelling for his friend and felt complete numbness from the waist down. About 10 minutes later, emergency responders arrived despite no cell phones existing then. The experience transformed his beliefs - at 19 he didn't believe in the afterlife, but now knows there is a heaven after experiencing the life review and feeling such peace and warmth. | 5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident with back broken in 3 places, ejected from vehicle | Life review and bright light but no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3556 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4982 Debra J NDE 9304 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1debra_j_nde_9304.html | 1984 | 1984-11-09 | 2021 | F |
Debra experienced a profound NDE during a complicated childbirth on November 9, 1984. After 17 hours of nonproductive labor, the decision was made for a C-section. Before surgery could begin, she went into shock and stopped breathing. She told the anesthesiologist she couldn't hold on any longer and then surrendered, letting go completely. She found herself high above everything, accompanied by an entity whose face she couldn't see. The light was beyond comprehension, described as pure love unlike anything experienced on earth. All earthly concerns were gone and replaced with a wonderful sense of being. The light was everything - representing love in its purest form. She felt she was there for a long time, though only minutes passed in earth time. There was no sense of time in that realm. Despite trying to go deeper into the light, she was held back. A presence told her she had to return because it wasn't her time and she had more work to do. She protested, saying she didn't want to go back, but a force like a huge hand pushed her back into her body. She abruptly awakened to a nurse on top of her performing CPR, screaming at her to breathe. After the experience, she was initially upset about having to return but understood why. The experience led to a lifelong search into different religions and beliefs. She gained a deeper understanding of God as creator and the Truth of the Bible. She cannot dwell too much in the memory of that light or she cannot be happy in this life, so she stays the course, seeking knowledge and doing the work she needs to do until she can return to that place of pure love. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clear documentation of shock and cessation of breathing during childbirth requiring CPR | Experience of light, beings, and otherworldly realm with specific details about the nature of the light as pure love | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed self from above during resuscitation | 1.00 | Nurses and anesthesiologist | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3557 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4968 Don R NDEs 23476 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1don_r_ndes.html | 1979 | 1979-06-23 | 2021 | M |
Don experienced a profound NDE following a motorcycle accident on June 23, 1979, in Murphysboro, Illinois. He had just crossed into Illinois and removed his helmet when he felt an unusual sense of foreboding. Despite stopping twice to check his bike due to feeling like his "guardian angel was kicking him on his head and shoulders," he continued riding. Just before the accident, the feeling became so strong that he put his helmet back on, which likely saved his life. He was broadsided by a teenage driver cutting him off. After the impact, Don saw himself lying in the street from above, as if looking down from a tree. He continued moving up and away from the crash scene, thinking he needed to keep track so he could find his way back. The earth became smaller until it and the sun were just specks among millions of other specks. He wondered where he was going and experienced profound peace and tranquility unlike anything before. He sensed shadowy silhouettes around him and felt that the world would be okay without him, he was forgiven for his sins, and experienced pure love. A presence gave him a choice to go be with God or return to his body to be there for his daughter. He chose to return for his daughter and immediately came to while receiving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in the street. He had another out-of-body experience in the hospital where he moved through walls and ceiling but doesn't remember another journey to the afterlife. The experience was validated when his wife gave birth to a daughter, though they didn't know the baby's gender at the time of the NDE. When Misty was born and handed to him, she opened her eyes wide, smiled, and cooed as if to say "good choice dad." Don sees divine intervention in the timing of putting on his helmet and the foreknowledge about his daughter. |
5 | Other | 7 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Motorcycle accident with loss of consciousness requiring resuscitation | OBE with observation of body from above, journey away from earth, encounter with presences | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw self lying in street from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3558 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4873 Dr. Sahar S NDE 9126 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1dr_sahar_s_nde.html | 2012 | 2012-06-23 | 2021 | F |
Dr. Sahar, a dentist, experienced an NDE during the birth of her second son on June 23, 2012. During preparation for C-section surgery with spinal injection, she had trouble breathing and told the anesthesiologist, who assured her it would improve with oxygen. Instead, she went into cardiac arrest with no blood pressure or pulse, requiring CPR to be resuscitated. During the experience, she found herself transported to a medical clinic from her childhood that her mother used to take her to when sick. She was instantly there without needing to walk, sitting on a bench waiting her turn. Many people in gray clothing were standing in line, though she couldn't see their faces clearly. Looking through a large glass window, she saw a beautiful garden with grass of an indescribable green color she had never seen before. Though no sun was visible, it was a beautiful day. Beyond the garden were magical green trees like a jungle that made her feel wonderful and drew her to go there. When she went to ask why she hadn't been called after waiting so long, a man at the check-in counter told her through wordless emotional communication that many people had been waiting for hours, it wasn't her turn yet, and she should sit down and wait. When she turned back, she realized her 5-year-old son wasn't there though she thought she had brought him. She became nervous and shouted his name with all her power. She suddenly heard her physician calling her name and returned to find them all happy, feeling severe chest pain from CPR. Her son was successfully delivered. The next day, the matron of nurses confirmed she had nearly died, having no blood pressure or pulse, saying it was God's will she survived. The experience transformed her dental practice as she began seeing patients as human beings rather than just cases, leading to increased success and popularity in her field. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest during C-section requiring CPR, confirmed by medical staff | Detailed otherworldly environment with unique visual elements and interaction | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/28/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw otherworldly waiting room and garden | 0.00 | Matron of nurses | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 3559 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4863 Ernest H NDE 9116 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ernest_h_nde.html | 1991 | 2021 | M |
Ernest experienced an NDE in 1991 after a severe injury from broken glass. During an argument at home after drinking with family, his uncle's anvil punched through a storm door. While pulling his arm back, a large chunk of glass fell and cut him to the bone at the elbow, causing severe bleeding. His wife wrapped it with a towel and got help from his aunt and sister. About three miles from home on the way to the hospital, he told his wife to tell his son he loved him, then slumped unconscious. Upon arrival at the hospital, a nurse pulled him from the car with no heartbeat or pulse. He was later told he had been dead for at least 5 minutes. During this time, he watched them work on him from afar in an out-of-body experience. He then observed firefighters standing over him as they loaded him into an ambulance. He heard the EMT say "He'll never make it. He has no blood left." Due to foggy weather preventing helicopter transport, he was rushed 30 miles to a hospital in Indiana, then to Kentucky when they couldn't help him there. He underwent 11 hours of surgery to save his life. The experience included intense awareness and time distortion, with everything seeming slowed down. He felt very sad and lost during the experience but maintained incredibly vivid senses. Years later in 2014, Ernest believes he had an astral projection experience, but something in his mind told him he belonged in his body and not to try it again. The NDE remains vivid in his memory like a time capsule where everything is still perfectly preserved. This was the first time he shared the experience beyond family and friends. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Clinical death for at least 5 minutes with no pulse or heartbeat | Out-of-body observation and heard specific statement from EMT | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/28/2025 | 1 | 0 | Watched resuscitation and heard EMT comment | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3560 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4970 Gary S NDE 9284 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1gary_s_nde_9284.html | 1980 | 2021 | 27 | M |
Gary, a kindergarten teacher, experienced a profound NDE in June 1980 while living alone in the Arizona desert. After school ended, he became increasingly ill with what would later be diagnosed as severe valley fever, a potentially fatal condition. Being stubborn and not believing in doctors, he waited nearly two weeks before attempting to make medicinal tea from desert marigold he had collected. The herb was completely covered with mold, and immediately after drinking it, his body went into convulsions with a roaring sound in his head before he passed out, wondering if he was dying. He awakened to heightened awareness without his physical body, realizing he must have died. The feeling was unbelievably good with profound euphoria. A spirit being guided him through a complete life review where his memories formed a panoramic circle around him. He relived his entire life including long-forgotten and seemingly insignificant memories. With the spirit being's help, he gained understanding of the larger picture - how his actions affected others and why things happened to him. Everything seemed perfect without sadness or regret, and he understood that things happen for reasons we seldom know at the time. The spirit being told him it wasn't his time to die because he had much yet to learn and experience, humorously saying "You haven't really learned anything yet." When he protested, he lost consciousness and awakened 30 hours later (not the few hours he thought) with a jolt, knowing he was healed though still weak. Medical tests later confirmed he'd had severe valley fever that could have been fatal without treatment. The doctor was puzzled that he recovered without treatment. Every day since has been different - he lives with deeper appreciation for life, more awareness and thankfulness, more respect for all beings, more conscientiousness about interactions with others, more humor in life, and no fear of death. The experience occurred before he had read any other NDE accounts. |
5 | Home | 7 | 15 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Severe valley fever confirmed as potentially fatal by medical tests | Complete life review with spirit being, 30-hour unconsciousness, spontaneous healing | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 1 | Complete life review with new understanding | 0.00 | Doctor in Casa Grande, Arizona | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 3561 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4917 Gerald T NDE 9202 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1gerald_t_nde.html | 1944 | 2021 | 2 | M |
Gerald experienced an NDE at age 2 in the summer of 1944 while at a beach with his father. He was sitting on his father's shoulders, yelling "NO" because he didn't want to go into the deep water. He remembers his father falling and hitting the water, after which Gerald began drowning face-down in the water. During the experience, Gerald found himself inside a golden bubble observing a child's body floating face down in the water. At the time, he didn't know who the child was - to him it was just a lifeless body floating. This peaceful scene dissolved when he felt hands grabbing his body and pulling him out of the water. He then found himself over his father's shoulder as his father bounced him up and down. The experience involved a complete loss of body awareness while in the bubble, with no sensation of time. He perceived the scene not in normal three-dimensional vision but in a different way while in the bubble. There was complete silence during the experience, and he felt incredible peace and a sense of unity with the world. The observation was characterized by a detached, observational quality where he couldn't even recognize that the drowning boy was himself. Back on the beach, his father put him on a blanket with his two sisters helping to keep him calm, then they resumed playing, leaving him by himself. The experience has remained vivid in his memory for over 75 years. Gerald wonders whether it might have been a soul exchange with a cousin he was named after who was killed in World War 2 earlier that year, viewing it definitively as an NDE where he observed "two me" - himself in the bubble and in the water. |
5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drowning incident requiring resuscitation | Out-of-body observation from golden bubble seeing own body | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw own body floating in water from golden bubble | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 5 | |||||||||
| 3562 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4877 I JH 9134 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1i_jh_nde.html | 2007 | 2021 | 9 | M |
I JH experienced an NDE in 2007 at age 9 when his older sister accidentally hit him between the eyes, causing him to faint. Though he thought he was unconscious for 30-40 minutes, it was actually less than 5 minutes. During this time, his sister and mother were trying to shake him awake with worried expressions on their faces. During the experience, he felt an incredibly warm sensation and found himself in a comfortable sitting or lying position in a place he cannot describe in words. He was in an extremely vast unknown space that seemed wrapped with unknowable light. Though uncertain, he felt the space was surrounded by light of a mystical origin. He experienced something like watching a movie of all his life experiences, seeing the people and faces of people he knew. The images were moving with a motion blur effect, and his thoughts were faster than usual. For what he perceived as 30-40 minutes, he happily watched these moving images while receiving an indescribable feeling of warmth and love. He felt wrapped by a goddess of love with a feeling he has never experienced while alive on earth. The emotions included incredible peace, happiness, and harmony with nature. He saw both happy and sad experiences that were memorable in his life flash before him beyond his control. When he regained consciousness after what felt like lights turning off and coming out of the space, he felt extreme happiness as if he had gone on a journey to a place no one knew about. Though it happened 14 years ago, the memories remain vivid. The experience led him to believe there might be an afterlife. At ages 15 and 18, he saw ghost-like forms, which he attributes to the after-effects of this experience. |
5 | Home | 3 | 4 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Fainting from head injury, unconscious for less than 5 minutes | Life review experience in light-filled space | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 0 | Life review of entire 9 years | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 3563 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4947 James M NDE 9256 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1james_m_nde_9256.html | 1963 | 2021 | 9 | M |
James experienced an NDE in August 1963 at age 9 when accidentally shot in the head with a pellet rifle. His friend had just received the rifle for his birthday and was showing it off. While playing "draw" with the safety initially on, the friend forgot to re-engage it after shooting at birds. He aimed at James saying "right between the eyes" and pulled the trigger. Everything went black, then James saw bright light above him and headed toward it. He heard noise below and realized he was at the ceiling of the deck. Turning to look down, he saw his body lying on the deck. His friend's grandfather walked out and exclaimed, "Look what you did! You killed him!" causing the friend to moan sadly and run to hide in the creek. James didn't think he was dead and floated back into his body instantly, saying "I think the bullet bounced off." The pellet had gone through his thick-frame glasses (which saved it from going deeper), through his eye socket, scraped his retina, and lodged about an inch into his brain. He heard his glasses hitting the deck as he fell and felt the broken glass against his eye. He was afraid to open his eyes to avoid damaging them and felt the dried blood on his face as they brought him on a stretcher to the ambulance. The experience involved heightened consciousness and faster thoughts while out of body, with James more worried about his friend who thought he had killed him than about himself. Surgery was performed that night. Twenty-five years later, while living in the same house where the shooting occurred, he had another more profound NDE where he went into the light. The experience started breaking him out of his shell, reducing his fear of making mistakes and increasing his self-esteem. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Shot in head requiring emergency surgery | Observed body from ceiling, heard grandfather's specific statement | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw own body from ceiling | 0.00 | Friend's grandfather | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 3564 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4919 Jamie B NDE 9204 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jamie_b_nde.html | 2007 | 2021 | M |
Jamie experienced an NDE in 2007 while working at his ranch with his wife. Using a hand-held grinder on the back porch, the tool jammed, kicked back, and hit his hand, exposing the bone and tendons of his thumb. Due to a tendency to faint with serious injuries, he told his wife he needed to sit down and then fainted. His wife found him not breathing with no pulse and administered CPR to revive him. During the experience, Jamie felt he was home in a perfect state. Though he didn't have eyesight, he could see perfectly - like seeing with his mind or soul. He understood everything but didn't remember anything about his earthly life. He was simply enjoying the feeling of being where he was supposed to be. The experience felt connected to recurring dreams from ages 1-4 where he would understand the reason and meaning of everything, though upon waking could never remember the answer. Something began nagging at him for attention, like a child trying to get attention while you're concentrating. The feeling grew stronger and more annoying until he realized it was his wife calling his name. When he recognized her voice, he came back into his body, initially very upset and angry about returning. He didn't want to come back and felt he was at his real home in that other state. After revival, his wife said she thought he was dead when he collapsed. Jamie immediately told her about the experience and how perfect it felt there. Since then, he lives knowing where he's going when he dies - his real home where everything feels perfect. He has no fear of death and believes all faiths are human interpretations of the same afterlife. The experience convinced him that souls live on and return home to what must be heaven. |
1 | Home | 10 | 8 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clinical death with no breathing or pulse requiring CPR | Conscious experience while clinically dead with perfect understanding | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard wife calling name during resuscitation | 1.00 | Wife | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 3565 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4876 Janine S NDE 9132 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1janine_s_nde.html | 1969 | 2021 | 3 | F |
Janine experienced a profound NDE at age 3 in 1969 when she drowned after walking off a pier trying to retrieve her pink bounce ball. She walked into the ocean with water above her head, standing on the ocean floor without fear. No one was watching her at the time. She then found herself standing above the water, observing her body lying on the beach with her parents and family members kneeling over her, upset and trying to save her life. A tall figure stood beside her - taller than average, feeling older and more intelligent. She never turned to look at this figure who felt more like a guide than family. They both belonged where they were and felt the same way about her family below. She possessed higher intelligence than a 3-year-old would normally have, feeling this was the real her from where she really came. She felt nothing for the people on the beach despite knowing they loved her and were scared. She felt she didn't belong with them because their existence was confusing, complicated, and less than her true existence. They lacked the knowledge she had. Where she stood felt real and like home, with both her and the figure having greater awareness than her earthly family. She understood she would have to return, with the figure giving her that understanding. A very loud clap like thunder sounded, and she was back in her body, coughing up water, shaking violently, wet, cold, and crying while seeking her family's safety. For years afterward when bullied, she would cry in her room saying "I want to come home. Why won't you let me come home? I don't want to stay here" before falling asleep and waking feeling fine. The experience remains vivid over 50 years later. |
5 | Other | 7 | 10 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Drowning incident with resuscitation on beach | Observed family from above with guide figure, enhanced understanding | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw family trying to resuscitate her on beach | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 3566 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4966 Petro S NDE 9281 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1petro_s_nde.html | 2015 | 2021 | F |
Petro experienced complications after childbirth when the placenta would not deliver, losing 1.5L of blood. The placenta evacuation surgery appeared successful, but approximately 15cm of placenta was retained, causing severe infection weeks later. The infection count reached 400 and she went into full septic shock with organ failure requiring emergency intervention. During the medical crisis when she was losing consciousness, everything suddenly went quiet and peaceful. She became aware of a Presence to her right, slightly behind her shoulder. Without words but with full comprehension, she was asked whether she wanted to stay with her family on earth or go ahead toward a pink-ish, green-ish beautiful unknown. She felt amazing, peaceful, and tranquil with a nice smell and airy atmosphere. The experience involved a critical choice between staying or leaving. She saw a soft pink glow surrounded by even softer green light ahead of her. The Presence communicated through understanding rather than words, creating a sense of urgency that if she didn't choose soon it would be too late. She thought of her two daughters (ages 3 and 4 weeks) and husband and decided to stay. Upon returning, she immediately heard everything again and felt how sick her body was. Dr. Z had to insert a central venous catheter without anesthetic as a last resort. She underwent a hysterectomy and spent days in ICU before recovering. The experience left her understanding why people choose to die - it's peaceful, nothing hurts, and one feels completely calm and safe. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Septic shock with organ failure documented, life-threatening condition requiring ICU | Experience of Presence and choice offered, but no specific verifiable observations of physical events | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 0 | Awareness of Presence and communication about choice | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3567 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4871 Rachael C NDE 9125 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rachael_c_nde.html | 2004 | 2021 | F |
Rachael was at the hospital having a sodium blocker test to diagnose a heart condition when she went into cardiac arrest. She was awake and told the doctor it felt like going down a railroad track in a car as the arrest began. CPR was administered and she experienced clinical death. Within seconds, her life flashed before her eyes and she did not like what she saw, particularly anger and hatred in her heart. In a flash, she found herself soaring above the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. In another flash, she was in a warm golden field hearing murmurs and voices, feeling incredibly warm and loved. She experienced pure love-source energy where all were connected as one giant energy ball. She saw a vast light and a grid of connection with strings running through everyone connecting all beings. The beings present told her it was not her time and she would have to go back, though she thought they were insane as no one would want to leave that space of love. She was told to stop where she was and not move from that spot. She saw visions of her future, including where she needed to move to achieve her purpose. When she returned, she was on a cold table unable to hear initially and not knowing who she was until she saw her name on a monitor. After the experience, she didn't sleep for two days and wrote everything down. She subsequently moved to Tennessee, got divorced, changed from Judaism to Wiccan/Pagan spiritualism, and discovered psychic abilities. She gained knowledge about reincarnation, soul contracts, dimensions, and the meaning of life as learning lessons to evolve consciousness. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Clinical death from cardiac arrest during monitored test, CPR administered | Life review and otherworldly observations but no verifiable physical world observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 3 | 0 | Life review experience | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3568 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4921 Jason W NDE 9206 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jason_w_nde.html | 2013 | 2013-10-20 | 2021 | M |
Jason W experienced a near-death experience on October 20, 2013, after being assaulted while skiing. The attack was severe enough that witnesses confirmed he appeared to be dead at the scene. The assault resulted in a direct head injury that proved life-threatening. During the experience, Jason was thrust into a black void that felt profoundly peaceful and good. He had no physical body and lost all physical senses - no touch, smell, or taste. Despite this sensory absence, he could somehow feel an intense peaceful and joyful feeling permeating the endless black void. The emotional quality of the experience was entirely pleasant, with incredible peace and joy filling his consciousness. While in this void state, Jason had a moment of clarity where he thought, "Well this is nice, but I'm not ready yet." This thought was followed immediately by thinking of his parents. These thoughts seemed to trigger his return, as he then came back to his body and began breathing again in the physical world. He described having heightened consciousness and alertness during the experience, with thoughts moving faster than usual. Jason returned with a sense that an afterlife probably exists, though he gained no specific information about God, universal connection, or life's purpose. The experience did not include typical NDE elements like tunnels, beings, life review, or unearthly light - just the profound void experience. He continues to consider the experience definitely real and has not shared it with others. While raised as a Christian Protestant, his religious practices have not changed since the experience. |
5 | Other | 7 | 2 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe assault with head injury, witnesses confirmed apparent death | Only general void experience without specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3569 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 4914 Jeff H NDE 9197 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1jeff_h_nde_9197.html | 2004 | 2021 | M |
Jeff H experienced a near-death event during a severe car accident in the summer of 2004. While returning home with his best friend driving, their minivan was struck at high speed by a Mercedes at an intersection just after the light turned green. The impact hit the right rear quarter of their vehicle where Jeff was sitting as a passenger, resulting in a life-threatening collision that triggered his out-of-body experience. Immediately upon impact, everything shifted to slow motion and became bathed in white light. Jeff could still see, but everything appeared in shades of bright, mystical white light. He felt the strong presence of an extremely loving and compassionate being, whom he strongly believed was Jesus, though he could not see this entity directly. During the collision, Jeff had a remarkable out-of-body experience where he observed his own head hitting the passenger side window and shattering the glass - a detail later confirmed when he verified the window was indeed broken. He felt no pain from this impact and sensed the being was somehow shielding him from the trauma. The being seemed to move from place to place, absorbing the impact as the car spun. Jeff then experienced a life review where he could see everything from his life simultaneously, like viewing multiple monitors at once. He had the distinct thought "Man... I wanted to do more this time" and felt he was meant to go to college, become an engineer, and help people somehow. This thought of having multiple lives felt completely normal and familiar, suggesting he had experienced this before, though he had never previously believed in reincarnation. Upon opening his eyes, he found himself sitting on the edge of the car seat with a couple standing about six feet away who comforted him, telling him he would be fine. When Jeff asked the paramedics about this kind couple, he was told no one had been standing there with him. He wonders if they were deceased family members. The experience left him with convictions about reincarnation, that death is just a transition, that we exist here to learn to love unconditionally, and that earthly life's purpose is for our souls to grow by temporarily forgetting our true nature. |
5 | Other | 7 | 12 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening car accident with high-speed collision | Specific observation of head hitting window (confirmed broken), saw couple not physically present | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw own head hit passenger window during OBE | 1.00 | Paramedic | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 3570 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5031 Rick H NDE 9386 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1rick_h_nde_9386.html | 1995 | 1995-10-23 | 2022 | M | Rick underwent back surgery in October 1995 when he suddenly stopped breathing and his heart stopped during the procedure. He experienced an out-of-body state where he felt like a large golden cloud moving through the ceiling, observing the frantic medical team below. He saw a beautiful blue sky and felt an ancient, timeless sensation with overwhelming warmth and love, recognizing he had been there before. He could see 360 degrees and realized everything "down there" was make-believe while the spiritual realm was real. Despite not wanting to return, he was suddenly compressed back into his body. During his 6-week recovery, Rick experienced persistent paranormal phenomena including waking at exactly 3:15 AM daily and feeling a warm, friendly presence constantly with him. His doctor confirmed other patients reported similar post-NDE experiences. On the final night of week 6, he felt a crowd of presences in his apartment and when he asked for a sign, his stereo turned on at full volume. The next morning, the presences were gone. This experience profoundly changed his perspective on life and death, leaving him with the understanding that the spiritual realm is more real than physical existence. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Clear cardiac arrest/flatline during surgery with medical team present | Out-of-body experience with 360-degree vision and observation of medical team's frantic response | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 1 | Out-of-body observation of surgical team | 1.00 | Nurses and doctor | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 3571 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5069 Robin G NDE 9437 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1robin_g_nde_9437.html | 2022 | F | Robin was donating blood on her college campus when she passed out and experienced a classic near-death experience. She felt herself being whisked down a long tunnel toward a very bright white light at the end, though she never reached it as medical staff brought her back to consciousness. The experience had a profound and lasting impact on her life. For the entire day after the experience, she walked around campus feeling completely serene and at peace, experiencing a state of tranquility she had never known before. All fear of death completely disappeared. She observed the natural beauty of the campus with awe, deeply appreciating the magnificence of God's nature. The experience led to significant life changes, as Robin became a very religious, observant Orthodox Jew after previously being non-observant. She gained an unshakeable belief in God's existence and looks forward to eventual reunion with family in the afterlife. She also developed some psychic sensitivity, experiencing three premonitions that came true, including sensing a tree would fall on their house the night before it happened. The NDE remains vivid in her memory and continues to influence her spiritual life decades later. | 5 | Other | 3 | 5 | 8 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Syncope during blood donation causing loss of consciousness | Classic tunnel experience with bright white light observed | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 0 | Tunnel with bright white light | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3572 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5034 Sam P NDE 9392 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sam_p_nde_9392.html | 2022 | 2022-04-15 | 2022 | M | Sam experienced a severe cardiac emergency on April 15, 2022, with his heart rate reaching 226 beats per minute. In the ambulance, EMTs made six attempts to restart his heart using Adenosine and defibrillator. During each attempt, Sam had profound out-of-body experiences. Initially, he experienced reality folding at 90-degree angles, then began reliving past memories where remaining calm brought lessons but anxiety created chaos. A bright white light appeared repeatedly, which he initially resisted knowing what it represented. By the fifth attempt, overwhelmed by chaos and guilt about leaving loved ones, he surrendered and moved toward the light. He entered a room of pure light where he lay on a table surrounded by seven tall, slender beings appearing as shadows within bright auras. One being held an orb of liquid gold light with geometric patterns. The beings cleaned his body with this light while commending him for his life. The lead being questioned why this was being "wasted" on Sam, but a distant voice insisted Sam was "the only one who could handle all of this." The being then forcefully pushed the orb into Sam's chest. Sam repeatedly returned to consciousness between attempts, amazing EMTs who were shocked he remained conscious and communicative throughout. He told them "nobody was going to be able to stop my heart." The experience left him feeling calm, reflective, and centered, with new understanding about universal connection and life's meaning. | 1 | Ambulance | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Heart rate 226 bpm, multiple defibrillation attempts with cardiac monitoring | Specific observations of EMTs reactions, heard crying, detailed being encounters with orb | written_account | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 3 | 1 | Heard EMT crying | 1.00 | Multiple EMTs | Low Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 3573 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5020 Sharlene S NDE 9361 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1sharlene_s_nde.html | 2020 | 2022 | 52 | F | Sharlene had severe COVID-19 in October 2020 while caring for her husband who was also critically ill. Feeling herself slipping away, she attempted to get up but her feet didn't touch the floor - she was walking without touching the ground. A voice behind her right shoulder said "it's the prayers of the saints holding you up." Her right eye seemed to peel back, revealing another realm bathed in glorious light. She could suddenly see with her blind left eye and had panoramic vision. She saw two ugly reptilian creatures crouching in darkness to her left, snarling but unable to move. To her right stood a massive warrior angel with bronze armor and helmet, taller than her house's roof, with four more angels behind him. They protected her family from the dark creatures without even looking at them. A large group of people in pure linen robes - her "heart family" of saints - stood perfectly spaced, watching with love. One young woman with soft brown curls touched her forehead with familiar hands, possibly her deceased grandmother. In the distance was a tree where she found herself with Jesus, who appeared large while she was child-sized. He held her hands, told her everything would be okay, and that she needed to stop carrying such heavy burdens. The light throughout was the most beautiful she'd seen - white and golden, alive with love, called Glory, identified as Heavenly Father. Since returning, she searches for this light constantly and feels forever changed, knowing who God truly is. | 5 | Home | 5 | 20 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 2 | Severe COVID-19 causing life-threatening weakness | Blind sight verified - could see with blind left eye, extremely specific details of beings and environment | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Blind in left eye | 6/29/2025 | 4 | 0 | Blind sight - seeing with blind eye | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3574 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5027 Steffan H NDE 16126 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1steffan_h_nde.html | 2021 | 2022 | M | Steffan, a veteran with PTSD, was shot seven times by police after firing a warning shot during a flashback. He clinically died at least three times during resuscitation. During his NDE, he saw himself from an outside perspective as a ball of light and energy flying super-fast through a dark tunnel. After the tunnel, he found himself in the most beautiful blue water he'd ever seen - a coloring-book blue that reminded him of childhood. On both sides was equally beautiful grass with people lined up, all with smiles radiating love in every direction. At the end of the water was the most beautiful light, like a sun he could stare at directly. He felt compelled to reach this light with his entire being. Upon reaching the light, he experienced unearthly ecstasy beyond words. God then communicated to him that "it's not your time" or "I'm not ready" - not in words but through energy passing directly from God to him. He was shocked and resuscitated multiple times, fighting hard against returning because he didn't want to leave that place of perfect love. The surgeon later told him he had come back screaming "No, no, let me go!" and had to be restrained despite severe injuries. The experience eliminated his fear of death completely. He now knows God exists without doubt and looks forward to eventually returning "home." He emphasizes that the other side is nothing to fear and encourages being happy for those who pass, as they experience more love than can be imagined. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Shot 7 times, clinically died at least 3 times, shocked and given adrenaline | Detailed tunnel, water, beings, fought against restraints verified by surgeon | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 1 | Dark tunnel and bright light | 0.00 | Surgeon | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3575 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5106 Susan H NDE 9492 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1susan_h_nde_9492.html | 2014 | 2022 | F | Susan experienced cardiogenic shock after being given wrong medication and was told she died three separate times. During her first death experience, she found herself floating through a tunnel toward a light that was getting larger and brighter the closer she approached. She felt very relaxed and at peace during this journey. However, she became increasingly annoyed as a nurse kept calling out "Susan come back!" repeatedly. Though irritated at being disturbed from such a peaceful state, she listened and returned. Within 10 minutes, she had her second experience where she was looking down into the room from above, seeing herself on the bed surrounded by medical staff. She couldn't understand why she was looking down at herself with strangers around her. Throughout both experiences, she felt no alarm or fear, only incredible peace and happiness. The nurse's persistent calling brought her back against her will - she described feeling like she had never experienced such peace before and found the interruption very annoying. When she returned, medical staff confirmed they knew what was happening as they see it often, which is why the nurse was calling her back. The experience made her less critical of others and eliminated her concern about "what ifs" in life. She now knows death is nothing to be frightened of, having glimpsed the peace and comfort that awaits. Eight years later, she still remembers the experience as vividly as daily events. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Cardiogenic shock from wrong medication, died three times, required adrenaline | Classic tunnel with light, out-of-body observation of medical team from above | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 1 | Floating through tunnel to light | 0.00 | Nurse and medical staff | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 3576 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5025 Tawnie S NDE 9373 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1tawnie_s_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-06-05 | 2022 | F | Tawnie nearly drowned on June 5, 2021, when her canoe overturned in a river current. Trapped underwater and inhaling water, she fought desperately for her life while being repeatedly pulled under. During this life-threatening struggle, her thoughts raced incredibly fast as she envisioned her family finding her lifeless body - her husband pulling her out, her best friend learning the news, and her family's grief. Despite the heartbreak, she had an overwhelming feeling they would be okay without her. As she faced death, she saw the brightest light she'd ever seen - whitish yellow - and believed she was approaching Heaven's gate. Though she felt blind physically, her mind played vivid memories and visions. She heard God's voice clearly tell her "It is not time yet," after which her husband's voice broke through, directing her to a branch that saved her life. She pulled herself out with superhuman strength despite her weakened state. The experience was both traumatic and peaceful - while the drowning was terrifying, approaching death brought a sense of comfort knowing where she was going was beautiful, safe, and peaceful. The experience exponentially strengthened her faith in God, whom she credits with saving her. She was baptized afterward and became deeply involved in church. However, she faced painful dismissal from family who witnessed the event, with some laughing and calling her dramatic. She suffered PTSD symptoms including water noises when closing her eyes and recurring drowning nightmares, but maintains that God gave her a second chance for a greater purpose. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Near-drowning with water inhalation, fighting for life | Saw bright unearthly light, heard God's voice saying not her time | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 0 | Brightest light ever seen | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3577 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5014 Thomas U NDE 9350 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1thomas_u_nde.html | 1990 | 2022 | 4 | M | At age 4, Thomas had a severe bicycle accident when he looked back to wave at a school bus driver and veered off the sidewalk, falling face-first onto boulders. He sustained severe injuries including puncture wounds to his cheek, throat, and head, plus brain injuries. After the impact, he felt no pain and found himself floating upward, looking down at his body. Darkness began closing in around him as he floated toward a warm, bright light. He was stopped before reaching it and felt a presence - something that sounded neither male nor female but both - tell him gently but normally, "It's not your time, go back." He simply said "okay" and returned. He woke up in extreme pain with blood running down his face and managed to walk three houses to his home where he collapsed on the lawn calling for his mother. The ambulance had to administer an adrenaline shot and intubate him (he still has scars from the tube). He experienced amnesia for two years, not recognizing family and not speaking during that time. The experience left him feeling peaceful, relaxed, and happy during the NDE itself, with no fear. It made him search for a higher being throughout his life. Years later, at age 9 or 10, he was hit by a drunk driver but was miraculously unharmed despite damaging the car. He believes he was sent back for a purpose - that there were moments in life where his choices were significant and determined others' fates, suggesting lives would have been lost if he hadn't been there. | 5 | Other | 10 | 7 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe head trauma with brain injuries, required adrenaline shot and intubation | Out-of-body floating experience, warm light, heard mystical voice | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 0 | Floating toward light with voice | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3578 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5030 Thomas Z NDE 9382 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1thomas_z_nde.html | 2006 | 2022 | M | Thomas had metal removed from his eye in the emergency room in 2006. After the procedure, while sitting in a large chair with instructions to keep his head up, he passed out and instantly found himself in outer space. He could hear a swooshing noise and see stars against the blackness of space. A bright green line stretched as far as he could see in both directions. While wondering which direction to go, he slowly drifted left and soon encountered a tunnel. The green line covered the tunnel like a door, with yellowish light seeping out from behind it. He noted experiencing this without seeing any part of his body, including his nose. The doctor yelled at him to keep his head up, instantly bringing him back to his body. The experience felt completely real, with normal consciousness and alertness. Outer space appeared very clear and bright with vivid colors - the bright green line and yellowish tunnel light were particularly striking. He felt awe at what was happening and experienced relief and calmness. The experience confirmed his belief in an afterlife, as he felt just as alive out of his body as in it. He has shared the experience with others but was often met with skeptical looks. Prior knowledge of NDEs from television may have influenced his interpretation, but the vividness and reality of the experience remain undeniable to him. | 6 | Hospital | 1 | 8 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Minor eye surgery, passed out but no clear life-threat | Unique imagery of outer space, green line, tunnel with yellow light | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 0 | Outer space with green line and tunnel | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3579 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5087 Dono J NDE 9464 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1dono_j_nde_9464.html | 1991 | 2022 | M | Dono experienced a severe seizure in the middle of the night in October 1991. Upon waking, he exhaled a horrific scream and felt himself exit his body with a "pop" and loud whooshing noise. He flew upward at incredible speed, observing his body lying still on the mattress below. He heard sounds like wild animals and arrived in a completely dark void where he had no form but could see all around him despite the blackness. He remained in this void briefly before rushing back into his body with a "thunk" while being transported in an ambulance. He then returned to the void again before waking up three days later in a hospital bed with no memory of the intervening time. The experience left him physically exhausted but without dramatic revelations. Dono had been born with congenital hepatitis and given only one year to live as a child, though he survived. The seizure episode occurred when he was an adult, and while the experience was relatively simple compared to others, it provided him with certainty about the existence of consciousness beyond the physical body. | 5 | Unknown | 3 | 4 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Seizure mentioned but medical details limited | Observed body from above, experienced void state, but minimal specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3580 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5114 Doug C NDE 9502 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1doug_c_nde_9502.html | 2012 | 2022 | M | Doug C, a bass player for country artist Merle Haggard, experienced severe dehydration after a long tour in 2012. At a casino, he became lightheaded while playing slots and stood up before falling backward onto concrete, hitting his head. He immediately left his body and floated in an ethereal space, hyper-aware of everything. He saw his body on the floor with his brother trying to wake him. His first thought was relief that life was over, amazed his sense of humor remained intact. He felt incredibly light with no cares, enveloped in pure love and acceptance from a presence that communicated "Don't worry, we've got ya." Time became irrelevant as he experienced instant communication where every thought was immediately answered. He felt connected to everything and wanted to stay in this state that felt overwhelmingly like home. When told he had to return because there was more to learn on Earth, he experienced flashes of past interactions where he could feel everyone's emotions. He understood how every action echoes forever in this realm. He was launched back through a dark tunnel into his body. Paramedics arrived and he spent the night hospitalized, later receiving a visit from Merle Haggard. The experience eliminated his fear of death and gave him absolute certainty about continuing consciousness after death. | 5 | Other | 5 | 7 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Head trauma from backward fall onto concrete, unconscious state requiring paramedics | Observed scene from above, saw brother and friend trying to wake him, specific details about their actions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw scene from above after falling | 0.00 | Brother and friend | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 3581 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5032 Douglas C NDE 9389 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1douglas_c_nde_9389.html | 2022 | 2022 | M | Douglas experienced a medical crisis in April 2022 with dangerously low blood pressure (60/40) and loss of consciousness. His perception of time distorted - what seemed like two hours was actually ten minutes. He told his wife "I feel like I'm leaving" before the ambulance arrived. During transport, his head moved uncontrollably with the ambulance motion. He consciously decided to "give up his spirit" and entered a dark space with no emotion, time, or spatial orientation, though his intellect remained. The darkness developed a dark brown hue. Upon exiting, he saw the space was rectangular with rounded edges, with a tunnel of white spinning clouds to its left. A black transparent circular mass appeared at the tunnel entrance, moving toward him with immense power and size. Fearing he was being prevented from entering heaven, he retreated to the dark space and began praying. He realized he held grudges and had hurt others without making amends. When told to choose between death and continuing life, he was shown emotional projections of future years. He chose life, but nothing changed until urgently told "You need to ASK!" Halfway through thinking "please," his seizure ended. He experienced a two-hour seizure with wild head movements but no brain damage, which doctors considered medically impossible. The experience led him to forgive more and reach out to those he had wronged. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Documented blood pressure 60/40, two-hour seizure, transported by ambulance | Detailed description of rectangular dark space, tunnel with clouds, black entity, projected future emotional tones | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 1 | Perception of environment during seizure | 1.00 | Wife | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 3582 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5047 Erin Q NDE 9411 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1erin_q_nde.html | 2000 | 2022 | 25 | F | Erin experienced complete suffocation during a criminal attack in June 2000 at age 25. The panic became overwhelming until she "exploded into darkness" and calmly left her body. She entered a circular, dark tunnel moving at high speed, able only to look east, which she knew was important. Her life review began at warp speed with flashes too fast to process, then slowed to show all her close family and friends, surrounding her with love. She was launched from the tunnel hundreds of feet into the sky as a flying spirit without a body, experiencing pure bliss. The mountains and nature displayed colors and love beyond earthly perception. While flying, she looked down and saw a small female child running away down the mountain. In a split second, she knew this was her future daughter and immediately chose to return. Her soul flew backward through the tunnel at warp speed back into her body. She then fought off her attacker and escaped. Eight years later, she had the daughter she saw in her vision. The experience eliminated her fear of death and strengthened her belief in reincarnation. She developed heightened intuition and could communicate intuitively without words during the experience. | 5 | Other | 10 | 10 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Complete suffocation during criminal attack resulting in clinical death | Saw future daughter who was born 8 years later, extremely specific precognitive element | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw future daughter | 1.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 3583 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5021 ErinRae G NDE 9365 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1erinrae_g_nde.html | 1987 | 2022 | 4 | F | Four-year-old ErinRae was at her babysitter's house across from a public swimming pool in summer 1987. While playing in the kiddie pool, she sat on the pool floor with eyes open underwater, watching other children play. She found herself unable to stand up despite trying to push herself up - she was stuck and began to panic. Her next memory was being above the pool, able to see herself and all the children in both pools and on the grass. She felt no physical pain and lost perception of time. Looking up, she saw the brightest light she had ever seen that didn't hurt to look at, with clouds swirling around it. She felt drawn toward the light and sensed something carrying her. As she tried to look behind her, a huge white wing lifted in front of the light. She believed this was an angel. She then woke up beside the pool with the lifeguard and babysitter performing CPR. The experience gave her certainty about life after death and made her more spiritual and intuitive throughout life. She felt peaceful during the experience, existing "in the fullest capacity that one can exist." When she later shared this with her church in her late 20s, they dismissed it as hallucination, leading her to eventually leave organized religion. | 5 | Other | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Drowning in pool requiring CPR resuscitation | Observed both pools and grass from above, saw bright light and angel wing | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw scene from above pool | 0.00 | Lifeguard and babysitter | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 3584 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5049 Estelle G STE 9415 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1estelle_g_nde.html | 2021 | 2022 | F | Estelle developed acute myeloid leukemia with 92% cancer cells in her blood in June 2021. In intensive care, doctors struggled for hours to insert catheters for blood filtration that would save her life. Around 10:30 PM, a diaphanous light invaded the room, intensifying and superimposing onto the physical world - soft, pure, wonderful, and shiny but not dazzling. She felt this light was pure love, experiencing supreme well-being, immense joy, and her body becoming so light she no longer felt it. She remained aware of the medical team but everything was bathed in light. She felt three presences on her right - one close, two behind - radiating love. She received the message: "It's not your time yet, but you have a choice whether to stay or not. Know, however, that if you decide to stay, everything will be fine." Thinking of her children, she chose to stay. Immediately upon deciding, the light disappeared and doctors succeeded in placing the catheters. Her body temperature had dropped to 33-34°C, near death. She spent four days in intensive care before recovering. Her daughter, who had been suicidal, got treatment shortly after and recovered. The experience eliminated her fear of death and gave her profound gratitude. Despite the cancer returning, she faces treatment with complete faith that everything happens as it should. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Acute myeloid leukemia with 92% blast cells, body temperature 33-34°C, intensive care | Catheter insertion succeeded immediately after choosing to stay, timing correlation extraordinary | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 1 | Aware of medical team struggling with catheters | 1.00 | Seven or eight medical personnel | Moderately Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 3585 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5065 Franklin R NDE 9433 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1franklin_r_nde.html | 1977 | 2022 | M | Franklin was sick in bed in 1977 when the wall began crumbling before him. He left his bed to tell his brothers but couldn't wake them, later realizing his body remained in bed. The wall vanished revealing evening sky with bright light and a man approaching. The man said he wanted to show Franklin something, then lifted him and they flew at incredible speed through the universe. The man told him every planet's name, and Franklin could understand all information despite its rapid delivery. They traveled to what seemed like the Middle East and sat listening to a young boy speak. Everyone called the boy Jesus. Though the speech was in an unknown language combining Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic, Franklin understood perfectly. After the speech, they flew back to his bedroom. The man gave Franklin this special language to remember the event. Following the experience, Franklin couldn't walk for three days due to leg weakness. Since then, he can speak and understand this unique language and continues to hear information in it daily, which he writes down. Linguists cannot fully identify the language but note similarities to Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic. The experience gave him profound understanding of the universe and eliminated any fear of death. | 3 | Home | 3 | 10 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Sick in bed, unable to walk for 3 days after | Gained ability to speak/understand unique language, ongoing reception of information | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard Jesus speaking | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3586 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5072 Gail C NDE 9440 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1gail_c_nde_9440.html | 1959 | 2022 | 7 | F | Gail experienced two NDEs. First in 1959 at age 7: After falling and breaking her arm, she was anesthetized for treatment. She found herself hovering effortlessly in a huge dark black area that felt calm and comfortable. She noticed a swirling light whirlpool in the lower right and moved toward it. A male voice from behind her left shoulder said "No, no, go back, you still have lots to do." She agreed and woke up. Second in 1988: Bucked off a horse, her foot caught in the stirrup, dragged and kicked receiving over 30 hoof prints. Time expanded dramatically - ten minutes seemed like two hours. Physical impacts felt distant, like tapping on cardboard. She saw beautiful kaleidoscope colors while being kicked. The same voice asked "Remember last time?" then said "This time is different... it can go either way." She was shown emotional tones of future years if she lived. The voice insisted she choose and then demanded she "ASK!" Halfway through thinking "please," her foot came free. The projected future emotional changes materialized over the next 15 years. She later developed precognitive dreams about deaths. Neither experience involved feelings of love, fear, or strong emotion - they were matter-of-fact events with the voice treating her as "slow and stubborn." | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | First: anesthesia for broken arm surgery. Second: severe trauma from horse accident | Precognitive information about future emotional climate verified over 15 years | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 0 | Shown emotional tone of future years | 1.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 3587 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5051 Gregory K NDE 9418 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1gregory_k_nde.html | 1990 | 2022 | M | Gregory, an Australian Navy Clearance Diver working with special forces, drowned in the Antarctic Ocean at 2am in 17-meter seas. After falling from a fast rope into freezing water while fully equipped, he was dragged alongside the ship at 10 knots. The water froze his throat when he gasped underwater. He was sucked under the ship and pushed out past the propellers. Both inflatable rescue boats ran over him, striking his head. As hypothermia set in, he sank into the black ocean, experiencing progression from extreme cold to warmth. The blackness felt like a warm blanket covering him inside and out. He felt himself transitioning from physical mass to nothingness while experiencing an amazing "home-like welcoming feeling" of being loved by people he didn't know in this life. The first rescue boat crew formed a human chain and miraculously grabbed his right arm in the darkness, pulling him back. His body temperature was 33-34°C. He collapsed again in the wardroom and heard a beautiful guiding voice saying "Come to me darling, it's ok" about 15-20 times while feeling a warm hand holding his. A female officer was actually speaking these words. The experience led to PTSD, panic attacks, and eventually to becoming a mental health hypnotherapist helping others process trauma. | 5 | Other | 10 | 10 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Drowning in Antarctic Ocean, hypothermia with body temperature 33-34°C documented | Specific details of rescue, documented body temperature, multiple witness accounts | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Military backpack, weapons, snow suit | Navy Officer reports | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 1 | Aware of rescue attempts | 1.00 | Military crew, medical personnel | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||
| 3588 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5211 Lisa MS NDE 9652 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lisa_ms_nde.html | 2010 | 2023 | F |
Lisa experienced a severe medical crisis when a blood clot the size of a man's fist formed on her brain, giving her only a 10% chance of survival in a vegetative state and 0% chance of meaningful function. Her neurosurgeon called her a miracle as she defied all medical expectations. During prayer at home while awaiting potential death, Lisa suddenly found herself sitting on a concrete bench outside, free from pain. She heard God's voice telling her she didn't receive preferential love but her prayers were answered because she helps care for others when well. God revealed her spiritual gift is making people feel safe and standing up for others. They discussed future events where she would be needed, including confirmation that God had indeed sent a sick neighbor to her house for help as the neighbor had claimed. Lisa was told she would return to continue helping others. She experienced profound feelings of love, acceptance, and understanding of her life's purpose. The conversation revealed the meaning of life is to be God's hands on Earth. After returning, Lisa called everyone to share her experience. The blood clot eventually dissolved completely, leaving no permanent damage. Her doctor continues to call her his miracle patient. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 12 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening brain blood clot with 0% chance of meaningful survival documented | Detailed spiritual encounter with specific information about past and future events | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 3 | 0 | Found self outside on concrete bench while actually at home praying | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3589 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5153 Logan W NDE 9568 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1logan_w_nde.html | 2008 | 2008-07-10 | 2023 | 14 | M |
At age 14, Logan was involved in a catastrophic car accident where the vehicle was T-boned by a semi-truck at 55 mph. He was thrown across the backseat without a seatbelt, hitting his head on the rear window with glass lodging in his skull, then thrown forward into the windshield as the car spun and hit a tree. He experienced clinical death with cessation of breathing and heart function. During the experience, time stopped completely and Logan found himself in a dark tunnel encountering a large, dark, human-like entity with black feathered wings named Quinn. This being held him in its arms with wings wrapped around him, providing comfort and protection despite the unusual appearance. Logan lost all memory of his identity, name, and relationships during the encounter. Quinn communicated telepathically about purpose and meaning, though the exact message remained unclear. Logan felt this entity saved him and continues to be with him. The being appeared to need Logan to return for unknown reasons, possibly connected to a greater spiritual purpose. Upon return, Logan experienced complete personality change, loss of connection to previous relationships, enhanced information processing abilities, and development of psychic sensitivities. He reports ongoing connection with Quinn and feels driven by a force to fulfill an unknown purpose. The experience fundamentally altered his identity. |
5 | Other | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clinical death from severe trauma - T-boned by semi, glass in skull, thrown from vehicle | Unique encounter with named entity Quinn, time distortion, complete identity transformation | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 0 | Encountered entity with black wings in tunnel | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 3590 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5135 Lon B NDE 9540 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lon_b_nde.html | 1992 | 1992-06-14 | 2023 | 14 | M |
Fourteen-year-old Lon was swimming in Maui, attempting a two-mile ocean swim to a cliff jumping spot called Iron Maiden. About a mile from shore in deep water with strong undercurrents, he began experiencing severe muscle cramps and exhaustion. His body went cold, limbs became numb and stopped responding, and he began sinking into the dark ocean depths. After inhaling seawater in desperation, time suddenly stopped. In the frozen moment underwater, Lon experienced a complete life review seeing memories from infancy through his current age. He relived happy memories, loving moments, and even sad times with overwhelming gratitude for the life experience. Years of memories passed while time stood still, filling him with profound appreciation for every aspect of life he had been allowed to experience. He began praying with tears of joy, thanking God for the beautiful gift of existence. Then he heard a clear voice say "Stand on the rock." Time suddenly resumed with a rush of pressure and sound as he found himself above water with renewed energy. With his friend's help who had returned to find him, they searched and discovered a moss-covered rock pillar about 30 feet away, waist-high underwater. Standing on this rock restored his strength completely. After recovery on the rock, Lon continued to Iron Maiden where he cliff jumped for hours with renewed vigor. The experience left him with permanent gratitude for life and a sense that the ocean at Black Rock, known locally as "the gateway to the spirit world," still calls to him decades later. |
5 | Other | 7 | 14 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 4 | Near-drowning with respiratory failure after inhaling seawater | Time stopping underwater, finding exact rock as instructed by voice, complete recovery | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 4 | 1 | Time completely stopped while drowning | 0.00 | Friend (unnamed) | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 3591 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5332 Lorenza P NDE 9332 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lorenza_p_nde.html | 2001 | 2001-10-22 | 2023 | F |
Lorenza was walking on Interstate 80 when she was struck by an 18-wheeler big rig traveling at 65 mph. She initially found herself standing and watching the truck driver exit his vehicle and run toward her in slow motion. Turning around, she discovered her own body lying on the roadside and realized she had separated from her physical form. This realization brought overwhelming emotions of horror and hopelessness, with the understanding that suicide would result in eternal spiritual hell. After calling out to God, she was returned to her body in excruciating pain. A witness stayed by her side, encouraging her to survive. She then experienced a second separation where she found herself standing nude in crystalline water, transformed into a glowing white spirit form with silver glistening. She encountered Jesus Christ with golden-brown hair, ocean-blue eyes, and wearing a white gown. He introduced His assistant and three angels, all in detailed heavenly attire. Christ showed her a vast sparkling ocean, enormous vibrant plants the size of Redwood trees, and a beautiful waterfall. She saw her coworker Ted standing behind the waterfall. Christ told her she would survive and must return because she had "a story to tell." He then transformed into a golden sphere before sending her back. Upon return, Christ used the sky as a projector to show her scenes from her birth and childhood. The experience included multiple returns to body, witness confirmation, and profound spiritual transformation leading to her becoming a spiritualist rather than atheist. |
5 | Other | 10 | 18 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 7 | Struck by big rig at 65 mph as pedestrian - severe trauma | Multiple specific observations including slow motion, seeing own body, detailed heavenly beings | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 5 | 1 | Saw truck driver running in slow motion | 0.00 | Unnamed witness | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 3592 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5145 Lotte H NDE 9553 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1lotte_h_nde.html | 2004 | 2004-03-14 | 2023 | F |
Lotte was traveling with her parents in a fully-loaded Land Rover through the Great Karoo half-desert when they encountered a 40-ton truck while passing at 120 km/h. A strong wind gust caused their vehicle to sway, leading to loss of control. The truck drove on top of them, dragging the vehicle before it flipped five times. Lotte had unbuckled her seatbelt moments before impact and was thrown against the ceiling, hearing her neck crack as her head bent. Immediately upon impact, time shifted to slow motion before she entered a space of bright white light without boundaries. She felt herself floating and melting into this endless space, becoming one with it. She experienced overwhelming clarity and endless calm, knowing she was between worlds. Her life passed through her in emotions, leaving her happy with no regrets and at complete peace with crossing over. She regained consciousness outside the vehicle with minor injuries despite the severity of the accident. Hours later in the ambulance, while fully awake, she witnessed a vision of the accident from a mountain viewpoint. She saw a massive angel approaching as the accident unfolded, laying on their roof and wrapping its wings tightly around the vehicle throughout the crashes, only releasing them once stopped. The experience left her with a complete change in values, becoming warm and loving instead of cold, with no fear of death and heightened empathy. She developed abilities to feel others' pain and foresee events. |
5 | Ambulance | 10 | 16 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Severe vehicle accident - truck collision, vehicle flipped 5 times, neck injury | Angel vision showing protection during accident, witnessed from mountain perspective while in ambulance | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 3 | 0 | Entered boundless white light space | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 3593 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5243 Maria G NDE 9711 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1maria_g_nde_9711.html | 2014 | 2023 | F |
Maria suffered from inflamed liver that couldn't process red meat, causing frequent fainting spells. During one severe episode, she felt she stopped breathing and experienced what felt like death. She initially saw great darkness, then noticed an extraordinarily bright light in the background, brighter than sunlight, which she moved toward slowly. Upon reaching the light, she found herself in a lush paradise garden with waist-high grass and flowers of all colors. She encountered her two deceased grandparents and a friend who had died years earlier, all smiling at her. Behind them stretched a huge mountain with beautiful waterfalls cascading into an impressive lake surrounded by happy people, some bathing naked, others in white clothing. The scene filled her with immense peace, making earthly life seem insignificant by comparison. Everything was a million times better than Earth, bringing feelings of extreme abundance and completeness with knowledge coming without words. When she approached her grandparents, her maternal grandfather extended his hand but told her "Not yet honey, you still have things to do." A black hand suddenly grabbed her shoulder pulling her backward as her grandparents said they would wait for her. She re-entered her body from above and woke breathing hard like someone who had been underwater without air for too long. |
5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Fainting with breathing cessation from liver condition | Paradise garden with specific details, deceased relatives, told has unfinished purpose | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw paradise garden with deceased relatives | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3594 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5189 Maria RJ NDE 9624 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1maria_rj_nde.html | 2018 | 2023 | F |
Maria came home from shopping feeling extremely fatigued due to heart issues and overexertion. She sat in her living room armchair and began losing consciousness while her cleaning assistant was present. The assistant's voice became increasingly distant as Maria's awareness faded. She then witnessed a wine/purple colored silhouette shaped like a skittle emerge from the edges of her body. In the corner of the room appeared a fairly wide black tunnel with pieces of green and black frames protruding from the upper corners. She felt part of herself beginning to leave with the silhouette, recognizing her authentic self was within it. The skittle shape moved quickly toward the tunnel entrance. At that critical moment, Maria internally declared with a voice that seemed to come from within: "I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE." Immediately, the skittle returned rapidly to her body. She gradually revived and regained consciousness. The experience was entirely distressing, characterized by fear rather than peace. She later told her doctor, whose reaction was one of great surprise at her account. |
5 | Home | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Heart-related loss of consciousness with life-threatening event | Saw purple silhouette leave body, dark tunnel with colored frames, conscious refusal | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 0 | Wine/purple silhouette emerged from body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3595 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5202 Matthew H NDE 9668 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1matthew_h_nde.html | 2020 | 2020-12-17 | 2023 | M |
Matthew contracted COVID-19 during Black Friday shopping and developed severe symptoms including terrible headaches. After initial minor symptoms, he began experiencing racing heart and breathing difficulties at night. He was hospitalized with atrial fibrillation on December 14th and underwent cardioversion by defibrillation on December 16th. At 2:00 AM on December 17th, his heart went back into A-Fib at 250+ beats per minute and stopped, causing him to flatline. During the cardiac arrest, Matthew witnessed events from slightly above his body, unable to see his physical form but observing everything around him. At the foot of his bed stood a young nurse in an old-style uniform with white paper hat, arms crossed. He joked with her asking who she would write up, causing her to uncross her arms and walk out, never to return. Matthew woke with a jolt from being paddled the second time. He recognized the nurse as his Guardian Angel who left once she knew he would survive. He was transferred by ambulance to the main hospital on December 18th and received a pacemaker/defibrillator on December 21st. The experience brought incredible peace, joy, and unity with the world. Matthew lost all fear of death and gained understanding about himself and others. He now lives more in the present and has greater appreciation for relationships. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest with flatline, defibrillation required twice | Observed scene from above, saw guardian angel in period nurse uniform, tunnel vision focus | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 1 | Witnessed scene from above body during cardiac arrest | 1.00 | Medical staff | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 3596 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5187 Melinda B NDE 9625 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1melinda_b_nde.html | 2021 | 2021-09-06 | 2023 | F |
Melinda underwent foot surgery with a local pain pump containing general anesthetic. Around 12 PM, she experienced an unexplained reaction to the anesthetic that spread throughout her body, causing a grand mal seizure followed by respiratory and cardiac arrest. She required defibrillation and intubation, remaining in ICU until 7 AM the next day with no memory of 9 hours before or 10 hours after the event. During the arrest, she found herself in spirit form outside Earth in space and outside of time. She appeared translucent, able to pass through objects, maintaining adult female awareness but without knowledge of her name, marriage, or children. Time became meaningless - an instant was forever and forever was an instant. She experienced no physical sensations or pain, only overwhelming desperate need to return to time and Earth. The distressing realization that she could be trapped in this timeless state forever consumed her completely. She had no other thoughts or experiences except the desperate need to return to her body. Through sheer will, she began floating/flying from space back toward Earth, seeing herself getting closer before awareness ceased. The experience eliminated her previous frequent suicidal thoughts completely. She no longer wishes for death to end chronic pain, understanding that premature death might trap her in that timeless state. She believes she must complete her intended life purpose before moving to the proper afterlife. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 6 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Grand mal seizure with cardiac and respiratory arrest requiring defibrillation | Outside Earth in space, timeless state, desperate return to body | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 1 | Found self outside Earth in space as translucent spirit | 0.00 | Medical staff | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 3597 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5172 Adam W NDE 9604 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1adam_w_nde.html | 2023 | 18 | M |
Adam W, an 18-year-old male struggling with depression and anxiety, attempted suicide by overdosing on pills and alcohol. After going to sleep, he woke to the sound of his heart beating extremely hard and fast, realizing his body was shutting down. He had difficulty breathing and felt his brain was "fried." Suddenly, Adam experienced an out-of-body perspective, seeing his own face and body from above, approximately 5-6 feet higher. He observed his eyes were open and he looked dead. He witnessed about 20 or more people standing around his bed, though he could only see the tops of their heads. During this state, he had a vision of his deceased grandmother standing in a dark graveyard, wearing a white gown. She appeared stern and angry, communicating to him without words that it wasn't his time, his mother would be hurt, and he would be going back. The communication seemed to come directly to his consciousness rather than through audible speech. His grandmother appeared to purposefully stop what was happening. Following this encounter, Adam returned to his body with the knowledge that he needed to call for help. He managed to call an ambulance and was taken to the hospital where he recovered. Adam reflects that he believes he died for a split-second or a few seconds. The experience was neither pleasant nor distressing, but matter-of-fact. His vision during the OBE was different, described as "super-3D." The experience has left him more open to spirituality and the possibility of God, though he remains uncertain about many aspects of what occurred. |
5 | Home | 3 | 8 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drug overdose with life-threatening symptoms, heart racing, difficulty breathing | Clear OBE with viewing own body, seeing 20+ people around bed, communication with deceased grandmother | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw own face and body from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3598 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5222 Alan S NDE 9685 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1alan_s_nde_9685.html | 2022 | 2022-05-18 | 2023 | M |
On May 18, 2022, Alan S experienced a heart attack while shopping at a mall. After breakfast, he went to a pharmacy for knee support but began feeling sweaty and hot, thinking he had food poisoning. He struggled to walk back to his car and barely made it home. His wife insisted they go to the hospital where he collapsed upon arrival. In the ambulance, Alan chatted with EMTs about thinking it was just something he ate, still unaware he was having a heart attack. Alan's heart stopped twice during transport. During the first cardiac arrest, he found himself in an infinite room with no walls, containing rows of tables and chairs. Two or three people were present in a relaxed atmosphere, asking him questions about his life events in what felt like a "handover" or update session. He then woke in the ambulance. During the second cardiac arrest, he returned to the same location, but this time the entities looked surprised to see him back, as if they didn't expect him. They looked at each other and then at him for about two seconds before he was revived again. The second experience made Alan realize this wasn't a dream, especially because he returned to the exact same place. The repetition and the entities' surprise at his return convinced him the experience was real. He noted feeling calm throughout and having a sense of unity with the world. The main artery to his heart was 100% blocked. Alan emphasizes that only because of the second heart attack did he become fully aware and conscious of the events, feeling his eyes were open the entire time as he transitioned between the infinite room and the ambulance bed. |
1 | Ambulance | 10 | 7 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Two cardiac arrests in ambulance with monitoring, 100% blocked artery | Consistent otherworldly location visited twice, entities showed surprise at second visit, detailed observations of infinite room | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3599 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5167 Alicia S NDE 9590 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1alicia_s_nde.html | 2023 | 2023-04-03 | 2023 | F |
On April 3, 2023, Alicia S experienced a severe anaphylactic reaction after eating an orange and taking ibuprofen. Having previously experienced anaphylaxis from hazelnuts, she recognized the severity and went to a nearby bar for help calling an ambulance. Her throat was swelling, she lost her voice, and was suffocating with endless mucus. After the ambulance arrived and paramedics began treatment, she suddenly lost her vision and told them "I don't see, I don't see," though they didn't seem to hear her. As paramedics laid her on the floor and administered IVs and injections, Alicia suddenly stopped feeling the stress and suffocation. She felt the most wonderful peace she had ever experienced, describing it as beyond words. She realized she no longer had lungs, then confirmed she had no eyes either. Despite having no mouth, she wasn't worried about not being able to communicate. She felt wrapped in cotton, in the best place possible. She could hear people from the bar crying and doctors working on her. She sensed deceased relatives nearby - her grandmother, husband's uncle and aunt, grandfathers, and uncle - feeling them as a communion though not seeing them. She was suddenly pulled back by two adrenaline needles causing strong pain in her leg and chest, as the first hadn't revived her. She returned thinking "What am I doing here again," shaking violently. She cried when seeing her husband at the hospital, grieving the loss of that peaceful state. Since returning, everything seems unreal and dissociated. She lost 7kg in two months due to food rejection following the experience. The experience eliminated her previous fear of death, showing her that death itself is wonderful - only what leads to it is painful. She feels that consciousness continues, describing feeling everything was LOVE, unity, and connection with the universe. |
2 | Other | 10 | 12 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 4 | Anaphylactic shock leading to cardiac arrest, required two adrenaline injections to revive | Awareness of surroundings without physical senses, heard people crying and medical procedures while "dead" | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6/29/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard people crying and medical procedures while unconscious | 0.00 | Ambulance paramedics | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 3600 | quantitative | webpage | NDERF 5194 Amber W NDE 9632 | https://nderf.org/Experiences/1amber_w_nde.html | 1998 | 1998-02-24 | 2023 | 3 | F |
Three-year-old Amber W drowned on February 24, 1998, after falling into a cistern while playing outside in warm clothes and boots. Her mother was experiencing a dissociative disorder episode at the time. Amber was trapped underwater for at least ten minutes, unconscious and without a heartbeat for over five minutes. Her father, a former Navy medic, had just gone to get tools when he returned and asked where Amber was. After frantically searching for five minutes, he felt a force hit him hard in the chest with an instant knowing she was in the cistern. He pulled her from the dark, murky water where her waterlogged clothes had caused her to sink to the bottom. During her near-death experience, Amber floated above her body, seeing and hearing her father repeatedly yelling her name and telling her to breathe. She saw herself lying there but chose to go further away, following a bright white light. As she grew closer to the light, her father's voice became more distant. She then heard a voice tell her she had to return because it wasn't her time yet and she needed to listen to her daddy. When telling her grandmother about the experience after waking from a 3-day coma, Amber identified the voice as Mary, her great-grandmother (her grandmother's mother) whose picture was by the grandmother's bed - a name the three-year-old had never been told. Her father immediately performed CPR after pulling her out. She was airlifted to the hospital and remained in a coma for three days. Her grandmother was the only one present when she woke and shared her experience. The grandmother was startled that a three-year-old could know her deceased mother's name. The experience gave Amber belief in an afterlife, having seen "a smidgen of the possibilities of life after death." Her parents lost custody following the drowning incident. |
5 | Other | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Drowning with clinical death, no heartbeat for over 5 minutes, required CPR, 3-day coma | OBE with specific observations of father's actions, identified deceased great-grandmother by name never told to her | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Underwater in cistern | 6/30/2025 | 2 | 2 | Observed father's rescue attempts from above | 1.00 | Father | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||