| 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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| 4201 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1794-woman-has-cardiac-arrest-during-surgery-and-sees-abraham-lincoln-all-night-after-she-wakes-up.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1794-woman-has-cardiac-arrest-during-surgery-and-sees-abraham-lincoln-all-night-after-she-wakes-up.html | 2024 | F | A woman underwent spine surgery on a Friday and experienced cardiac arrest on the operating table. She saw her deceased parents slowly advancing toward her through a tunnel about eight feet in diameter, with light glowing behind and around them. They appeared in their late 50s wearing blue summer outfits, gliding effortlessly with slight grins but no words spoken. She had no pain and incredibly sharp eyesight despite no body awareness. She then observed herself on a hospital bed with restraints and tubes, in what appeared like a spaceship with tall men in white coats. She heard them say they had to take her up and thought this was how you get to heaven. It took three rounds of CPR to revive her, resulting in four broken ribs. Upon waking Sunday morning, she experienced an unusual after-effect: she saw President Abraham Lincoln sitting by a window in the adjacent building all night, complete with top hat, though the nurse could not see him. She believes Lincoln may be a spirit guide or angel watching over her. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 6 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest during surgery requiring 3 rounds of CPR | Observed self on hospital bed, heard conversation about taking her up | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw self on hospital bed and heard medical staff | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4202 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1795-five-year-old-girl-has-ski-accident-and-almost-dies-of-allergic-reaction-in-hospital.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1795-five-year-old-girl-has-ski-accident-and-almost-dies-of-allergic-reaction-in-hospital.html | 1986 | 2024 | 5 | F | In 1986, a 5-year-old girl crashed into a tree while skiing, suffering severe head trauma with bleeding from eyes and ears. She lost consciousness and experienced herself lifting up into the trees, watching from above as ski patrol loaded her body onto a snowboard. She tried to return to her body but felt intense pressure and pain, so left again to avoid the suffering. After being airlifted to the hospital, she underwent a CAT scan with IVP dye injection, to which she had an anaphylactic reaction that caused her death. She left her body again, observing doctors trying to revive her from the corner of the room. She then went to what she considered heaven, where she sat with Jesus/God surrounded by many angels beside a beautiful willow-like tree in utmost peace. Without words, she felt she was told a million stories about everything. She could feel, see, and touch music with an all-encompassing ethereal smell. Time was both short and fast. She was told she had to return to earth and came back through the operating theater light to shouting and beeping. The experience was suppressed until adulthood. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Severe head trauma with anaphylactic reaction causing death | Watched ski patrol load body, observed resuscitation from corner of room | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Watched ski patrol evacuation from trees | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4203 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1796-two-brief-ndes-guide-woman-to-spiritual-life-as-buddhist.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1796-two-brief-ndes-guide-woman-to-spiritual-life-as-buddhist.html | 1989 | 2024 | 11 | F | An 11-year-old girl experienced an NDE during a car accident in 1989 when the vehicle hit black ice and flipped. She was thrown from the vehicle and found herself standing on a beach looking at the ocean with bright sun. Her spirit guides, whom she knew from previous childhood experiences, were there looking out at the sea. She felt content making sand castles with them and wanted to stay forever. She returned to find herself in the snow with the vehicle upside down, feeling intense anger about being back. Her brother suffered severe burns and her mother broke her collar bone. A second NDE occurred in 2016 from black mold exposure that left her unable to move her legs. She felt the angel of death at the foot of her bed, fought fear until surrendering, then blacked out. Upon waking she felt like a ghost in her own apartment. These experiences led her to become a psychic medium, Buddhist practitioner, receive initiations from the Dalai Lama, write books, create educational content, and practice Tibetan dream yogas. She now experiences transitions from other lifetimes in dreams. | 5 | Other | 5 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Car accident with ejection from vehicle, injuries documented | Beach vision with spirit guides, no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Incompatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4204 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1797-hindu-man-has-nde-two-weeks-after-heart-surgery.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1797-hindu-man-has-nde-two-weeks-after-heart-surgery.html | 2024 | M | A Hindu man experienced severe complications 15 days after triple bypass surgery, developing uncontrollable coughing and deterioration requiring emergency hospitalization on New Year's Day. In the ER, he closed his eyes and felt surreal, floating above his body as a disconnected observer. He entered a place of bright, inviting light that he recognized as the blissful state described in the Upanishads - beyond misery and happiness. From above the hospital bed, he observed an elderly Indian man in his late sixties (himself) surrounded by four people including his wife Lakshmi. He was immersed in endless bright light through which all beings - animals, people, mountains, oceans - were entering and leaving. He mingled with the light and became one with it, beyond space and time. The bright light consumed everything, erasing perceived differences between beings as all merged into the same light. He witnessed the doctor ordering blood transfusion and being moved to Cardiac ICU while experiencing overwhelming love for all beings. The light began fading and he was told his time was up. He descended back into his body feeling hot and thirsty. The experience led him to embrace Buddha's eight-fold path and focus on compassion and service. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Post-cardiac surgery complications requiring emergency care and ICU | Detailed observation of self and medical procedures from above, blood transfusion | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed self and family from above hospital bed | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4205 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1798-australian-man-has-hellish-visions-during-heart-collapse.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1798-australian-man-has-hellish-visions-during-heart-collapse.html | 2008 | 2024 | M | In 2008, a man experienced a breakdown possibly from existential dread or alcohol, losing control and being hospitalized. His mother had to ensure he ate as doctors neglected monitoring his nutrition. Due to medication effects and lack of eating, he suffered a heart collapse. He had two main visions during this near-death experience. The first was deeply disturbing: humans stitched up as vacuum cleaners, eating junk while being pushed by wicked creatures, which he interprets as symbolic of earth's lowest realm and evil. The second vision showed a building resembling Tower of London/Big Ben merged together. Inside a small square room, the floor opened and he fell toward spikes below. A figure swooped in on a rope to save him, initially appearing with brown hair like Guy Fawkes masks, but when looked at directly, appeared to be Jesus. The visions then ended. He interprets this as showing no soul can be completely lost and there is always something better. In 2017, while reading "That All Shall Be Saved" by David Bentley Hart, he had a half-awake experience of universal compassion/love that dissolved his fear of hell and reincarnation, solidifying his belief in God's unconditional love for all creation. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Heart collapse during hospitalization explicitly stated | Visions described but no veridical observations of physical environment | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4206 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1800-girl-hit-by-car-becomes-ball-of-light.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1800-girl-hit-by-car-becomes-ball-of-light.html | 2024 | 12 | F | A 12-year-old girl was hit by a car and arrived at the scene as DOA (dead on arrival) with a split head injury. Paramedics revived her using defibrillator paddles. She remembers seeing the car approaching, then experiencing a flying sensation as she transitioned after impact. She went through a tunnel or portal where everything became bright. Despite the dramatic circumstances, she felt no fear and understood what was happening. Looking at herself, she discovered she had become a ball of light, which didn't frighten her. She felt happy and was floating around in this form. She then saw multiple figures and heard many voices speaking, though she couldn't understand the words. Something grabbed her from behind and said something she couldn't comprehend. She suddenly realized she was no longer a ball of light and found herself waking up in the ambulance. Upon return, she felt uncontrollable anger at being brought back to physical existence. | 2 | Ambulance | 10 | 4 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | DOA requiring defibrillation to revive, head trauma | Transformed into ball of light, saw figures, no specific veridical details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4207 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1801-woman-with-glioblastoma-goes-to-white-light-and-is-healed.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1801-woman-with-glioblastoma-goes-to-white-light-and-is-healed.html | 2024 | F | A woman with stage 4 glioblastoma brain cancer had a seizure and was brought to the ER where she lost consciousness. Upon waking from heavy sedation, she saw her neurosurgeon surrounded by white light with intensely blue eyes, perceiving him as an angel. Seven days later during brain surgery, excessive blood loss caused an out-of-body experience. She first went to a void, then was brought to an infinite white light space she describes as cozy. She was greeted by deceased loved ones, spirit guides, and divine beings. She was told it wasn't her time and she had a story to share, but could return anytime. She left with relief and hope, no fear about potentially losing ability to walk, talk, or remember. Despite dire medical warnings, she recovered from end-stage brain cancer. She experienced spontaneous remission from an incurable glioblastoma, becoming a medical interest case. The experience changed her personality, making her more introverted and able to hear others' thoughts. She no longer cares about material things or status, pursuing art therapy certification and planning a PhD. She moved back to her hometown and spends time in nature, meditation, and hiking. | 3 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Brain surgery with excessive blood loss causing OBE | White light realm with beings, no specific veridical observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 4208 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1802-man-blacks-out-during-lecture-but-returns-quickly.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1802-man-blacks-out-during-lecture-but-returns-quickly.html | 2024 | M | A man named Dick brought a visiting cardiologist to give a lecture at a prominent hospital. During the presentation, he began feeling unwell, thinking he was dehydrated. Black spots formed across his eyes, so he hurried to his seat and immediately blacked out. Suddenly he was somewhere else, in a different space where others were silently standing as if behind a veil. He felt no threat and to this day feels no fear of the afterlife. The atmosphere was benign though nothing was spoken. In a flash he was alone and said aloud "I must be dreaming," distinctly hearing himself speak before waking up. A crowd of caregivers surrounded him asking what happened. He attributed it to Flomax medication, which someone confirmed was in the literature. The visiting cardiologist then revealed "Dick, you had no pulse." He was sent to the ER where all vital signs checked out normal and was released within hours. Since this experience, he has been very comfortable with thoughts of death and the afterlife, feeling those beings had come to welcome him. | 2 | Other | 10 | 7 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 10 | No pulse detected by cardiologist, medical emergency | Heard self speaking "I must be dreaming" while unconscious | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard own voice while unconscious | 1.00 | Visiting cardiologist | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4209 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 951-aslan-the-cat-and-forgiveness.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/951-aslan-the-cat-and-forgiveness.html | 1980 | 2013 | F | The subject was preparing for a C-section delivery when complications arose during anesthesia. The anesthesiologist had problems with intubation, her larynx went into spasm preventing breathing, and her heart stopped for 12 minutes while her son was still inside her. During this clinical death, she found herself surrounded by different colored lights and warmth, aware she was not in her body. She felt the presence of an all-loving energy (God) who laughingly told her "We must stop meeting this way" and "Look, you keep coming back but it's not your time." She felt tired of life but glad to be "home" in this familiar place of love. After being resuscitated with shocks to the heart, she went into a coma for 10 days. Both she and her son miraculously survived without brain damage, which medical staff could not explain. The experience profoundly changed her perspective on life, leading her to forgive past abuses and find meaning in helping others through psychology, energy healing, and other methods. Years later, the death of her cat Aslan triggered deep emotional healing and release of suppressed tears from childhood trauma. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 5 | Cardiac arrest for 12 minutes during C-section surgery | Out of body experience with awareness, encountered loving presence/God, familiar otherworldly place | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Awareness of panic in OR and medical procedures | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4210 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 952-example-from-heaven.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/952-example-from-heaven.html | 2001 | 2013 | 22 | Unknown | At age 22, the subject was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis (80% mortality rate) and experienced respiratory failure in their apartment. After pounding on a neighbor's door for help, they collapsed and their heart stopped for 19 minutes according to medical reports. During this time, they experienced complete darkness for what felt like two days in an infinite room. Then they watched themselves walk into a grassy field with pine trees, mountains, and a lake - viewing from outside before being pulled into their spiritual body. The trees communicated telepathically, welcoming them, and they could see thoughts traveling through the air. The grass was yellow-green flowing in gentle wind. A five-petal flower tapped their foot and spoke to them before they were "sucked into" the flower and awoke in the hospital. The subject reports having had three clinical death experiences (19, 13, and 15 minutes) and now claims to see and communicate with Source daily, feeling called to be an example from Heaven. | 2 | Home | 10 | 15 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 2 | Heart stopped for 19 minutes, respiratory failure from Myasthenia Gravis | Detailed otherworldly environment, telepathic communication with nature, unique specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 3 | 0 | Watched self enter heavenly field from outside perspective | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 4211 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 954-i-had-a-job-to-do.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/954-i-had-a-job-to-do.html | 1981 | 2013 | M | In 1981, while serving in the US Army in Germany, the subject was in a serious car accident, breaking their left femur in two places, six ribs, collapsing both lungs, suffering a concussion and entering a 10-day coma. Right after the accident, they experienced watching from behind as passengers pulled their lifeless body from the car, horrified to realize it was them. They tried to scream but no words came out. They then moved through a dark place toward a white light where they met their mother who had died in 1967. They felt the presence of other deceased loved ones. Their mother took them to see the core of the white light - a Supreme Being/God whose brightness exceeded the sun but caused no pain to look at. The light communicated that they were there too soon and would return to their body, that they were loved and created without mistakes, and should stop lying about who they were (understood as coming out as gay). They were told they would help someone to the light and could stay eternally next time. After the experience, 13 years later in 1994, while caring for a friend dying of AIDS, the same bright light appeared in their apartment thanking them for helping their friend pass. | 4 | Hospital | 5 | 12 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Serious car accident with coma for 10 days, multiple severe injuries | Witnessed own body being pulled from car, met deceased mother, communication with divine light | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Witnessed own body being pulled from wrecked car | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4212 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 955-meeting-fate-head-on.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/955-meeting-fate-head-on.html | 2007 | 2013 | 20 | Unknown | One day after their 20th birthday, the subject was hit head-on by a black SUV while riding a bicycle without a helmet at 60mph. As their forehead touched the windshield, time slowed 40 times and they experienced 360-degree spherical vision seeing themselves from all angles. They were pulled into a warm void where they relived every experience from birth onward, detaching from each memory chronologically. After unattaching from the present moment of impact, they experienced being zipped through the universe to "the void" - existing as pure knowledge in timeless space. A tiny white light appeared (life) opposite the dark pull (death), and they chose to nudge toward life. This triggered an explosion of shapes and rapid re-attachment of all memories through a wormhole, passing various beings including angels and deceased family. Returning with electromagnetic field perception, they intentionally stiffened their head/neck to break the windshield rather than be broken. A paramedic later said they were "a miracle" and "no normal person would have lived." The experience transformed them from introverted to extroverted, spiritually awakened, with enhanced abilities in didgeridoo, throat singing, yoga, and deep gratitude for life. | 5 | Other | 5 | 18 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Hit by SUV at 60mph, head impact with windshield, severe injuries | Spherical 360-degree vision, time slowing 40x, saw electromagnetic fields, life review in void | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 3 | 1 | Spherical 360-degree vision of accident | 0.00 | Young African American paramedic | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 4213 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 956-big-message-in-a-small-package.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/956-big-message-in-a-small-package.html | 2013 | Unknown | The subject had an adult tonsillectomy, a dangerous procedure for adults. It began as an emergency when they were throwing up blood and rushed to the ER, having lost at least a pint of blood. During the surgery, which was expected to take 1.5-2 hours, complications occurred. The subject remembers waking up with their deceased aunt standing by them in a cold part of the recovery room. They felt cool air and a deep sense of acceptance and love from their aunt, who hugged them before they fell back asleep. The aunt seemed to be saying "Don't worry" even though they hadn't been particularly close in life. When they woke at 11pm, the doctor said they had him worried for a bit. The experience conveyed that the aunt was happy and that life's big worries are minute. Notably, the subject didn't see their deceased father, brother, or 6-year-old nephew during the experience. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Tonsillectomy complications, lost pint of blood, doctor expressed concern | Encountered deceased aunt in recovery room, felt her love and received reassurance | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Encounter with deceased aunt in recovery room | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4214 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 960-christmas-2010.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/960-christmas-2010.html | 2010 | 2010-12-25 | 2013 | M | A cardiac anesthesiologist with prostate cancer complications underwent emergency surgery on Christmas Day 2010 for sepsis from an artificial urinary sphincter. During catheter insertion, extreme pain caused consciousness to separate from body. While physically unconscious, he observed surgery from 10-15 feet above, seeing surgeon cut him and smelling pus, noting nurses applying eucalyptus water to masks and hearing anesthesiologist tell an inappropriate joke (later verified). Simultaneously heard family conversation in India about dinner preparations. Initially experienced Hell - wildfire, dark entities with horns, lightning, burning smell, torture with needles and nail bed. Realized his materialistic life lacked love and compassion. Upon feeling remorse, Hell faded. Father appeared with grandfather, led him through tunnel toward white light where he saw past lives (Indian prince, Afghan poppy farmer). Entered meadow with roses, mountains, stream, encountered angels Michael and Raphael. Immersed in formless Blue Light Being who said he must return as "healer of soul" treating addiction, depression, pain, cancer. Saw words "A Course in Miracles" in sky. Recovery was miraculous - sepsis healed in 72 hours. Resigned from anesthesiology within three weeks, downsized lifestyle dramatically, began spiritual healing practice. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 20 | 40 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Sepsis requiring emergency surgery, fever 104-105F, heavily medicated | Observed surgery details from above, heard joke later verified, simultaneous awareness of conversation in India | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/15/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed surgery from above | 0.00 | Anesthesiologist | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 4215 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 961-did-you-go-to-heaven.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/961-did-you-go-to-heaven.html | 2013 | Unknown | The subject had been severely ill for 6-7 months with a virus and bacterial infection that spread throughout their body, leaving them bedridden. They told their mother they were certain they would die. One day, feeling particularly ill, they went to the garage for fresh air, where their heart began beating harder than ever before. They fainted and hit their head. During the NDE, they found themselves in a place of extraordinary calm with vibrant colors - bright blue sky, vibrant green grass, deep green trees, and comfortable warmth. Friends who had previously died were there laughing and running, along with childhood dogs. They felt happier and more at peace than ever before, with a lightness from having no body weight. When friends ran toward an iron fence, one friend's mother told them "You have to go back, it's not your time yet." A pillar of light appeared and took their hand, stepping down 4-5 feet back into the garage. They saw their body on the ground, floated above it, then were pulled down with excruciating pain. After the experience, they shifted from questioning atheism to having strong faith in God/higher power, lost fear of death, and gained understanding of body-spirit separation. | 6 | Home | 3 | 15 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Viral/bacterial infection, heart beating extremely hard before fainting | Detailed otherworldly environment, specific beings, unique return process | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw vibrant otherworldly environment | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4216 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 963-when-i-was-3-58-years-ago.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/963-when-i-was-3-58-years-ago.html | 1955 | 2013 | 3 | Unknown | At age three in a European village, the subject suffered a severe fever of unknown origin lasting 14 days, with fits, rolled-back eyes, body sores, blistered tongue, and repeated loss of consciousness. Family had priest perform last rites. During the experience, they had multiple out-of-body episodes, hovering above their body and re-entering it at least twice, aware of parents' distress even while unconscious. Two tall, almost transparent white energy beings appeared - one sitting beside the bed, another stationed by the door like a guard. When visitors came, both beings positioned themselves on either side of the door. The beings comforted them and made them feel their life was important, indicating the choice to stay or go was theirs. They experienced superimposed realities - seeing both the physical world and the beings' plane simultaneously, upset when the priest sat on top of one guardian. After choosing to stay, returning felt terrible - heavy, sore, trapped in "bad meat," seeing out of eye sockets like wearing a mask. Post-experience, they became more compassionate, developed ability to almost read thoughts, have unique relationships with animals (asked to leave zoo as all animals came to their enclosures), strangers and animals follow them home, and can revive "dead" plants. | 5 | Home | 5 | 18 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 2 | Severe 14-day fever with last rites performed, near death | Multiple OBEs, two specific guardian beings, superimposed realities, awareness while unconscious | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw parents and medical care while unconscious | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4217 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 965-dancing-with-gratitude.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/965-dancing-with-gratitude.html | 2012 | 2013 | Unknown | The subject experienced an epileptic seizure during which they stopped breathing. They remember the moment circuits crossed - slipping into a mercury-colored silver needle-thin tube at light speed with microphone feedback sound. They found themselves in total black constructed of millions of colored pixels with cool misty wind on a non-existent body, accompanied by loud pounding rock music. Initially thinking "this is Marc's idea of heaven," they realized they were dying. Without transition, they entered a beautiful place with haunting cello music, feeling they saw where music originates. A male voice said "You made this, this is your reward, enjoy it" then whispered "You are dead." They briefly saw their living dog, understanding incorrectly that years had passed. The experience shifted when they felt correlation between pushing beneath their rib cage and matter appearing, slowly forming a room. Doctors believe they were trying to kickstart their diaphragm to breathe again. Upon waking, they fell to knees crying in gratitude. The experience transformed them completely - they now love who they are, understand God is in everything, prioritize relationships over tasks, and live fully in the moment. | 5 | Unknown | 5 | 15 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Epileptic seizure with respiratory arrest | Unique pixel black vision, music origin experience, physical correlation with diaphragm | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 2 | 0 | Unique visual perception of black as colored pixels | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4218 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 966-two-drownings-in-childhood.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/966-two-drownings-in-childhood.html | 2013 | Unknown | The subject experienced two childhood drowning NDEs. First as a toddler: after death, became like breath "breathed into" a nude, non-gender being on a sandy beach before still water under blue sky. Seven winged lions with enormous wings and human faces approached with fierce, kind, loving eyes, bringing comfort and joy before resuscitation by nurse via phone. Suffered brain damage, petit mal seizures, permanent short-term memory damage. Second drowning: went down pool slide headfirst, hit square plug, split head open. Saw scene from 80 feet above - house, yard, sister at gate, mother mowing, self curled at pool bottom with blood. Shuttled through rainbow light tunnel to garden with pillared hall extending into mist. Witnessed woman mourning her death, worried about daughter, being counseled. Given choice to continue or return; chose to return valuing human experience. Sister found and resuscitated after potentially 10 minutes dead, required 15 stitches, contracted pneumonia. Afterward developed psychic intuition, immediately knowing details about strangers' houses. | 5 | Home | 10 | 20 | 34 | Strong Evidence | 4 | Two drowning incidents, unconscious in first, 10 minutes dead in second | Aerial view 80 feet up seeing specific family positions, unique winged lion beings, rainbow tunnel | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 4 | 1 | Seven winged lions with human faces | 0.00 | Sister | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4219 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1806-during-brain-surgery-man-receives-the-gift-of-a-visit-home.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1806-during-brain-surgery-man-receives-the-gift-of-a-visit-home.html | 2023 | 2023-12-18 | 2024 | 60 | M |
On December 18, 2023, the experiencer underwent an extensive brain surgery at Stanford University Medical Center involving over ten hours under general anesthesia. The procedures included an NIR Cerebral Angiography Embolization followed by a Right Craniotomy for the Resection of a Tumor. The surgery successfully removed a meningioma brain tumor. During the extended period under anesthesia, the patient experienced passing beyond the veil into a realm of unconditional love, peace, and understanding. He encountered what he described as "the one without name" - a presence of pure loving and forgiving energy that he felt was his true home where he belonged as part of everything. The experience included both this divine energy and a more human, Christlike presence who assured him he was doing well in his earthly life and emphasized the importance of treating others as one wishes to be treated. He received profound insights including that even Satan would be forgiven if capable of accepting it, and that life's complexity is actually simple. He was given the choice to stay in the light or return to his body and chose to return, knowing he would come back when it was his time. He also received a significant impression of the number 22, which he interprets as possibly representing his remaining years on Earth. No specific veridical observations of the physical environment were reported during the experience. The narrative focuses entirely on the spiritual dimensions encountered while under anesthesia. Upon awakening in the ICU, he felt reborn but retained all his memories and faculties. The tumor removal was confirmed to be a meningioma containing no brain tissue, preserving his cognitive functions. He experienced a preoccupation with clearing mucous from his throat, which he internally associated with removing evil from his body. The experience left him with a new understanding of spiritual life beyond the physical world and provided him what he calls "the answer to life, the universe and everything." |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 0 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Surgery with general anesthesia for over 10 hours during brain surgery procedures | No veridical observations of physical environment reported | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4220 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1808-man-attempts-suicide-and-sees-stairway-to-heaven.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1808-man-attempts-suicide-and-sees-stairway-to-heaven.html | 2024 | M |
The experiencer attempted suicide though specific medical details about the method or resulting medical crisis are not provided in the account. The narrative focuses on the visionary aspects of the experience rather than the physical circumstances. During the experience, he saw what he described as a "stairway to heaven" with unique characteristics. On the steps and faces of the steps were small movies playing of his life. The steps leading upward from his vantage point showed his future, while the steps leading back down displayed his past. The stairway existed in open space with no landscape, surrounded only by open air. The environment was light but had no visible landscape features. He then found himself in an ornately decorated wooden room approximately 50ft x 50ft with specific architectural features. The room contained a one-step stage to his right adorned with open drapes leading to another room behind. Two evenly-spaced urns of 5-10 gallon volume sat on the step in front of the curtains. The stage was almost the width of the room and 10ft deep to the curtains, which were drawn midrift with sashes. Behind the stage was another room about 15ft deep. The ceiling and walls were brown wood, and there was no obvious light source though the space was not dark. No veridical observations of the physical environment or medical setting were reported. The experience consisted entirely of visionary content without verifiable elements. The account ends abruptly without describing how the experience concluded or the experiencer's return to normal consciousness. No lasting effects or transformations are mentioned. |
6 | Unknown | 1 | 0 | 1 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Medical crisis implied from suicide attempt but no specific details provided | No veridical observations reported, entirely visionary content | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4221 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1810-man-in-multi-organ-failure-meets-the-presence-of-goodness.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1810-man-in-multi-organ-failure-meets-the-presence-of-goodness.html | 2023 | 2023-10-10 | 2024 | M |
On October 10, 2023, the experiencer had a kidney stone that breached his right kidney, leading to him passing out at home. He was transported to the ER where he went into septic shock with multi-organ failure including acute rectal failure, kidney failure, respiratory failure, and heart failure that developed on day three. He was placed on a ventilator and dialysis for 8 days, remaining in the ICU for 18 days total, followed by 2 weeks in a rehabilitation hospital. While sedated and on the ventilator, he experienced initial terror in total blackness with no bodily sensations, vision, or hearing. He was confused, thinking he might be dead, and screamed soundlessly for God. A small light then appeared and expanded into an unfolding cloud accompanied by overwhelming peace. He experienced bands of love, comfort, bliss, peace, and compassion, receiving the word "GOODNESS" not audibly but as a knowing. Upon accepting the invitation to step into this presence, he felt negative attachments being washed away and experienced clarity and positive feelings beyond anything previously known. He had specific memories surface: his mother holding him as a child with her hand on his cheek, and Joe Gilliam, a beloved Black man from his childhood who worked at his uncle's cleaners. He also recalled a relationship where he realized showing consistent GOODNESS would have changed everything. The presence stayed with him as he began hearing his 29-year-old daughter's voice, which created ripples in the darkness until he could see her face at his bedside. While deeply meaningful spiritually, no veridical observations of the physical environment were reported during the unconscious period. The experience centered on encountering the divine presence of GOODNESS. On day 8 the ventilator was removed and he became aware he was in the ICU. The presence of GOODNESS remained with him, leading him to research the concept extensively. He discovered GOODNESS throughout the Bible and realized "GOODNESS is God." He continues to experience daily miracles with thoughts and people manifesting in his life. He remains under medical care as his heart has not returned to normal but continues gaining strength. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 0 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe life-threatening condition with septic shock and multi-organ failure | No veridical observations of physical environment reported | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4222 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1812-young-boy-visits-a-comforting-dark-space.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1812-young-boy-visits-a-comforting-dark-space-and-meets-four-beings-after-hitting-head.html | 2024 | 5 | M |
At age 4 or 5 in kindergarten in Quito, the experiencer collided heads with another child while running in the schoolyard. He went home with nausea and a severe headache. His mother and her cousin became concerned and drove him to the doctor, frantically telling him not to fall asleep during the drive. He was diagnosed with a concussion and reportedly slept for a week at home while recovering. During this period, he found himself in a pitch-black space that was wider and unconstrained compared to any physical room, bounded only by darkness like a moonless, starless night. Despite being alone in this mysterious space, he felt secure, comfortable, and curious rather than afraid. A bluish-greenish light formed a tunnel with a slow-moving vortex appearance, emitting sounds like murmuring voices that could become deafening but which he could control. The tunnel emanated complete harmony, warmth, and kindness. Four dark figures appeared before the light, and though he couldn't see their features, he sensed their emotions clearly. Two radiated motherly love (one possibly his earthly mother), one seemed to care deeply for him (possibly his father), and the fourth had a protective, authoritative aura (possibly the doctor). A deep, powerful voice without specific source conveyed a wordless message on a soul level. He was told he must return to this world despite not wanting to leave the beautiful eternal realm of all-encompassing love that felt like home. The message included that life is an opportunity to learn and be kind, to share rather than accumulate wealth, care for nature, not fear death or suffering as they are temporary, and that all are part of a compassionate, forgiving unity. He was specifically told he had to return to take care of two of the figures. No veridical observations of the physical environment were reported. The experience was entirely in a transcendent realm without verifiable elements. After recovery, he asked his mother about visitors during his unconscious week and searched for a light source outside his bedroom window but found nothing to explain his experience. The NDE profoundly affected him throughout life, initially causing sensitivity to emotions, enhanced intuition, sleeplessness, and distress from violence. After suppressing the experience during his teens and twenties due to philosophical materialism, he eventually reintegrated it, finding validation through NDE research. Now at 53, married with two children, he considers the experience more real than physical life and continues fulfilling what he understands as his life's message. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 0 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe head trauma with concussion, unconscious for a week | No veridical observations of physical environment reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4223 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1813-man-in-snowmobile-accident.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1813-man-in-snowmobile-accident-feels-trees-connection-to-his-spirit-cheering-him-on.html | 2013 | 2013-01-11 | 2024 | M |
On January 11, 2013, the experiencer was snowmobiling in the mountains of St. Charles, Idaho in the Bear Lake area despite terrible snow conditions and extreme avalanche risk. After lunch, while riding as the lead into a bowl area searching for powder, he triggered an avalanche that carried him down the mountain and buried him under 2 feet of snow. He suffered two compound fractured femurs, compound fractured left arm, broken shin bone, bruised ribs, and minor soft tissue injuries. One of his three friends located him with a beacon and probe after approximately 7-8 minutes of burial. While buried before rescue, his spirit left his body and he experienced complete weightlessness with no external pressure, gravity, cold, or heat - absolute perfect comfort. His clothes seemed lighter than air, as if they were light and positive energy rather than material. Standing 5-6 feet above his body in the air, he could see himself laying in the snow even though he was buried beneath it, knowing everything would be all right. He sensed his body needed him out temporarily to "fix some things" but would soon be ready for his return. Both his deceased grandfathers stood beside him in the air, one on each side, communicating soul-to-soul through feelings with perfect discernment though no words were spoken. He felt perfectly connected to all nature around him - the trees knew who he was with perfect mutual respect as God's creatures, and they looked down at his body cheering for him to be okay, emitting only good without any negative feelings. After this experience, one friend cleared his airways and he eventually started breathing on his own without CPR, as the friend felt compelled to wait silently for his return. The primary veridical element is his ability to see his own body while buried under 2 feet of snow, observing from approximately 5-6 feet above. He maintained awareness of his buried position despite the physical impossibility. The friend's confirmation of finding and reviving him after 7-8 minutes provides corroboration of the timeline and medical severity. Recovery required years and over a dozen surgeries. The experience left him feeling trapped back in his body, describing it as his spirit being squeezed into a wrong-shaped vessel. He views earthly life as temporary, something to "get through" to enjoy the freedom of spirit on the other side. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Avalanche burial with respiratory arrest for 7-8 minutes | Saw own body while buried under 2 feet of snow from above | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Buried under 2 feet of snow | 7/15/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw own body while buried under snow | 0.00 | Friend with beacon | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||
| 4224 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1814-young-man-is-shot.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1814-young-man-is-shot-and-talks-to-sister-who-was-stillborn.html | 2024 | M |
The experiencer was walking outside with his wife at his parents' farm in middle Tennessee around midnight after an argument. He heard what sounded like gunshots and pushed his wife away before experiencing intense pain in his chest and lower stomach from being shot twice. His wife also experienced some leg pain. He passed out and later learned he had been shot twice. His life flashed before his eyes showing every life event and emotion he and others felt. Coming to awareness, he saw his body with his wife crying over him and yelled because she couldn't see or hear him. He then felt a pull and found himself in gorgeous fields of wildflowers with bluest skies and vibrant colors beyond Earth's, experiencing overwhelming peace and love. He encountered his deceased grandmother Delia who called him "hijo" and said it wasn't his time. His grandfather (father's father) who died before his birth expressed pride in him and his brothers, revealing he was the presence they felt watching them play as children. An eight-year-old girl revealed herself as his sister who was stillborn two years before his birth in 1998, asking him to tell their mother she was okay and had been watching over them - she was his imaginary friend in childhood. His grandmother spoke of his son Yancy being her "gift" to the family and reassured him about his daughter Scarlett. She revealed knowledge of his struggles and told him he had amazing things to do and purposes to fulfill raising his children. Multiple deceased relatives appeared as he was pulled back to his body in the hospital bed where his wife was praying. The primary veridical observation was seeing his body with his wife crying over him while he was apparently unconscious, though from an out-of-body perspective. The encounter with the sister who died before his birth provides potential verification through family history. Upon return, he told his wife about the experience immediately. Strange phenomena followed including vivid dreams, shadows in peripheral vision, and whispers with no source present. He believes the NDE awakened something within him and changed his perspective on life and death permanently, recognizing universal connection beyond comprehension. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Shot twice with life-threatening injuries requiring hospitalization | Saw his body and wife crying while unconscious | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw body and wife crying | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 9 | |||||||||||
| 4225 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1816-sleep-apnea-incident.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1816-sleep-apnea-incident-causes-man-in-mid-30-s-to-dream-of-death.html | 2024 | 2024-07-09 | 2024 | 35 | M |
On July 8-9, 2024, a man in his mid-30s fell asleep on his sofa around 11:30 PM-midnight. His home camera captured the incident that began around 12:50 AM and intensified until he woke himself at 1:00 AM. He experienced what he initially thought was a dream but later recognized as potentially more significant. In the experience, he found himself in a home with a beautiful, peaceful woman who spoke in comforting tones. He remembered specific details including sheet colors and kitchen cabinets. After hours of conversation with her and another gentleman about life while enjoying drinks, the man went to bed and the woman followed, lying beside him before inviting the experiencer to join them. Despite the woman's soft insistence that it was "time for bed, time to rest," something warned him that lying down meant not getting back up. While getting a drink in the kitchen, he noticed a camera matching one in his house. This triggered a fight-or-flight response and he screamed "help." He felt pulled toward the ceiling, thrown upward with increasing force as he screamed louder, grabbing and throwing dishes while fighting for his life. He then snapped back to his body on the sofa with a tight jaw and sore chest, feeling suspended between the dream and reality. Video footage showed him stop breathing for approximately 5-6 minutes, with gasping and moaning starting around minute 5, and his scream of "HELP ME" audible at 6.5 minutes though his mouth never moved. His left eye opened slightly after the scream. No veridical observations of the physical environment occurred, as the experience was entirely in a dream-like realm. However, video documentation confirmed the breathing cessation and timing of events. The camera evidence provides objective corroboration of the medical crisis. He immediately drove to the ER where he was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea. Blood work and EKGs were normal. He interpreted the kind woman as death itself - welcoming and warm, making that place feel like home. He saved the video footage and offered to share it, noting this was very different from a previous sleep paralysis experience in 2019 after spinal surgery. |
5 | Home | 3 | 0 | 10 | Suggestive Evidence | 7 | Documented breathing cessation for 5-6 minutes from sleep apnea | No veridical observations - entirely dream/vision content | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 1 | Video camera | Low Compatibility | 4 | |||||||||
| 4226 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1820-woman-in-coma.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1820-woman-in-coma-visits-the-other-side-and-finds-love-living-in-all-nature.html | 2023 | 2023-06-30 | 2024 | F |
On June 30, 2023, the experiencer was in a coma due to accidental lithium poisoning from being overprescribed by her doctor. She had been sick for months before the toxic lithium level was discovered in the ER. She briefly flatlined during treatment, was sent to ICU where she spent three days, followed by a month on short-term disability and ten months of trauma therapy. The medical crisis began after dinner when she got into pajamas, crawled into bed to watch TV, and started throwing up while falling asleep simultaneously. During her coma, she saw a tiny pinhole of light close into darkness behind her and felt free and relieved, having completed her earthly service. She missed her dog Maya but no people. She floated through a dark tunnel toward an all-encompassing golden light that didn't hurt her eyes, feeling pulled telekinetically upward into eternal, all-knowing bliss. She emerged in a realm of breathtaking nature with trees, water, meadows, and air so crisp with colors impossibly vibrant - blues like diamonds, melodic waves, wise-sounding wind, and potent flower scents. The pervasive golden pearl-like illumination had no visible sun source. Standing barefoot in the meadow, she called out for angels and Saint Francis of Assisi, feeling lost. A masculine, loving but firm voice responded through energy at a soul/cellular level, not telepathically, telling her "Patience at this time" and that it was "still being decided." Though she expected to see deceased pets and loved ones, she encountered only love living within nature itself - an overwhelming sense of total understanding and acceptance. The voice insisted she must return despite her pleas, telling her she had tasks awaiting, messages to give, gifts to use, and to find strength in God. She was told life is an opportunity to learn and be kind, share wealth, care for nature, and not fear temporary things as all are part of a compassionate unity. She learned she must specifically return to care for two beings and was promised she could see her dog Maya who awaited her. No veridical observations of the physical environment were reported. The experience was entirely in transcendent realms without verifiable elements. She woke at 4:10 AM on July 1, 2023 with a nurse repeatedly sticking her arm, who said they almost lost her. Her dog Maya died ten months later, two days before she started a new job as a Social Service Coordinator for seniors and then as a Hospice Aide - roles she wasn't trained for but received "effortlessly" because she "knows how to treat people." She took a $27,000 pay cut but never worries about money as it comes when needed. She initially felt angry about being sent back but now feels blessed and guided in her new purpose helping others transition to the peaceful, loving realm she experienced. |
4 | Hospital | 5 | 0 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Coma from toxic lithium levels with brief flatlining | No veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4227 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1824-man-s-heart-stops.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1824-man-s-heart-stops-and-he-learns-to-ride-light-waves-through-the-universe.html | 2024 | M |
The experiencer was eating when food entered his lungs, causing his body to convulse. He felt increasingly cold in his extremities as if vital fluid couldn't pulse, with numbness, draining sensations, and loss of motor function in one-third of his body. After intense agony in his neck and muscles going limp, he face-planted into his pillow, felt his heartbeat stop, and his vision went dark with curtains closing from all directions. He was immediately pushed away from the sun into a universe filled with horizontal and vertical lines of golden light pumping incredibly fast. He learned to "ride the light" and flew around Earth many times at great speed, playing with gravity. A being made of black dark energy surrounded by ribbons of fading light appeared in a cloud clearing above Earth amid stars and colored clouds. This being held up their hand saying "No, this shouldn't have happened to you" and transported them to his bedroom. The being taught him to breathe life into himself though dead, instructing him to connect waves together instinctively and harness angry masses of microwaves or wave energy. He pushed this energy into his spine, causing his body to jerk back to life like jumpstarting a car. From a golden place of light lines, he was shoved back through his eyes, pulled inside them and slammed back in. Unable to scream initially due to no air in his lungs, he gasped up absolutely flabbergasted, not recognizing his own room, asking "What... What? Whose house is this?" No veridical observations of the physical environment were reported. The experience consisted entirely of cosmic and energetic visions without verifiable elements. He returned with "gifts from the other side" and new perspectives on reality. He gained understanding that matter is waves on higher dimensional scales, that humans are blind though they see, and that the most beautiful thing he ever witnessed was when dead. He describes receiving enlightenment and a new lease on life, wanting others to know humans are beyond matter. |
2 | Home | 10 | 0 | 10 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest from choking with verified heartbeat cessation | No veridical observations of physical environment | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 4228 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1584-cardiac-arrest-takes-woman-to-healing-place-and-she-helps-doctors-while-she-is-dead.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1584-cardiac-arrest-takes-woman-to-healing-place-and-she-helps-doctors-while-she-is-dead.html | 2017 | 2021 | F |
On December 28, 2017, while having morning coffee with her husband after a wonderful Christmas in their new Oregon home, the woman experienced a sudden cardiac arrest with a "widow maker" - 100% occlusion. She coded 9 times total, with paramedics performing multiple rounds of CPR and defibrillation. During the experience, she had profound out-of-body perceptions and spiritual encounters. The woman reported floating above her body during code 6, seeing two paramedics working on her but unable to hear or feel anything. She experienced a peaceful state with misty light and a warm breeze, feeling no need for a physical body. She described being in multiple otherworldly locations including dancing in a wall of purifying water, an earth room she had to dig out of, paths with singing beings, brightly colored buildings containing all her memories and future possibilities, and finally a place of pure light where she became "mechanical" to heal herself. She encountered her deceased grandmother who told her it wasn't her time. The veridical element involves paramedics reporting that while she had no heartbeat and wasn't breathing, she would whisper things to them and reach up to hold their hands as if guiding their actions. Paramedic Chris confirmed this unprecedented phenomenon that none of them had experienced before. She also saw a mysterious "watcher" figure during the resuscitation attempts who appeared to be observing but not participating. After being dead for 15 minutes total with 100% fluid-filled lungs from aspiration, she was placed in a medically-induced coma with cryo-therapy. She spontaneously awakened on New Year's Eve, shocking medical staff who expected her to remain comatose for three weeks. She made a full recovery despite expectations of brain damage. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest explicitly documented as widow maker with 100% occlusion, coded 9 times with extensive CPR and defibrillation | Specific observation of paramedics working while having no heartbeat, mysterious watcher figure, and unprecedented phenomenon of guiding paramedics while clinically dead as confirmed by paramedic Chris | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 2 | 1 | Guiding paramedics while clinically dead | 1.00 | Chris and other paramedics | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4229 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1585-cowboy-s-back-surgery-nde-shows-him-that-everyone-on-this-planet-is-there.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1585-cowboy-s-back-surgery-nde-shows-him-that-everyone-on-this-planet-is-there.html | 2021 | M |
A man underwent a minor back surgery during which he briefly saw a light but couldn't focus on it, experiencing overwhelming love and peace without understanding it at the time. Three years later, during a major back operation, he experienced a profound near-death experience that fundamentally changed his worldview and perception of reality. During the major surgery, he woke up halfway through in extraordinary pain and tried to sit up, grabbing the clamp holding him open. When staff forcefully restrained him, he felt sharp neck pain and suddenly found himself above his body, watching the medical team attempt resuscitation and intubation. He then saw and understood that the light he perceived was emanating from himself. Once he understood this, he could focus beyond the light into a realm of overwhelming love, peace, and infinite knowledge. He experienced existence without time, where one could be at any point from the beginning to the end of existence. He perceived that everyone and everything are interconnected, that all people who exist on Earth are simultaneously present in that realm, and that only peace, love, and pure understanding exist there - no negative emotions whatsoever. The specific observation was watching the medical team from above as they tried to resuscitate him and attempted intubation after he grabbed the surgical clamp. He saw this from an out-of-body perspective immediately after feeling the sharp neck pain when they slammed his head back. He awoke two days later but never told the surgeons about his experience, fearing they would stop treating him. He kept the experience secret for 10 years until spontaneously sharing it with a grieving elderly woman who had lost her son and husband. The experience left him unable to relate to people as before, finding everyday conversation meaningless and feeling he has an unknown purpose. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Major back surgery with general anesthesia, woke during procedure indicating deep anesthesia | Observed resuscitation attempts from above after physical trauma, saw self from outside perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Viewing resuscitation from above | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4230 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1586-man-sees-deceased-loved-ones-watching-his-surgery-while-out-of-his-body.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1586-man-sees-deceased-loved-ones-watching-his-surgery-while-out-of-his-body.html | 2021 | M |
A man dying from necrotizing fasciitis underwent multiple surgeries over five weeks, experiencing a near-death event during one of the earlier operations when he was critically ill with sepsis. Though he believes he was never clinically dead, he came very close to death during this life-threatening medical crisis. During one surgery, after receiving oxygen and while surgery tech Larry held his hand, he found himself floating above his body and the operating room staff as they worked quickly to intubate him and begin the procedure. From this elevated perspective, he observed the medical team working on his sick body but felt no physical sensations from the procedures being performed. He noticed what appeared to be a doorway above the operating room doors where deceased loved ones were filing in to watch his surgery as if viewing a movie. He saw his maternal grandmother, an aunt, and a cousin who had passed away, along with many unknown people also observing the procedure. No words were exchanged, but he telepathically understood they were communicating love and reassurance that everything would be okay. The primary observation was seeing the medical team from above working to intubate him and start surgery while he floated outside his body. He also observed deceased relatives entering through a doorway above the OR doors to watch the procedure. He experienced complete peace during the event and felt happy to see his deceased relatives. Time seemed not to exist during the experience. Upon waking in recovery and being returned to his room, he immediately told his mother about the experience, which remains one of his most vivid memories from his extended hospitalization. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Surgery for life-threatening necrotizing fasciitis with sepsis, general anesthesia during multiple surgeries | Observed medical team intubating and starting surgery from above, saw deceased relatives through doorway | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observing surgery from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4231 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1587-woman-s-cardiac-arrest-shows-her-all-species-are-connected-as-one.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1587-woman-s-cardiac-arrest-shows-her-all-species-are-connected-as-one.html | 2021 | F |
A woman with congenital non-compaction ventricular cardiomyopathy experienced sudden cardiac arrest during her son's rehearsal dinner in her garden with 65 guests present. After noticing her heart rhythm becoming irregular, her last conscious thought was about getting beta blockers before she suddenly realized "Oh! My God! I'm dead!" She was clinically dead for approximately 10 minutes while her nephew performed CPR and her husband used their home AED device, shocking her 7+ times. During her death state, she experienced profound peace rather than expected fear, knowing everything would be fine without her despite missing her son's wedding. She became aware of a misty light and warm breeze passing through her, feeling no need for a physical body and finding humor in never having to worry about weight, dinner, or clothing again. She experienced a profound realization that all life is interconnected - not just human life but all living things sharing awareness. She understood that humans are self-centered to the exclusion of other life forms, and that the entire universe is connected through life and consciousness. While she reported no specific veridical observations of the resuscitation efforts, she was vaguely aware of becoming "somewhat alive" after multiple shocks but felt disappointed to leave the serenity behind. She also experienced hallucinations in the weeks before and years after her cardiac arrest, seeing groups of people watching her and paintings changing in their frames, which she recognized as not real. She recovered after 15 hours in the hospital, watching her son's wedding from the ICU on an iPad. The experience left her with lasting difficulty communicating her experience and dealing with others' trauma about her death, as she hadn't experienced their perspective of the event. |
1 | Home | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Documented sudden cardiac arrest with 10 minutes clinical death, CPR performed, AED device used with 7+ shocks | General awareness of consciousness and interconnection of all life, no specific veridical details reported | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Moderately Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 4232 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1588-young-man-died-and-no-longer-sees-the-world-through-a-mortal-lens.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1588-young-man-died-and-no-longer-sees-the-world-through-a-mortal-lens.html | 1989 | 2021 | M |
On July 4th, 1989, a young man was violently assaulted by his ex-girlfriend's stepfather who struck him in the head with a modified baseball bat, causing him to fall into a river. Friends pulled him from the water and called for help. He was semi-conscious when paramedics arrived and worked on him, during which he experienced being dead and observing the resuscitation efforts. He underwent a profound spiritual transformation that permanently altered his perception of reality. During the initial resuscitation, he found himself watching and feeling the paramedics working on him after they cut off his clothes and used defibrillation paddles on his chest. A police officer later confirmed to him "You were dead. How did you know?" validating his observations. During transport to another hospital due to brain spotting and fluctuating vitals, he experienced an overwhelming abundance of love and peace, feeling completely accepting of either living or dying. Upon arrival, he was greeted by what he perceived as nurses with angelic qualities, beautiful in both appearance and the love they expressed. Remarkably, the brain spotting that required surgery spontaneously dissipated, which the neurosurgeon couldn't explain. The veridical observation involved watching paramedics cut his clothes off and use defibrillation paddles on his chest while he was dead, details later confirmed by a police officer who asked how he could have known what happened. He also experienced a profound spiritual message about forgiveness when a voice questioned his willingness to forgive for money after he had forgiven when his life was in balance. The experience left him with permanent enhanced abilities including precognitive knowledge of events from subtle to significant (including deaths), intellectual knowledge he was never taught, deep empathy for all living creatures, acute awareness allowing him to sense people needing help even when not visible, lucid dreams with messages from deceased relatives, and intuitive medical knowledge that proved accurate. He describes no longer seeing the world through a mortal lens and feeling he exists in both realms simultaneously. |
5 | Ambulance | 5 | 14 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Severe head trauma causing death, resuscitation with defibrillation, brain spotting documented | Specific observation of clothes being cut and defibrillation while dead, confirmed by police officer asking how he knew | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 1 | 1 | Observing resuscitation procedures | 1.00 | Police officer | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 4233 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1589-woman-has-vision-during-cardiac-failure-but-doesn-t-share-it-with-health-care-colleagues.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1589-woman-has-vision-during-cardiac-failure-but-doesn-t-share-it-with-health-care-colleagues.html | 2017 | 2021 | F |
A healthcare professional with atrial fibrillation experienced complete cardiac failure on September 4, 2017, after beginning a trial of two medications to reduce her heart rate. She collapsed at home and was transferred to a tertiary cardiac center where her heart rate was 18 bpm and oxygen saturation was 79%, with other vital organs shutting down. Her husband was told there was slim chance for survival and the cardiac team was on standby for a heart-lung machine while awaiting transplant. During the ambulance transfer and initial emergency care, she was highly distressed and imploring staff to help her, remembering all interactions vividly. At some point while stabilizing, she lost consciousness and experienced a profound vision. She found herself quietly observing a beautiful early morning fall day with ground mist shining through golden sunlight. She witnessed a vast forest of birch trees with wind gently blowing, observing the beauty and tranquility with reassuring peacefulness. Everything then went dark, and as she gained consciousness, everything was black and murky. She experienced a pleasant sensation of effortlessly and powerfully swimming to the surface of a deep lake, and upon reaching the surface, felt an incredibly overwhelming sense of serenity and tranquility unlike anything previously experienced. Though no specific veridical observations were reported, she maintained clear memory of all medical interactions before losing consciousness. She was stabilized on medication and discharged within 6 days, immediately returning to work and presenting at a national palliative care conference within a week. The experience profoundly impacted her life perspective. After a year of reflection, she resigned from her position to pursue her passions, with hiking becoming a priority. She began selectively sharing her health crisis story with colleagues but notably excluded the near-death experience, only deciding to submit her account after learning about an IANDS speaker event. As a healthcare professional, she specifically chose not to share the NDE with her medical colleagues. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 1 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Complete cardiac failure with heart rate 18 bpm, O2 saturation 79%, organs shutting down, near transplant | No specific veridical observations reported, only subjective visions of nature | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4234 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1590-brief-childhood-nde-leaves-woman-highly-intuitive-and-filled-with-childlike-wonder-and-curiosity.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1590-brief-childhood-nde-leaves-woman-highly-intuitive-and-filled-with-childlike-wonder-and-curiosity.html | 2021 | 3 | F |
At age 3, a young girl experienced a traumatic assault and suffocation that resulted in a brief death experience. The extreme trauma of being suffocated was followed by a release from excruciating pain when she briefly died. The experience had profound and lasting effects on her consciousness and spiritual development throughout her life. During her brief death, she experienced what she describes as a mystical, otherworldly, and overwhelmingly wonderful encounter with pure Love. She felt that her consciousness existed beyond physical functions, confirming for her that awareness transcends the body. She received guidance from a being that came down from higher realms, who spoke to her in the most beautiful voice she had ever heard. The experience was transformative despite its brevity. No specific veridical observations were reported from this childhood experience. The trauma was compounded by additional abuse afterward and another traumatic experience with amnesia 3-4 years later. Neither incident received proper medical attention or therapy at the time. The NDE left her with lasting enhanced abilities including high intuition and frequent out-of-body experiences. She struggles to put her mystical experiences into words, feeling that language cannot adequately convey their nature. Despite numerous mystical experiences since, she maintains a childlike sense of wonder and curiosity, which she attributes to having the NDE as a young child. The memory was repressed until age 26 and she continues working through childhood trauma at age 30. |
5 | Unknown | 3 | 1 | 4 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Assault and suffocation of 3-year-old causing brief death, but no medical documentation mentioned | No specific veridical observations reported, only subjective mystical experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 4235 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1591-girl-drowns-and-meets-angelic-looking-woman-but-is-told-not-to-share.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1591-girl-drowns-and-meets-angelic-looking-woman-but-is-told-not-to-share.html | 2021 | 7 | F |
At approximately age 7, a girl had a drowning accident in a friend's pool when rough play resulted in her being held underwater too long. The traumatic incident led to a profound near-death experience that was subsequently repressed for many years due to additional trauma and the response of adults present. As she drifted toward the bottom of the pool, everything seemed to sparkle and she remained floating there. Her consciousness then separated from her body and floated to about 10 feet above the pool. Though initially confused, she was met by an angelic-looking woman with whom she communicated telepathically. The being provided reassurance about what had happened. She vaguely recalls seeing a life review and visions of past lives during the experience. She believes she was shown her life purpose and the impact she would make on people in the world. No specific veridical observations were reported, though she observed the pool scene from above. She suddenly returned to her body while receiving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, experiencing energy surging throughout her body. The aftermath was complicated by the friend's mother instructing her not to tell anyone about what happened, causing her throat to close up at that moment. This contributed to memory suppression - she had another traumatic experience 3-4 years later causing amnesia, and didn't recall this NDE until age 26. Now at age 30, remembering the experience has completely turned her life around, though she struggles to recall details vividly. She hopes that writing and talking about it more will help unfold additional memories. |
5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Drowning accident requiring resuscitation, but no medical documentation | General OBE above pool, no specific veridical details reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 4236 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1592-young-man-has-hellish-experience-but-returns-grateful-faith-filled-and-intuitive.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1592-young-man-has-hellish-experience-but-returns-grateful-faith-filled-and-intuitive.html | 2021 | 2021 | M |
On April 12, 2021, a man experienced sudden cardiac arrest at home after struggling with breathing and a heart rate of 179 at Walmart. Despite calling his doctor's after-hours line and being told to eat and rest, he urgently insisted his wife call 911. When paramedics arrived, his blood pressure was too low to measure and heart rate was 42 bpm. He experienced a profound hellish near-death experience during 90 minutes of CPR before miraculous recovery. Before and during the medical crisis, he saw a dark figure in his bedroom corner that seemed to want him to come toward it, which he perceived as an evil spirit possibly connected to his deceased father. In the ambulance, after telling an EMT he was dying and grabbing their arm for help, his soul was thrown from the ambulance and landed outside the hospital where he was chased by a demon that told him he'd never see his girlfriend or mother again. He experienced tremendous pain, then heard a familiar voice calling his childhood nickname "Rockie." He found himself in a black void, suspended in darkness, calling weakly for help. Remembering his mother's teaching about repentance, he began falling into what he believed was hell, hearing screams and curses around him. He prayed for forgiveness and accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and savior, which stopped his fall. He landed on a scalding hot boulder with burning feet, smelling burning flesh, still unable to see. A comforting voice told him it wasn't his time but he must prove himself by climbing out. Despite voices telling him he couldn't make it, he climbed walls of sharp, hot, slippery rocks until Jesus Christ pulled him out with a strong, comforting hand. The angelic voice then showed him life review scenes requiring him to explain lessons learned, including violent incidents and gluttony, stating these were things he needed to make right. His grandmother appeared in a bright white space, telling him to return to his family. After 90 minutes of CPR resulting in full cardiac arrest, he made a miraculous recovery with normal kidney function and resolved anemia. He now has a pacemaker but gained intuitive abilities and prophetic dreams. The experience converted him to faith in Jesus Christ and left him perpetually grateful. |
2 | Ambulance | 10 | 1 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest with heart rate 42 bpm, blood pressure unmeasurable, 90 minutes CPR, miraculous recovery | No specific veridical observations reported, entirely subjective spiritual/hellish experience | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 4237 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1594-woman-s-out-of-body-experience-leaves-her-with-psychic-powers-new-religious-beliefs-and-a-strong-sense-of-purpose.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1594-woman-s-out-of-body-experience-leaves-her-with-psychic-powers-new-religious-beliefs-and-a-strong-sense-of-purpose.html | 2015 | 2021 | F |
In December 2015, a woman with Lyme disease complications and cardiac issues experienced a dangerous arrhythmia requiring emergency treatment and surgical intervention. After an initial angiograph showing structurally sound heart and vessels, she awaited an ablation surgery when she had a profound out-of-body experience that fundamentally transformed her worldview and abilities. While in a regular hospital room with her husband and a family friend visiting, she predicted the arrhythmia seconds before it started. After declaring "Here it comes" and fading out, she felt a squeeze and snapped out through the top of her head at the fontanelle point. She immediately found herself against the ceiling looking down at the room. She observed the part in her visitor's hair from above, saw her husband's head, the nurse's head, and her own body in bed. She was startled to see her face as others see it (not mirror-reversed) and felt her body was like a discarded hermit crab shell. She felt sorrow for not treating her body with respect and knew she would return to it. Remarkably, she could perceive everyone's thoughts: the nurse was upset she'd been moved from ICU and feared she would code, her husband alternated between worry and denial while being terrified on a psychic level (she knew this would affect him long-term and he developed cancer within a year), and her friend was praying the Hail Mary repeatedly. She heard or sensed a voice saying "Everything is going to change." The experience lasted less than a minute before medications pulled her back into her body, feeling very heavy. The experience shattered her Christian beliefs about exclusive salvation through Jesus, replacing them with understanding that all religions serve their adherents' soul journeys and that reality is vibrational and energetic with all beings interconnected. She developed medical intuition accurately predicting family members' blood work and her husband's cancer before symptoms appeared. She experienced rage for 6-9 months at people wasting time, enhanced senses allowing her to smell and feel trees' consciousness, and ability to sense what people needed. The rage and driving intolerance gradually subsided, but she remains intensely focused on meaningful connections and has published books since her NDE. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Dangerous cardiac arrhythmia in hospital with monitoring, required two surgeries including ablation | Specific observations of people's hair parts from above, knowing thoughts including husband's future cancer, friend's specific prayers | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 3 | 0 | Seeing people from ceiling perspective | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4238 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 973-emergency-at-37.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/973-emergency-at-37.html | 2013 | 37 | M |
The experiencer was 37 years old when he became severely ill while lying in bed. The pain and suffering became overwhelming, leading him to give up on life. During what a doctor identified as a coronary event, he experienced a profound out-of-body state. Upon surrendering to death, he found himself floating in a beautiful lit grey volume in complete bliss - a feeling he described as beyond words. The sense of peace was absolute, and he thought that if this was death, it was brilliant. He noticed a tunnel at the far end of this peaceful space and decided to explore it. However, as he floated toward the tunnel, a massive steel gate with rivets and straps suddenly slammed down, blocking his path with clear intention. He was immediately pulled back into his body and the pain returned. Unwilling to accept this, he managed to leave his body again and returned to the blissful grey space. When he attempted to approach the tunnel a second time, the steel gate blocked him once more and he was back in his physical body. During his out-of-body experience, a doctor observed his monitor and declared he had suffered a coronary. The experience taught him the true meaning of being "at peace" after death. Despite identifying as an atheist with no concern about afterlife, he now confidently assures others that death brings peace, not nothingness. He uses this knowledge to comfort grieving families. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Coronary event explicitly identified by doctor during the experience | Single observation of doctor's comment about coronary while out of body | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard doctor's diagnosis while out of body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4239 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 974-my-daughter-brought-special-sweetness.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/974-my-daughter-brought-special-sweetness.html | 2013 | F |
The experiencer was giving birth when she developed severe complications from bleeding behind the placenta. The difficult labor left her extremely weak, requiring forceps to deliver the baby. After her daughter was born and briefly placed on her chest, she became too weak to hold the child. The medical situation rapidly deteriorated as her husband was urgently ushered from the room with tears in his eyes. The attending doctor was sweating profusely as he called for a specialist. A nurse began slapping her face trying to keep her conscious while telling her something about her daughter. The nurse then reported to the doctor that she could not find blood pressure or pulse. As the specialist arrived announcing plans for a blood transfusion, the experiencer began her transition. She felt incredibly peaceful and relaxed as her consciousness separated from her body. A light appeared in the corner of the room, growing progressively bigger and brighter. She found herself moving toward this expanding light, no longer attached to anything physical, experiencing profound peace. Just as she was enjoying this blissful state, she suddenly remembered she had just given birth. The thought of her newborn daughter created a sense of "unfinished duty" and she declared in her mind: "I have a daughter to raise." An image of her husband also appeared in her thoughts. With this realization of her earthly responsibilities, she made the conscious choice to return to her body. The experience left her with a deep knowing about the peaceful nature of death and the power of love and duty to anchor one to life. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 1 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Severe postpartum hemorrhage with loss of vital signs documented | No specific veridical observations reported during OBE | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/15/2025 | 0 | 1 | Doctor, nurse, specialist | Highly Compatible | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4240 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 975-no-time-existed-in-my-heaven.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/975-no-time-existed-in-my-heaven.html | 1990 | 2013 | Unknown |
Twenty-three years before sharing this account, the experiencer was running late for work during freezing conditions when their car slipped off a bridge. Their body was ejected from the vehicle and landed on frozen ground. Due to the cold temperatures, blood loss was minimal, but they experienced an out-of-body state and NDE that lasted for three days. During this extended experience, they discovered the profound relief of existing without a physical body - no pain, just pure consciousness. They became aware of everyone who was thinking about them and could sense the troubles others had in accepting their situation. They experienced extraordinary communication with all created beings, including fauna and flora, who revealed their awareness of being created by what the experiencer calls "the SOURCE" or "the VOICE." The experience brought a fundamental realization that only humans struggle with accepting the SOURCE through overthinking, while all other creation naturally knows and accepts their divine origin. The central lesson revealed was that humans are placed on Earth specifically to learn this truth: that we are eternal souls temporarily inhabiting bodies, not merely human beings. The experiencer emphasized the importance of awakening to our true nature as eternal beings having an earthly experience rather than identifying solely as human. In this transcendent state, time did not exist - everything occurred in an eternal present moment the experiencer described as "my heaven." They returned with an urgent message for humanity to wake up to their eternal nature and stop identifying solely with their temporary human form. |
5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Car accident with body ejection, severe trauma implied by 3-day OBE/NDE | Awareness of others' thoughts but no specific verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 4241 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 976-my-mother-and-sister-picked-flowers-for-me.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/976-my-mother-and-sister-picked-flowers-for-me.html | 2013 | 7 | Unknown |
At age seven, during the Great Depression, the experiencer developed severe abdominal pain. Due to poverty and reliance on home remedies, they were initially treated with castor oil and enemas, which worsened the condition. Days later, they were taken to a hospital 50 miles away where another enema was administered before doctors discovered a ruptured appendix with peritonitis. The attending physician told medical students the child would not survive until morning. During that critical night, the experiencer traveled through a tunnel toward a brilliant white light. Through this luminous gateway came their seven-year-old sister who had died in a snowstorm two years earlier. The sister appeared joyful and excited, skipping toward them while laughing and gathering flowers to bring as a gift. Behind her, the experiencer's mother (who had died two days after the sister from grief) came hurrying forward, urgently waving and repeatedly calling out "Go back! Go back!" Understanding their mother's command meant they were supposed to return to life, the experiencer chose to go back to their body. They remained hospitalized for three months with a drain tube, defying the doctor's fatal prognosis and amazing him with their continued improvement against overwhelming odds. The experience instilled a profound sense of life purpose. The world seemed clearer afterward, and they felt destined to remain on Earth for important reasons. This sense of purpose was fulfilled through their children, who all became successful professionals - two teachers, a nurse, and a marketing analyst - helping the world as the experiencer had envisioned. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 2 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Ruptured appendix with peritonitis, doctor predicted death | Encountered deceased sister and mother, no earthly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 0 | 1 | Doctor | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4242 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 977-divine-encounters.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/977-divine-encounters.html | 2009 | 2013 | 50 | M |
The experiencer, after decades of spiritual searching through various churches, courses, and philosophies, suffered a major heart attack while at a friend's free church. As he lay on a sofa in severe pain, three church members including his girlfriend prayed over him with laying on of hands. Initially the pain subsided when he stood to use the bathroom, but it returned more severely, prompting renewed prayer. While writhing in agony on the sofa, looking at orange street lights through the church windows, he suddenly experienced an internal vision of Christ dressed in white light. His first question about stopping the pain was met with understanding from the Holy Spirit that this was the wrong question. When he instead asked "What must I learn, what must I take away from this experience?" the pain instantly vanished and his entire body filled with warmth. He stood up exclaiming "Wonderful!" though his girlfriend was puzzled by his reaction to having just had a heart attack. During his emergency room visit and subsequent four-week hospital stay, he realized this was the "born again" experience Christians describe. His recovery, though initially gradual, became progressively stronger despite ongoing high blood pressure. The experience brought resolution to emotional issues previously impossible to address and catalyzed automatic healing processes. The transformation was profound - at age 50, his life purpose became crystal clear. He began practicing consciousness of God's presence, experienced the Trinity directly in his bedroom at 1 AM, and witnessed miraculous interventions including resolution of a dangerous situation in Basel. He came to understand himself as a Christian mystic seeking direct divine experience. The NDE initiated accelerating spiritual changes and deep healing he had sought unsuccessfully for decades. |
2 | Other | 10 | 2 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Major heart attack explicitly described | Internal vision of Christ, no external observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 0 | 1 | Friend (engineer), girlfriend, another church member | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4243 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 997-met-a-friend-who-didnt-realize-he-was-dead.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/997-met-a-friend-who-didnt-realize-he-was-dead.html | 1996 | 2013 | 39 | M |
In October 1996, while attending a work meeting in Aruba, the 39-year-old experiencer chose a snorkeling cruise during free time. Despite the captain's recommendation to wear life vests, he jumped into the Caribbean Sea with only snorkel gear and frog shoes, about 200 meters from shore. The 2 PM waves quickly overwhelmed him, dragging him 100 meters from shore. After swallowing seawater, losing equipment, and exhausting his strength trying to reach rocks for rest, he began drowning. As he sank, his wristwatch caught sunlight and appeared to shine like a sun, striking him as wonderful and weird. Looking up, he saw sunbeams penetrating the water; looking down revealed diffused light fading to black depths. The darkness both frightened and calmed him as he accepted his death with resignation. Instantly, he found himself in his home observing his daughters, ages 5 and 7, playing together. The satisfaction of seeing them safe brought him joy. Next, he visited his mother's house where she worked in her small store, worrying about how she would handle news of his drowning as her only son. Most remarkably, he then found himself in an unfamiliar living room conversing at length with a childhood friend who had died years earlier - an anti-narcotics policeman accidentally shot during a raid in Brazil. The friend discussed needing money and plans to work nights as a security guard after his police shifts. When the experiencer exclaimed that this was impossible because he was dead, the friend denied it, insisting the death was just a dream. This reality confusion lasted until he heard someone yelling "Are you okay?" A sales manager had rescued him, retrieving his lost shoe and helping him to rocks and then the beach. The next day, verification revealed his daughters and mother wore exactly the clothes and performed the exact activities he witnessed during his NDE. Though colleagues joked he faked the incident for attention, he knew he had spent subjective hours traveling thousands of miles in under ten minutes, fundamentally changing his life. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Near-drowning in ocean, swallowed water, lost consciousness | Saw daughters playing, mother in store, exact clothes and activities verified | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw daughters at home playing | 1.00 | Two daughters and mother | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 4244 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 998-aftereffects-show-up-after-11-years.html 2013 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/998-aftereffects-show-up-after-11-years.html | 2000 | 2000-08-05 | 2013 | Unknown |
On August 5, 2000, at approximately 9 AM, the experiencer was driving to a counseling appointment after running errands. While proceeding through an intersection with a green light, another driver crashed into the driver's door with tremendous force. The impact sent the car sliding sideways through the intersection, onto the sidewalk, and around a power pole that struck the right rear door, folding the car in half. The experiencer sustained injuries to both sides of the head - an open injury on the right and closed injury on the left. A witness cut the lap seatbelt to free them from the wreckage. Fire department and paramedics arrived quickly. A paramedic climbed into the passenger seat, applied a cervical collar, and noticed blood from the head wound. The Jaws of Life were used to extract them from the vehicle. When the gurney bumped against the ambulance, everything disappeared and the experiencer entered an altered state. They were engulfed in a beautiful, peaceful, and loving white light for approximately 7.5 hours. During this time, they received a life review and were told they would be given a gift "after a while." Meanwhile, their body was transported to the hospital where a trauma surgeon decided to operate in the trauma room rather than moving them to an OR. The experiencer regained consciousness hearing the surgeon saying "Don't worry you are going to hear some noise" before placing three staples in their head. After hospitalization and physical therapy, a remarkable transformation occurred in 2011 - eleven years post-NDE. They developed the ability to channel messages from an entity called "They," bringing hope and guidance to many who sought answers. This delayed manifestation of psychic abilities represents the "gift" promised during the NDE. |
5 | Hospital | 7 | 1 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Severe auto accident with bilateral head trauma requiring surgery | Life review and prophecy about future gift, no verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 0 | 1 | Paramedic, trauma surgeon, medical team | Incompatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4245 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1000-tbi-and-a-message-for-my-granny.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1000-tbi-and-a-message-for-my-granny.html | 2010 | 2014 | Unknown |
Four years prior to sharing this account, the experiencer was driving home from work when they were violently rear-ended. The impact was so severe that the driver's side shock absorber was ejected and struck them in the head, while the driver's side rear tire hit the back of their seat. The trauma was catastrophic, resulting in a traumatic brain injury (TBI), four broken vertebrae, six broken ribs, a punctured lung, and cardiac arrest. Emergency responders initially called it in as a fatality. During the time of clinical death, the experiencer had an extensive conversation with their grandfather who had been deceased for 21 years. This encounter with the grandfather is the only memory retained from the entire accident. The experiencer remembers nothing else from the crash itself or from the subsequent four-plus weeks of hospitalization, except for one crucial moment. While lying in the hospital bed, they delivered a message to their grandmother (granny), telling her that "papaw said he'd be waiting." This message from the deceased grandfather to his widow carried profound significance, as the grandmother died less than a month after receiving it, presumably comforted by knowing her husband was waiting for her on the other side. The experience demonstrates the selective nature of memory during severe trauma, where spiritual encounters can remain vivid while all earthly events are erased. The message delivered suggests ongoing connection between deceased loved ones and those still living, with the NDE serving as a bridge for final communication. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest with TBI, multiple severe injuries, called in as fatality | Grandfather's message proved prophetic when grandmother died within month | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4246 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1001-its-heavenly-where-my-grandmother-is.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1001-its-heavenly-where-my-grandmother-is.html | 2008 | 2008-03-01 | 2014 | Unknown |
On March 1, 2008, at 1:00 AM, after being awake for over 24 hours studying for an exam and then going to a bar with friends, the experiencer became upset and drove toward their "place of peace" - a rest stop 30 miles away. Exhausted and under the influence of alcohol, they dozed off halfway there on a long stretch of road without rumble strips. The car was heading toward a tree at high speed when they experienced their NDE. During the experience, they found themselves in a tunnel of embracing, loving light and smelled a familiar perfume. They immediately recognized their grandmother who had died in 2001. Speaking in Spanish, the grandmother told them it wasn't their time because they had a long life ahead, and urgently instructed them to turn the wheel hard right and exit the car immediately. Following these instructions saved their life - they narrowly avoided the tree, but the dry grass caught fire from their engine, giving them only seconds to escape before the car was engulfed. This experience connected to an earlier spiritual visitation when the grandmother died. The experiencer had collapsed the day before she was hospitalized with a heart attack, and the night she died, she appeared to say she was going to heaven where she wouldn't suffer anymore. Minutes later, the family received the call confirming her death. This prior validated experience gave credibility to the life-saving intervention during the car accident. The NDE profoundly changed their perspective on death, removing all fear and providing certainty about the heavenly nature of the afterlife. They now offer comfort to grieving friends with authentic knowledge that deceased loved ones are in "a much better place." |
5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Near-fatal car accident, would have hit tree at high speed | Grandmother's specific instructions prevented fatal crash and fire death | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 1 | 0 | Grandmother provided life-saving driving instructions | 1.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 4247 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1829-hiker-has-merging-experience-during-near-fatal-fall.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1829-hiker-has-merging-experience-during-near-fatal-fall.html | 1999 | 2024 | Unknown | During a hiking accident in 1999, the experiencer careered off a mountain and faced almost certain death or catastrophic injury over approximately 30 seconds. As the person lost control descending the mountain, an intense fight-or-flight response kept them upright initially. In the final 5-10 seconds, they experienced a profound altered state. They intellectually realized they had no control over survival, felt tremendous relief as the weight of life lifted, experienced their life flashing past with no regrets, and felt tremendous purity and joy. Most remarkably, they ceased existing as a separate entity and dissolved into the surrounding environment like in The Matrix, no longer distinguishable from the grass and rocks. They stopped struggling as their vessel no longer contained them, experiencing tremendous euphoria and peace before impact. The person survived and now tells loved ones not to fear their final moments. They also report a prior experience with the spirit of a WWII soldier in Germany who directed them to find a 1942 rifle bullet shell. | 5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Near-fatal fall from mountain with life-threatening trauma | Profound experience of consciousness merging with environment but no specific veridical observations of events or objects | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 1 | 0 | Dissolution into surrounding environment | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4248 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1831-man-dies-of-sepsis-and-learns-we-are-meant-to-be-helping-each-other-progress-through-our-human-existences.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1831-man-dies-of-sepsis-and-learns-we-are-meant-to-be-helping-each-other-progress-through-our-human-existences.html | 2023 | 2023-05-22 | 2024 | 46 | M | On May 22, 2023, a 46-year-old extremely fit man died of respiratory and heart failure from stage 3 sepsis due to an undiagnosed gallstone. He had been misdiagnosed twice in the ER with severe allergic reactions over two weeks. At 4:30am, he woke feeling strange, stumbled to the bathroom using walls for support, dragging his right leg. In the mirror, he saw his skin had turned gray and sagging, barely breathing and extremely weak. Realizing he was dying, he felt placid acceptance without fear or regrets. He was immersed in moving darkness, then found himself in a foggy outdoor environment at dusk, standing on wild grass between green hills. He could see/feel 360 degrees and noticed grass emitting light. A being resembling a man but actually an entity was waiting on a rock, communicating telepathically. They reviewed his life decisions, showing what he could have done differently, focusing on whether he used his gifts to help others. He was shown two life paths and chose to return to help others despite being warned recovery would be difficult. After teachings about reality and connection, he was encompassed in bright golden-white light of indescribable love. He woke at 7:30am with 94F temperature, eventually diagnosed properly, suffering organ damage but making miraculous recovery including kidney function restoration. | 2 | Home | 10 | 12 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Respiratory and cardiac failure from stage 3 sepsis explicitly documented | Specific observations of foggy environment, being on rock, grass emitting light, but observations during death state rather than earthly verification | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw gray corpse-like appearance in mirror | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 4249 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1832-young-finnish-woman-in-abusive-relationship-is-cured-of-cancer-during-nde.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1832-young-finnish-woman-in-abusive-relationship-is-cured-of-cancer-during-nde.html | 2024 | 21 | F | A 21-year-old Finnish woman with stomach cancer was violently attacked by her abusive boyfriend who punched her stomach repeatedly and strangled her. She lost consciousness and found herself in the ER observing from the back wall as doctors and nurses worked feverishly on her lifeless body with a flatlining heart monitor. She felt pulled back emotionally, experiencing indescribable peace and love. She had perfect 360-degree vision, could hear everything in the hospital and outside, feeling more alive than ever. Even frozen winter trees felt alive to her. Her deceased grandparents approached from behind with overwhelming joy and love, telling her she could choose to come with them or return. She saw many others welcoming her, understood her cancer was caused by suppressed fear and stress, and that it would be gone if she returned. She understood life as a beautiful play where we are actors, with no right or wrong, only choices based on love levels. The purpose of life was revealed as joy and expansion through unique choices. After 20 minutes clinically dead, she chose to return. Within 24 hours, doctors were flabbergasted to find no cancerous cells. She struggled initially with overwhelming emotions but went on to become an Oscar and Emmy-nominated makeup artist with two sons. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clinically dead for 20 minutes with flatlining heart monitor in ER | Observed ER scene from back wall, 360-degree vision, heard everything in hospital, saw deceased grandparents, cancer mysteriously disappeared | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed ER scene from back wall | 0.00 | Hospital doctors | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 4250 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1833-woman-with-toxemia-visits-with-deceased-father-following-childbirth.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1833-woman-with-toxemia-visits-with-deceased-father-following-childbirth.html | 2000 | 2024 | F | In 2000, a woman in her mid-twenties gave birth to her second child after being diagnosed with toxemia at 35 weeks. Her father had passed when she was 16 from cancer. Following delivery, her condition worsened despite treatment with blood pressure skyrocketing and repeated passing out. Confined to bed and unable to hold her son, she was in physical and emotional pain. With only her mother present as her husband took their daughter to eat, she thought she was falling asleep but experienced a lightness and began floating toward a light. Everything else was dark but she felt no fear. Moving toward the light brought growing peace, love, and warmth. She no longer hurt physically or emotionally, feeling only joy and happiness with no struggle. She then heard her deceased father call her "Princess" and tell her it wasn't her time. Despite protesting that she wanted to stay with him in this wonderful feeling, he insisted she had two beautiful children who needed her and that he would be waiting when it was her time. She grudgingly decided to fight for her children and returned to her body, with blood pressure normalizing and pain disappearing. Her mother later confirmed she went from extremely restless to extremely calm, then woke as if never sick. She now doesn't fear death for herself, only what it would mean for her children. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Toxemia with dangerously high blood pressure and loss of consciousness | Heard deceased father speak, specific dialogue about children needing her | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 1 | 1 | Communication with deceased father | 0.00 | Mother | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 4251 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1834-death-is-the-door-to-the-real-world-beyond-this-imitation-that-is-called-life.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1834-death-is-the-door-to-the-real-world-beyond-this-imitation-that-is-called-life.html | 2009 | 2024 | F | A woman with cerebral palsy from a birth trauma shares two death experiences. First, as a one-week-old infant in the 1960s, she died during a blood transfusion when given incompatible blood, turning black and stiff with rigor mortis. After her mother prayed asking God to take or heal her, she miraculously revived, pink and moving. In 2009, she cut her leg which became septic. Despite seeing Jesus heal the wound, she experienced death the day after her son's 14th birthday. She felt a sharp pain in her right eye, blood rushing over her brain, then heartbeat and breathing stopping. She was enveloped in dark, black existence outside her body. Jesus's voice told her to stop breathing as she didn't need to anymore. She felt relief, warmth, love and peace in what she believed was Death's dark cloak, floating higher from mortality. Later, her eyes opened to brightness where her deceased father stood healthy, holding out his hand to welcome her home. She immediately said "No" and gently re-entered her dead body, feeling heartbeat and breathing restart. She woke the next morning and worked a full day without anyone knowing she had died. Ten days later she began her MLA program. She graduated in 2012 and was able to walk her eldest down the aisle. She describes death as the door to the real world beyond this imitation called life. | 2 | Home | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clear description of cardiac and respiratory arrest from sepsis | Witnessed Jesus healing wound, heard Jesus speak, saw deceased father in specific detail | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 0 | Jesus speaking during death | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4252 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1836-man-learns-the-light-is-love-and-it-is-love-that-keeps-the-light-alive.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1836-man-learns-the-light-is-love-and-it-is-love-that-keeps-the-light-alive.html | 2024 | M | A man hospitalized with post-surgical staph infection that went septic experienced an NDE while conscious but in considerable pain with erratic vital signs and hallucinations. Antibiotics had been ineffective. Before the NDE, he logically determined it was impossible to live with such overwhelming pain. His first sensation was awareness of leaving his body, absence of gravity and physical constraints. Looking down, he saw his body appearing clay-like and very dead. He arrived at a staging area with bright light emanating from a hidden source on his right and an immense wall of darkness like a lake surface on his left. Multitudes of small, dark shell-shaped entities rose through the dark surface. Recent arrivals in the staging area stopped between light and dark, with dust-like material falling around them as if shedding what they brought. When he wondered about the light source, consciousness responded that the light was love and love kept the light alive. When questioning if truly dead, he learned he must decide immediately to go back or not, like a light switch on or off. A woman in a white lab coat with clipboard appeared and when asked for guidance, told him with slight exasperation: "Just go do good." He returned to his body and eventually regained health. Those words have resonated and guided his life daily since. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Post-surgical septic infection, life-threatening condition | Detailed vision of staging area, entities, woman in lab coat with specific message | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 1 | 0 | Staging area between light and dark | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4253 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1838-during-tonsillectomy-child-leaves-body-and-meets-her-guide.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1838-during-tonsillectomy-child-leaves-body-and-meets-her-guide.html | 2024 | 5 | F | In the mid-1950s, a 5-year-old girl having tonsils and adenoids removed became hysterical when separated from her mother for surgery. She was strapped to the operating table while screaming, saw the bright surgical light above, then had cloth placed over eyes and mask over nose/mouth. Given ether while struggling, she went unconscious in two seconds, believing she died. Almost immediately conscious again but floating up from the table past staff toward the surgical light. Relieved she wasn't dead, she rose past the light to OR ceiling, turned to look down seeing entire room, operating table with her body, and staff movements. Realizing it was her body but feeling disconnected as the real her floated above. She floated through ceiling, saw hospital roof, building shape, parking lots and trees, having never seen the building exterior before. At 30-40 feet above roof, a being in white robe with white light around him stopped her, floating behind her right shoulder. He said she couldn't go further this time, that he'd always been with her, explained doctors were helping not harming her. He told her things about her future life (not remembered specifically) but clearly said "no matter what happens, you will always be okay." They descended together through roof back to OR, floated above surgical light where he explained the procedures and she saw the tonsillectomy instrument. After agreeing to return, she went unconscious, waking later in hospital bed no longer afraid. Memory returned 35 years later watching tonsillectomy on TV, recognizing the exact procedure and instruments. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 16 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Tonsillectomy under general anesthesia with ether | Saw OR layout, building exterior never seen before, surgical instruments, procedure details later confirmed by TV | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Strapped to table | 7/16/2025 | 3 | 0 | OR layout and equipment | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 4254 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1841-77-year-old-woman-recalls-out-of-body-experience-in-her-30-s-due-to-celiac-emergency.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1841-77-year-old-woman-recalls-out-of-body-experience-in-her-30-s-due-to-celiac-emergency.html | 2024 | F | A woman with undiagnosed Celiac disease experienced multiple life-threatening emergency surgeries throughout life. During one occasion, she was losing consciousness from blood loss in the ambulance with intermittent memory of being wheeled into ER and hearing voices. She then found herself floating near the ceiling just below the lights, looking down at a nurse who had been left alone with instructions to start IV blood transfusion. She saw the nurse clearly, frantically trying veins in neck and feet, unable to find one that wasn't collapsed. She heard either the nurse's voice or panicked thoughts saying she was losing her. The woman felt calm and tried to communicate to comfort the nurse in her distress. Simultaneously, she asked if she could have five more years because her grandmother and son were dependent on her. She was aware of being instantly returned to her body on the table but remained unconscious until awakening from anesthesia and surgery a day or so later. She felt undisturbed and calm regarding the experience with a sense of awe. When reflecting back, she realizes since that day she doesn't fear death for herself, only what her death would mean to her children. When her time comes, she will welcome the feeling of loving warmth and peace beyond imagination. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 14 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening blood loss requiring emergency surgery and transfusion | Observed nurse trying neck and feet veins, heard/sensed nurse's panic about losing patient | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 1 | 0 | Nurse attempting IV insertion | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4255 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1843-young-man-awakes-from-coma-to-find-futuristic-health-care-provided-for-him.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1843-young-man-awakes-from-coma-to-find-futuristic-health-care-provided-for-him.html | 2016 | 2024 | 20 | M | In 2016, a 20-year-old man was victim of attempted murder/assisted suicide by a friend who watched him pass away. He began seizing and asphyxiating on vomit before she called 911 claiming suicide attempt. Resuscitated by paramedics, he received medication through PIC line to heart in ER, was placed in comatose state on ventilator with prognosis of death. He sustained septic shock with kidney failure. During the week-long coma, he experienced a dark room vision with an upset but well-intentioned spirit saying "What have you done? You have to go back." Then blackness, not sleep but nothingness. Upon waking after a week still in ICU, he felt spiritually in year 2048 with nurses as computer programmers operating smart technology through "wall of life" network delivering nutrients and medicine, though not physically connected. He watched angels above guiding souls to heaven toward bright light, seeing the pathway to heaven. Against 40% survival odds even with treatment for stage 3 sepsis (which he didn't receive for 2 weeks), he miraculously survived. His kidneys restored function though organs don't normally reverse failure. Recovery involved 30 pounds lost, hair falling out, loose teeth, near-blindness, inability to digest solids, 18-hour sleep periods. Multiple doctors expressed amazement at his survival. He feels he received overdose of self and universal awareness, has uneasy feelings about world's future, but gained endless compassion and desire to help others. | 4 | Hospital | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Week-long coma with septic shock and organ failure, required resuscitation | Spirit telling him to go back, futuristic medical vision, angels guiding souls to heaven | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Ventilator | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 1 | Spirit communication | 0.00 | Multiple doctors | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 4256 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1845-girl-leaves-body-during-electrical-shock.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1845-girl-leaves-body-during-electrical-shock.html | 2024 | 5 | F | A 5-6 year old girl in Miami Beach was playing with cousins in bathing suits, spraying water on cement patio. An ungrounded wall air conditioning unit was plugged in but not turned on. She got too close and was electrically shocked, unable to break free. Anyone trying to help got shocked too. She broke free into grass, writhing and saying "I see red...I see blue..." then went unconscious with foam from mouth. Mother confirmed she stopped breathing with no pulse. Father, a reformed Jew with medical corps experience from Korean War, was heading to play tennis when "somebody" told him urgently to "Go Home." He found mother carrying child's lifeless body, immediately performed CPR on floor, flipped her over, and mother saw leg move. Child came to after resuscitation. During the event, she remembers watching everything from ceiling - seeing her limp body, green/gold shag carpeting, dad performing CPR. Parents confirmed she told them about ceiling observation after revival. Paramedics arrived after resuscitation. Years later, September 10, 2002, while painting upstairs hallway late at night with family asleep, two softball-sized orbs appeared on right side. She knew these light orbs were her deceased grandparents. They zoomed around and through her body for about a minute, giving her pure love, joy, and the most incredible wonderful feeling. | 2 | Home | 10 | 16 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Electrical shock causing cardiac arrest and respiratory failure, no pulse | Saw specific details from ceiling - body, carpet color, CPR actions. Father received supernatural warning | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 1 | 1 | Watched CPR from ceiling | 1.00 | Mother and Father | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||
| 4257 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1013-left-for-dead-on-a-pile-of-snow.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1013-left-for-dead-on-a-pile-of-snow.html | 2014 | 19 | F |
A college sophomore staying with a pregnant friend experienced carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty furnace repair. After becoming extremely drowsy and later being woken by frantic pounding at the door, she collapsed and lost consciousness. The neighbor who saw her collapse through the window dragged her outside and left her on snow for 15-20 minutes while getting help, believing she was dead. During this time, she experienced instant peace and observed her body from above with complete absence of pain. She ascended through the ceiling into fog-like clouds, thinking "No one had better be sad. This is wonderful. What a perfect time to come home." She entered a marble room with tall columns where a man in white clothing carrying a clipboard told her there had been a mistake and she needed to go back. Despite her arguments that the timing was perfect as she was single with no children or responsibilities, he showed her something in a vision that convinced her to return, though this content was taken from her memory. She regained consciousness while being dragged on an icy sidewalk, with the men carrying her expressing shock that she was alive. Her friend suffered no effects from the gas. The experience left her unafraid of death, knowing she cannot leave until the right time. She initially thought it was a dream but later understood it as real, describing it as "realer than real" and the most vivid experience of her life. The peace and weightlessness she experienced showed her that being in a body involves constant pain she had not previously recognized. |
5 | Home | 5 | 18 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Carbon monoxide poisoning described as life-threatening | Multiple specific observations including marble room details, man in white, clipboard, witnessing body being dragged | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 3 | 2 | Saw marble room with columns | 0.00 | Pregnant friend | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4258 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1014-no-surgeries.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1014-no-surgeries.html | 2014 | 27 | M |
The experiencer had two NDEs. At age 15, he was killed in a tractor accident, becoming a spirit watching his uncle continue driving unaware he was caught in the wheel and axle. After his uncle discovered and carried his body out, he merged back into it at the hospital, refusing amputation of his leg. At age 27, he was burned to death in a gasoline fire with a nurse trying to save him. He called out to God and felt his spirit leave through the ceiling into space. Initially in darkness like a balloon floating upward, he heard many voices crying that gradually faded. One voice clearly said "I Love You." He saw stars appear, first as specks then surrounding him completely. He felt profound peace in space, needing no air or water. A star grew larger and brighter, which he desired as "the star of my next life." Suddenly he felt lifted like a 2-3 year old child by someone placing hands under his arms, giggling as he was pulled away from the star. He fell asleep in these arms and woke merging back into his body, initially thinking he was in physical heaven. Others screamed he was a ghost when they saw him. A man told him he had been dead a long time and the ambulance was coming for his body. He drove himself to the hospital and refused skin grafts, healing completely over two years with no scars despite burns from head to ankles. Since then, he receives messages to write about world peace, experiencing strong compulsions to share these writings with officials. He lost his marriage and business to this calling but continues to receive these messages at age 49, understanding there is always life even after death. |
5 | Other | 5 | 16 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Burned to death in gasoline fire, clinically dead for extended period | Specific observations of space, stars, voices, being lifted by unseen presence, merging back into body | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 3 | 1 | Heard multiple voices crying | 0.00 | Man at scene | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 4259 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1015-wow-its-great-to-be-alive.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1015-wow-its-great-to-be-alive.html | 2014 | M |
A technology director was running data cables through a ceiling when he contacted an exposed electrical wire and was electrocuted. He was found unconscious on the floor with ceiling debris around him and the fiberglass ladder twisted in the corner. He suffered a double skull fracture from the fall. During his unconsciousness, he found himself on a small boat or raft on smooth, dark water at night. The craft had knee-high material around it and was piloted by someone unseen. He approached a shore with a hill or cliff and beach, where a figure holding a lamp stood on the hill. The figure reminded him of the Led Zeppelin 4 album cover - a robed, bearded man with a lamp. A female voice said "we don't need him right now, send him back." He then woke up with the custodian informing him of his accident. Despite his injuries, he refused immediate hospital treatment and drove home. The next morning, while waiting at a clinic after vomiting from concussion, he had multiple out-of-body experiences. He saw his wife reading a magazine, listened to conversations, and saw his own body on a gurney with a sheet up to his neck. This continued in the ICU and hospital room. He recovered fully with minimal impairment and transformed his life positively - spending quality time with family, helping terminally ill people, embracing new opportunities that led to a 4x pay increase, and witnessing his daughters' many achievements. He remains uncertain whether the darkness meant he was heading to Heaven but is grateful he "wasn't needed" yet. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Electrical accident causing double skull fracture and unconsciousness | Specific imagery of boat, shore, figure with lamp, heard voice saying not needed | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw boat journey and shore with figure | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4260 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1020-tbd.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1020-tbd.html | 2014 | Unknown |
The experiencer found themselves looking down at their unconscious body in a hospital bed surrounded by concerned medical staff. They left the room through ceiling cracks and entered a small vehicle the size of a matchbox filled with white light, becoming one with the box, driver, and light. Stopping in darkness, they entered through a large door into an endless room filled with transparent human beings who were anxiously waiting for something or someone. Upon entering, all eyes turned to them, but realizing it was only "little me," the beings returned to their anxious conversations in incomprehensible words. A lady with a halo approached saying "Oh, you don't belong here" and carried them like a baby into another room. In the corner stood a vibrating cross of the same white light color as the vehicle and halo. The lady knelt before the cross in silence while holding them. After some time, she stood and waited. From the middle of the cross came an extremely stern voice calling their name: "Go back to your body now and remember that was your last chance." They immediately regained consciousness in the hospital. The experience emphasized themes of judgment, divine authority, and a final warning about some unspecified life issue. The presence of the cross, the halo-wearing guide, and the stern divine voice from the cross all point to Christian symbolism, though the "last chance" warning suggests this may have been related to a suicide attempt or self-destructive behavior. |
6 | Hospital | 3 | 14 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Hospital setting with unconscious patient, medical crisis implied | Specific details of matchbox vehicle, transparent beings, lady with halo, vibrating cross | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw room of transparent waiting beings | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4261 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1034-ancestors-care-about-us-and-our-world.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1034-ancestors-care-about-us-and-our-world.html | 2010 | 2014 | M |
Diagnosed terminal with cancer and 39 days into a 30-day life expectancy, the experiencer was at death's door when he had what he initially thought was a dream but later recognized as an NDE. He found himself in an endless expanse of darkness where he could see 360 degrees without turning his head. A calming vibration or humming sound accompanied a growing reddish glow that appeared peach, pink, and orange in colors more vivid than ever experienced. He arrived at what seemed like the edge of an endless volcanic-like expanse, his feet dangling over the edge while feeling weightless and at peace. The smell was crisp like after a thunderstorm. A bright ball of light appeared, swirling with blue streaks, occasionally forming a doughnut shape with a dark blue/black whirlpool center. From this emerged the weathered face of an older man with long wavy hair. Though familiar-feeling, he didn't recognize him. The being asked "Are you ready?" and despite having given up in his waking state, he replied "no, I'm not ready yet." The being said "There is something important you still need to do" while smiling and emanating increasing light. When he touched the being's cheek, his body vibrated and he briefly saw valleys, mountains, streams, and numerous people and animals in a peaceful place before being engulfed in white light and returning to his hospital bed. He immediately demanded to see all twelve doctors and told them he had to live because something important awaited him. Three years later, at Christmas 2013, he discovered the face from his NDE was his grandfather who died in 1956, before his birth, when he saw his photo on a calendar. The experience triggered a three-year healing journey including a miraculous recovery from hospice, development of an insatiable desire for learning, theories about quantum physics, enhanced sixth senses, and a calling to better mankind. He emerged cancer-free with transformed consciousness. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 18 | 30 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Terminal cancer diagnosis, 39 days past 30-day life expectancy | Extremely specific details of light being, face emergence, grandfather identification years later | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw face emerge from light orb | 1.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4262 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1038-i-was-so-little.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1038-i-was-so-little.html | 2014 | Unknown |
As a small child, the experiencer ingested many pills left accessible by parents and went into a coma lasting 2-3 days. During this time, they experienced a calm and pleasant lightness, floating 2-3 feet above their body. They observed their body being placed in an ambulance and taken to the hospital, seeing vivid color images of the ambulance, driver, and accompanying people. The final observation was particularly poignant - they saw themselves leaning next to their aunt who watched the ambulance depart. As the aunt turned back toward the house crying, the experiencer was somehow present beside her, witnessing her emotional distress. After 2-3 days in coma, they woke up in the hospital ready to play, showing the resilience typical of young children. These images remained unforgettable throughout their life, though few people believed what they saw and felt, eventually leading them to stop sharing the experience. Since the NDE, they have felt the deaths of people closest to them, which they acknowledge might be coincidence but is sometimes painful. The experience left them with enhanced sensitivity to others' passing and vivid memories that have never faded despite the passage of time. The child's perspective adds innocence to the account, with the simple desire to play upon awakening contrasting with the profound nature of what they witnessed. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 14 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Child overdose leading to 2-3 day coma | Specific observations of ambulance, driver, aunt crying, floating above body | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw body in ambulance | 0.00 | Aunt | Moderately Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4263 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1040-a-monk-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1040-a-monk-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel.html | 2014 | F |
During a violent marriage, the experiencer was punched in the eye area by her husband and fell down. He then strangled her until she lost consciousness. Everything became smoky and cloudy, like being in nothingness. She began to see light and understood with excitement that she had died, thinking "Oh, it's true. There IS life after death." Things became more focused as she walked along a long winding path through a forest-like environment. In the far distance, she could see a monastery. A being became visible, dressed in brown robe-like clothing with a belt, who raised his arms to greet her. As she walked closer, she felt excitement about reaching her destiny. However, just as she was about to enter his arms, he stopped her. He raised one hand, pointed his index finger at her, and in very loud, carefully spoken words said, "You must go back." Like a flash, she felt a vacuum sucking her back into her body. She was aware only of her astral body until it hit and merged with her physical body. Upon becoming conscious, her first thought was anger: "You bastard. You made me come back." She felt angry that she couldn't stay in that peaceful place. Someone helped her up and she went to take care of herself. The experience remains vivid in her mind, confirming for her the reality of life after death despite being sent back before reaching her perceived destination. |
5 | Home | 5 | 12 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Strangled until lost consciousness in domestic violence incident | Specific details of path, monastery, monk in brown robes with belt | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw path to monastery | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4264 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1042-grandma-heard-me.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1042-grandma-heard-me.html | 2014 | Unknown |
During a childhood game of follow-the-leader involving bicycle jumps over a manhole cover, the experiencer flipped over and landed on their head. They immediately left their body and observed themselves on the ground, feeling no pain but experiencing panic from not understanding what was happening. Instantly, they went to the second story of their house and tried to get their grandmother's attention through the window. It was peculiar because when trying to get her attention, the grandmother looked directly at them but seemed not to see them. Then, as if she somehow heard them despite not seeing them, she went outside and discovered the child on the ground. Once the grandmother saw the injured child, the experiencer instantly returned to their body. At the hospital, doctors found only two black eyes with no brain damage, which they considered remarkable given the severity of the impact. Since this NDE, the experiencer has seen beings of light who visit and tell them "odd things." They try to hide from these beings who appear suddenly, attempting to ignore them and the messages they bring. The experiencer fears being thought crazy if they share what these beings tell them. Additionally, they've had ongoing out-of-body experiences where they see themselves sleeping, return to their body, wake up but cannot move for 1-2 minutes, feeling like they're screaming but producing no sound. These episodes represent a continuation of the consciousness alterations that began with the childhood NDE. |
5 | Other | 5 | 14 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Head trauma from bicycle accident, flipped and landed on head | Saw self on ground, went to second floor, grandmother seemed to hear but not see | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw own body on ground | 0.00 | Grandmother | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4265 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1061-qburned-the-candle-at-both-endsq.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1061-qburned-the-candle-at-both-endsq.html | 2014 | 18 | F |
At age 18, before starting college, the experiencer succumbed to mononucleosis for the second time after "burning the candle at both ends" with two jobs, active social life, and little sleep. She was hospitalized with an extremely high temperature and throat/airways almost completely swollen closed. Her mother told her to drink water quickly or she would die. While delirious, she drank the water and experienced a whooshing sound. She then heard trumpets or horns making a pretty but not melodic noise. She saw an extremely bright tunnel of light going up to the right with darker figures in it. She wasn't afraid and thought "I drank the water; I'm not supposed to die, but this is kind of cool." Then she whooshed back. Her mother later confirmed she had broken her fever and her white blood cell count improved. Her hearing was severely affected, remaining muffled for an extended period. Despite being very ill, she insisted on attending college as planned. Her hearing problems and exhaustion nearly caused her to flunk out initially, but she slowly recovered. Years later, when she learned about NDEs through media, she recognized her experience as one. Following the NDE, she developed several abilities and insights: always knowing she would be close to a little girl (fulfilled through raising her granddaughter), ability to communicate with animals, success in teaching inner-city students and community theater, and psychic abilities including correctly calling 12 cards in a row at blackjack and knowing future events. She attributes her transformation from a timid, shy child to a confident, unafraid adult to her NDE and the certainty it gave her about life after death. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 12 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Hospitalized with severe mononucleosis, high fever, airways swollen nearly closed | Bright tunnel of light with figures, trumpet sounds, specific directional details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 0 | Heard trumpet/horn sounds | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4266 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1063-schoolbus-to-heaven.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1063-schoolbus-to-heaven.html | 2014 | F |
As a child, the experiencer was hit by a truck after getting off the school bus, suffering a broken femur, 6 cracked ribs, and punctured lungs. She remembers looking up at shocked people and a paramedic ripping her jeans, then saw the ambulance drive off with her body - her spirit was out, free, and in no pain. She had a short but fast life review that scared her knowing her life was about to end. She woke in darkness that night in the hospital with tubes in her nose and throat, leg in traction, initially thinking she was in hell until a nurse explained she had been in an accident. The next day, with family surrounding her bed and a priest giving Last Rites, she was instantly above her body looking down, feeling bad about how awful she looked and her family's sadness. She then traveled fast toward the wooden cross on the wall, entering a huge ball of white light that protected her and brought her to Heaven. She saw herself skipping, laughing, and holding the strong hand of Jesus, who wore a white flowing gown and sandals. He made her feel incredibly loved and she was excited about where He was taking her. When Jesus said "it is not your time, you have to go back," she wanted to throw a tantrum but had to return. Back above her damaged body, upset about returning, she bounced around the room like a racquetball fighting not to go back until "pop!" - she was suctioned into her chest area with no choice but to surrender. Since the accident, she has never felt the same and still longs to return to Heaven. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 36 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Hit by truck, broken femur, 6 cracked ribs, punctured lungs, Last Rites given | Saw ambulance leave with body, Jesus in white gown and sandals, specific details of return | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw ambulance leave with body | 1.00 | Family and priest | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4267 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1857-woman-in-labor 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1857-woman-in-labor-has-oob-and-feels-like-she-is-home.html | 1984 | 2024 | F |
A woman 10 days overdue was induced with Pitocin at a small community hospital. After receiving an epidural and a second dose from the anesthetist, she experienced a severe reaction - tasting metal, becoming completely numb, and unable to breathe. She went into cardiac and respiratory arrest requiring emergency code blue response. During the medical crisis, she found herself floating in the upper right corner of the room, observing everything from above. She watched the nurse grab her head, holding her eyes open while yelling "Don't go, don't go, Lori!" She could see the code blue light flashing, people rushing in with a crash cart, and the medical team working frantically on her body below. Despite witnessing this emergency scene, she felt incredible peace and didn't understand why the nurse didn't want her to leave. She experienced a powerful pull toward a warm light on her right side that felt increasingly like home. The light was extraordinary - like looking directly at the sun but without hurting her eyes. She felt pure love and knew with certainty that this was where she belonged. The warmth and peace were unlike anything she had ever experienced. The nurse who held her eyes later confirmed she knew the patient wasn't in her body and verified the exact sequence of events. Following emergency C-section surgery, she survived but suffered complications including a retained surgical gauze that caused severe infection requiring additional surgeries. For years she struggled with anger about having to return, experiencing panic attacks and health issues while keeping her experience secret until a therapist helped her understand it as a near-death experience. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 36 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Clear cardiac and respiratory arrest with code blue response in hospital setting | Multiple specific observations: nurse holding eyes, code blue light, crash cart, exact words spoken. Nurse later verified she knew patient was out of body | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/16/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed nurse actions and heard words | 1.00 | Nurse | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 4268 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1858-deepest-calm 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1858-the-deepest-calm-i-ve-ever-felt-stemming-from-a-sense-of-understanding-and-accepting-the-entire-universe.html | 2017 | 2024 | 57 | Unknown |
In April 2017, a 57-year-old person was driving seven hours to get a tattoo when their vehicle lost control on the interstate, possibly due to a dog in the road. The car spun into the center guardrail and rolled three times over the median into oncoming traffic on the southbound side. The accident resulted in a subdural hematoma and subarachnoid hemorrhage, requiring emergency treatment in the Neurovascular ICU. Despite the severity, no bones were broken, though the person needed stitches in their scalp and lip and required a cane for walking initially. The experiencer has complete amnesia about the accident itself, with their last trustworthy memory being driving north and seeing a road fatality sign on Friday. They didn't return to conscious awareness until Sunday afternoon in the ICU, describing it not as waking up but as being "back in my body after stepping away from it." Though unable to form new memories during the brain injury period, they retained profound feelings from the experience. The most significant aspect was experiencing "the deepest calm I've ever felt, stemming from a sense of understanding and accepting the entire universe." This wasn't just peace but a complete comprehension and acceptance of everything. The experiencer describes their inner life as no longer limited by their physical body, feeling that "the entire universe is inside and out." They feel more spacious inside and more connected to everything around them, finding it difficult to invest in society's unimportant values. The experience created a clear division in their life - before and after. They describe their consciousness as having been "reset," with their "new self" recently turning seven and a half years old at the time of writing. While maintaining the same personality, their perspective has expanded dramatically. Pre-accident memories feel qualitatively different, like "old save files in a video game that I can't play." The lasting transformation includes difficulty with materialistic values and a permanent sense of universal connection. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident with documented subdural hematoma and subarachnoid hemorrhage, ICU treatment | Profound universal understanding and consciousness changes, but limited specific veridical observations during NDE | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 0 | Universal understanding and acceptance | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||
| 4269 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1866-cliff-accident 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1866-young-woman-who-went-over-cliff-can-now-sense-when-people-are-dead.html | 2007 | 2007-10-22 | 2024 | F |
On October 22, 2007, a young woman was on a hunting trip in Idaho with family and friends. While riding ATVs on a mountain ridge with her stepmother's best friend Dory, their vehicle got stuck in reverse while trying to turn around on a trail that ended. The ATV went off a cliff, falling 100 feet before being stopped by a dead tree. The woman became trapped under the tree while Dory died on impact. She woke up screaming for help and passed in and out of consciousness for hours before being found by another hunter who climbed down to reach them. During one period of unconsciousness, she experienced seeing a light followed by a voice saying "It's not your time." She immediately woke up after hearing the voice, just in time to hear an ATV on the path above and scream for help, leading to her rescue. When the hunter reached her, she discovered Dory had died, though she had been certain Dory was right by her head the entire time she was trapped, feeling her hair nearby. The most puzzling aspect was her absolute certainty that Dory had been positioned by her head throughout the ordeal, when in reality Dory's body was by her feet. She cannot reconcile this discrepancy between her clear memory of Dory's presence near her head and the actual location of the body. This suggests she may have been sensing Dory's spiritual presence rather than her physical location. Following the accident, she developed an unusual ability to sense when people have died. Whenever she sees someone on TV, in the news, or even just their picture, she immediately knows if they have passed away. This ability has proven accurate every time it has occurred. She describes it as an immediate knowing rather than a guess or feeling, and it happens consistently whenever she encounters images of deceased individuals. |
5 | Other | 8 | 10 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | 100-foot cliff fall with severe trauma, trapped for hours | Heard voice saying "It's not your time" with immediate awakening, sensed Dory's presence in wrong location, developed death-sensing ability | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 0 | Light and voice during unconsciousness | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||
| 4270 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1868-collective-consciousness 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1868-we-all-fit-into-a-kind-of-collective-loving-consciousness.html | 2014 | 2024 | 57 | M |
A 57-year-old man with TWAR bacterial lung disease for two years experienced severe breathing difficulties one October evening about 10 years ago. After taking the wrong medication in panic, his breathing stopped completely and his heart ceased beating. He felt complete silence in his chest and gave up, thinking "now it's over." The room then became vibrantly bright and alive, with a gigantic loving face appearing on the ceiling that smiled warmly at him before he left his body. He found himself in an extraordinarily bright and alive landscape where every color was more beautiful than anything on Earth. Everything vibrated with conscious life force - flowers, grass, trees, everything was alive. He experienced an overwhelming sense of being HOME, with happiness a million times stronger than having his first child. A bright light figure appeared who knew everything about him, radiating ancient wisdom and love while speaking with a humorous, deep voice directly into his consciousness. Three other light figures observed from a distance. The being asked what he had done with his life, triggering a complete life review where he experienced all 57 years in an instant from both his perspective and that of everyone he had affected. He felt the pain he had caused others, particularly reliving bullying a vulnerable girl in school, feeling her wounds and suffering as if he were her. The light being's love helped heal his pain, explaining that everything was perfect and about learning, that love and its consequences mean everything. He received vast knowledge about humanity's future, understanding that everything would eventually work out despite near-term difficulties. After expanding into a sphere of consciousness containing all his lives throughout time and the universe's entire history, understanding that existence is created by love and that humans struggle by confusing this with physical emotions, he was told to return. He would get well and continue his life. He awoke the next morning in the fetal position with his breathing completely restored, his years-long illness cured. Ten years later, he remains permanently changed with part of his eternal self always present. |
2 | Home | 10 | 15 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 0 | Heart stopped, breathing ceased, clear death experience at home | Extensive detailed observations of otherworldly realm, beings, life review with specific examples | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 4 | 0 | Face on ceiling and vibrant room | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 4271 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1870-six-year-old-boy 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1870-six-year-old-boy-who-fell-and-was-in-and-out-of-his-body-also-left-his-body-as-an-infant.html | 1976 | 2024 | 6 | M |
In 1976 Montreal, a six-year-old boy in grade one was playing in an icy school playground during winter recess when a friend took his winter hat and ran. While chasing him, the boy slipped on ice, fell, and cracked his skull. He was guided to a classroom desk where he became nauseous and vomited before falling unconscious. An ambulance took him to the hospital where he experienced cardiac and respiratory arrest lasting 3.5 minutes, with at least one additional arrest episode. His family doctor later confirmed that Dr. White had saved his life during the resuscitation. During the cardiac arrest, he found himself floating above his body near the operating room ceiling, watching a man pushing on his chest with more people present than when he had entered. He observed Dr. White with his white sideburns, feeling the doctor's distress. From this elevated perspective, he could see the entire resuscitation effort taking place below. The experience was accompanied by overwhelming unconditional love and a sense of complete oneness with everything in creation - people, plants, animals, stars, rocks, space - all connected through love. He saw an incredibly bright white light to his left that he initially thought was a window, then moved toward it. When he approached the light, he felt like a rubber band snapped and was propelled back into his body. Later memories revealed he had walked over a bow-shaped bridge to a bench in a beautiful, peaceful place where he met a man in a robe he knew to be Jesus. They talked for what seemed like a long time, with Jesus radiating love. When told he had to go back because his mother needed him, he was sent back to his body. Years later at age 16, his family doctor confirmed that Dr. White had indeed performed the resuscitation and that the details the boy had observed from above were accurate. The memory of the experience had been suppressed until revealed during meditation decades later, when his guide restored the complete memory. The experience also connected to an earlier memory from when he was 14 days old in an orphanage, where he had floated above rows of cribs and heard a similar comforting voice. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Documented cardiac and respiratory arrest for 3.5 minutes in hospital | Observed Dr. White with white sideburns, resuscitation details, equipment placement - all confirmed accurate by family doctor | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed resuscitation from ceiling | 1.00 | Family doctor | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 4272 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1871-woman-car-accident 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1871-woman-in-her-30s-has-two-ndes-within-months-of-each-other.html | 2024 | 2024-05-11 | 2024 | F |
On May 11, 2024, an acupuncturist in her 30s was driving home from dinner in Hoboken, NJ on the turnpike at 11:44 PM. While in the right lane at 60+ mph, a car suddenly appeared directly in front of her. She swerved left to avoid it but encountered another car in the middle lane, forcing her to swerve back right where she lost control. Her car hit the guardrail head-on and spun 180 degrees, with the rear hitting the guardrail again. She found herself facing oncoming traffic as a sitting duck with smoke coming from the hood. In this moment of extreme peril, facing certain death from oncoming traffic, she experienced a profound spiritual encounter. Looking out the window, she saw a purplish-blue veil or cloud and had a vision of a major car pile-up on the turnpike that would be caused by her disabled vehicle. She saw her parents being awakened hours later by police notifying them of her death. She felt deep sadness for what this would do to her family. She then clearly sensed the presence of her friend Walter who had died in 2007 and her maternal grandfather who died in the 1960s before she was born. She felt her grandfather "holding back" the line of cars headed toward her while Walter was closer, telling her to look down at the gear shift and restart the car. Following his guidance, she managed to restart the vehicle and reach the left shoulder just as cars whizzed by. The police officer who responded told her she should have been dead. The experience profoundly changed her life and practice. She had to take 2.5 months off from her acupuncture practice and could only work part-time upon return. She walked away without physical injury but had a concussion despite not hitting her head. The experience gave her two profound insights: "I have never not been held" and "On the other side of fear is pure ecstasy." Her purpose is becoming clearer as she realizes she needs to show up differently in her healing work. |
5 | Other | 8 | 12 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 5 | High-speed head-on collision with guardrail, car disabled facing oncoming traffic | Vision of future pile-up, sensed specific deceased individuals who provided life-saving guidance | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 1 | Vision of future events | 0.00 | Police officer | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||
| 4273 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1872-man-jesus-hell 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1872-man-thinks-he-s-going-to-hell-but-jesus-takes-his-sins-away.html | 2020 | 2020-05-08 | 2024 | M |
On May 8, 2020, a man attempting to quit drinking alcohol had been taking Topamax and experiencing two weeks of withdrawal with limited nutrition. While playing with his dog, he became lightheaded and asked for something sweet, thinking he had low blood sugar. He began seeing vivid melting rainbow colors like a DMT trip before his head rolled back and he died, feeling a giant bubble-wrap popping sensation in his chest. He was later diagnosed with severe dehydration and beginning kidney failure. Upon dying, he found himself facing his own body, having crossed into a higher dimension (comparing it to turning a 2D character's hat backwards). An angel's powerful presence was in the room to his right, though he was too afraid to look directly at it. He immediately felt all his sins upon himself as a dark pit opened in the floor that he knew would devour him and where he belonged. He begged Jesus for forgiveness, and the angel laughingly thought into his head "Good choice" before they were instantly transported elsewhere. He found himself approaching a gigantic mountain so vast it wrapped around his peripheral vision. Jesus instantly removed all his sins with astonishing ease. Flying up the mountain, he saw people cheering for him and children surrounding a pen with a long-necked dinosaur. At the mountain's summit was a square altar with fire containing Jesus's cross that would never burn, topped with a rotating molten golden crown where Pilate's sign had transformed. Throughout the experience, he repeatedly insisted he needed to return for his son and girlfriend Ashley, saying his ex wouldn't teach their son about Jesus. When the angel said "Last chance," he confirmed he had to go back. The return was crushingly painful but beautiful, feeling like being born again. He came to vomiting while everyone in the room was crying. He jumped up declaring heaven is real, having experienced a complete transformation and healing. He now dedicates his second life to serving Jesus, grateful for being saved from the hell he deserved. |
5 | Home | 8 | 14 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe dehydration with beginning kidney failure, apparent death experience | Detailed visions of hell, heaven, mountain, Jesus's cross with crown, specific beings | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 3 | 0 | Dark pit of hell opening | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4274 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1873-child-tonsillectomy 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1873-child-leaves-body-during-tonsillectomy-and-remembers-operating-room-and-jesus.html | 1970 | 2024 | 5 | Unknown |
A five-year-old child underwent tonsillectomy surgery but had an unknown very low enzyme level of Cholinesterase, making the anesthesia act like a massive overdose that the body couldn't break down or absorb. This caused cardiac and respiratory arrest lasting 3.5 minutes initially, with at least one additional arrest. It took seven hours before the child was declared stable in recovery. Years later at age 16, the family doctor confirmed that Dr. White had saved the child's life and that the observed details were accurate. During the cardiac arrest, the child floated near the operating room ceiling, watching a man pushing on their chest with more people present than when surgery began, including equipment behind their head. They moved down to observe Dr. White closely, noting his white sideburns and feeling his distress. From the ceiling perspective, they experienced overwhelming unconditional love and complete oneness with everything in creation - people, plants, animals, stars, rocks, space - all connected through love. They saw an incredibly bright white light to the left that they initially thought was a window. Moving toward the light, they felt snapped back like a rubber band into their body. Later recalled memories revealed walking over a bow-shaped bridge to a bench in a beautiful, peaceful place where they met a man in a robe they knew to be Jesus. They talked for what seemed a long time while feeling deeply loved. Jesus told them they had to go back because their mother needed them, after which they were sent back to their body. Upon waking in recovery after seven hours, a nurse called them "Sleeping Beauty." When their mother and family doctor visited, the child's first words were "I died, didn't I?" causing their mother to go white. The doctor told the mother, "Sometimes they know. I don't know how, but sometimes they know." The experience was initially suppressed due to sensing others didn't want to hear about it, but the core knowledge of unconditional love and connection remained. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 16 | 36 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac and respiratory arrest for 3.5 minutes during surgery, Cholinesterase deficiency | Observed Dr. White's appearance, resuscitation details, OR changes - doctor confirmed accuracy years later | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/16/2025 | 3 | 1 | Observed resuscitation from ceiling | 1.00 | Family doctor | Moderately Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 4275 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1064-white-lotus-flower-of-love.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1064-white-lotus-flower-of-love.html | 2014 | F |
During childbirth, the experiencer suffered from eclampsia resulting in seizures and two cardiac arrests. While unconscious during the first seizure when her heart stopped twice, she found herself observing the scene from the ceiling. She watched the chaos below - her lifeless body on the bed with doctors and nurses frantically working, attaching her to a cardiac defibrillator attempting to restart her heart. She felt completely calm and unafraid despite witnessing her own death. She could see everything but could not hear the sounds of the emergency. Then she heard a voice coming from her left shoulder accompanied by a beautiful white light. The voice told her to "go back" to her body. Without questioning, she trusted this presence and the light, feeling as if she already knew who it was. She immediately returned to her lifeless body below. She awakened three weeks later after being in a coma, with no memory of the intervening time. The experience left her feeling that something was missing and searching for meaning. She felt a massive connection to the earth, nature, and Indigenous peoples. Years later in 2011, she had a spontaneous Kundalini awakening during lucid dreaming where she saw a white snake enter her spine, travel upward in vibrant colors, and burst through her head as a beautiful white lotus flower with pure white light flooding upward. She described this as the most amazing feeling of pure unconditional love she had ever experienced, beyond words. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 6 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Eclampsia with seizures and two cardiac arrests during childbirth - clear life-threatening medical emergency | Out-of-body observation of resuscitation efforts from ceiling viewpoint, but no specific verifiable details provided | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Coma for 3 weeks | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed resuscitation from ceiling | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4276 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1065-traveling-through-the-tunnel.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1065-traveling-through-the-tunnel.html | 2014 | Unknown |
The experiencer was severely ill with five parasitic infestations simultaneously - bacillary dysentery, amoebic dysentery, pinworms, roundworms, and giardia. While lying on the floor to take a nap before a doctor's appointment, they began experiencing an interior buzzing or trembling sensation in their head. With eyes open, they felt dizzy with a sensation similar to spinning and stopping. They remained fully aware as they felt their spirit lift away from their body, maintaining the same horizontal position and compass direction as their physical form below. From their elevated spirit perspective, they could see in all directions simultaneously like being in a helicopter bubble. After lifting higher, their focus turned toward forward flight heading west. They gradually became aware of traveling through a large, dark tunnel with highlights lit from a source at the very end, resembling a mountain tunnel carved from rock. They moved faster and faster toward the light at the tunnel's end. Suddenly everything changed, and they found themselves hovering over their brother's house, still on their back but able to see the house in plan view as if the roof were removed. Inside, they observed their mother and sister-in-law chatting about normal topics - what the kids were doing, recipes, clothing styles. Then they were suddenly pulled back into their body head first, as if being sucked back to the floor. Eleven days later, they received a letter from their mother describing her visit to the brother's house and the exact conversation with the sister-in-law that the experiencer had already witnessed and described to another volunteer. This verification transformed their view from considering it an interesting mental phenomenon to recognizing there truly is another dimension of reality. |
5 | Home | 5 | 18 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Severe parasitic infections - life-threatening condition with five simultaneous infestations | Distant observation of specific conversation at brother's house, later verified by mother's letter with matching details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed brother's house from above | 1.00 | Mother | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4277 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1066-out-of-body-accident.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1066-out-of-body-accident.html | 2014 | Unknown |
The experiencer was driving when their vehicle skidded, rolled several times, and landed upside down. They were knocked unconscious and felt transformed out of body into another realm. They found themselves floating in a vast void with no colors or lights, just a feeling of complete release, peace, and comfort. They wanted to remain in this peaceful state. In the void, they felt the presence of their brother who had died a year earlier. More profoundly, they sensed several beings communicating telepathically without words but with a clear message: it was not their time, there was much for them to do yet. Despite feeling sad about having to return, the message was definitive. The beings emphasized "it is OK" along with the instruction to return. Upon returning from the void to the accident scene, they remained out of body but now stood across the road alongside a friend who had witnessed the accident. They looked at each other while the experiencer's physical body remained visible inside the wrecked vehicle. This dual presence was observed by both parties. Then they were suddenly pulled back into their body inside the car. They awakened upside down with their head on the sunroof, crawled out through the driver's side window, and walked across the road to where their friend still stood in the same spot. When asked, the friend confirmed she had just seen them standing there moments before, despite their body being trapped in the vehicle. This shared observation of the experiencer's spiritual form outside the wreck while their physical body remained inside provided remarkable third-party verification of the out-of-body state. |
5 | Other | 5 | 16 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Severe vehicle accident with multiple rollovers and unconsciousness - life-threatening trauma | Bilocation witnessed by friend who saw experiencer standing beside her while body remained in vehicle | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 1 | Standing across road while body in vehicle | 1.00 | Friend (witness to accident) | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4278 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1067-three-beings-of-light.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1067-three-beings-of-light.html | 2014 | Unknown |
The experiencer underwent a 12-hour surgery for removal of a benign neuroma. Initially dismissing the experience as a strange dream, they later recognized it as a near-death experience after reading "Life After Life" and "Life After Death" months later. During the surgery, they floated up to the ceiling as a mist-like consciousness and observed the medical team in green gowns and caps working seriously over a body. They realized with complete detachment that it was their own body they had just left. They floated effortlessly through a dark tunnel toward a beautiful yellow-white light that naturally drew them in. Upon reaching the light, they found themselves in pure beautiful light with no forms or boundaries, experiencing a peace unlike anything they had ever known. Time and space ceased to exist. At one point, they became one with everything, knowing all knowledge instantaneously - answers appeared immediately with each thought. They experienced being the infinite Pure White Light itself, feeling both omniscient and paradoxically lonely as the only existence. Three Beings of Light then appeared, with the middle one seeming larger and two accompanying on each side. They communicated telepathically that the experiencer must return to their body, that their mission and purpose on earth was not finished. Despite the experiencer's reluctance and desire to remain in that indescribable peace, they had no choice. They re-entered their body through the crown of the head like a wisp of smoke. They awakened to the doctor slapping their face and calling their name, with family and friends around them. The experience transformed their life - they left organized religion, lost all fear of death, and now look forward to what comes next. They report receiving wisdom and recognition over time from what they were shown on the other side, understanding that life is joyous and filled with laughter and love, with love being the greatest. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | 12-hour surgery for neuroma removal under general anesthesia | Observed surgical team from above, experienced omniscient state, met three beings of light | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/16/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed surgical team from ceiling | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4279 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1068-nde-in-pre-term-labor.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1068-nde-in-pre-term-labor.html | 2014 | F |
During pre-term labor in the hospital, the experiencer received terbutaline (brethine) intravenously which immediately caused distress. Within seconds of saying "Something doesn't feel right," the medication stopped their heart, requiring a Code Blue response. They lost normal consciousness and entered a vast, peaceful dark void. In this space, they existed as pure consciousness without physical form - discovering they had no fingers or toes to wiggle, existing only as awareness itself. After contemplating their situation in the void, they sent out a thought asking what they should do and how long they would be there. They sensed another being's presence and energy everywhere and nowhere simultaneously. The being communicated telepathically, asking "Are you ready?" which they understood meant ready to leave this life. During their contemplation, the being showed them a life review consisting of childhood scenes with parents and other people, evoking joy at loving scenes and sadness at angry ones. Initially feeling they had made a mess of things, they felt ready to move on to perhaps try again in a different life. When asked again if they were certain about being ready to go, they were shown their two oldest children and remembered being pregnant with another child. The being revealed what the baby girl would look like at two years old. This vision of their children, especially the unborn child's future, changed everything. The moment they felt love for their children and realized their commitments to them, their desires became irrelevant and they immediately returned to their body. The return happened within a single heartbeat. They awakened to a nurse calling their name and touching their face, initially sounding very far away. Their OB/GYN later confirmed that when given the medication, their heart stopped and Code Blue was called. Their friend corroborated that they flatlined when losing consciousness, prompting the emergency response. The experience granted them enhanced psychic abilities including clairaudience, clairvoyance, claircognizance and clairsentience, along with clearer ability to see and communicate with spirits. The profound peace of the infinite darkness and the realization that love for their children superseded personal desires became defining aspects of the experience. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest from IV medication during pre-term labor, Code Blue called | Life review shown, preview of unborn child at age 2, verified cardiac arrest by medical staff | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/16/2025 | 1 | 1 | Shown future appearance of unborn child | 0.00 | Regular OB/GYN | Low Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||
| 4280 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1071-riptide-spirit-guide.html 2014 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1071-riptide-spirit-guide.html | 2014 | 8 | Unknown |
At eight years old, the experiencer was pulled underwater by a strong riptide at the beach. Despite trying to swim out of the tide, they couldn't escape its grip. After losing their breath, they experienced their short life flashing before them. Then suddenly they floated outside their body, observing their own arms floating and face in the water. This out-of-body state brought the happiest feeling and most profound peace they had ever experienced. While floating above their body, they saw a shadowy figure standing in front of a white light in a dark tunnel. They later identified this as their spirit guide who would continue appearing to them for about ten years afterward, showing up visibly or as a felt presence whenever they were scared. Excited to join this figure and the white light, they began floating toward them through the tunnel. Their soul or transparent body moved naturally toward the light without conscious choice. As they approached the spirit guide and light, they heard someone (possibly the shadowy figure) say "Go back, it's not your time." They felt a powerful push back through the tunnel - so forceful they could physically feel it. This push was actually their ten-year-old brother pulling them up onto his body board by the arm. Remarkably, out of the entire ocean, the brother somehow found them underwater when there was no way he could have known their location. Something guided him to reach under the water exactly where they were drowning and recognize the emergency. The experience left lasting positive effects. The spirit guide continued visiting them frequently for years. They developed psychic abilities and deep intuition, along with an aura of peace that others can feel. They gained powerful healing abilities and can sympathize deeply with others by feeling their emotions without words. The experiencer feels blessed by the experience despite others' difficulty believing or understanding it. The profound peace and happiness from the out-of-body state, combined with ongoing spiritual guidance and enhanced empathic abilities, transformed their life in beneficial ways. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Drowning from riptide, underwater without breathing | Life review, OBE viewing own body, saw spirit guide and tunnel with light | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Underwater | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw own body underwater | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 4281 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1078-drugged-and-raped.html 2015 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1078-drugged-and-raped.html | 2015 | Unknown |
At a friend's wedding, someone slipped a drug into the experiencer's drink causing them to pass out. The perpetrator offered to take them home but instead raped and beat them before leaving them on the roadside. A paramedic driving home discovered them and began CPR, indicating they were not breathing and possibly without pulse. The exact timing of when the near-death experience began remains uncertain - whether during the assault, on the roadside, or after reaching the hospital. During the experience, they perceived themselves as having a body and found themselves wandering down dark hallways, feeling lost and frightened. They had no understanding of how they arrived there or where they were. The darkness and confusion created significant fear as they desperately wanted to find a way out. They continued walking down these dark hallways for an unknown duration, searching for an exit from this frightening place. Eventually, they saw light emanating from a doorway ahead and rushed toward it. Upon entering, they found a room with golden light streaming through a window and a bed against the opposite wall. They heard or sensed within their mind a voice telling them to lay down, that it wasn't time yet. Following this instruction, they laid down in the bed. When they next awakened, they were in a hospital bed with IVs and a catheter. They retained awareness of the sexual assault but initially didn't understand the strange "dream" until years later when someone explained it was a near-death experience. The experience taught them they had died but something greater knew they would continue living. While the dark hallway remains frightening in memory, the golden light provides comfort. They hope future death experiences will skip the darkness and go directly to the beautiful golden light. The combination of trauma and transcendent experience created a complex but ultimately meaningful event that affirmed both the reality of death and the continuation of consciousness. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Drugged, beaten, left for dead requiring CPR from paramedic | Dark hallways, room with golden light and voice, but no specific verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 4282 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1079-my-grandmothers-prayers-saved-me.html 2015 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1079-my-grandmothers-prayers-saved-me.html | 2015 | F |
The experiencer had a seizure that caused them to code with no pulse or heartbeat. Nurses called rapid response code and they were taken back to the ICU with machines connected. As they arrived in the ICU room, they began drifting from the world. Their soul left their body and traveled through the hospital building toward the skies. They experienced timelessness during death, not remembering how long before seeing and being absorbed by a bright light. After being absorbed by the light, they found themselves seeing God's face and wondering how they got there. God looked at them with a calm expression and spoke in a peaceful low voice, explaining they were suffering too much and deserved a break from the chaos. God directed them to look down at what was happening below. They observed monitors beeping, their mother sobbing, and their grandmothers praying with frightened expressions. This sight made their heart sink with guilt and sadness. God then took their hand and said "let's take a walk, meet some people." They met their grandfather who had died in 2000 when they were only one year old, recognizing him from photos of his younger days. He held and rocked them in his arms. They also met his brother whom they had never met while alive, along with Vietnam War veterans who shared interesting stories. Finally, they met a precious little girl with beautiful blue eyes and light blonde hair. God then declared it was time to return, promising they would be back soon and would watch over them. When the experiencer protested, not wanting to leave, God looked straight through them and said "I am answering your grandmothers' prayers." They began falling lower and lower with uneasiness about returning to the living realm, crossing through a river recognized as the Otherworld (the dead realm) before returning to their body in the ICU. Once their soul re-entered their body, their heart beat again, they regained color and shallow breathing, bringing relief to everyone present. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Seizure causing cardiac arrest (coded) with rapid response in ICU | Saw God's face, met deceased grandfather and others, observed family praying in ICU room | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed ICU room from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4283 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1595.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1595-kayak-spill-gives-teen-visit-with-her-angel-plus-new-psychic-abilities-and-new-purpose.html | 1986 | 2021 | 19 | F |
A 19-year-old woman in 1986 experienced an NDE while white-water rafting on the Rogue River in Oregon. After being swept from her kayak at Blossom Bar rapids, she was trapped underwater in turbulent water. She inhaled water, lost consciousness, and her lungs filled with water as she began drowning. During the experience, she traveled through a tunnel of white light at incredible speed, feeling warm and peaceful. She encountered three crystal-like beings that transformed into angels with fiber-optic wings. The largest angel showed her a book with images of her entire life from conception to the present moment. An angel named Yahshael identified himself as having been with her since the dawn of time and showed her a golden wheat field, a massive waterfall, and a tree with golden leaves that transformed into birds. She was told she had arrived too soon and must return to Earth for specific people including a man whose face was unclear and many children yet to be born. The experience included multiple veridical elements including being shown future events and people not yet in her life. She observed the golden field, the boundary fence she could not cross, and a lake that showed living people on Earth like liquid mercury. She was told she had work to finish and was forcibly returned to her body, being expelled from the underwater vortex. After the experience, she developed empathic, claircognizant and clairaudient abilities. She can now hear voices from beyond the veil. She feels her purpose involves healing others and knows she was meant to survive when 21 others have died at the same location since her NDE. The experience remains the most profound of her life. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Clear drowning event with water inhalation and loss of consciousness | Multiple specific details including angel names, visual descriptions, and prophetic elements about future family | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Cold water, turbulent conditions | 7/17/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw crystal beings transform into angels | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 4284 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1596.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1596-young-mother-finds-self-in-void-then-is-shown-life-review-purpose.html | 2021 | F |
A young mother experienced an NDE when both her lungs collapsed and her vital organs began shutting down. After calling her boyfriend to inform him of her critical condition, she was wheeled into surgery to look for internal bleeding. Her heart rate was low and blood pressure dropping as she looked at the ceiling lights before everything went black. She found herself sucked out of her body into a black space of non-existence that she described as her own personal purgatory. She existed in a dark, vast empty space that extended infinitely, floating forward without a body but able to see in 360 degrees. There was no one and nothing around her - no vibration of life or nature. She was alone and terrified, wondering what she had done to deserve this isolation. She had an instant knowing that she had died and left the world and her body. The experience included a life review shown as flashes of still pictures of things she had forgotten. These images showed her purpose and why she needed to return. Her primary thought upon realizing she was dead was overwhelming sadness that she would not get to see her baby. She felt an urgent need to return because her children needed her. A bright light appeared in the distance and she knew she had to move toward it to return to life. She could feel herself back in her body trying to scream "I'm alive" while hearing doctors talking. She tried to move her fingers, terrified they had given up on her. Then she heard a doctor say "She's waking up!" and she returned to consciousness in a hospital hallway after having tubes removed from her throat. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Both lungs collapsed, vital organs shutting down, required emergency surgery | Life review with forgotten memories shown, but limited specific details provided | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Life review and hearing doctors | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4285 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1597.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1597-man-enters-underworld-realm-then-almost-drowns-but-is-saved-from-both.html | 1996 | 2021 | M |
A man experienced an NDE in 1996 while painting interior woodwork with highly toxic lacquer. After spraying for over two hours with an expired respirator filter while taking pain medication, he felt tired and lay down among interior doors. The combination of opioids and toxic fumes caused him to lose consciousness and view his body from above, curled on the floor about 25-30 feet below. He entered a dark realm where he felt roots approaching as if embedded underground, completely surrounded by darkness so overwhelming he could not see himself. Terror consumed him as he sensed the darkness overwhelming him. He then found himself in a slightly different realm of total darkness where entities approached from all directions. They multiplied as they came closer, and he sensed they were beings in human form with thick, harsh grey skin. The terror was greater than he thought possible, and he felt absolute despair. His daughter was divinely informed of his need and rushed to help him. She found him unconscious and got assistance to revive him. He later had a second near-death experience when he fell into cold Alaskan waters without a life jacket and nearly drowned after 12-15 minutes in the water, unable to pull himself out. A voice told him to call for help despite his weak voice, and miraculously a woman named Deanna appeared and saved him. The experience in the void was so terrifying that it took over twenty years to process and speak about it. He interprets it as entering a realm known as the void while being vulnerable due to drugs and having taken Satan's name in vain. He credits God's intervention through his daughter for saving him from the void, and sees both experiences as proof of God's protection and mercy. |
5 | Home | 5 | 6 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Toxic lacquer exposure combined with opioids causing unconsciousness | Out of body viewing of own body from 25-30 feet above, detailed sensory perception of entities | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Toxic fumes, pain medication | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 1 | Viewed own body from above | 0.00 | Daughter | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 4286 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1599.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1599-young-teen-almost-dies-from-illness-but-is-sent-back-with-something-special-to-do-in-life-first.html | 2021 | 14 | F |
A 14-year-old girl experienced an NDE when she became acutely ill with a rare autoimmune disease that caused lung and kidney failure. She was placed in a medically induced coma and later learned she had been given last rites with doctors preparing to turn off life support. Although no one told her she was dying due to her young age, she had an inner knowing that death was approaching and felt upset that those around her were crying. She woke up in heaven walking through a tunnel with many other people from all walks of life - businessmen with briefcases, mothers with pushchairs, children, elderly people, and even people with their dogs on leads. She found herself in a beautiful garden following a path with perfectly manicured green hedges and grass, under a blue sky with perfect temperature. To her left was an open field where children and adults were climbing over a country fence, but she knew she wasn't meant to go that far. She was sent back through the tunnel, walking in the opposite direction while most others continued toward heaven. After awakening from the coma and being transferred to a ward where she could breathe independently, she experienced a profound spiritual event at exactly 1am. She felt a huge surge of energy flow through her and her body being lifted by a whirlwind, with her soul crashing through the hospital roof. She received a clear message that she was meant to live and had something special to do in life. Now 37 years old with three daughters, she remains grateful for her life and constantly thankful for her blessings. The experience fundamentally changed her perspective on life and death, giving her certainty about her purpose and the continuation of consciousness beyond physical death. |
4 | Hospital | 7 | 10 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Medically induced coma with lung and kidney failure, given last rites | Detailed observations of heavenly realm, specific visual details of other souls, clear message about life purpose | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw diverse people walking to heaven | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4287 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1600.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1600-young-mother-goes-into-void-but-doesn-t-understand-for-20-years.html | 1999 | 2021 | 26 | F |
A 26-year-old military wife experienced an NDE during an emergency cesarean section in northern Italy in 1999. On her due date, after many hours of labor, she was strapped to an operating table during a contraction for emergency surgery. Communication was difficult as she spoke limited Italian and had to estimate her weight in kilograms for anesthesia dosing. She was terrified being far from family and was put under general anesthesia while counting backwards from 100. She found herself sucked out of her body into a vast dark empty space that extended infinitely, floating forward without a body but with 360-degree vision. It was like outer space without stars or planets - she could somehow see even though it was dark, as if it was lit up. Time did not exist in this space, and she couldn't tell if the experience lasted 15 seconds or 15 minutes. Upon realizing she had died, she felt utter shock and had only two thoughts: "Oh no, I'm dead" and overwhelming sadness that she wouldn't get to see her baby. The experience was so real that she initially thought it might be normal for surgery, having never had surgery before. She pushed the memory away for twenty-two years until realizing that brains cannot dream under general anesthesia. After researching NDEs, she discovered others had experienced the exact same dark void space outside their physical bodies, causing her to have a panic reaction upon this realization. Since understanding her NDE, she has experienced enhanced intuition with very sharp insights and sometimes just knowing things. She has had premonition flashes before sleep of events that later happened. She feels more spiritual than religious and has become certain that consciousness continues beyond death. Her experience, though brief, convinced her that lives exist outside this world and that consciousness does not die but continues to the next realm. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Emergency C-section under general anesthesia in foreign hospital | Specific details of void space, 360-degree vision without body, time distortion experienced | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Language barrier | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Experienced void with 360-degree vision | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||
| 4288 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1606.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1606-woman-finds-her-joy-by-almost-dying-and-her-life-is-changed-2.html | 2012 | 2012-12-21 | 2021 | F |
A woman caring for her seriously ill mother experienced respiratory failure in December 2012 after developing what she thought was bronchitis. In the emergency room, she lost consciousness after the triage nurse began taking her blood pressure. She was rolled down a hallway where her heart stopped, requiring intubation and intensive care. She went into a coma on December 21st, 2012 and became conscious again on January 2nd or 3rd, 2013. During her NDE, she floated above her body watching it being rolled down the hallway with a male nurse leaning over trying to intubate her. She was angry and trying to punch him but couldn't connect. She saw her eldest daughter walking beside the bed, crying on her cell phone saying she wasn't breathing and might be dead. Her daughter begged her to stop fighting them because they were trying to help. This brought overwhelming peace like floating on a summer lake with muffled sounds, warm sun, and the smell of thousands of wildflowers. Her deceased Aunt Billie roused her by shaking her shoulder and calling her name. Her aunt showed her patterns in her behavior causing illness - how she was beating herself up with guilt over perceived failures. Through pictures and words, she saw interconnections and how some things were meant to be. She saw her grandmother in the distance but Aunt Billie wouldn't let her go to her, grabbing her shoulders and saying slowly "You Must Go Back! If You Do Not Go Back, Your Daughters Will Never Find Their Joy Again!" Upon awakening, she was filled with unstoppable joy and positive outlook despite severe financial problems, broken car, and homelessness. The experience transformed her life's purpose to helping others find their joy. Her aunt had also told her that her mother would join her before her next birthday, which proved accurate. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Respiratory failure leading to cardiac arrest, intubation, and coma for approximately 12 days | Specific observations of medical procedures, daughter's phone conversation, prophetic message about mother's death | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed intubation attempt and daughter | 1.00 | Eldest daughter | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 4289 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1609.html 2021 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1609-heat-stroke-leads-to-view-of-deceased-near-death.html | 2021 | M |
A man teaching roof construction on a day approaching 100°F experienced severe heat stroke after working for two hours. He developed a severe headache, weakness, and stopped sweating - recognizing his body was overheating. After attempting to cool off at a brewery, he experienced intense leg cramps and told his brother he needed emergency care, feeling he would die possibly before reaching the hospital. He called his children to say goodbye and recorded his last will on his cellphone during the drive. At the hospital, he was placed on a bed knowing this was the end. His hearing and eyesight became extremely acute. He felt his life slipping away multiple times over three hours, repeatedly telling family he loved them as he envisioned his room and body shrinking while his spirit rose. He saw many deceased friends and relatives looking at him and telling him it was okay. His family's pleas not to leave brought him back repeatedly - at least six times with each experience deeper than the last. During one episode with eyes open, he saw clouds clearing and a tree-lined forest road with deceased relatives and friends pointing the way. He watched his soul rising from his body while his family begged him to stay. He felt his body convulse, said "It's time for me to go. I love you all," and closed his eyes in complete comfort experiencing the most peaceful feeling of his life, unafraid and looking forward to eternal peace. His family's shaking and squeezing while begging him to stay brought him back. After three bags of IV fluids and CT scans ruling out stroke or aneurysm, he regained body function. He could feel life literally flowing back into his body with the fluids. He remained completely coherent throughout, correctly answering all orientation questions. The experience left him knowing there are dimensions beyond this one and that he has a purpose to fulfill. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe heat stroke with body temperature dangerously elevated, required multiple IV fluid bags | Saw deceased relatives and friends, tree-lined forest road, soul rising from body, maintained awareness throughout | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw deceased relatives and pathway | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4290 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1613.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1613-mature-gentleman-begins-to-slip-away-but-returns-for-wife.html | 2014 | 2022 | 57 | M |
A man developed blood clots in his legs, lungs, and heart following double knee replacement surgery in 2014. After being discharged to rehab, he was rushed to the emergency room on 100% oxygen but could barely breathe. While lucid and talking to his wife, he began feeling a pull from behind, slipping backwards as he lost all sense of pain. Realizing he was dying, a tunnel formed around him which he recognized as the beginning of the death process. He felt happy, serene, and familiar with going home. As he began telling his wife "We will never end," she looked at him saying "Oh no, you're not leaving me." When she spoke, a great light flooded the room and she appeared lit up like an angel with a third eye visible like a Hindu archetype. He was amazed at her beauty and immediately began sliding back toward her as the pain returned. He spent five weeks in ICU while prayers were sent from Muslim, Jewish, Christian and other friends in their community. His mind seemed to travel to where prayers were being offered - he was present there. While in the tunnel, he noticed what might be described as demons hanging in the shadows trying to scare him or make him angry. He knew they could not harm him as long as he wasn't afraid or didn't return anger with anger. During his time in ICU, a Latino pastor led a prayer circle around him and performed a special blessing in Spanish and Latin, saying "That's a little something extra from me." Eight years later, he still feels joy beyond words. He credits their mutual love - which God saw and blessed - with giving them more time together, not wanting him to come home with sadness in his heart. The collective love of many people during his experience showed him that all is well because God has everything in hand. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Blood clots in legs, lungs, and heart requiring ICU care for 5 weeks | Saw tunnel forming, wife lit up with third eye, sensed demon-like beings, experienced prayer locations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Wife appeared transformed with light | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 4291 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1615.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1615-professor-of-religion-has-two-ndes-from-allergic-reaction-to-bites.html | 2004 | 2004-05-16 | 2022 | 35 | M |
A professor of religion experienced two NDEs in 2004, both triggered by fire ant stings causing anaphylactic shock and cardiac arrhythmia due to his combination of Brugada Syndrome and severe insect venom allergy. The first occurred on May 16, 2004, during his son's baptism celebration in a Florida park. Within 45 seconds of being stung, his heart went into ventricular fibrillation. He was unconscious for 45 minutes while paramedics performed resuscitation. The second occurred six weeks later on June 27, 2004, in a Sufi tomb complex in Hyderabad, India, during his doctoral research. During both experiences, he found himself buoyed in an inky nighttime ocean that was simultaneously an abyss and celestial paradise. He experienced 360-degree perception in a luminescent, comforting space filled with glowing lights that were love itself - luminescent souls or celestial beings intimately familiar and nurturing. He felt the profound reality of Indra's Net, where all beings are interconnected through love at the deepest level. Time and space operated differently, and he passed through several emanating realms or heavens. He felt his children calling him back through feedback loops of love, particularly his infant son Micah and unborn future son, knowing he had to return to raise them. Specific observations included viewing his body from above in the park, experiencing multiple levels of reality simultaneously, and understanding cosmic interconnections. He consciously used the love of his family to "reboot" his deceased body. During the second NDE in India, he was oriented toward Mecca on a prayer rug while a Sufi healer performed healing rituals, and he experienced the same oceanic realm but with less terror and more peace. The experiences convinced him that death is barely a nudge away, that consciousness continues beyond physical death, and that love is the fundamental reality underlying all existence. He now lives knowing that his children's love is "the very how" of his continued existence. |
1 | Other | 10 | 16 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Ventricular fibrillation from anaphylactic shock, diagnosed with Brugada Syndrome | Detailed observations of cosmic reality, multiple realm experiences, conscious return through love | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Anaphylactic shock | 7/17/2025 | 3 | 1 | Experienced cosmic ocean of interconnected love | 0.00 | Salahuddin | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||
| 4292 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1617.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1617-man-returns-from-brain-surgery-to-raise-as-yet-unborn-son.html | 1998 | 2022 | 40 | M |
A 40-year-old man discovered a brain tumor the size of his fist in December 1997, occupying half his cranium. The tumor had pushed the left side of his brain to the right side, and doctors estimated he would die by June without surgery. After reading Dr. Raymond Moody's "Life After Life" in college and spending 20 years reading about NDEs, he approached his surgery in January 1998 with unique preparation. He postponed the operation until after Christmas to protect his 11-year-old daughter from associating the holiday with potential loss. During his brain surgery under general anesthesia, he experienced an NDE without going through a tunnel or seeing a light. He found himself already in a beautiful field of flowers with paths leading to buildings. He was walking with one of his spirit guides whose name was otherworldly. They were heading to meet his "Masters" to make a decision about whether he would return to his body. The decision was specifically about raising his son who had not yet been born - who would arrive in November 1999. The guide and Masters wanted the decision to be entirely his without influence. There was no life review since his life was not over and would continue for "at least another 50%." After making his commitment to return and raise his unborn son, he walked back through the field with his guide. He awakened from surgery at 2am on a respirator in the ICU with a better understanding of the other side of the veil. The experience proved accurate as his son was indeed born in November 1999. Now 22 years later, his son is a junior in college. He returned with certainty about eternal growth and continuation of consciousness beyond death, viewing his NDE as proof of his pre-birth commitment to raise his son. |
3 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Brain tumor surgery under general anesthesia, life-threatening without intervention | Met spirit guide with otherworldly name, shown future son to be born November 1999, decision point about returning | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 0 | Told about unborn son | 1.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 4293 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 582-lucid-and-rapid-thinking.html 2009 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/582-lucid-and-rapid-thinking.html | 1982 | 2009 | F |
In August 1982, while vacationing in Acapulco, Mexico, the experiencer suffered a catastrophic accident running through a glass sliding door. The glass shattered with her forehead impact, and as she fell to her knees, the upper part of the door slid down like a guillotine, causing a fatal wound to her aorta. Blood pumped from her aorta as she stood and ran in terror calling for her father, who made a tourniquet around her neck wound and held her arms to stop bleeding from major vein cuts. She rapidly moved from terror to profound peace upon accepting her death, telling her father "Dad, I'm going to die." She felt outside her body, levitating at roof level, completely calm with no emotional upheaval. From above, she observed her father holding her with intense fear in his eyes, her mother running for help, and her grandmother and sisters arriving. She saw Dr. Jesus arrive and observed the same fear in his eyes upon seeing her neck wound, hearing him say "All hospitals in Acapulco are on strike now so let's get moving quickly. Hopefully we can still bring her back." She witnessed his extraordinary strength as he prepared for resuscitation and surgery in the hotel room. Her body appeared to be made of shapeless energy with bright indigo-bluish light in an irregular circular form. During the experience, she was pulled into a dark tunnel with a brilliant white light approaching. Many beings of light welcomed her saying "Welcome back," radiating love. She met with the Madonna and experienced Christ's presence as an indescribable majestic light. They reviewed her life and discussed her mission, telling her two boys would be born to her - one with an ancient king's name and another with Jesus in his name for a special mission. She was told she was one of the divine's "flesh ropes" whose words would heal thousands. The Madonna released her saying "Go my child, go." She returned with a jerk-like sensation, feeling tremendous pain in her wounds and the resuscitation attempts on her chest. As she strained to fill her collapsed lungs, the doctor continued stitching her wounds while she remained in mesmerizing contemplation of her profound experience. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Fatal aorta wound from glass accident causing clinical death, resuscitation in hotel room | Observed doctor's fear upon seeing wound, heard specific quote about hospitals on strike, saw family members' positions and actions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw and heard doctor's reaction | 0.00 | Dr. Jesus | Highly Compatible | 9 | |||||||||
| 4294 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 583-change-in-thought.html 2009 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/583-change-in-thought.html | 2009 | M |
The experiencer was driving home after visiting his brother following a devastating incident with his wife and another man. Emotionally shattered and exhausted from working many hours, he dozed off momentarily while driving downhill in the rain. Coming through an intersection at 70 mph, he crashed into a stopped vehicle, cutting his chin on the steering wheel and hitting his head on the windshield. He fell from the car to the road in terrible pain. During his near-death experience, he found himself in a sitting position surrounded by a tunnel down to his waist, feeling and seeing this distinctive environment. He experienced overwhelmingly strong love and sensed everything being okay. A bright light appeared at the end of the long tunnel, though he felt afraid because of how he had lived his life, despite the light seeming very loving. He recognized the outer darkness as a void and felt that time didn't exist, thinking "How silly of us." He saw a scene of his casket with his family standing sadly around it, particularly noting his two children who appeared larger than the others in their sadness. He then found himself about six feet above the vehicle he had hit, thinking "I'm not dead I'm here. Everything is okay." Looking down at the road, he saw people examining his body. He thought "that's not me. I wouldn't cry over that thing. That is like a cigarette butt; it has served its purpose. It's a vehicle to get through this physical world." His last memory was being at a ditch where he had walked to relieve himself before dying, stepping into stagnant water, then being in an ambulance. The experience profoundly changed his perspective on death and religious doctrine. He could no longer accept fear and punishment-based religious teachings, recognizing that "God is love, unconditional love" who gives free will. The loss of his brother to suicide years later reinforced his belief that love and forgiveness, not fear and control, represent divine truth and humanity's purpose. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | High-speed car accident at 70 mph with head trauma | Saw his body from above vehicle, observed people looking at his body on road | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 0 | Viewed accident scene from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4295 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 586-an-onlooker-evaluating-the-situation.html 2009 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/586-an-onlooker-evaluating-the-situation.html | 2006 | 2006-02-18 | 2009 | F |
On February 18, 2006, the experiencer was in a near-fatal car accident, thrown from the vehicle and sustaining severe head, spinal, rib, lung, and arm injuries. She hit her temporal lobe on a large boulder and suffered a large facial scar from glass or impact. She was in and out of comas for approximately three weeks with fragmented memories. Right before the car went off the ravine, she prayed through tears that God would let everyone know she loved them and she would be taken with Him. Her friend on the phone heard this prayer followed by rumbling and silence. She awoke in darkness after the 5:30 PM accident, experiencing supreme weakness and inability to move for the first time in her life. Feeling profound loneliness and helplessness, she cried for her mother before her brain began swelling and she lost consciousness. Emergency medical technicians found her with only an 18% chance of survival, and she required transfer after four hours when the first hospital couldn't stabilize her. During her comatose state, she experienced being both in and outside her body, able to hear and see family members who couldn't see her. She felt like an onlooker evaluating the situation with a bird's-eye view and ability to focus closely where needed. The experience felt completely real - so real that upon waking, she couldn't distinguish her visions from reality. Everything felt intertwined, and she didn't initially recall what had happened to her. Her mother noted that "the girl that woke is not the girl who lay there sleeping," and everyone observed she had fundamentally changed. She experienced precognitive dreams that would later manifest in reality, a phenomenon she'd had since childhood but which intensified after the accident. For months afterward and occasionally still, she experiences a bright light appearing over her right shoulder that only she can see, so bright it sometimes prevents sleep even in darkness. The déjà vu experiences transformed into clear precognitive dreams. Three years after the accident, she continued processing the enormous amount of information absorbed during the experience, feeling permanently altered and finding her previous worries reduced to insignificance. |
4 | Hospital | 7 | 6 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Near-fatal car accident with coma for 3 weeks, 18% chance of survival | Could hear and see family members while comatose, observed events as onlooker | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard and saw family while comatose | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 4296 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 588-back-unwillingly.html 2009 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/588-back-unwillingly.html | 2009 | F |
The experiencer was in the final stage of labor after several days, sometimes conscious but mostly unaware of events. Her husband stayed away from the delivery room during this era when fathers were not permitted in delivery rooms. During a critical moment in labor when her son was not well and needed immediate treatment, she experienced leaving her body. She left the delivery room and traveled to their flat where she observed her husband and a friend watching television at 9:00 PM. In her out-of-body state, she told her husband it was time to come to the hospital. Despite visiting hours being over and the late hour making entry unlikely, he put on his coat and came. The medical staff, needing his signature for urgent treatment of their unwell newborn, made an exception and allowed him entry to see the baby and authorize necessary medical intervention. During the experience, someone told her it was not her time, and she returned unwillingly to her body. A doctor was shouting at her upon her return. She didn't see her son until the next day. Now 40 years later, she reflects on this child as her "very special gift." The veridical aspect of this experience centers on her accurate observation of her husband at home at 9:00 PM and his subsequent arrival at the hospital at an hour when he normally would not have been admitted. The exception made for him due to the baby's medical emergency confirmed the unusual timing of his arrival, suggesting her out-of-body communication or observation may have had real effects. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 14 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Life-threatening childbirth complications requiring emergency intervention | Saw husband watching TV at home at 9 PM, he then arrived at hospital after hours | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw husband at home watching TV | 1.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4297 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 589-above-the-car.html 2009 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/589-above-the-car.html | 1973 | 1973-08-31 | 2009 | 11 | M |
On August 31, 1973, at age eleven, the experiencer ran between parked cars after telling his six-year-old brother "Don't ever do this." A car traveling 30-40 mph struck him when he was about two feet away. Unable to escape forward or backward, he jumped up attempting to let the car pass under him. According to his brother, the car clipped him, spinning him violently upward about 20 feet before he came down headfirst. His right arm blocked his skull impact, causing an open fracture to the humerus. His right tibia and fibula were completely pulverized. During the out-of-body experience, he found himself above the car and himself, spinning 30-40 feet from the ground. He witnessed the scene from this elevated perspective while his physical body lay in the road in enormous pain, fading in and out of consciousness. He observed many neighbors gathering, his mother appearing to say "You stupid bastard," and his father, an ex-ambulance man, kneeling beside him hand-rolling a cigarette. His father calmly said "Wake up" and pressed a nerve behind his left ear, a technique he later explained revives people in shock, coma, or extreme intoxication. The experiencer saw pure white light when his eyes closed and felt no pain in those moments, preferring that state to the agony in the road. The experience involved severe physical trauma with multiple catastrophic injuries. His lower teeth had penetrated through his lip, glass was embedded in his right shin, and blood covered his face. Witnesses reported never hearing such obscenities from an eleven-year-old as he screamed in pain. The out-of-body perspective specifically involved floating 10-15 yards above while watching his body spin yards above the car, a dual perspective of both the spinning body and the scene below. Since this experience, he has had extraordinary life events including multiple near-death escapes, encounters with famous people, and a persistent sense of living in a film-like reality. He experiences daily visions of that out-of-body moment floating above the accident scene. Despite diagnoses of manic-depression and suicidal thoughts over the years, he feels a great purpose on Earth and seeks to understand his unique perspective on life shaped by this childhood NDE. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Hit by car at 30-40 mph with multiple severe injuries including pulverized bones | Observed self spinning 30-40 feet up, saw family members and neighbors gathering | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw self spinning above car | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||
| 4298 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 652-tremendous-homesickness.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/652-tremendous-homesickness.html | 2010 | F |
While at college, the experiencer was attacked by her boyfriend who she had been trying to leave. He had previously threatened suicide whenever she attempted to end the relationship. Around 3 AM, she awoke to find him raping and strangling her with his hands around her neck. Despite fighting for her life, he was much stronger. When she looked at his face, she saw it contorted demonically and he was smiling. After a few minutes without oxygen, she gave up and thought "I am going to die now. Wow." She slid out of her body and rose to the ceiling, saying to herself "I thought this one was supposed to be longer. Oh well, I am coming home." Hovering at the ceiling completely detached emotionally, she watched him continue the assault on her body without emotion. She felt wonderful with no pain or negative emotions - every cell in ecstasy. She gave no thought to pets, family, friends, or plans, only excitement about going home. She began rising in the light full of joy until suddenly being slammed back into her body, thinking "NO! Why was I sent back when he was only going to kill me again?" Suddenly, he removed his hands from her neck and looked surprised. He put his hands to his own neck, tearing at it as if trying to remove invisible fingers. His frantic hand motions increased as his face reddened and lips turned blue, unable to breathe. She recognized that a positive element, like an angel, had attacked him to save her. He fell unconscious on top of her. When she prepared to do CPR and opened his airway, he gasped and grabbed her arm with bulging eyes, repeatedly saying "I've been to the 'other place.'" He then passed out again. The attacker had previously shared his own NDE from 10 years earlier when he overdosed in the military, being dead for 20 minutes. He had seen wonderful light evaluating his life, but his bad deeds outnumbered the good. A shadow overtook the light, and despite the light saying "I will always love you," he was told he had to go with the dark entity. He had begged for another chance and returned to life, but admitted he never changed. The experience left the survivor with tremendous homesickness for the other side and complete confidence in divine protection, knowing God will protect her life until her appointed time. |
5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Life-threatening strangulation during assault causing loss of consciousness | Observed continued assault from ceiling, witnessed attacker's supernatural choking | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 0 | Watched assault continue from ceiling | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4299 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 653-recall.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/653-recall.html | 2008 | 2010 | Unknown |
In December 2008, the experiencer underwent routine surgery and had an extraordinary out-of-body experience that challenged their scientific worldview. Upon waking while being wheeled from theater, they told staff they had been awake during the procedure and accurately described conversations that occurred while their eyes and mouth were taped. They had tried to join these conversations, not realizing they weren't physically participating. Most remarkably, the staff discovered the patient was actually reading their thoughts, not just hearing spoken words. What seemed like normal speech was actually telepathic communication. The experiencer demonstrated their mind-reading ability by revealing personal details about staff members that no one else knew, picking words directly from their minds and repeating them back with confirmed accuracy. Multiple staff members verbally confirmed these demonstrations. They observed specific medical procedures including a breathing tube being inserted through a black bung between their teeth, saw the anesthetist remove their false tooth despite agreeing not to, watched the doctor re-bandage their leg when dressing slipped, and heard the oxygen alarm continuously beeping behind their head. They could focus their consciousness like a television camera with both bird's-eye overview and close-range detail. Most extraordinarily, they accurately predicted future events including the New Scientist magazine cover two months before publication and BBC News headlines for January 7th, one month in advance. The surgeon was asked to write down these predictions and verify them when they occurred, which he did. The experience included seeing a blue light around their hands that staff also witnessed. They felt split between two selves - one lying on the trolley and one sitting up, both trying to work together simultaneously, having to physically move their jaw with their hand to make their mouth work. The altered state persisted for three months with continued sensations of reliving predicted events as they occurred. The experience left them feeling permanently altered, making previous worries insignificant, and taking a lifetime to process the enormous amount of information absorbed during the event. While initially attempting to dismiss it as anesthetic reaction, the surgeon's comment "That doesn't explain why you are reading my mind" led to systematic verification of the telepathic abilities with multiple witnesses. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 20 | 45 | Exceptional Evidence | 18 | Routine surgery under general anesthesia with eyes and mouth taped | Read staff thoughts, described surgical procedures while unconscious, predicted future events months in advance with verification | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Mouth taped | 7/17/2025 | 5 | 2 | Read staff members' thoughts | 1.00 | Surgeon, anesthetist, doctor, nurses | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||
| 4300 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 654-under-the-surface-deep-within-my-soul.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/654-under-the-surface-deep-within-my-soul.html | 2010 | M |
The experiencer spent seven days on a ventilator in intensive care with pneumonia and bacterial meningitis. At approximately 2:00 AM during this critical period, he felt himself going down a tunnel that was initially dark before becoming filled with bright sunlight. As he reached the tunnel's end bathed in warm sunlight, the sky above darkened from an unusual source - deceased family members, friends, and a beloved pet Bichon forming a human chain above him to block the bright light from reaching him. Each person and animal shifted positions to protect him from the intense light while allowing gentler light through. His father's voice spoke, telling him he was safe and had a choice to come to them or continue his earthly life. His father encouraged him to stay as he had more to do, but welcomed him if he was too tired. The experiencer could clearly see the peaceful, smiling faces of all the deceased loved ones creating this protective web. His father again emphasized the choice was his - he was welcome but had much he could still do and be if he stayed, offering a chance to live in a new way: more peaceful, calm, less sorrowful with opportunities for growth, learning, love, and rebirth. The metaphor given was of a strong oak tree with new branches growing while dead wood would fall gently away. Upon deciding to stay for his loving partner and the possibility of renewal, he pulled out his respirator and woke in intensive care, able to recognize people around him. Though physically weak, he felt strong internally, sustained by warm light. He experienced profound healing - not just physical but spiritual. His soul began filling his body more completely, bringing love of self and universe even through ongoing medical challenges including HIV, myasthenia gravis, and osteoporosis. The experience fundamentally changed his views on death and birth, seeing death as transition rather than ending and the physical body as a vessel for an indestructible soul. This perspective brings him peace in managing multiple serious medical conditions. He continues to seek mind-body-spirit connection and feels most well when connected to what came before and what will come next, experiencing lasting peace, love, and hope from his encounter with the divine presence that sustained him. |
4 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Seven days on ventilator in ICU with pneumonia and bacterial meningitis | Limited specific observations, mainly spiritual/visionary content | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Pulled out respirator upon return | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4301 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 655-lift-up-your-head.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/655-lift-up-your-head.html | 2007 | 2007-09-06 | 2010 | F |
On September 6, 2007, after a 10-hour workday and choir rehearsal, the experiencer was driving home when her car was struck by a van. She heard the loud crash and looked around trying to locate it, not initially realizing she was the victim until she couldn't move her left arm. People outside were saying "It's a lady in the car and she's dead." She could hear them but couldn't move or respond. She began drifting and realized she was outside her body, sitting on the dashboard of her vehicle. She could see everything happening but had no strength or ability to control anything. In this state, she had a conversation with God, asking "God my husband left here like this. Is this it for me? What about my daughter?" When God didn't answer, she asked again about her job. She then felt a wonderful floating sensation. God responded "No! You have purpose." She immediately shifted back into her body. God then commanded "Lift up your head!" Though she thought she couldn't move, hands from behind reached up, touched the top of her head and chin, and placed her head in a forward position. Two firemen then appeared at her doors saying they would have her out in a few minutes. She repeatedly told them "God is in the car with me," experiencing the most incredible divine presence one could ever encounter. The experience demonstrated direct divine intervention both through the verbal communication about her continued purpose and the physical manipulation of her head position by unseen hands when she was paralyzed. The immediate arrival of rescue workers after the divine intervention suggests orchestrated timing. Her husband had previously died in similar circumstances, making her question whether this was her time as well, but God's clear response about her having purpose provided definitive answer that her life mission was not complete. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Car struck by van causing paralysis and apparent death | Heard people saying she was dead, experienced divine intervention with physical head movement | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 0 | Heard people declaring her dead | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 4302 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1875-young-man-crashes-and-wakes-remembering-bright-red-light.html 2024 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1875-young-man-crashes-and-wakes-remembering-bright-red-light.html | 2012 | 2024 | M | In winter 2012, after drinking at a gathering, the subject drove a friend home on snowy roads. While returning alone, he lost control on the slippery asphalt and crashed directly into a roundabout. The police later told a friend that he had died in the accident. Between the crash and waking at the hospital, he experienced an extremely bright reddish light on the horizon, coupled with warm temperature that was pleasing to his eyes and body. The light resembled looking at the sun through fingers on a summer day. He sensed great commotion with people moving hastily and talking, though he could not understand their words or recognize anyone. When he regained consciousness at the hospital, about ten people including friends, police, and doctors were present. The memory of that warm, bright light has remained vivid and brings him joy whenever he recalls it. Despite the severity of the crash and being told he had died, he emerged without serious injuries. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe vehicle accident with loss of consciousness, police reported death | Experience of bright red light and warmth, sensing people and commotion but no specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Intoxicated | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Bright red light and sensing people | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 4303 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1877-woman-has-wake-up-call-and-nde-which-changes-her-life.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1877-woman-has-wake-up-call-and-nde-which-changes-her-life.html | 2009 | 2025 | 30 | F | About 15 years ago, the subject was in a dark place, working excessive hours to escape an unhappy marriage. After taking half an ecstasy pill and drinking alcohol with friends, she stayed awake all night and into the next day. While cleaning, she felt increasingly drained and experienced an internal battle about whether to rest. When she finally lay down, she felt her heartbeat slow progressively until everything stopped. She found herself looking down at her body, then entered complete darkness where she felt she didn't exist yet was part of existence. A presence approached and enveloped her in overwhelming, indescribable unconditional love. Through telepathic communication, the presence asked "Are you sure?" and "Like this?" referring to dying under these circumstances. When asked about her mother, she realized her mother would struggle with her death, especially involving drugs. She instantly returned to her body in extreme pain, unable to move initially. She was later diagnosed with a double kidney infection at the hospital. The experience transformed her life completely, giving her a deep understanding of her life's purpose, though integration took years. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Double kidney infection diagnosed, reported feeling heart stop | Out of body viewing self, darkness experience, presence communication, but no verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Drug use (ecstasy) | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw own body from above | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 4304 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1879-strangled-irish-girl-develops-many-abilities.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1879-strangled-irish-girl-develops-many-abilities.html | 2025 | 11 | F | At age 11, the subject was strangled by her mother but blocked out much of the memory. She remembers seeing her mother sitting on top of someone with hands around their throat, viewing this from the doorway about 6 feet away. She became very quiet afterward and experienced paranormal phenomena including presences on her bed, taps turning on and off, and frequently hearing her name called. At age 40, her sister visited and confirmed the strangling incident, revealing that the subject was actually the victim, not watching from the doorway - her sister had to pull their mother off her. The perspective shift suggests an out-of-body experience during the strangulation. At 21, she had another brief NDE from codeine allergy, experiencing a dark tunnel with light at the end before her father slapped her awake. She has since developed strong intuitive, clairvoyant and clairsentient abilities, becoming an energy healer. She believes she returned to learn unconditional love and serve as a conduit for others, affecting everything around her through her enhanced abilities. | 5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Strangulation by mother, life-threatening assault | Observed scene from impossible vantage point - was being strangled but saw from doorway 6 feet away | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw strangulation from doorway while being strangled | 1.00 | Sister | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 4305 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1880-abused-woman-has-nde-and-realizes-there-is-a-purpose-to-everything.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1880-abused-woman-has-nde-and-realizes-there-is-a-purpose-to-everything.html | 2025 | F | The subject experienced severe trauma from childhood including father's suicide at 12 and homelessness. She had three major accidents within one year. First, a deer jumped through her driver's window impacting her head and spine. Three months later, a truck axle crossed the median hitting her vehicle. In the third accident, her car rolled 300 feet, struck a culvert, then rolled another 300 feet. During this final accident, she left her body and observed the crash scene from above, seeing her physical form in the mangled vehicle. She was greeted by a glowing white/golden being with her deceased grandmother on one side and father on the other. Behind the being was a wheel showing life events like a movie reel. The being repeatedly asked telepathically "Do you see now?" When shown how her death would impact her children, she was told "there is much work to be done." The doctor later said he couldn't explain her survival scientifically. She was helicoptered to the hospital and awoke feeling the profound understanding of her life's purpose. Despite permanent disabilities including spinal cord injury, she now studies psychology, does suicide prevention work, and serves on nonprofit boards helping others. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Severe vehicle accident, rolled 600ft total, helicopter evacuation | Observed crash scene from above, saw specific arrangement of beings and life review wheel | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw self in crashed vehicle from above | 0.00 | Doctor | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 4306 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1887-man-is-shocked-out-of-his-body-on-research-vessel.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1887-man-is-shocked-out-of-his-body-on-research-vessel.html | 2025 | M | Working aboard an ocean research vessel, the subject was repairing sonar equipment with three teammates in a converted cargo container workshop. During heavy seas, while diagnosing electrical issues with the unit powered up, his forearm grazed high-voltage rails carrying 500 volts, throwing him backward against a wall. He immediately found himself out of body, above the trailer as if it had no ceiling, observing himself leaning backward with eyes closed while his three friends stared in shock. He could hear the ocean, engines, and machinery but felt no breathing or heartbeat. He was weightless and knew he could "leave upward" if he chose. He closely observed his friends' frightened faces, knowing their thoughts about first aid and how to report his death. Filled with compassion for their fear and not wanting them to deal with his death, and knowing he had more to love and do, he swooped back into his body. He opened his eyes feeling pain and smelling burnt flesh. His coworkers said he had "disappeared" momentarily. The experience remained private until years later when he shared it with his Christian wife who understood he had been dead and returned. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | 500-volt electric shock, thrown against wall | Observed scene from above including specific positions and facial expressions of coworkers | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Viewed workshop scene from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4307 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1889-teen-is-buried-alive-and-remembers-revising-her-contract.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1889-teen-is-buried-alive-and-remembers-revising-her-contract.html | 2001 | 2001-08-29 | 2025 | 19 | F | On August 29, 2001, working her last shift at a Montana sapphire mine before college, the 19-year-old subject was buried when a 10-foot trench wall collapsed, dropping four tons of dirt on her. She was completely buried for 1.5-2 minutes. Everything went black and she found herself outside her body in the black universe where time didn't exist. In this familiar place, she had a conversation with the universe about choosing to die or live. She said "I'm not done yet - there are things I need to do" and specifically mentioned "I haven't been a judge yet." Upon choosing to return, she was immediately back in her body, aware of every injury including burst lungs, kidney and spleen bleeding. She remained conscious throughout the 2.5-hour transport, requiring four units of blood and emergency chest tubes. Despite extensive injuries including spine, rib, pelvic fractures and organ damage, she never needed surgery. She walked in six weeks and skied four months later. In that moment of choice, she made a revised contract with the universe that she must have a body allowing her to do things she loves in nature. From the second she returned, she knew she would be okay. | 5 | Hospital | 7 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Buried under 4 tons of dirt, both lungs burst, multiple organ failures | Detailed conversation with universe, specific statement about being a judge, awareness of all injuries | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Buried alive | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Conversation with universe and contract revision | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||
| 4308 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1891-suicide-returns-from-tunnel.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1891-suicide-returns-from-tunnel.html | 2025 | F | The subject attempted suicide using carbon monoxide after struggling with complex PTSD and suicidal ideation most of her life. The process took two agonizing hours. She lost consciousness and began moving through yellow-orange layers that progressively darkened into swirling black darkness with greenish-yellow reflections. A vivid form of her body, appearing older, manifested and vanished. She found herself traveling through a tunnel without visible light at the end but knew she would reach it. She became aware she was no longer in a body, with light emanating from herself. She saw her body in a hospital bed with breathing tube from a bird's eye view, with her mother and boyfriend present. She felt understood and forgiven by the Creator, who taught her to forgive others by "letting go of the debt." She experienced perfect unity and acceptance. When shown how her death would impact her mother's already grieving heart, she chose to return. Her heart had stopped in the ambulance requiring resuscitation. She experienced multiple cycles of leaving and returning. She confirmed with her boyfriend that the hospital scene she witnessed actually occurred. The experience ended her lifelong suicidal obsession and gave her the ability to maintain total forgiveness. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest in ambulance, required resuscitation multiple times | Saw hospital room scene with specific people and positions later confirmed, heard specific medical discussions | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw hospital room with mother and boyfriend | 1.00 | Boyfriend | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4309 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1892-young-teen-in-wreck.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1892-young-teen-in-wreck.html | 2025 | 13 | Unknown | As a young teenager, the subject was in a serious car accident where one person was killed and everyone else sustained serious injuries. The subject was knocked unconscious and experienced the sensation of tumbling through a wheat field that could be clearly visualized, with a bright white light pushing from behind. It was a peaceful experience with no fear. Upon regaining consciousness, the subject was trapped under the back seat and couldn't speak initially before calling for help. Despite the severity of the accident that killed one and seriously injured all others, the subject walked away without a scratch. All ER doctors were amazed at the lack of visible injuries. The subject wonders if this was an NDE, noting the unusual nature of emerging uninjured from such a devastating accident. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Serious accident with fatality, knocked unconscious | Wheat field vision and bright white light, peaceful sensation | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Tumbling through wheat field with light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4310 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1894-woman-dying-of-covid.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1894-woman-dying-of-covid.html | 2020 | 2025 | F | The subject had an NDE at age 5 during tonsil surgery and struggled with complex PTSD and suicidal ideation throughout life. In December 2020, she contracted COVID-19 and secretly hoped it would kill her due to depression and feeling unneeded. With existing COPD and after fighting bronchitis, she declined hospitalization. On day three, her temperature dropped to 95°F, oxygen to 70s, and blood pressure critically low. Her dogs climbed on her for warmth as she surrendered to death. Her consciousness escaped like water vapor, and she saw the COVID virus inside the body, feeling instant compassion for it as a living thing fighting for survival. She felt understood and forgiven by the Creator, who taught her that to receive forgiveness, she must forgive everyone else by "letting go of the debt." She experienced perfect unity and joy with Source. When asked to stay, she was shown how her death would crush her mother's heart (recently widowed), causing her to choose return. She experienced multiple cycles of dying and returning, each time shown another person's grief. The next day she was determined to live. The experience ended her lifelong suicidal obsession and gave her permanent ability to maintain total forgiveness. | 5 | Home | 7 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | COVID-19 with O2 in 70s, temperature 95, critically low BP, COPD complication | Saw COVID virus inside body, experienced specific forgiveness teaching from Creator | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw COVID virus in body | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4311 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1080-boundary-between-darkness-and-light.html 2015 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1080-boundary-between-darkness-and-light.html | 2015 | Unknown |
During a medical procedure, the anesthesiologist was placing a line when it entered a blood vessel, requiring a retry. The patient witnessed their blood pressure plummet to 40/20 and understood the critical nature of this reading. They immediately felt themselves beginning to fall over and observed a distinct boundary between darkness and light materializing before them. As the medical crisis unfolded, they experienced themselves rising above the dark boundary and ascending into an extraordinary light. The light was unlike anything witnessed in the physical realm - intensely bright yet not painful to perceive, emanating warmth and comfort. The most overwhelming aspect was an all-encompassing sense of total love and acceptance that permeated every aspect of their being. They felt a profound peacefulness that transcended any earthly experience. During this transcendent state, they experienced no physical pain whatsoever, a stark contrast to their usual bodily sensations. While they did not see specific beings waiting for them, they distinctly felt the presence of a loving consciousness surrounding them. The patient observed themselves rising rather than floating, moving upward through the boundary into the light. The absence of pain was particularly notable given their medical condition. They sensed a loving presence throughout the experience, though no visual manifestation of beings occurred. Upon being resuscitated and returning to their body, they immediately experienced excruciating pain throughout their entire form. They found themselves yelling at the nurse for bringing them back, though the nurse responded that they had a child to care for. This experience proved life-changing, eliminating their fear of the unknown and making them more fearless in life. |
2 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Blood pressure dropped to critical level 40/20 indicating near-death crisis | General observations of boundary, light, and spiritual presence but no specific veridical details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw blood pressure reading and boundary between darkness and light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4312 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1097-a-bike-ride-gone-bad.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1097-a-bike-ride-gone-bad.html | 2016 | Unknown |
While stationed in the Navy in Wales, the experiencer was riding a bicycle and, unfamiliar with the opposite traffic pattern after only two weeks, pulled out in front of an oncoming car and went through the windshield. The impact was severe and life-threatening. Following the collision, they reported that their heart stopped at least once on the way to the hospital, though they have no recollection of this specific moment. Suddenly, they found themselves walking down a long dark tunnel, conversing with someone they could not see. They looked for their arm but were unable to see it. Looking ahead, they saw Jesus, who appeared to be putting something in or taking something out of a closet. Jesus was the only visible figure, glowing with a golden essence. Everything was peaceful and loving. They then began experiencing various alternate realities or "earths" that seemed wrong or awkward. The people in these places behaved strangely, and each reality was different from the familiar Earth. God would repeatedly appear asking about waking up and returning to Earth. When they complained that Earth had become crazy, God informed them they were not on Earth. God explained that they were doing this to themselves by not waking up to become conscious. During the experience, they witnessed prophetic visions including seeing 9/11 before it happened, though they did not understand what they were seeing at the time. They also saw many personal life events that later came to pass. God told them they would know what they needed to know when the time was right. The experience felt like being Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, trying to find their way home through multiple realities. The result was traumatic brain injury from which they recovered, and the experience remains vivid twenty years later. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe accident through windshield, heart stopped en route to hospital | Prophetic visions including 9/11 and personal life events that came true | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw Jesus with golden essence | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4313 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1098-fall-on-head-gives-way-to-distressing-experience.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1098-fall-on-head-gives-way-to-distressing-experience.html | 2000 | 2000-07-02 | 2016 | M |
On July 2, 2000, while painting his house, the experiencer fell 25-30 feet from a ladder, hitting head-first on a landscape timber. His wife and son witnessed the horrific fall, seeing him bounce off the ground with blood streaming from his head. EMTs found him with critical injuries including a crushed left eye orbit requiring reconstructive surgery, both wrists broken, and severe brain swelling. The doctors prepared his wife for the worst as they monitored whether the brain swelling was internal or external. During his unconscious state lasting three days, he experienced a profound distressing NDE. He found himself in a spiritual realm where he could see and feel things beyond the physical body. Evil forces attempted to confuse and overwhelm him, creating hurricane-force winds as he crawled toward what God was offering versus being pulled by evil's temptations. He experienced his past immoral acts and had to choose between those satisfactions or God's love. The spiritual attacks were unmerciful, with entities trying to penetrate his soul while he could only yell, but God's spirit protected and shielded him. The most distressing observation was seeing what appeared to be oceans upon oceans of souls in hell - hundreds of millions of lost loved ones. He felt their horror, pain, and torture intensely, with their wailing and hurt projecting at him so powerfully he couldn't stop it. Despite not being able to determine the depth of these spiritual oceans, he knew with certainty they were real. Eventually, he saw the entryway into heaven and stood before it, feeling God's incredible love, peace, and gentle radiance. After three days, he emerged from unconsciousness transformed with a spirit of gentleness, humbleness, kindness, and patience. He underwent multiple surgeries including titanium reconstruction around his eye and surgery on both broken wrists. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe head trauma from 25-30 foot fall, brain swelling, multiple critical injuries | Detailed observations of spiritual realms including oceans of souls in hell | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw oceans of souls in hell | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4314 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1102-well-the-nurses-are-relieved.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1102-well-the-nurses-are-relieved.html | 2016 | F |
The experiencer was undergoing a CAT scan to investigate dizziness that had occurred during her first pregnancy. As a new mother, she was concerned about her ability to care for her infant daughter if something was medically wrong. The nurses started an IV and began infusing contrast dye for the imaging procedure. Immediately after the dye infusion began, she experienced a strange sensation and told the nurses she felt "funny." Without warning, everything went completely pitch black and she found herself floating in absolute darkness. The sensation was remarkably worry-free, with all her anxieties instantly vanishing. She experienced incredible happiness in this void state. Most notably, she was able to see her daughter being taken care of and knew with certainty that her child would be fine without her. This knowledge brought her profound peace about her primary concern. The experience provided a vision or knowing about her daughter's future care, though she provides no details about who would care for the child or how she received this information. The profound worry-free state and the specific knowledge about her daughter's wellbeing were the most significant aspects of the experience. As suddenly as the experience began, it ended with her regaining consciousness to find the nurses looking visibly relieved. Since this event, she has completely lost her fear of death and developed a strong interest in near-death experiences. She expressed a wish that she had seen more before returning, but recognized that she received exactly what she needed - the assurance that everything would truly be alright. |
5 | Hospital | 3 | 4 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Adverse reaction to CAT scan contrast dye causing loss of consciousness | Saw or knew daughter would be cared for, but no specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw daughter being taken care of | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4315 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1103-by-accident.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1103-by-accident.html | 1991 | 2016 | Unknown |
In 1991 in Riverside, California, the experiencer was involved in a head-on collision with a truck. During the impact, they felt their spirit go through the roof of their car as time dramatically slowed down. In that moment, they suddenly felt complete detachment from their body and earthly concerns, caring nothing about what they were leaving behind except for a whispered request to take care of their new fiancé. They found themselves shooting straight toward an extraordinarily bright light. The journey toward the light was direct, with no tunnel experience, just heading straight for the luminous destination. The light was remarkable in that despite its intensity, it caused no squinting or pain in the eyes. Instead, they experienced only a profound sense of great love emanating from and surrounding the light. Throughout this experience, they received telepathic communication informing them that divine love is not exclusive to any particular group but is meant for everyone without exception. The message emphasized that this love is universal and inclusive rather than exclusionary. The physical impact of the accident was relatively minor, with the experiencer requiring only stitches between their eyebrows in the third eye area. They attributed their minimal injuries to being in excellent physical condition as a marathon runner at the time. The telepathic message about universal divine love was clear and transformative. This experience fundamentally changed their spiritual perspective from conservative religious beliefs to understanding that the love they experienced was about inclusion rather than exclusion. They later became a clinical social worker practicing psychotherapy and eventually were ordained as a minister through One Spirit Seminary, dedicating themselves to helping others who have had NDEs or mystical experiences integrate these profound events into their lives. |
5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Head-on collision with truck, though injuries were minimal | General spiritual observations and telepathic messages, no specific veridical details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Spirit left through car roof toward light | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4316 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1104-from-pain-to-total-love-and-back-to-pain.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1104-from-pain-to-total-love-and-back-to-pain.html | 1991 | 1991-06-04 | 2016 | 40 | F |
At age 40, pregnant with her third child and considered high-risk, the experiencer had a scheduled C-section on June 4, 1991. For weeks before the surgery, she felt an overwhelming sense of dread, unlike any previous surgeries. She even tutored her husband and son on caring for the baby, knowing she would not be able to. As anesthesia was administered, she remained conscious despite being unable to see, maintaining normal thought processes in darkness. She heard a faint buzzing sound that gradually intensified to deafening levels. She found herself entering a dark tunnel feet first, lying on what felt like an ice-cold steel slab with her head slightly elevated. The acceleration through the tunnel was excruciating, with tremendous pressure forcing her back against the cold surface. The journey seemed to last hours with ever-increasing pain. She saw the dark tunnel walls rushing past as the buzzing became unbearably loud and painful. Telepathically pleading to live for her baby, she heard a commanding male voice declare "YOU HAVE NO SAY!" She then surrendered completely without further resistance. Eventually, a tiny pinpoint of light appeared in the distance, rapidly growing larger until she was gently "popped" into it despite her tremendous speed. The instant she entered the light, she experienced intense white light surrounding her - brilliant but not painful to view. She felt warm, comforted, and the most encompassing sense of total love and acceptance permeating every part of her being. Though she saw no one and heard no sound, she felt only warmth and unconditional love, wanting to remain in that state. She was suddenly shot back into her body, awakening with an airway in her mouth and intolerable pain throughout her body. She yelled at the nurse for bringing her back, who responded it was because she had a child to care for. The baby had been given to her husband uncleaned and placed in a warming chamber where she was forgotten and nearly overheated before being rescued. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 1 | 8 | Weak Evidence | 0 | C-section under general anesthesia with apparent complications | No specific veridical observations, only tunnel and light experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/17/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4317 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1105-come-back.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1105-come-back.html | 2016 | F |
The experiencer underwent a four-hour operation on her hip and pelvis, waking in the high dependency unit with terrible pain and a scratched esophagus preventing speech. After initially recovering, she began feeling unwell and tried to get the nurse's attention by banging on the bed. She heard machines alarming, a nurse shouting, and a man replying before losing consciousness. The doctor later confirmed her heart had stopped for a while. Suddenly, she found herself in a completely black space unlike any darkness she had ever seen before. Despite the total blackness, she felt no fear, only complete calm. Looking to her left, she thought "This is ok, I am ok. I don't feel pain! I feel alright." She was utterly and totally calm. Though she didn't think she had died, she found herself thinking "If this is it, I really don't mind!" - a thought that surprised her given her loving family and dependent children. She felt she was saying goodbye to them simply by dying, and that her perception and memories of them were dying with her. It felt as if everyone was dying, not just her. Looking down, she couldn't see her body though she thought she was lying down. To her right stood a woman who was a shining white light with wavy hair, smiling kindly at her. The being seemed to say "Kim, it's alright, come back" - notably using "come" rather than "go" back. Before she could react, she was suddenly back in her body on the bed. She awoke surrounded by medical staff and equipment, though it felt like only moments had passed. The pain instantly returned. She immediately looked for the lady she had seen but found no one resembling her. The transformation was profound - she became unafraid of death and developed an intense interest in NDEs. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Doctor confirmed heart stopped during post-operative crisis | Saw woman in white light but no verification possible | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Woman in shining white light | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4318 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1106-beings.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1106-beings.html | 2016 | F |
The experiencer was driving when another car struck the driver's side of her truck with tremendous force. Not wearing a seatbelt, she held tightly to the steering wheel but was forced into the passenger seat and through the passenger window where she mysteriously stopped. She vividly remembers a large man holding her, preventing her ejection through the window. She repeatedly replays this memory because the man seemed to be her best friend's husband who had died in a car accident three years earlier. Despite knowing she wasn't breathing, she felt remarkably calm. Through the crushed passenger door, an elderly lady dressed in white appeared and asked if she was okay. When she replied she thought she was, the woman said "You know God is with you." The experiencer acknowledged this, and then the lady vanished. Everything became a vivid, almost indescribable, otherworldly color of blue. Her heart stopped once on the way to the hospital, though she has no recollection of that specific moment. She believes her heart likely stopped at the moment of impact. When extracted from her truck after the door was cut open, she was in an ambulance asking about the woman who had spoken to her. The paramedics insisted there was no woman and no way anyone could have accessed her truck since they had to cut her out. The passenger side was crushed against a large concrete and cast iron sign. Later viewing the wreckage, she found no explanation for her survival. The accident resulted in traumatic brain injury from which she recovered. The experience remains as vivid twenty years later as if it happened yesterday. Throughout, she felt an unusual calm rather than her typical tendency to panic. She knows there's a reason she survived and has been searching for that purpose ever since. |
2 | Ambulance | 10 | 6 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Heart stopped once on way to hospital, severe car accident | Saw deceased friend's husband and elderly lady who couldn't have been there physically | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/17/2025 | 2 | 0 | Large man preventing ejection from vehicle | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4319 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 656-deep-peace.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/656-deep-peace.html | 2008 | 2010 | F |
The subject underwent a D&E procedure after a miscarriage in May 2008, with a tremendous fear of not waking from anesthesia. During the procedure, she experienced an extremely rare amniotic fluid embolism that caused cardiac arrest and DIC (profuse bleeding). She was in a coma for two days, unable to speak or see clearly upon awakening. During the experience, she found herself in a room filled with bright, white light. She was kneeling on the floor, looking up and begging to someone behind or within the source of light - whom she knew in her heart was God - not to let her die. Her concern was specifically for her mother, who had already lost another daughter nine years earlier. She didn't want it to be unfair for her mother to lose both daughters. Within that light, she experienced profound warmth and peace. Her begging came not from desperation but from love and concern for her mother. The specific observation was seeing herself in a bright white light-filled room, kneeling and communicating with God. She had clear awareness of being in a different space and experienced direct communication with a divine presence. The memory of this experience came to her approximately two weeks after returning home from the hospital, arriving as a very strong and vivid recollection. After recovery, she felt a deeper calling to make positive impacts daily, whether making someone smile, helping her daughters with reading, volunteering at school, or speaking to women's groups. She gained a strong conviction that deep peace from God's love and light is possible in both life and death. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 16 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Cardiac arrest with DIC explicitly documented during surgical procedure | General observation of light-filled room and divine presence, no specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Coma for two days | 7/17/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw bright white light-filled room while kneeling | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 4320 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 657-genuine-love-a-compassion.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/657-genuine-love-a-compassion.html | 2010 | F |
The subject was abducted at knifepoint and repeatedly raped by a stranger who announced his intention to kill her. During a violent struggle, he pinned her down and strangled her while punching her. She tried desperately to breathe but could not, realizing she was going to die. After initial upset, she accepted death, thinking she was young to die but didn't want to be there anyway, having searched for love all her life without finding it. Raised atheist, she expected death to be the end but was surprised when consciousness continued. She left her body and entered a spiritual form without blemish, observing her attacker from above and her body beneath him. Her life flashed before her like a movie as she floated into space, seeing Earth as a small star among others. In the void, she felt someone tap her shoulder and immediately knew it was Jesus. He warned that if she left now, she could never return, asking if she was sure. She instantly thought of things she wanted to do - playing darts, dancing, drawing, learning to speak her truth even if dangerous, and perfecting herself. She told Jesus she had things to do and was instantly back in her body, able to breathe again. The attacker released her after another assault. The next day she reported to police and was examined by a doctor who documented severe strangulation injuries: both eyes blackened, entire head purple and bloated from neck up, eye whites bright red. The doctor confirmed these were normal strangulation symptoms and said she was lucky to be alive. She saw Jesus looking at her with genuine love and compassion, without any judgment despite terrible things she had done. Life scenes were viewed from above showing attacker's head and her body below. The experience profoundly changed her worldview from atheism to Christianity, though she doesn't subscribe to all Christian philosophy. She researched religions before settling on Christianity based on encountering Jesus. She began valuing kindness over her previous "dog eat dog" worldview, though she notes failing at this and experiencing another near-death by murder two years later. |
5 | Other | 5 | 14 | 26 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening strangulation during violent assault | Specific observations of scene from above, life review, encounter with identified being (Jesus) | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Strangulation | 7/18/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw attacker and own body from above | 0.00 | Doctor (unnamed) | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4321 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 658-still-me.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/658-still-me.html | 2010 | 18 | M |
An 18-year-old male went tubing with friends after finishing high school. At a familiar waterfall with a 4-5 foot drop, he attempted to go over without holding the tube, having done this many times before. However, he fell backward and became trapped in the waterfall's undertow. Despite knowing he should swim down and around, panic drove him to swim upward repeatedly. After three failed attempts to reach the surface, he ran out of energy and inhaled water. As he began breathing water, his body slowed and he realized he wouldn't escape. His last thought was "Dying's not so bad after all!" After a moment of panic then acceptance, his spirit left through the top of his head. He briefly glimpsed his body suspended in the river with hair floating before finding himself in outer space. He encountered a glowing entity he called a "space slug" - an elongated four-dimensional object containing every experience of his life. He maintained full consciousness and identity throughout, noting "I was still me." From this void perspective, he could perceive his entire life simultaneously without feeling overwhelmed. The primary observation was viewing his complete life as a four-dimensional object in space, able to comprehend all experiences at once. He realized humans have far greater capacity for information in spirit form than in physical bodies. He noticed some life experiences were brighter, leading to the insight that we live for just a few special moments with the rest being filler. Just as he began examining his life in detail, he experienced a large sucking sensation and returned to his body. A friend saw his hair floating and pulled him out. He coughed up large amounts of water, spent the night taking small breaths due to lung damage, but hid his condition from his athletic friends. The experience gave him profound insights about consciousness surviving bodily death and the true nature of human existence beyond physical limitations. |
5 | Other | 5 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Drowning with water inhalation and cessation of breathing | Brief glimpse of body in water, unique perception of life as 4D object | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Underwater/drowning | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw body suspended in water from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||
| 4322 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 659-let-me-stay.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/659-let-me-stay.html | 2010 | 17 | F |
A 17-year-old suffering from daily headaches and severe migraines took a combination of anti-depressants, anti-anxiety pills, and vodka. Though not explicitly suicidal, she was open to death due to exhaustion from chronic pain. Her best friend witnessed her stop breathing, prompting her mother to call an ambulance. She was taken to the hospital for stomach pumping. She felt abnormal heart rhythms and bizarre beating patterns, sensing her body communicating that death was imminent. She felt relief and willingness to let go of all attachments. After feeling herself float and seeing her body with her friend crying, she was propelled into a churning blackness like being inside a slow-moving black tornado. She asked herself "What am I?" and answered "Oh, I am me!" Initially feeling neutral peace, she then sensed a mean, angry presence approaching that wanted to devour her, making her extremely frightened. She called for Jesus Christ, and instantly a tiny light grew exponentially, pulling her from the darkness. The light surrounded her with spiritual brightness and incredible parental love from a presence that knew her completely. She felt like a child at its feet, experiencing all feelings from her life and others as energy moving through her, gaining complete understanding of her strengths and weaknesses. The primary observation was the light presence she identified as possibly Jesus, who communicated telepathically about her not being ready and needing to return. She begged to stay but was told she must go back to complete her unfinished task. She was sent through blackness at incredible speed back into her body with a loud metallic sound. Her mother and friend were crying when she opened her eyes. The experience was witnessed by her best friend who saw her stop breathing and her mother who called emergency services. Following the NDE, her headaches and migraines largely disappeared. She developed heightened empathic abilities, feeling like an "emotional antenna" sensing others' emotions intensely. She occasionally senses spiritual presences, once seeing a good presence outline after crying. She believes both good and evil spirits surround us invisibly, with anger inviting evil and goodness attracting both good and opposition. |
5 | Home | 3 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Overdose with stopped breathing witnessed | General spiritual experiences, telepathic communication, no specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw body with friend crying, experienced divine light presence | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||||
| 4323 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 660-the-essence-of-life.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/660-the-essence-of-life.html | 2010 | Unknown |
The subject was in ICU after a severe car accident on a Thursday evening, with internal injuries including partial liver removal, collapsed lung, broken bones, and bleeding. On strong pain killers and sleeping, their vital signs became very weak and nurses thought they would die. They left their body and ascended to a dark space filled with many souls passing upward, like a busy train station. As a highly enlightened being, they absorbed knowledge through intuition, understanding they were in the afterlife where souls reach higher consciousness. They dwelled in this space absorbing profound insights about human nature, particularly regarding their mentally ill, sometimes abusive mother. They understood that human judgment is folly, that bad actions are inevitable given humanity's lower enlightenment, and that hurt from human life is not meaningful in the vast scheme. They learned there is no judgment at the higher level, only understanding and forgiveness. They discovered that what people call God is the energy of love binding the universe together - all life and physics. This love energy is the essence of life itself. They felt astounded and grateful to know with certainty that death is only physical, while the soul continues as an intact entity. They encountered two beings perceived as workers processing souls, whom they equated with angels in Christian terms. When one asked through intuition if they were ready to go, they emphatically refused, saying they were too young and had things to do. After communication between the beings, they were told they could return. They felt rapid descent and slammed into their body with immense pain. They woke Saturday afternoon with rapidly improving vital signs that had suddenly turned around earlier that day according to nurses. For the next ten days of recovery, they felt a strong presence beside their bed, surprisingly thinking of it as Jesus despite not being Christian. They experienced an infusion of healing love energy. The nurses confirmed their vital signs had dramatically improved Saturday after being critically weak. The experience provided certainty about the continuation of consciousness after death. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Severe trauma with ICU admission, critical vital signs, internal injuries | Detailed spiritual realm with multiple souls, specific communication with angel beings, sudden vital sign improvement | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 1 | Spiritual realm with many souls and angel workers | 1.00 | ICU nurses | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4324 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 662-things-to-do.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/662-things-to-do.html | 2010 | F |
The subject was riding her bicycle home after work, looking forward to two days off. While preparing to cross a road during what appeared to be a traffic break, she got on her bike and started across but was struck by a van. Instantly, she found herself in a huge field of flowers with a bright blue sky, with colors beyond human language to describe. Confused about the sudden transition from her bike to this place, she began walking toward a distant light that appeared like a city glow despite it being daylight. As she approached, she saw a city with people walking, laughing, and talking. She could hear them telepathically in her head and had a body but somehow didn't. She felt overwhelming love and happiness emanating from the city and walked faster, wanting to be there. Just before reaching the city gates, a tall man approached with longish brown hair and the bluest eyes that seemed to see into her heart. His face showed pure unconditional love without condemnation, only gentleness. He told her it wasn't her time and she had to go back. Despite her stubborn arguing and certainty that her daughter would be fine and they'd see each other again, the man listened patiently. She threw what she described as a tantrum, desperately wanting to stay with the happy people and the joy. When he said she had things to do yet and placed his hand on her shoulder saying she had to go back, she suddenly found herself in an ambulance with no memory of being hit or the ambulance ride. She remembers nothing from the accident or ambulance ride, but vividly recalls every detail of the field, city, love, and the man. Even with eyes open, she can still see, hear, and feel the experience. She was initially angry about being sent back but acknowledges the experience changed her. The encounter showed her a realm of perfect love and joy that she was prevented from entering due to unfinished purposes. |
5 | Ambulance | 5 | 8 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Hit by van, found in ambulance afterward, lost consciousness | Detailed otherworldly realm with city, people, specific description of man with blue eyes | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw heavenly city and man with blue eyes | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4325 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 663-before-birth.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/663-before-birth.html | 2010 | 0 | Unknown |
The subject experienced a near-death event at birth, delivered at home as a breech birth with only an aunt attending the mother. Coming out feet first, the baby was blue and not breathing. The infant was wrapped in a towel and placed where the mother couldn't see. When the midwife arrived and checked, she worked on the baby for a while before crying began, shocking everyone present. This medical crisis wasn't known to the subject until their 30s. Throughout life, the subject has always had memories of being somewhere before birth, able to describe it in detail. These pre-birth memories created confusion about identity, wondering about their father and the people present. The memories were persistent and clear, remaining in consciousness from earliest childhood. While no specific observations from the birth NDE are described, the subject maintains they could describe the pre-birth location thoroughly. The birth complications were later confirmed when the subject learned in their 30s about being born blue, not breathing, and being revived by the midwife. The aunt and midwife's presence and their shock at revival were documented. The subject discovered this matched their lifelong memories of the experience. In the last decade, the subject has developed increased sensitivity and the ability to see things. While working in a nursing home, they could predict when residents would die with approximately 80% accuracy. They also report clearer perception of what they believe are past lives. These enhanced abilities appeared to strengthen significantly in recent years. |
6 | Home | 3 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 7 | Birth complications with cessation of breathing | General memories of pre-birth state, no specific details provided | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Newborn/birth complications | 7/18/2025 | 0 | 1 | Aunt and midwife | Low Compatibility | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4326 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 664-superimposed.html 2010 (NDE 1) | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/664-superimposed.html | 2010 | 18 | F |
An 18-year-old university student in her first term had severely starved herself through anorexia. Unaware of her illness, she ran for weeks on nervous energy rather than physical energy. One evening alone in her bedroom, she suddenly felt all energy leave and crawled toward the bed, terrified of sleep after thinking Shakespeare's words "methinks that if I sleep I never wake again." Knowing she would die, she exited her body by floating through the top of her head, like being born into another world. A powerful male being with cloak and helmet stood behind her with outstretched arms, emanating magnetic force that pulled her from her body. She saw her lifeless body on the bed and mentally screamed about not wanting to die at only eighteen. She floated across campus until becoming aware of another world superimposed on the physical world, with parkland boundary floating above real grass. Grey cloaked figures huddled at the boundary, discussing her case. After waiting, she heard one say "Someone is coming to help you" and gently floated back into her body. Minutes later, physical footsteps approached and a note was pushed under her door from a fellow student offering a ride to Manchester, 200 miles away. With just enough energy to crawl to his car, she made it home where her parents collected her the next day to begin recovery from anorexia. She recognized the grey robed beings had sent the student as the only way to save her life. Years later, seeing a Star Wars poster, she almost fainted recognizing Darth Vader as the evil figure who had pulled her from her body. She wonders if George Lucas, who had an NDE, encountered the same being. The experience showed her a spiritual realm existing parallel to but separate from the physical world. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening anorexia/starvation, complete energy failure | Specific observations of superimposed spiritual realm, grey beings discussing her, immediate help arrival | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw own lifeless body on bed | 0.00 | Fellow student | Low Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 4327 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 664-superimposed.html 2010 (NDE 2) | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/664-superimposed.html | 2010 | 20 | F |
Two years after her first NDE, the subject accidentally committed suicide by taking an overdose following a broken love affair. This time, an angel gently removed her from her body, creating a much more pleasant experience than her first NDE. She ascended to a hugely bright light that, just as she collided with it, transformed into Jesus - not the "soppy meek and mild" Jesus of her upbringing, but a being of immense power. Upon encountering this powerful Jesus figure, she shattered into thousands of pieces of colored glass, with each fragment being totally and completely loved in a way she cannot adequately describe. The overwhelming love for each broken piece of her being created an experience of complete acceptance and divine love. She knew upon return that she had a purpose to fulfill, though she couldn't remember the specific details of what that purpose was. The experience left her with strange psychic abilities lasting about six months, during which she was almost permanently clairvoyant and could see spirit guides. The barrier between worlds seemed to remain open rather than closing properly after her return. This created difficulty in daily life, and though she told no one, university tutors recognized something was wrong. She wrote gibberish on exam papers and should have failed her degree, but was given a degree anyway, which she attributes to spirit help. The degree allowed her to work as a part-time supply teacher while pursuing her real interests: visiting gurus in India and making sense of the world. She trained as a hypnotist and worked with anorexics, understanding their psychology from inside. She hopes she has saved lives through this work, perhaps fulfilling the purpose for which she was given her life back twice. |
5 | Unknown | 3 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 2 | Overdose from suicide attempt | Encounter with powerful Jesus, shattering into loved glass pieces, extended clairvoyance | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 0 | Light transformed into powerful Jesus | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4328 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 665-chose-second-chance.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/665-chose-second-chance.html | 2010 | 18 | F |
At 18, living in youth homes with an uncertain future and destructive, hostile thoughts, the subject was crossing a road with a female staff member after shopping. At a refuge between lanes with many people waiting at a red light, a van stopped and waved them forward. Perceiving the light as green, she walked in front of the van and saw a red car coming directly at her. Thinking "Now I die!" she tried to position herself against the hood for best survival chance. She hit the hood and windshield before entering another dimension. Suddenly she was in an extremely bright white dimension experiencing comprehensive happiness, peace, and global harmony. Thinking "Wow how cool. It is really like this when you're dead," she saw outlined figures in white with tremendous light, feeling surrounded by loving, warm, welcoming presences. Through telepathic communication, a calm secure male voice told her she needed to choose - she could end her life now but hadn't fulfilled her task yet, or live on to find and complete her job but must change her life and appreciate it. Despite the attractive existence, she chose life and a second chance, recognizing she had an earthly task. Everything disappeared and she felt sucked down. She went straight into the street against a red light, got hit from the side, thrown upon the windshield, flew through the air, bounced her head on asphalt, and landed on the sidewalk. Despite this violent impact, she sustained only a concussion, one knocked-out tooth, and abrasions. She calmly reassured her shocked companion who thought she had died. The experience in the other dimension felt much longer than the few seconds of the accident. She was completely transformed afterward - happy, laughing, appreciating small things, joking, smiling, befriending everyone. Those around her noted she was entirely different than before. Eleven years later, she still feels the complete euphoria and becomes calm and happy just thinking about it. She gained faith and conviction, knowing how wonderful the other side is. Reading another girl's nearly identical NDE made her shake, realizing the commonality of these experiences despite medical explanations about shock and oxygen deprivation. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Hit by car, head trauma on asphalt | White dimension with beings, telepathic choice about life task, witnessed accident severity | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 1 | White dimension with loving beings and telepathic communication | 1.00 | Female staff member | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4329 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1620-young-muslim-yemeni-woman-experiences-light-and-peace.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1620-young-muslim-yemeni-woman-experiences-light-and-peace.html | 2022 | 20 | F | A 20-year-old Muslim woman from Yemen accompanied her parents to South India for her mother's heart treatment when she fell seriously ill with a high fever. Despite multiple tests for typhoid and malaria coming back negative, her condition worsened dramatically while hospitalized. During an afternoon nap with her parents in the room, she suddenly could not breathe and tried desperately to call out to her sleeping parents but could make no sound. Her chest showed no signs of movement despite her attempts to inhale. After experiencing great pain, she gave up trying and looked up at the ceiling, where relief came and the room disappeared into overwhelming light. She felt enveloped in light with a sense of peace and peaceful surrender, smiling throughout the experience. Her father later reported that her mother woke to find her with eyes rolled back and mouth open, appearing dead. Medical staff resuscitated her with a breathing pump after her chest had stopped working. She recovered rapidly within three days and left the hospital despite doctors' objections, feeling absolute confidence in her health. After returning to Yemen, she developed predictive abilities including knowing who was calling before answering, having premonitions about meeting people, and experiencing prophetic dreams. She became more devout toward God and only realized the significance of her experience as a Near-Death Experience over 20 years later. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 2 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 2 | Respiratory failure with chest stopping, hospitalized for severe illness | Experience focused on light and peace, no specific veridical observations of physical environment | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 0 | 1 | Father and mother | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4330 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1621-french-woman-goes-into-dark-tunnel-with-many-beings-trying-to-tell-her-things.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1621-french-woman-goes-into-dark-tunnel-with-many-beings-trying-to-tell-her-things.html | 2022 | F | A French woman experienced a heart attack and underwent emergency coronography with stent placement in the hospital. Fifteen days later, she returned for a second procedure to place additional stents. During this second operation, she observed alarm bells going red and her heartbeat becoming dangerously fast on the monitors. The last thing she heard was the doctor urgently calling "Shock! Shock her now!" before entering complete darkness. In this state, she found herself without a physical body but as a presence in a dark tunnel. She felt compelled to reach the end of this tunnel, which seemed very important. The darkness was profound, similar to what she had experienced during a previous convulsive fit. Many beings without shape appeared as black forms in the darkness, all attempting to communicate with her telepathically and simultaneously. They seemed desperate to tell her things, but she could not process all their messages at once as she focused on reaching the tunnel's end. One being, whom she recognized as her deceased grandmother, stood behind her left shoulder insisting she had something important to say. The experiencer remained angry with her grandmother from life and refused to listen. She was then pulled up by her shoulders back to life as a nurse called her name and slapped her face. Medical staff informed her she had been in cardiac arrest for two minutes after being shocked. The doctors admitted they had been very frightened during the episode. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 6 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest for 2 minutes during cardiac procedure with monitoring | Heard doctor call for shock, experienced dark tunnel with multiple beings | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard doctor calling for shock | 1.00 | Doctors and nurse | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4331 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1622-woman-dies-of-alcohol-abuse-and-meets-deceased-grandfather.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1622-woman-dies-of-alcohol-abuse-and-meets-deceased-grandfather.html | 2010 | 2022 | F | In 2010, a woman became critically ill due to alcohol abuse and was hospitalized with a severely weakened immune system. She developed multiple hospital-acquired infections leading to sepsis and respiratory failure, requiring a tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation on life support. Her family was told she had little chance of survival, and if she did survive, she would likely have significant mental deficits. During her illness, she became aware of being in a beautiful place that was vivid to all her senses. She felt like light or energy in a wonderfully indescribable state, feeling one with the universe in a way where she was the universe and the universe was her. A male figure approached whom she believed was her deceased grandfather, and they began laughing with joy at being together. They communicated telepathically while walking along a path toward a gate. After walking for some time, the figure asked her to observe that despite their walking, they were no closer to the gate. When she confirmed this observation, he said "You know what that means," to which she replied "Yes, it's not my time to be here." They both laughed happily, and her next memory was waking up in the hospital. She felt that while part of the light, she was experiencing her true being in an amazing state of perfection, joy, light, and energy. The experience gave her a new understanding of biblical verses about being made in God's image and God being the beginning and end, interpreting these to mean we are all the beginning and end of the universe, all connected and never truly ending. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Sepsis, respiratory failure requiring tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation | Met deceased grandfather, observed gate remaining distant despite walking | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 0 | 0 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 4332 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1623-young-atheist-woman-has-heavenly-experience.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1623-young-atheist-woman-has-heavenly-experience.html | 2022 | F | A young atheist woman, raised religious but atheist since childhood, went into shock from rapid blood loss and lost consciousness, though she notes she did not die. She experienced what she describes as more than a vision - a whole-body experience similar to but better than taking mushrooms. She found herself floating or slowly flying through a huge, limitless blue sky with white puffy clouds. An overwhelming feeling of love, warmth, happiness, and peace enveloped her with the sense that all things would be good forever. The feeling was so intense it created an almost physical swelling in her chest. She could hear and feel wind passing by her ears and on her body, though she never looked to see if she had a physical form. Beautiful distant singing of a female voice reached her, which she gradually recognized as someone singing her name "Colleen" in a lovely singsong tone, growing louder and closer. She then found herself back in the hospital with a nurse yelling her name, slapping her face, and holding ammonia capsules under her nose. Her friend who witnessed the event noted she had a "stupid grin" on her face during the experience. The experience was so incredible that she now jokes she would choose exsanguination as her preferred method of death. She didn't initially recognize this as an NDE since she hadn't died and had previous psychedelic experiences that had already shifted her worldview. Significantly, as an atheist, she notes the wonderful experience didn't contradict her atheism, as religious doctrine would suggest she shouldn't have had such a positive experience. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Shock from rapid blood loss causing loss of consciousness | Experienced otherworldly realm with sky and clouds, heard name being called | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard nurse calling name | 1.00 | Friend | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4333 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1626-irish-sixteen-year-old-boy-leaves-body-during-wisdom-teeth-extraction.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1626-irish-sixteen-year-old-boy-leaves-body-during-wisdom-teeth-extraction.html | 2022 | 16 | M | A 16-year-old Irish boy underwent wisdom teeth extraction for impacted teeth requiring immediate removal. During the procedure, he was given Sodium Pentothal (Thiopental Sodium) for anesthesia, but the nurse apparently administered too much of the drug. Upon awakening, he found the oral surgeon straddling his reclined chair, frantically pounding his chest and screaming "BREATHE!!! BREATHE!!! BREATHE!!!" The look of absolute fear on the surgeon's face was unforgettable. After revival, the nurse and surgeon whispered back and forth, with the surgeon saying "Okay, let's do this and get this kid out of here." During the remainder of the surgery, he lay awake but physically paralyzed from the drug, with tears streaming from his eyes as he processed what had occurred during his death. He experienced leaving his body and traveling to a place of complete blackness with no gravity where he had no bodily form. Despite the darkness, he sensed being surrounded by and part of exquisite pure energy of everything - all universes, galaxies, planets, and life. He felt simultaneously ONE with everything while maintaining his individual identity as a thought. The experience was infinite, pure, and characterized by absolute bliss and love - what he describes as "Orgasmic Consciousness." He knew his separateness AND oneness with everything in the greatest sensation of love. He now has no fear of death, believing what lies beyond is more beautiful than earthly existence. The experience taught him that we take our SELF with us when we die, and that death is like a great spiritual orgasm. He compares the experience to being one ingredient in a divine cosmic soup, suggesting we're all waiting to add our flavor to the Creator's recipe. | 3 | Other | 7 | 6 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Anesthesia overdose during oral surgery, stopped breathing | Observed surgeon straddling chair doing CPR, heard whispered conversation | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw and heard surgeon performing CPR | 1.00 | Oral surgeon | Low Compatibility | 7 | |||||||||
| 4334 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1627-tibetan-man-in-car-accident-experiences-his-divinity-but-is-stopped-by-demon.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1627-tibetan-man-in-car-accident-experiences-his-divinity-but-is-stopped-by-demon.html | 2022 | M | A Tibetan man was involved in a car accident and experienced an out-of-body state. He found himself in a vehicle after the accident with a traffic police officer and a driver present as rescue members. During his out-of-body experience, only a molecular part remained with his physical body while the rest of his consciousness was completely separated. He describes questioning how he came to be in the vehicle and experiencing a bypass phenomenon. Upon returning to his body, his molecules first became active with no immediate trace of being alive again. He sensed a powerful force wanting him to live, which made him experience living in a deeper manner. This experience presented an opportunity to become God by himself, recognizing the godly substance within himself. He had never previously thought one could become God, but this state allowed him to touch the God substance within. He interprets that most holy books speak from this recognition of godly substance within oneself. However, as he contemplated this God substance, death approached again like a blanket, and when he came to his senses, he encountered a demon. He explains that the demon substance, like the God substance, exists within us all. The demon appeared specifically when he was contemplating his God substance, terrifying him and preventing him from working through, by, and from God. The demon's purpose was to prevent the realization that an individual can be God substance. Eventually, he reached the hospital where he had the opportunity to grieve his own body. Upon seeing his body in the hospital, he judged it and then resided in it again, choosing to live. | 5 | Hospital | 3 | 1 | 4 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Car accident requiring hospitalization | Philosophical experience of God/demon substances, no specific observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 0 | 0 | Incompatible | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 4335 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1628-man-dies-four-times-during-heart-procedure-but-doctor-told-to-keep-trying-to-resuscitate-him.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1628-man-dies-four-times-during-heart-procedure-but-doctor-told-to-keep-trying-to-resuscitate-him.html | 2011 | 2011-02-08 | 2022 | M | On February 8, 2011, a man died four times during a heart attack and cardiac catheterization procedure. After experiencing warning signs, he reluctantly visited a cardiologist who detected problems during a stress test. His heart attack struck during the treadmill test, causing his blood pressure to drop to 60/40. In the operating room for emergency cardiac catheterization, he died and revived four times. The first time, he experienced a dark swirling tunnel with light flashes, fearing he was going to hell. The second time, the tunnel was brighter with more light flashes, and he could see bright blue sky at the exit before returning. The third time, he emerged from the tunnel onto a large rock cliff overlooking a magnificent heavenly mountain river valley in autumn with vibrant colors. He heard a voice saying "Fall forward and come to me" but returned to his body again. The fourth time, he was immediately back on the cliff, observing crystal clear water with large fish, birds that nodded at him, and deer grazing. An old truck crossed a steel arch bridge with wooden planks. His attention was drawn to a bright white light on the riverbank. Following the command to fall forward, he flew through the air toward the light, passing through thorn bushes without pain. He met a personage in pure white with long white hair and flowing beard, surrounded by a white aura. This being knew him by name, conducted a life review showing mistakes and good deeds, then informed him his earthly task wasn't complete. He received detailed instructions, some sealed in his mind for future release. The doctor later confirmed he died four times, stating the lower coronary artery was 100% blocked. The doctor reported feeling someone tell him to "keep working we are sending him back" during the final resuscitation attempt. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Heart attack during stress test, cardiac arrest 4 times during catheterization, 100% blockage | Detailed heavenly scene with mountains, river, fish, birds, truck on bridge, white being | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 2 | 1 | Detailed heavenly landscape | 0.00 | Cardiologist | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 4336 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1629-canadian-woman-has-cardiac-arrest-nde-and-unusual-after-effects.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1629-canadian-woman-has-cardiac-arrest-nde-and-unusual-after-effects.html | 2019 | 2019-07-17 | 2022 | F | On July 17, 2019, a Canadian woman on vacation in Deadwood, South Dakota experienced cardiac arrest after developing severe chest pain throughout the day. Initially dismissing it as heartburn, her symptoms worsened with pain radiating to her back and right shoulder, labored breathing, and an overwhelming feeling of dread. She told her husband "I am going to die today." At the hospital emergency room, while looking at a blue wall and thinking it wasn't what she wanted to see before dying, the wall opened up to bright light. She told her husband and sons she felt she would pass out, then heard machinery bleeping and saw her husband shouting for help. During cardiac arrest, she found herself standing without a physical body, observing her two youngest sons playing on a merry-go-round. A tall, slender man with shoulder-length grey hair stood to her left with arms outstretched, though she never saw his face. Behind her sons was the brightest blue sky with cascading clouds and flawless sunlight. The ground was white and soft. She felt overwhelming painless, fearless calm and was glad to be there. She was sucked back at high speed like through a waterslide when she woke up. She had experienced sinus arrest, the most severe type with only 2% survival rate, caused by pericarditis from mild pneumonia. Tests later revealed a small heart aneurysm. After the NDE, she developed numerous conditions including memory loss, PTSD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, but also gained artistic abilities she never had before. She became an extreme empath and now works in a funeral home where she has seen spirits released, particularly noting a First Nations woman whose spirit she saw leave after blessing rituals. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Sinus arrest (most severe type, 2% survival) from pericarditis | Saw two sons on merry-go-round, tall grey-haired figure, detailed scenery | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw sons on merry-go-round | 0.00 | Nurses and doctors | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||
| 4337 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1630-addicted-young-woman-in-detox-sees-jesus-leaves-her-body-feels-peace-in-the-light-and-returns-with-no-addictions.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1630-addicted-young-woman-in-detox-sees-jesus-leaves-her-body-feels-peace-in-the-light-and-returns-with-no-addictions.html | 2017 | 2017-06-08 | 2022 | 28 | F | A 28-year-old woman with severe addiction entered detox on June 6, 2017, after years of escalating opiate and benzodiazepine abuse reaching potentially fatal levels (15 NORCO, 10 Percocet, 4 Suboxone strips, 6mg Klonopin, 6mg Xanax daily). Having survived two previous near-death medical crises (pulmonary embolisms in 2014, heart attack with cardiomyopathy in 2016), she felt psychically compelled to enter detox despite resistance. The facility abruptly cut her off opiates and severely reduced benzodiazepines, causing extreme withdrawal. On the third day, her vital signs became critical: heart rate 157bpm, temperature fluctuating between 102 and 96 degrees, muscles convulsing, drenched in cold sweat. For five days she remained bedridden, spending three with almost no recollection. Convinced she was dying while staring at the wall, she accepted death. Time then stopped. A figure resembling Jesus appeared - 5'7" with light brown hair, wearing a white suit with fabric of extraordinary depth, and sandals. He approached her bed and they communicated telepathically. She left her body, viewing herself pale and motionless in bed. He conveyed that her pain was noticed and showed her a tunnel on the wall that deepened the longer she looked, grey with glossy wet-rock rings inside. She entered the tunnel and arrived at a realm of light - warm and comforting, containing an orb of white ticking light holding all knowledge, flickering between white and black, fading to yellow then orange. She existed as gas, experiencing everything and nothing simultaneously, in complete silent acceptance. Upon return, all anxiety and addiction that had controlled her life completely vanished. She immediately stopped all medications including antidepressants. She experienced complete personality transformation, developed new abilities including drawing, enhanced psychic abilities, and profound spiritual changes. She now avoids modern technology, experiences sensory overload in public, sees spirits and energy fields, and completely rejects organized religion while maintaining certainty about spiritual reality. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 7 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Life-threatening withdrawal with heart rate 157, temperature fluctuations, near death | Detailed Jesus figure description, tunnel with specific features, light realm with orb | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 0 | Jesus figure and tunnel | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 4338 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1895-retired-engineer-has-two-brief-ndes-during-open-heart-surgery.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1895-retired-engineer-has-two-brief-ndes-during-open-heart-surgery.html | 2025 | 2025-02-24 | 2025 | Unknown |
A retired engineer underwent open-heart surgery for aortic valve replacement in February 2025. Following the surgery, medical staff had difficulty restarting his heart, requiring a pacemaker for four days. The patient experienced two separate NDEs during cardiac arrest events. The first occurred on February 24th when his heart wouldn't restart post-surgery, though he was unconscious at the time. The second, more memorable event happened on March 2nd when medical staff chemically stopped his heart in the ICU to restore rhythm, causing a 10-second flatline that the patient witnessed on monitors. During both experiences, the patient reported hyper-awareness and a sense of transitioning to another environment described as unfamiliar and strange. He perceived an intense, vivid light that flashed with approximately two-second intervals. A voice repeatedly said "Have to go back" with desperation, ultimately leading to his conscious decision to return to life. The similarity between both events convinced him they were genuine near-death experiences caused by complete cardiac inactivity. The patient documented the March 2nd flatline by photographing the cardiac monitor waveforms. He expressed surprise at the medical staff's lack of interest in his experiences, though he shared them with his son. A third cardioversion performed electrically on March 3rd produced no NDE, as his heart didn't stop during that procedure. Following these experiences, the patient discovered IANDS through his son's research and began learning more about NDEs. He felt compelled to document his experiences while recovering at home, noting the profound impact of consciously witnessing his own cardiac arrest and making the deliberate choice to return to life. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Two documented cardiac arrests during open heart surgery and ICU stay, with cardiac monitoring and pacemaker support | Limited specific observations - mainly light perception and voice, though patient photographed monitor showing flatline | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/18/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw intense vivid light flashing | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 4339 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1896-ten-year-old-girl-freezes-to-death-in-her-own-bed-in-cold-house.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1896-ten-year-old-girl-freezes-to-death-in-her-own-bed-in-cold-house.html | 2025 | 10 | F |
A ten-year-old girl living in an 1800s farmhouse with minimal heating experienced death from hypothermia while sleeping in her bed. The house had only one functioning furnace, leaving her room dangerously cold. Upon dying, she felt herself falling backward into blackness before sitting up out of her body and standing facing away from it. She noticed enhanced perception with saturated colors appearing more vivid and beautiful than normal. The girl exhibited remarkable veridical observations during her out-of-body state. She traveled through the house observing family members and perceived colored auras around them - orange and white around her mother, initially dim colors around her father that brightened after she hugged him. She heard her mother's inner thoughts about cooking and watching TV without seeing her lips move. When observing her father milking cows in the barn, she witnessed his sad thoughts, gave him a hug that improved his mood, and saw him look around saying her name as if sensing her presence. During the experience, she explored beyond the house, examining sparkly snow at a particle level and traveling to the moon where she encountered three large luminous beings made of white flowing light. These beings showed her a life review through an ethereal river containing different life situations, allowing her to experience emotions from multiple perspectives including people and animals she had affected. She learned about past lives, karma, and planned two specific future events with the beings' help. The experience concluded when a being explained she needed to touch her body to reenter it. Upon doing so, she felt pulled into cold blackness before awakening in her severely hypothermic body. She immediately went downstairs to warm up by the furnace. Her father believed her account and subsequently installed three additional furnaces to prevent future incidents. |
5 | Home | 7 | 18 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Life-threatening hypothermia from freezing in cold bedroom, resulting in death experience | Multiple specific observations: saw family members' auras, heard mother's thoughts, observed father's emotional state change, extensive otherworldly observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Extreme cold environment | 7/18/2025 | 5 | 1 | Saw colored auras around family members | 0.00 | Father | Low Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 4340 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1898-death-from-covid-helps-woman-forgive-and-want-to-live-again.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1898-death-from-covid-helps-woman-forgive-and-want-to-live-again.html | 2020 | 2025 | F |
A woman with complex PTSD and lifelong suicidal ideation, who had experienced an NDE at age 5 during tonsil surgery, contracted COVID-19 in December 2020. Having recently lost her father and feeling disconnected from life, she deliberately avoided hospitalization despite having COPD, secretly hoping the virus would end her life. She justified staying home to care for her elderly roommate and their dogs, ignoring medical advice to seek emergency care if oxygen levels dropped below 90. On the third day, her condition catastrophically deteriorated with her temperature dropping to 95°F, oxygen levels in the 70s, and blood pressure too low to register. As her dogs climbed on her trying to warm her freezing body, she surrendered to death. Her consciousness escaped "like water vapor" and she observed the COVID virus with unexpected compassion, understanding it as a living entity fighting for survival, which made her feel ashamed for undervaluing life. She experienced a profound encounter with the Creator involving total sensory engagement beyond telepathy or spoken word. The Creator offered forgiveness but required her to first forgive everyone who had wronged her. When she protested she couldn't forgive on her own, she was told to simply "let go of the debt" - to stop requiring repayment from others. This instantaneous release brought perfect unity and understanding with Source, seeing evil as mere forgetfulness of truth. The experience involved multiple cycles of dying and returning. Each time she chose to stay in the afterlife, she was made to experience the crushing grief her death would cause specific family members, particularly her recently widowed mother. Unable to bear their pain, she repeatedly chose to return. This pattern continued for several hours until she finally awoke determined to live, obtained medical treatment, and found her lifelong obsession with suicide had completely ended. She gained a permanent ability to maintain total forgiveness toward everyone. |
5 | Home | 7 | 2 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe COVID-19 with COPD complications, documented hypothermia, hypoxia (O2 in 70s), and hypotension | No specific veridical observations reported, primarily spiritual/emotional content | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 4341 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1899-suicide-sees-deceased-son-and-he-tells-her-to-return-but-grants-her-wish.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1899-suicide-sees-deceased-son-and-he-tells-her-to-return-but-grants-her-wish.html | 2025 | 2025 | F |
A mother who lost her son Sage on July 25, 2024, attempted suicide after eight months of intense grief. Feeling she no longer wanted to live, she took a handful of pills and lay down on her kitchen floor, praying and expecting her husband to find her body in the morning. She either fell asleep or died, then found herself raised above her body, able to see herself lying on the floor. Despite trying to return to her body, something kept pulling her upward slowly but steadily toward a bright light. During the ascent, she encountered extraordinary colors she had never seen before in life. She immediately recognized her deceased son Sage walking toward her from a distance, confirming his identity through their brief exchange. He took her hand and led her to sit down, expressing that while it was glorious to see her, it wasn't her time and she needed to return because she still had things to do. The setting was significant - he led her to the same bench where she had previously encountered him during meditation sessions. When she pleaded to stay with him, he gently insisted she had to go back but granted her request to hold and kiss him first. She cradled his head in her lap and played with his hair while he looked at her with his characteristic smile. She could feel his complete peace through his body, touch, and smell. He apologized again for having to leave, promised to wait for her, and told her she would know her purpose. The woman awoke in the hospital in awe of the experience. She noted feeling enormous peace, tranquility, and overwhelming love during the encounter. The experience validated her previous meditation visions where Sage would take her hand, lead her to a bench, and they would have conversations - the NDE occurred at this very same bench, suggesting continuity between her meditative and near-death experiences. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 6 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Intentional drug overdose resulting in unconsciousness and hospitalization | Observed own body from above, encountered deceased son with specific interactions | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw own body on kitchen floor | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4342 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1901-hospitalized-man-visits-grotesque-landscape-but-is-then-surrounded-by-light.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1901-hospitalized-man-visits-grotesque-landscape-but-is-then-surrounded-by-light.html | 2025 | M |
A hospitalized man experienced respiratory arrest leading to a disturbing near-death experience that began with his spirit leaving his body. He descended into a dark valley with barely visible hills outlined against a twilight sky. An inner knowing compelled him to walk along a pathway on the valley floor toward an unknown but necessary destination. The environment was dark and foreboding, requiring intense focus to maintain his path despite powerful temptations to look at his surroundings. When he gave in to the temptation to observe his peripheral vision, he discovered what initially appeared to be gnarled, barren trees resembling a neglected apple orchard. Upon closer inspection, these were revealed to be the lifeless bodies of people planted inverted in the ground, with their decaying arms and legs grotesquely entangled above the surface. Rather than succumbing to fear, he responded with fierce determination to continue forward, maintaining courage despite the horrific scenes on either side of the path. As the remaining light rapidly retreated into infinite darkness, he quickened his pace with increasing urgency, fearing the complete loss of light would leave him unable to find his way. The path led to an immense stone wall with a tall wooden door. In desperation, he searched for and found the door handle, but just as he began to turn it, a small glowing object appeared, circling his head with a warm, protective light that formed a sphere around his entire body. This luminous presence was the complete opposite of the surrounding darkness - familiar, comforting, and deeply connected to him in the otherwise barren landscape. While captivated by this warm light, he was suddenly returned to his hospital bed where alarms were sounding and a concerned nurse was leaning over him, repeatedly instructing him to breathe and explaining that he had scared them by stopping breathing. |
5 | Hospital | 5 | 2 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 4 | Respiratory arrest in hospital with alarms and nurse intervention | No veridical observations reported, primarily visionary/hellish content | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 0 | 1 | Nurse | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4343 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1902-swedish-four-year-old-drowns-and-becomes-the-light.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1902-swedish-four-year-old-drowns-and-becomes-the-light.html | 1985 | 2025 | 4 | M |
A four-year-old Swedish boy drowned in a pool while trying to save a small insect at the pool's edge. His father, stepmother, and brother were elsewhere when he fell in and couldn't swim. He fought desperately for air, swallowing water and unable to scream, using all his physical energy until reaching the point of complete exhaustion with no air remaining - only panic. At this critical moment, he heard a voice throughout and around him saying "GE UPP" (Swedish for "give up"), as if heard once but simultaneously repeated, commanding surrender in total trust. Everything suddenly became clear blue, and he saw a wonderful light positioned where the sun would be in the sky, capturing his complete attention. The light was simply wonderful, beyond any other description. In the next instant, he found himself in the light and as part of the light - being the light while seeing the light simultaneously. The transition was faster than thought, occurring instantly. In this state, he experienced complete unconditional love in its enormous infinity and totality, where everything was light. The experience was impossible to fully recount, as most NDErs describe. He suddenly departed from there without memory of the transition. Later, he overheard his mother on the phone saying to her father: "Dad, he died... Hahahah... but I saved him," apparently having gone crazy from the trauma. His brother confirmed two years prior to the account that their father, an old sailor, had performed CPR and brought him back to life. Upon revival, he only screamed and cried in his father's arms. The narrator describes this NDE as the most beautiful thing he ever experienced. |
5 | Home | 10 | 2 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Drowning with complete respiratory failure, clinical death requiring CPR | No specific veridical observations, purely transcendent experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 0 | 1 | Father, Brother | Moderately Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4344 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1904-new-zealand-man-is-shown-a-map-of-knowledge-of-everything-and-remembers-some.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1904-new-zealand-man-is-shown-a-map-of-knowledge-of-everything-and-remembers-some.html | 2025 | M |
A New Zealand man with a neck injury experienced a profound NDE while resting in bed after overexertion. Energy and stress built up through his spine into his head, causing loss of bodily control, profuse sweating, and progressive numbness resembling anesthetic gas. His consciousness separated from his body and entered a vast black void of infinite nothingness that felt more real than physical reality. His mind raced with unprecedented freedom, processing dozens of complex thoughts simultaneously without sensory distractions. In this void, he witnessed a massive black terrain appearing below, composed of giant interconnected jigsaw pieces floating yet integrated across the horizon. A presence beside him, emotionless and practical like an AI librarian, explained telepathically that this was a map of all knowledge - every conceivable concept, question, and memory in perfect integrated form. Each piece contained distributed networks of consolidated data, with some appearing abstract or deliberately hidden. Upon entering individual pieces, he experienced instant parallel downloads of complete understanding - not just information but dimensional arrays of integrated knowledge, flowing at speeds comparable to standing inches from an express train. One piece addressed the existence of God through contradictory layers of logic and evidence. Another revealed the universe's age as nearly 14 billion years through experiential understanding. He gained instant knowledge of quantum physics, including eleven dimensions plus one additional, witnessing subatomic structures and particle interactions beyond textbook explanations. The experience intensified dangerously as he became addicted to the knowledge, knowing it would kill him but unable to resist. His body sent critical pain signals as cells began screaming. At the point of no return, his wife called his name and touched his hand, freezing everything. Her repeated command to "Come back!" allowed him to choose life over the intoxicating knowledge. Upon return, he experienced agonizing head pain, left-side paralysis, and enhanced visual perception lasting two weeks. MRI scans revealed spinal damage but no stroke. Much downloaded knowledge proved highly accurate and precognitive, fundamentally transforming his perception of reality. |
5 | Home | 5 | 16 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 4 | Severe neck injury with spinal damage, neurological crisis requiring medical evaluation | Extensive knowledge downloads including verifiable scientific information, universe age, quantum physics concepts later confirmed accurate | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Spinal stenosis, syrinx documented | Medical consultants | 7/18/2025 | 3 | 1 | Downloaded universe age information | 1.00 | Wife | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 4345 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1905-teeth-cleaning-incident-gives-woman-access-to-life-review.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1905-teeth-cleaning-incident-gives-woman-access-to-life-review.html | 2021 | 2021-05-01 | 2025 | F |
A woman with severe dental anxiety had used nitrous oxide for teeth cleanings for approximately 40 years. In May 2021, during a routine cleaning with a new hygienist, she experienced a life-threatening reaction to the nitrous oxide. The hygienist set the machine to the normal level of 30, but the woman's typical visualizations intensified beyond normal. The last thing she heard was the hygienist commenting on how straight her teeth were before everything went black. The woman knew she had died and accepted it peacefully. She felt her consciousness or soul disconnect from her body in the black void. She then experienced a comprehensive life review consisting of hundreds of thousands of still pictures from her life flashing before her - not photographs she had seen before, but all meaningful people and events. The review happened incredibly fast, progressing chronologically up to 2016, then suddenly reversed so rapidly she couldn't see the images, likely when the gas was turned off. She was jolted back into her body with an enormous breath, all limbs stiffening then releasing, dropping her phone. Her eyes rolled back and she was unresponsive for what staff said was a few minutes, though it felt like half an hour to her. The dentist was holding her hand saying "Breathe, Kristina, breathe." When asked where she was, she replied with the city from her 2016 life review pictures. She could initially remember four pictures, then only one clearly: her son and nephew preparing to jump into a pool. Post-NDE effects included complete loss of emotions for a week, followed by unusual abilities lasting about a year: time travel through her life during showers, feeling like a prophet with extraordinary wisdom, and experiencing dimensional shifts. The dentist noted this happens approximately once every 20 years in dental practice. The receptionist had been ready to call 911. The abilities ended when another life trauma occurred approximately one year later. |
2 | Other | 7 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Nitrous oxide overdose causing unresponsiveness, eyes rolled back, requiring resuscitation coaching | Detailed life review with specific image recall (son and nephew at pool), time-specific progression to 2016 | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Nitrous oxide administration | Dentist | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 1 | Life review with specific recalled image | 0.00 | Dentist, Hygienist, Receptionist | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||
| 4346 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1906-woman-dying-from-asthma-hears-know-thyself-be-the-light-be-the-love.html 2025 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1906-woman-dying-from-asthma-hears-know-thyself-be-the-light-be-the-love.html | 2021 | 2021-04-16 | 2025 | F |
On April 16, 2021, a woman experienced a sudden asthma attack after meditation and prayer, despite having no history of asthma. The attack progressed rapidly from chest tightness to complete respiratory failure. Remarkably, her partner in Jamaica had insisted she take an asthma pump two months earlier despite her protests, which proved providential. As she collapsed unable to breathe, her phone's face recognition somehow connected a call from her partner who felt an urgent intuition to call at that exact moment. Upon losing consciousness, her spirit left her body and entered a realm of brilliant pure white light with no distinct forms but surrounded by familiar, loving presences. She recognized her grandmother's essence and Archangel Raphael's presence through direct knowing rather than sight. She was shown honeycomb-like pods containing infinite knowledge in colors beyond Earth's spectrum. A holographic screen presented her life review where she experienced three specific scenes, feeling the emotions of others she had affected. The life review showed her at age five with her sister who silently vowed to protect her from trauma; a seventh-grade incident where she refused a rose from a boy and felt his heartbreak; and an adult moment when she paid for an elderly woman's groceries, experiencing the woman's profound gratitude and seeing how this act rippled through generations. She encountered the souls of both the boy and elderly woman as orbs of light and learned that death is merely a change of form, not an end. The experience revealed that souls undergo self-judgment through their life review, feeling everything they caused others to feel. She learned about spiritual rehabilitation for dark souls, where angels help them transmute pain into love, though some create their own hell through inability to forgive themselves. She received the message "KNOW THYSELF, BE THE LIGHT, BE THE LOVE" before her grandmother appeared young and beautiful, sending her back. She returned through progressive awareness from toes upward, with her partner's voice guiding her to use the asthma pump. The synchronicities of the pump and phone call convinced her of divine orchestration. |
5 | Home | 7 | 14 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe asthma attack causing complete respiratory failure and unconsciousness | Detailed life review with three specific scenes showing others' emotions, prophetic pump preparation | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Hospital doctor | 7/18/2025 | 3 | 0 | Experienced sister's protective thoughts | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 4347 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1109-drowned-at-3.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1109-drowned-at-3.html | 2016 | 3 | Unknown | A three-year-old child fell through a swimming pool cover during winter and became trapped underwater, clinically dead for 11 minutes. After experiencing cold, fear, and darkness, the child saw a bright light and entered a white, spacious realm populated by tall beings dressed in white. The experience shifted to an out-of-body state where the child flew approximately 14 feet above ground, observing their mother and aunt conversing by a car at the front of the house, with specific details of the mother leaning on the open car door. The child then traveled to the back of the house, witnessing their cousin performing CPR on their physical body and noting the exact positioning of everyone present during the resuscitation efforts. Upon returning to life, the child manifested extraordinary abilities including playing classical piano pieces professionally by ear without training, psychic abilities, telepathic communication with close individuals, healing capabilities, and powerful manifestation abilities. The experience produced lasting spiritual effects including enhanced connections with plants and animals, particularly Labradors who show unusual attraction, and the ability to feel energy pulses in trees. Medical complications followed including tuberculosis (naturally recovered) and Von Willebrand blood disorder. The experiencer reports lifelong freedom from fear and heartbreak, intense spiritual friendships, channeling abilities, and ongoing perception of ghosts and spiritual presences. | 5 | Other | 5 | 18 | 23 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Drowning incident with 11 minutes of clinical death documented | Multiple specific out-of-body observations including seeing mother at car, cousin performing CPR, and exact positioning of people | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | trapped under pool cover | 7/18/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw white spacious realm with beings | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 4348 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1110-from-lightning-to-enlightenment.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1110-from-lightning-to-enlightenment.html | 2005 | 2016 | F | In midsummer 2005, while talking on a cordless phone during a storm, the experiencer was struck by lightning that entered through their right arm, passed through their body, and blew out a nearby transformer, leaving the neighborhood without power for four hours. The lightning strike caused severe pain, disorientation, and an out-of-body experience where they floated into their house, observing unfamiliar furniture and lace curtains in a burnt yellow atmosphere while hearing old-time radio programs despite the power outage. They were then enveloped in magnificent pink and gold clouds, feeling complete love and peace, where they met two young men - their brothers who had died as babies - wearing cream-colored linen and glowing with illumination. Led to a beautiful garden beside a glorious city, they experienced vibrant colors, sweet air, and discovered everything had its own sound that together created a magnificent symphony praising God. During their life review, shown without judgment, they heard "What you put out into the universe will come back to you." Jesus appeared as a tall, beautiful figure with long dark wavy hair and brown eyes, declaring His eternal love and presence. They then encountered God on a log by a stream, who through patient dialogue taught them to see His presence in all creation, including themselves. Angels showed them future events including terrorist attacks, financial collapse, natural disasters, and safe havens in mountainous regions. Upon return, they experienced six months of bliss, spontaneous kundalini awakening, enhanced sensitivities, multiple lightning strikes, and lasting spiritual transformation with visions and spirit communication abilities. | 5 | Home | 5 | 16 | 21 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Lightning strike with severe physical trauma and blown transformer | Specific OBE observations of house interior, detailed heavenly visions, prophetic visions of future events shown by angels | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 5 | 0 | OBE view of house interior | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 4349 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1112-petrified-of-death-after-dental-appointment.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1112-petrified-of-death-after-dental-appointment.html | 2016 | Unknown | During a routine dental cleaning, the patient requested nitrous oxide for anxiety relief, having used it successfully years earlier for wisdom teeth extraction. Initially comfortable and aware of surroundings including conversation, music, and dental tools, they suddenly felt being pulled quickly and heard a click followed by absolute silence and the darkest void imaginable - described as devoid of color, completely blank. Realizing their body was gone with no breath or feeling, unable to access it, their thoughts raced with the recognition of death and urgent need to return before it was too late. An echoing voice, sounding like their own but younger, screamed frantically "Hurry! Hurry! And tell her no more gas. You won't make it next time." Panic ensued as the voice continued echoing loudly until surrounded by grey light, speeding rapidly back and crashing into their body with a violent gasp that caused them to leap up in the chair. The hygienist noted their eyes opened wider than humanly possible. When asked if she had increased the gas (she hadn't), the experiencer realized something profound had occurred beyond normal nitrous effects. The return brought lasting changes: awareness of the body as merely a costume, feeling like a spirit using a body for growth, continued hearing of the echoing voice trying to communicate, and profound spiritual transformation. As a Christian who believed in readiness for death expecting Jesus and heaven, this experience of dark anxiety and isolation shattered previous beliefs about the afterlife, leaving them terrified of death and questioning their faith, goodness, and understanding of salvation. | 3 | Other | 7 | 10 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Dental procedure with nitrous oxide, stopped breathing observed | OBE with complete void experience, prophetic warning voice about future danger | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 0 | Void experience with warning voice | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4350 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1115-my-babies.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1115-my-babies.html | 2009 | 2016 | Unknown | During tonsillectomy surgery in 2009, while in the recovery room, monitoring equipment began beeping indicating a medical emergency. The patient experienced a classic out-of-body experience, observing themselves from the corner of the room with remarkable detachment, viewing their body on the bed with a matter-of-fact awareness. The emotional state was characterized by complete love, satisfaction, and an indescribable feeling that transcended words. As medical staff responded to the emergency with one nurse shouting "Come here, quickly!" to another, the patient had a sudden powerful thought about needing to be present for their young children (ages three and one). Immediately upon thinking of their children and the need to return for them, consciousness snapped back into the body. Upon awakening, they spoke the words "my babies" and nurses reassured them saying "It's ok, you're ok." The patient felt relief and returned to sleep, later waking in their room. Despite others suggesting the experience resulted from oxygen deprivation or medication effects, the patient remains convinced of its reality, particularly noting the immediate return to body consciousness upon thinking of their children. The experience eliminated fear of death itself, though concern remains about being present for their children. The lasting impact centers on recognizing their purpose: to love their children and teach them to become loving, helpful, and spiritual human beings. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 6 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Surgery with general anesthesia, medical emergency in recovery | Classic OBE viewing self from corner of room during emergency | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 1 | Saw self from corner of recovery room | 1.00 | Recovery room nurses | Highly Compatible | 3 | |||||||||
| 4351 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1116-original-contract-was-complete.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1116-original-contract-was-complete.html | 2016 | 39 | Unknown | At age 39, while sick in bed with bronchitis, the experiencer left their body through the crown chakra, noting this was not their first out-of-body experience. They arrived at a place filled with bright, beautiful light where they felt love and joy of a higher nature than anything earthly. Communication was telepathic but perfectly clear. They were informed that their original "contract" was complete but could choose to stay longer on Earth for additional spiritual growth. The concept of a pre-birth spiritual contract was presented, suggesting souls agree to various tasks before incarnation as part of their spiritual calling. After agreeing to remain for continued growth, they returned to their body. The experiencer had been a spiritual seeker for over a decade, previously believing in reincarnation and having already experienced significant spiritual development. During the experience, they did not ask questions they later wished they had, such as how long they must live. Since returning, they have often wished they had stayed rather than coming back, longing to return to that state of grace and peace. Over the years following the NDE, they report making spiritual progress and feeling more grace and peace in life than ever before. The experience has been shared with many people, though most do not understand or believe it. The account expresses gratitude to organizations that validate and research such experiences. | 6 | Home | 3 | 4 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Bronchitis illness, no mention of life-threatening crisis | Telepathic communication about life contract, choice to return | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 2 | 0 | Told about spiritual contract | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4352 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1117-heaven-s-green-room.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1117-heaven-s-green-room.html | 2016 | F | The experiencer was struck by an SUV while cycling in a roundabout, suffering catastrophic injuries including shattered L1 vertebra, broken collarbone, five broken ribs, cracked pelvis and sternum, multiple spinal fractures, and brain bleeding. During the 50-foot dragging under the vehicle, consciousness split into two locations - one terrified animal part clinging to the axle, another calm observer watching from outside. The observer consciousness witnessed the accident dispassionately, seeing the license plate, driver, and bystanders helping. A trauma nurse named Ann saved them from paralysis by preventing movement with the shattered vertebra. During emergency spinal surgery, instead of gray nothingness from anesthesia, they found themselves in a spectacular landscape with rolling hills, flower-filled meadows, and towering trees, feeling overwhelming peace and love. Everything vibrated with subsurface radiance of love, with each element having its own pitch creating a symphony praising God. A female spiritual guide in luminescent pearl-gray clothing welcomed them with waves of unconditional love, explaining this was "Heaven's waiting room" - a preparation place before actual Heaven. The guide communicated telepathically that the experiencer had pre-birth volunteered as a messenger for spiritual teachings and must return to fulfill this calling. Extensive spiritual lessons were received about love, community, gratitude, and universal connection. They saw Earth from space as a dull, powerless place compared to the spiritual realm. The guide touched their injuries before sending them back, showing visions of difficult times ahead but ultimate happiness. Upon return to their broken body in the hospital, they grieved the loss of that perfect realm. Post-experience transformation included changed from atheism to faith, exponentially increased creativity, career change from defense manufacturing, and enhanced spiritual awareness. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 18 | 38 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Catastrophic injuries with surgery, near paralysis, shattered vertebra | Split consciousness observing accident, detailed heaven experience, pre-birth memories | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 1 | Split consciousness during accident | 0.00 | Ann (trauma nurse) | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4353 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1124-my-journey-to-the-other-side.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1124-my-journey-to-the-other-side.html | 2016 | M | Following accidental poisoning after high school, the experiencer underwent automatic transport at near light-speed through darkness with faint lights streaming past, experiencing g-forces during arc-shaped trajectory travel through a tube-like tunnel. Emerging into white openness, they encountered a giant sphere of pure light with angels on a cloud formation creating a V-shaped pathway. Seven beings on the left and three on the right, wearing pearlescent white gowns with gold accents, formed a funnel leading to the light sphere. The beings appeared feminine with flowing movements and medium-dark peach coloring, positioned like a wedding processional on cloud floor. A chorus of thousands of female voices sang the experiencer's name "Paul" in infinite harmonies, creating the most beautiful symphony ever heard. Initially believing they were intruding on something already happening, they gradually realized this entire spectacle was arranged specifically for them as guest of honor. One being closely interacted with raised left arm in loving gesture. When approaching the threshold of the great light, experiencing transformation into a "super-being" saturated with cosmic love, they realized this was the point of no return and willed themselves back to Earth, believing their life was incomplete. Looking back at Earth from space, it appeared small, dull, and purposeless with meaningless activity - a "pointless silent grind" void of real power or soul. The experience was kept secret for years. A psychologist later identified this as a rare "level 4" NDE (highest level) due to its visceral power. The lasting impact includes permanent spiritual transformation with the conviction that worldly powers are meaningless compared to the absolute freedom and enormous power awaiting in the afterlife. | 5 | Unknown | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Accidental poisoning leading to death experience | Detailed heaven entrance, angelic beings, view of Earth from space | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 0 | Tunnel travel at light speed | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4354 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1126-i-may-have-ignored-the-guardian-angels.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1126-i-may-have-ignored-the-guardian-angels.html | 2016 | Unknown | During heavy sedation in psychiatric care, the experiencer underwent a complex metaphysical experience compared to the movie Beetlejuice with friendly spirits attempting to guide their family toward purchasing a home. Simultaneously, they felt like Robin Williams creating landscapes from heaven and hell, experiencing what seemed like the year 8514 in future cosmic realms. A life review revealed their history of being raised in psychiatric healthcare as a bully throughout life. Beings taught that "all knowledge is power" and to test intelligence, while the experiencer felt profound peace, warmth, and love despite being enraged for unknown reasons. The experience emphasized that love means liberty in spiritual kingdoms and all humanity is one, though agreement is not required. Despite acknowledging being "the biggest jerk" their family knows, they felt loved as a child of God and His army of spirits and angels who spoke to them personally. Guardian angels were present though possibly ignored initially, along with Jesus as their Jewish messiah. The experience brought restoration and fulfillment, with God restoring "ten million times" what was taken. Satan is explicitly rejected as their god. The account concludes with praise for renewed future that society could never provide and declarations of eternal joy and well-being for America. The mixed emotional states of rage alongside love and peace, the specific future date reference, and the political conclusion suggest a complex psychiatric and spiritual experience. | 6 | Hospital | 3 | 2 | 5 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Heavy sedation in psychiatric setting | Life review, cosmic realm experience, spiritual teachings | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | psychiatric sedation | 7/18/2025 | 1 | 0 | Life review and spiritual teachings | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4355 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1127-the-fall-from-mr-m-s-racehorse.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1127-the-fall-from-mr-m-s-racehorse.html | 2016 | 16 | F | At approximately age 15-16, while riding a deceased neighbor's racehorse with a friend on a spring day, the experiencer fell from the horse for unknown reasons and lost consciousness, suffering head trauma that cracked their helmet. During the brief unconscious period, they saw a bright background light with desert-like foreground containing tumbleweeds, as the light grew brighter, closer, and wider. A figure approached like an overexposed photograph where forms but not details were visible. Though never seeing the face clearly and communication being telepathic rather than spoken, they recognized the presence as Mr. M, the deceased former owner of the horses who had died from a heart attack years earlier. Mr. M delivered a crucial message: "I FELT COMPELLED I had to make a CHOICE and get off the fence 'to believe or not to believe in God and an afterlife.' It's not your time yet, go back." Upon regaining consciousness, the experiencer sat up confused, holding their ears while repeatedly saying "My brains are coming out of my ears," genuinely believing this despite their friend's laughter. After walking home without seeking medical attention (despite probable concussion), they kept the experience secret for years. The encounter left them puzzled as an agnostic borderline atheist who could never fully deny the experience's reality. Years later, around 2007-2008 in their forties, discovering the TV show "Beyond and Back" about NDEs provided a name for their experience. They shared it with Mr. M's widow, bringing her comfort. From 2012-2014, following a painful divorce and destructive relationships, they experienced spiritual nagging to understand the experience. In 2014 they began attending church, believing the NDE occurred to keep faith open and for additional purposes not yet fully understood. | 5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Head trauma from horse fall, cracked helmet, likely concussion | Deceased neighbor appeared with specific message about faith choice | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/18/2025 | 2 | 0 | Bright light with desert foreground | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4356 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1128-10-day-coma-sees-grandfather.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1128-10-day-coma-sees-grandfather.html | 2016 | F | During a 10-day coma, the patient's first memory was in the emergency room on a gurney with parents present as doctors delivered grave prognosis - unlikely survival and vegetative state if survived. Despite screaming at them that she was fine and right there, with crisp white sheets visible, no one acknowledged her presence, causing confusion about being ignored. The patient observed discussion about contacting college-aged children and debate over whether to contact the youngest child (nine-year-old Parker) with the ex-husband, with the father deciding against it due to travel and care difficulties. This upset the patient greatly - dying without seeing her nine-year-old. Suddenly floating above her body like an angel in flowing white hospital gown, she realized her soul had separated from her physical body while parents held her lifeless hand. Behind her was warm bright light bringing total peace and calm despite parental distress. Turning toward the light, she saw a foggy distant image through a very long tunnel, moving slowly while enjoying the journey. Her deceased grandfather from the 1970s appeared exactly as remembered - white hair, black glasses, pipe lit, starched white short-sleeved shirt with left pocket, black pants with belt, polished black shoes with neat laces. He was happy to see her, being his only granddaughter and baby of the grandchildren. When asked if she needed to come with him, he said "No," it wasn't her time, she needed to return to help her father who would need her. After goodbye, everything disappeared and she returned to her body. During the coma she heard everything including operations and nurses discussing dating, feeling left for dead in blackness, wondering if that's what death is like. | 4 | Hospital | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | 10-day coma with grave prognosis, expected death or vegetative state | OBE viewing parents and medical discussion, met deceased grandfather with specific details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | comatose | 7/18/2025 | 3 | 0 | OBE view of ER scene | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4357 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 666-knowing-purity.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/666-knowing-purity.html | 1976 | 2010 | F | In 1976, the subject underwent major surgery to remove an acoustic neuroma that lasted 12 hours with two neurosurgeons alternating. She spent six hours in recovery and a day in ICU. Prior to surgery, she received anesthesia medication in her room at 5 a.m. As her mother and brother prayed over her with hands on her head, she experienced intense flashes of white light and "knew" she would be all right. She cried while being wheeled out, telling the nurse she would be fine either way. During surgery, she floated to the ceiling without form or body, unemotionally observing medical staff in green gowns working on the body she recognized as "Judy." She had no attachment to it and felt disconnected, existing perhaps as a mist or formless bubble. She noticed a beautiful soft, pale transparent aqua color that still attracts her. She felt calm, observant, and incredibly peaceful, then went through a dark stone-like tunnel at an upward angle, drawn magnetically to a brilliant golden white light. She experienced indescribable peace and bliss, beyond all understanding. Leaving the tunnel into the light, she entered a boundless white space without floors, ceilings, or walls. At one point she became the pure white light itself - nothing else existed except this infinite light. She knew purity and had total knowledge without ego, simply existing as pure awareness. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Major 12-hour surgery for acoustic neuroma with general anesthesia documented | Out-of-body observation of surgery scene but no specific details that could be verified | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/18/2025 | 3 | 0 | Observed surgery from ceiling perspective | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4358 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 667-eighty-seconds.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/667-eighty-seconds.html | 2001 | 2010 | M | In October 2001, a gay man underwent surgery to remove precancerous growths from his colon. During the procedure, the anesthetist gave him another full dose when he appeared to be coming around. Due to his severe allergy to opiates, he was given IV Valium and Demerol. His heart stopped during surgery for 80 seconds before being restarted. Upon cardiac arrest, he experienced a violent bolting out of his body and looked down at the operating room. He could sense the emotions of everyone present, particularly feeling the anesthesiologist's racing heart and dread about being responsible. He saw the tiled operating room with white and green ceramic tiles like the 1950s - a detail later confirmed by the recovery nurse who knew patients were unconscious before entering the OR. He shot upward at rocket speed, seeing a silver cord with a purplish tinge attached to his spirit. He entered a place of brilliant white light filled with love, understanding, and indescribable joy. He encountered hundreds or thousands of light beings, then reunited with his deceased husband who appeared as silvery energy. They embraced, spinning and conjoining their energy while conversing for what seemed like hours. He also met his deceased grandmother, great-aunt, and surprisingly his former mother-in-law, with whom he made peace. His husband told him he had to return to complete his purpose. He found himself back in his body and woke at 5:30 PM in recovery after being out all day. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 31 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest for 80 seconds during colon surgery, required resuscitation | Observed specific OR tile pattern while unconscious, sensed specific emotions of staff, saw silver cord | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Patient was under anesthesia | 7/18/2025 | 4 | 1 | Saw operating room tiles | 1.00 | Recovery nurse | Low Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||
| 4359 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 668-the-meaning-of-birth-memories.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/668-the-meaning-of-birth-memories.html | 1940 | 2010 | 0 | Unknown | The subject was born on January 27, 1940, in Moline, Illinois during a taxi ride to the hospital. Around 9:00 AM, as they approached the hospital, the birth began. The taxi driver took a fast turn and slid into a snow bank, causing everyone to slide to one side. The mother's legs came together, crushing the baby's head with her hands. At the hospital, they were rushed inside where a doctor finished the delivery. The doctor told the parents the baby was dead with a crushed head. He began emergency resuscitation by massaging the heart, clearing the airway, and reshaping the crushed head. The baby started breathing again after these interventions. For most of their life, the subject has experienced birth memories that reappear in dreams. Over time, they began to understand what these memories meant. The subject mentions having had other death experiences as well, though details are not provided. The experience left lasting impressions that manifested through recurring dreams and a gradual understanding of the significance of their traumatic birth and resuscitation. | 5 | Hospital | 5 | 1 | 6 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Birth complications with crushing injury and resuscitation documented | Birth memories in dreams but no specific verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Newborn | 7/18/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4360 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 669-god-exists.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/669-god-exists.html | 2010 | 9 | M | At age nine, the subject was hit by a car while riding his bike, thrown 75 feet, and landed on his head, crushing part of his skull with a pear-sized hole over the right parietal lobe. A surgeon and his wife witnessed the accident; the surgeon immediately performed CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while his wife called 911. Within three minutes, the subject had lost a third of his blood on the pavement. At the hospital, he received blood transfusions, had his ruptured spleen removed, and underwent eight hours of surgery as two neurosurgeons meticulously removed bone shards from his brain. His vital signs dropped and he fell into a coma with very poor prognosis for survival. During surgery, when his vital signs dropped dangerously low, his mother looked at him through the OR window saying "Isn't he beautiful," after which his vital signs inexplicably began climbing steadily. The subject vividly recalls seeing himself from above the operating table, looking down at silhouettes around the table with a bright light nearby (possibly the operating room light). He was then removed from the scene and surrounded by darkness and nothingness, but fully enveloped in the peace and love of God's presence. He wanted to stay but had no ability to make decisions. The last thing he remembers is God's conviction: "Regardless of what happens, it's going to be okay." He woke from his coma four days later, underwent six months of physical therapy, and made a complete recovery despite all medical prognoses. The experience gave him unshakeable conviction that God exists, loves him, and has a purpose for his life. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Severe head trauma, lost third of blood, coma, poor prognosis for survival | OBE observation of OR scene from above, saw silhouettes and bright light | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw operating room from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4361 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 670-back-in-two-zaps.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/670-back-in-two-zaps.html | 2010 | Unknown | The subject underwent traumatic surgeries that were lengthy. During surgery, they moved out of their body and saw themselves before floating in a tunnel made of white light. Moving through the tunnel felt slow initially but accelerated to an incredible pace, during which memories seemed to be left behind. The experience ended suddenly in an open space where they had no memories but felt very quiet. They sensed the presence of two beings beside them but couldn't see their faces - they appeared as bodies without faces. Together with these souls, they moved unguided in a direction until finding themselves before a large being. This being appeared very old but with young skin untouched by time, looking wise, knowledgeable, confident, polite, and peaceful. He wore shiny white satin cloth with long white hair and a silky white beard about two to three feet long. The environment was utterly peaceful with no bonds, feelings, emotions, or physical sensations - just total submission. They sat approximately five meters from this being who was positioned above them at an angle. Someone telepathically informed the being of their presence. The being pointed and said "You...you go back," meant for two of them. When the subject tried to stay, the being repeated "You do not belong here, go back" while pointing. They were instantaneously back in their body and felt two electrical shocks in succession - the surgeons attempting resuscitation. The experience left them with the certainty of having been in a divine presence and the knowledge that their time had not yet come. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 4 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 4 | Long traumatic surgeries requiring resuscitation | Tunnel of light, being with specific appearance, telepathic communication | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Tunnel of white light and open space | 0.00 | Surgeons | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4362 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 671-i-did-leave-didnt-i.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/671-i-did-leave-didnt-i.html | 2010 | F | The subject went to the hospital for penicillin shots after being told she had an STD (which was false). A male nurse administered the shots, and she initially felt fine but then started feeling strange. She gripped the nurse's stomach saying "make me believe it" as the room began spinning. She experienced severe convulsions so strong her legs were buckling under her and hitting her chest. The nurse couldn't reach the call button due to her grip, but someone heard the convulsions and rushed in saying "Oh my God." She could only see a tunnel with a bright light at the end, was hyperventilating and in great pain. She experienced a heart seizure during this event. In the tunnel, she saw her heart beating and a shadow like a roll-top desk being pulled down over the light, progressively descending as her condition worsened. Medical staff held her down and administered adrenaline to pressure points. As the shadow almost completely covered the light, she said "And the lights went out." She left her body and entered a beautiful star-filled night with incredible peace and no pain. She accepted death and was yanked back to her body. The male nurse later confirmed she had died for about three minutes, saying "you had absolutely gone, died." The experience gave her a heart murmur that eventually healed. She later sought therapy for her needle phobia and came to value life much more, believing a person must choose to let go in order to die. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Allergic reaction causing heart seizure, clinically dead for 3 minutes | Saw tunnel with light, visualized own heart beating, entered star-filled realm | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Tunnel with light and heart visualization | 0.00 | Male nurse | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4363 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 672-knowing-death-is-a-wonderful-thing.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/672-knowing-death-is-a-wonderful-thing.html | 2010 | 60 | M | The subject was in the ER lying on a bed with needles, IV, and pain medications when he told the nurse he thought he would vomit. She handed him a plastic container. As he sat up to take it, his eyes rolled back and he fell back on the bed. His heart stopped and he flatlined according to the nurse. He found himself in a place that was pure white where all pain was gone. He experienced the purest pleasure beyond description - a feeling beyond anything ever experienced. He then felt himself being pulled back to life, like the space shuttle returning into the pull of gravity. Though he thought he was screaming and fighting, he had done nothing outwardly. He awoke to two electrical shocks as surgeons revived him. The nurse said "Don't do that again, I have never seen anyone die." The next day, a heart catheterization showed he had "the heart of a twenty year old" which the doctor couldn't believe. A week later the doctor closed his file saying he wouldn't need to see him anymore. The subject jokes that God sent him back but grabbed a twenty-year-old heart by mistake. He now knows that death is a wonderful thing but hopes to stick around longer. The experience transformed his perspective on death from fear to understanding its peaceful nature. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Cardiac arrest and flatline in ER, required defibrillation | Pure white realm with indescribable pleasure, no specific verifiable observations | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 1 | 0 | Pure white realm experience | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4364 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 673-suffocating-to-life.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/673-suffocating-to-life.html | 1965 | 2010 | 0 | M | In 1965, when less than a year old, the subject crawled behind a couch and into a torn opening in the material underneath. He crawled deep inside thinking it would be a secret hiding place but became trapped as the space was too cramped to turn around. He began running out of oxygen and struggling made it worse. The suffering from suffocation was awful until he experienced acceptance, finding comfort despite the suffering. As suffering diminished, he realized he no longer needed oxygen or his physical body while remaining completely coherent. He never lost consciousness throughout the process. Moving to his right, he could see the living room though still in the couch. The room was bright as if lit by a hundred light bulbs. From above the couch, he observed everything intact. Suddenly flowers began growing rapidly out of every surface - floors, walls, objects - turning the room into a small paradise with happiness far beyond earthly experience. Then everything went pitch dark with complete darkness giving opposite feelings. He heard voices from far behind over his left shoulder - suffering beings that sounded evil. The voices got closer, surrounding him. Terrified, he whispered "Someone, please help me." A light shone from behind and a hand touched his left shoulder. It was Jesus in all white, who communicated in spiritual language: "I am Jesus your savior, savior of all mankind and today I am taking you with me to paradise." They moved forward together, encountering hundreds or thousands of light beings. They walked as it became daylight, with Jesus conversing with him and others following. Jesus then said things had changed and he had to return to his body to complete his purpose. Jesus showed him his future life (which he cannot remember) explaining why he couldn't go to heaven next time but would be in a content place. His father pulled him out by his ankle, saving his life. | 5 | Home | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Infant suffocation inside couch, rescued by father | Detailed room transformation, flowers growing, meeting Jesus, future life vision | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Infant trapped in couch | 7/19/2025 | 4 | 0 | Room transformation into paradise | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | ||||||||
| 4365 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 674-above-the-table.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/674-above-the-table.html | 2010 | F | During minor surgery, while waiting for intravenous medication to take effect, the doctor suddenly yelled at the nurses "You can't give a person with asthma this medication!" The subject remembers seeing the IV in her arm, then significant commotion and panic among the medical staff. She found herself above the operating table looking down at her body. The doctors and nurses were in a state of panic due to the medication error with her asthma condition. She was with someone who made her feel peaceful and safe during this out-of-body experience. This being took her to the recovery room and told her "You have to go back into your body." She asked "How do I know which body is mine?" as there were 15 or more girls her age with the same gown, white sheet and gurney in the recovery room. The being assured her it would be okay and to just go back. The next thing she remembered was a nurse calling her name, telling her it was time to wake up. She verified it was her body by checking her left hand for the missing tip of her middle finger from a childhood injury at age 8. Initially thinking it was a dream, after hearing other NDE stories, she now believes it was real. She expresses gratitude that God has been with her throughout her life of sickness and surgical complications. | 3 | Hospital | 7 | 6 | 13 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Minor surgery with dangerous anesthesia reaction due to asthma | Observed panic in OR from above, saw multiple patients in recovery room | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Patient has asthma | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 0 | Observed OR scene from above | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4366 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1632.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1632-woman-in-hospital-leaves-body-and-meets-ball-of-beautiful-diamond-light-projecting-love.html | 2019 | 2022 | F | A woman hospitalized for high blood pressure was given medication to lower her BP. While sleeping in her hospital room, she experienced extreme abdominal pain and collapsed in the bathroom, falling to the floor. During her NDE, she found herself standing alone in a black space with no memories of being a daughter or mother, just awareness of being herself. She saw sunset colors in the distance and a beautiful crystal diamond-like sphere revolving beside her, projecting an indescribable feeling beyond love. Translucent human-like figures rushed toward her with welcoming greetings - they appeared as soft, kind figures without distinguishable gender or race. She raised up from the floor with arms outstretched as the Code Blue team surrounded her. Since the experience, she has found white feathers in her path and around her house, which she interprets as signs from God. She believes God gave her this glimpse of heaven to share with others that there is no fear of death. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clear cardiac arrest documented with Code Blue team response in hospital setting | Detailed observations of black space, diamond light sphere, and translucent beings, though lacking specific verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw diamond-like sphere and beings | 0.00 | Code Blue team | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4367 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1633.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1633-woman-dies-following-childbirth-and-meets-jesus-who-says-to-care-for-everyone-even-strangers.html | 1979 | 2022 | F | Seven days after giving birth, a woman experienced massive hemorrhaging with blood clots and went into toxic shock syndrome due to retained afterbirth. She immediately closed her eyes knowing she would die and heard a rushing noise while being propelled through a dark tunnel. She saw others made of light ahead and behind her, with someone standing behind her right shoulder. A pinpoint of white light grew larger until she was delivered into a room filled with thick white light where beings sang praise. She then walked on a wide sidewalk seeing majestic mountains, waterfalls, a valley with trees and wildflowers in vivid colors. At a gated garden, she met Jesus (Yashuah) in white robes and sandals who told her she had work to do and must return for her children. She heard her husband screaming her name which brought her back to find him holding her on the bathroom floor. He reported she was white as a sheet, covered in blood, and in death convulsions. She received emergency treatment and a D&C the next day. | 5 | Home | 10 | 12 | 32 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Clear life-threatening postpartum hemorrhage with toxic shock syndrome documented | Detailed observations of tunnel, beings, specific landscape features, and Jesus figure | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw tunnel with others | 0.00 | Husband | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4368 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1634.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1634-after-dentist-gives-her-gas-she-goes-through-tunnel-and-feels-god-s-love.html | 2022 | F | A woman went to the dentist for a tooth extraction and was given gas, then left alone. She heard the music stop and could hear conversations in adjacent rooms with total clarity. She then heard her heartbeat slowing until it stopped completely, unable to call for help. She felt sucked out of her body through a tiny place in her head and traveled through a kaleidoscope tunnel of brilliant colors. During this journey, she remembered having lived other lifetimes and died before, feeling God's unconditional love everywhere around her in a vast space without time. She heard a voice telepathically saying "Hayley do not be afraid" and "You are not finished, you have to go back." She was suddenly sucked back into her body to find a nurse frantically trying to wake her. The nurse apologized for leaving her alone, turned off the gas, and said she thought the patient wasn't breathing. After this experience, the woman had multiple out-of-body experiences where she could float out of her body and observe herself. She now believes in God as the gentle light that imbues everything with being and loves all. | 2 | Other | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest documented - heart stopped, nurse confirmed not breathing | Heard conversations in other rooms, kaleidoscope tunnel, telepathic communication | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Heard conversations in other rooms | 0.00 | Nurse | Mixed Compatibility | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4369 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1635.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1635-motorcycle-crash-sends-man-into-tunnel-but-he-returns-to-have-premonitions-of-future-events.html | 2015 | 2015-09-23 | 2022 | M | On September 23, 2015, a man was in a head-on motorcycle versus auto accident where his girlfriend was killed. He flatlined on scene for 6 minutes and in the trauma center for 8 minutes. His experience began with floating in a "Superman flying" position through a tunnel of beautiful fluffy clouds perfectly formed like a tube, moving gently toward a round disc of red and yellow light. When his forward motion stopped, he felt overwhelming desire to go to the comfort, warmth and love of the light - feelings he had never experienced before. He heard a man's voice that was known to him though never heard before, asking simply: "Do you want to stay here or do you want to go back?" After weighing his choices between the feeling of the light and what he believed unfinished in life, he chose to return saying "I want to go back." His next conscious moment was two and a half weeks later in the trauma unit at Penn Presbyterian Hospital. Since then, he has experienced premonitions of future events that come true, with visions or feelings that pop into his head unexpectedly. He distinguishes this tunnel experience from medication-induced hallucinations by his level of consciousness during it. | 5 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Motorcycle accident with documented flatline for 6 and 8 minutes | Tunnel of clouds, disc of light, divine voice asking about return | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 1 | 0 | Tunnel and divine voice | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4370 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1636.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1636-man-dies-suddenly-and-feels-god-s-love-pouring-onto-infinite-array-of-glowing-blocks.html | 2022 | M | On the last working day before Christmas, a man walked to a parking lot with a friend to see a new car. He suddenly felt faint and tried to get low to the ground. He then found himself viewing an infinite array of translucent blocks connected by round conduits - the blocks glowed with bluish-white light while the conduits had golden shine. He had no physical body but became one of the glowing blocks. He knew this was a place of spirituality versus physicality, where everything was composed of spiritual energy. Time was non-linear - past, present and future all existed simultaneously, though he couldn't comprehend specific events due to information overload. Most remarkably, God was pouring His love "as if from a bucket" onto every block in the infinite array simultaneously. The peace he felt surpassed all understanding (referencing Philippians 4:7), and he thought "I'm finally home." His friend's frantic voice calling his name pulled him back. Before regaining consciousness, he felt the burdens of the physical world press down on his soul like a ton of bricks. Paramedics were called and he was diagnosed with myocarditis - his heart's electrical system had completely failed. Doctors said survival in such cases is medically rare. | 1 | Other | 10 | 12 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Sudden cardiac arrest with complete electrical failure, myocarditis diagnosed, survival rare | Detailed vision of spiritual realm with blocks, non-linear time, God pouring love | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Infinite array of glowing blocks | 0.00 | Friend | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4371 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1637.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1637-in-two-ndes-as-a-toddler-and-as-an-adult-woman-feels-jesus-love.html | 1958 | 2022 | 3 | F | A woman experienced two NDEs in her lifetime. First, at age 3-4 while swimming, her floating tube trapped her and she began drowning while her sisters talked with boys nearby. She saw this scene from above, then found herself with two angel beings who guided her through a tunnel with black fluid sides (warned never to touch as evil was beyond). She met a figure (later identified as Jesus) in a beautiful wildflower field who showed her a life review including how her actions affected others for eternity - like ripples in water affecting all creation. They walked to a small bridge with a willow tree and God's city beyond the hill. A black dog waited there that she would meet in 1997. Jesus said she must return for things to do for Him. Her second NDE as an adult began with finding herself on a cobbled street with beautiful homes containing perfect memories. She walked through a garden path to meet Jesus again who radiated love but sadly said "It's not your time." She then saw her deceased parents and son Joey in a bright white room. Joey explained she must return to show her coming three grandsons and others the way back to heaven. Both experiences emphasized that heaven is more real than earth and seeking the Creator is the way home. | 5 | Other | 5 | 15 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Drowning incident as child, less clear medical details for adult NDE | Detailed observations of tunnel, beings, Jesus, life review, prophecy of meeting dog in 1997 | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw scene from above while drowning | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 9 | |||||||||
| 4372 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1638.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1638-the-universe-without-matter-is-not-only-more-real-than-this-contrived-world-but-more-magnificent.html | 2022 | 19 | Unknown | A 19-year-old university student during exam week, stressed and having neglected eating and sleeping, was outside with friends smoking marijuana and cigarettes. Suddenly feeling faint with plummeting blood pressure and vision filled with black dots, the student collapsed. After complete blackness and silence, they found themselves in a car with four protective beings who felt like brothers, debating where to take them. Next, they were barreling down a pristine white enamel canyon at breakneck speed, initially thinking they rode a white lavender-tinged iridescent bird. Realizing they WERE the bird, they navigated between tall green trees by a crystalline stream, desperately wanting to reach perfect bliss, love and acceptance at the canyon's end. A voice calling from behind interrupted, causing them to wake on cement with head throbbing after fainting, hitting their head, remaining unconscious, then having a seizure. Initially disillusioned that this reality seemed less real than the other place, they soon felt profound gratitude for seeing what most don't see in life. The experience gave them confidence that the universe is good, ready to embrace us in perfect love, with no reason to fear death. They believe details were personalized (bird resembling deceased pet parakeet, bathtub-like canyon) while core elements match other NDEs. | 5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Fainting with seizure and head trauma, unconsciousness confirmed | Detailed otherworldly journey as bird through canyon, beings in car | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Four beings in car | 0.00 | Boyfriend and friend | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 4373 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1642.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1642-medical-doctor-dies-and-has-reunion-with-emerald-and-purple-beings.html | 2022 | F | A medical doctor ill with chest pain, fever, and night sweats for a week continued working while wearing a mask. After finishing rounds, imaging showed a suspicious lung nodule and she was Medi-flighted to CVICU with suspected dissecting aortic aneurysm. Though multiple echocardiograms didn't confirm the aneurysm, she was prepped for cardiac surgery. En route to an MRA/MRI in a wheelchair, she lost vision and hearing, with the nurse catching her by hair and gown as she fell. She experienced being in a vast endless space filled with brilliant white light with panoramic/spherical perception. She spent what felt like weeks or months with 12-25 beings she felt she'd known forever, having her earthly experiences "downloaded" and experiencing a great reunion. After consensus to return to unfinished life, the beings appeared as brilliant jewel-bright points of scintillating light - only emerald green and deep purple. She then hovered as consciousness observing a suffering face with green eyes and oxygen mask, feeling compassion before being sucked back into the body. She heard staff yelling orders, was drenched in sweat with seizure activity, and angrily asked why they brought her back from that beautiful place. The nurse confirmed brief cardiac arrest with systolic BP of 30, and the total arrest time was at least 5 minutes. | 1 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Cardiac arrest in CVICU with documented hypotension and bradycardia | Detailed beings description, hovering observation of own face with green eyes | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw 12-25 beings | 0.00 | CVICU nurse | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||||
| 4374 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1643.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1643-uk-11-year-old-boy-hit-by-car-enters-light-but-is-told-not-to-go-through-door-there.html | 2022 | 11 | M | An 11-year-old UK boy received a BMX bike for his birthday and went out to get milk for his mother. Police had told him to ride on the main road rather than the path. A Volvo estate car struck him, dragging him 100 yards underneath. He lost 6 pints of blood and his heart stopped for more than 5 minutes, remaining unconscious for days. During his NDE, he saw a bright light brighter than ever seen and traveled at fast speeds through vast whiteness. A door appeared floating in the white space. As he approached, a calming voice asked him to go through, but then a scary voice shouted "Don't go through the door!" Feeling panic, he rushed through the door to find his mother standing over him as he returned to reality. Several coincidences saved his life: an ambulance was 5 minutes away, a garage worker quickly called for help, and the ambulance carried a resuscitation unit they don't always have. Without these coincidences, he wouldn't have survived. Since the NDE, he reports passionate personality, super high senses (taste, smell, thoughts), and fascination with people, systems and technology. | 5 | Other | 10 | 8 | 25 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Hit by car, heart stopped 5+ minutes, lost 6 pints blood, resuscitated | Bright light, door in white space, two contrasting voices | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 1 | 1 | Door and voices experience | 0.00 | Ambulance crew | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||
| 4375 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1645.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1645-woman-dies-but-is-given-three-messages-that-helped-her-when-she-returned-to-life.html | 2004 | 2022 | F | A woman's heart stopped in the OR after giving birth to her youngest son in 2004, with complications due to Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) heart disease. She woke up in what she calls "home" - heaven - without a body but still herself, surrounded by angels and loved ones who also had no bodies but whose presence she knew. They communicated through thought, with questions answered before she could finish thinking them. She was bathed in beautiful white golden light feeling immense happiness, contentment, warmth and unconditional love beyond words. She received three repeated messages: she was unconditionally loved, everything is always how it's supposed to be, and everything would always be alright. She knew if she didn't return, her children, husband and family would be okay, but wasn't given the option to stay. She woke to the doctor yelling at her to open her eyes, angry to be back in her body and physical world. She experienced depression for weeks, wanting to go "home" despite having three babies to care for, which caused guilt and shame. Her life changed drastically afterward with divorce and career change. She no longer fears death, knows souls live on, and believes we are all connected as one. The experience was a gift whose messages continue to guide her. | 2 | Hospital | 10 | 10 | 27 | Strong Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest in OR after childbirth, MVP documented | Angels and loved ones presence, golden light, three specific messages received | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Three messages received | 0.00 | Doctor | Moderately Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4376 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1130-upside-down-yet-infinitely-perfect.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1130-upside-down-yet-infinitely-perfect.html | 2016 | 15 | Unknown |
The experiencer was canoeing with a friend when the boat capsized, trapping their legs under the front seat with their head underwater. After struggling to get free, they gave up and relaxed, finding themselves looking down from a tunnel entrance at their body receiving CPR on shore. They experienced an overwhelming feeling of perfectness where everything was infinite and complete, describing it as similar to quantum physics' wave function of infinite potential. No pulse or breathing was detected when the friend brought them to shore. The tunnel was very bright, and from this vantage point they could see their physical body below being resuscitated. The experience included a profound sense that all possibilities existed simultaneously in perfect completeness. They felt no sadness about leaving their body and no immediate desire to return. The return to their body happened naturally without trauma. The person observed their friend had swum them to shore where CPR was being administered. The medical team found no pulse or breathing initially. After returning, all medical readings including EKG were normal, though doctors described them as having been a "flat liner" and having had a "significant arrhythmic event." Following this experience, the person developed several enhanced abilities including precognitive flashes that always came true, the ability to sense where animals are hurt internally, unusual connections with wildlife like hummingbirds landing on their hand, and knowing when specific songs will play on the radio. They kept the experience private for many years, feeling profoundly changed but also experiencing a block against worldly success. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 17 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Drowning incident with loss of consciousness, no pulse or breathing detected, CPR performed | Observed own body from above receiving CPR on shore, accurate description of resuscitation efforts | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 1 | 0 | Saw own body receiving CPR on shore | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4377 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1131-my-beloved-sandy.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1131-my-beloved-sandy.html | 2016 | F |
During a heart catheterization procedure, the patient lost consciousness and found herself observing the medical team from behind their shoulders as they worked urgently. She felt an overwhelming need to leave and suddenly shot upward, looking over a wall where she saw her two adult children standing hand-in-hand. She moved through them as pure energy, experiencing dazzling colorful LED-like lights and whooshing sounds, feeling herself dematerialize. She then found herself hurtling through a void-like space toward a tiny pinprick of intense white light that grew larger and brighter as she approached. Her deceased yellow Labrador Sandy, who had died seven months earlier, emerged from the void surrounded by translucent pink loving energy. Sandy appeared to age from young to old as she approached. The experiencer stopped suddenly upon meeting Sandy, saying "Oh hi Sandy" as naturally as any greeting, feeling her fur despite having no hands. Sandy immediately began moving her back through the same path - back through her children and over the wall. Just before re-entering her body, she had a vision of all living beings connected by silver cords from their upper sternum and between shoulder blades, with cords of varying lengths and tensions connecting everyone though no one seemed aware of them. The medical staff restrained her from pulling out her ventilator. Upon awakening with severe chest pain and everything appearing pink-tinted, her first words to her husband were "I came back and I saw Sandy. Where is my cord?" Her husband had noticed she was gagging on the ventilator and advocated for her. The experience left her profoundly aware of the interconnectedness of all beings through these invisible silver cords. |
1 | Hospital | 10 | 14 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Heart catheterization with loss of consciousness, ventilator required, medical team urgent response | Observed medical team from behind, saw children through wall, detailed vision of silver cords connecting all beings, specific details about deceased pet | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ventilator | 7/19/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw medical team from behind | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4378 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1132-the-green-dually.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1132-the-green-dually.html | 2016 | 26 | M |
The experiencer, who had his first heart attack at 25, had two separate near-death experiences during subsequent cardiac events. In the first NDE at age 26, he was talking with his mother when he suddenly found himself in an ambulance. He was clinically dead for 14 minutes. He found himself standing before a massive Roman-style building with tall pillars and bright light emanating from everywhere. His deceased uncle appeared beside him and walked with him through the coliseum-like structure. In the middle of the room, he heard his grandfather's voice saying "This is not your time yet," and he immediately returned to his body in the hospital. During his second NDE approximately 10 years later, he was clinically dead for 27 minutes and shocked with defibrillators over 13 times. He found himself in a beautiful rolling field with a large pond, the same pillar building on a hill, and a waterfall that created no disturbance in the water. His uncle appeared again, showing him around and indicating where they would fish together. He experienced profound happiness, no pain, and moved by gliding rather than walking. His uncle led him toward a treeline where they found a two-story house unusually attached to a green dually truck. He was about to knock on the door, knowing his deceased father would answer, when his grandfather's voice intervened again with concern, telling his uncle "HE IS NOT DONE YET, HE HAS TO GO BACK." He felt his grandfather grab his arm and pull him up. The doctor reported he had called time of death but the heart monitor beeped once more, leading to one final defibrillation attempt. The doctor told him he was the luckiest man alive, having been clinically dead for 27 minutes with over 13 defibrillation attempts leaving burns on his chest. A nurse commented he must have a guardian angel. The experiencer noted both NDEs showed the same place and people but were not identical experiences, suggesting they weren't mere brain-generated repetitions. |
2 | Hospital | 10 | 8 | 28 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Two cardiac arrests with clinical death for 14 and 27 minutes, multiple defibrillation attempts | Detailed descriptions of otherworldly locations, deceased relatives recognized, consistent elements across two NDEs | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | burns from 13+ defibrillations | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Roman-style building with pillars | 0.00 | Doctor and nurses | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 4379 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1136-immersed-in-pure-love.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1136-immersed-in-pure-love.html | 2011 | 2011-08-01 | 2016 | M |
On August 1, 2011, while walking in a parking lot in Rapid City, SD, the experiencer felt his chest flutter with what seemed like a heart arrhythmia that stopped within seconds. His upper chest then began feeling like it was inflating, which doctors later explained was likely his heart in fatal arrhythmia, not pumping and back-filling with blood, causing the heart to swell. He then experienced a euphoric surge of being immersed in pure love as everything turned brilliant white. He stumbled to his hands and knees, feeling so wonderful he wanted to roll over and succumb to the overwhelming feeling of love and light. He tried to see "to the other side" but could only perceive brilliant white light surrounding him. At that moment, he realized he was dying but fought against it, not wanting to die in a parking lot where someone might run him over. He thought of his wife and children and the things he still needed to accomplish. With all his strength, he struggled to his feet and staggered a few steps. The white light, euphoria, and chest swelling gradually subsided as he moved forward. After about 45 seconds total, everything returned to normal as if nothing had happened. He walked up three flights of stairs to his apartment and resumed work, feeling completely normal but puzzled by the experience. He delayed telling his wife for several days. When she insisted he see a doctor, all medical readings including EKG were normal. However, the internal medicine doctor said he was a "flat liner" and his neurologist described it as a "significant arrhythmic event." Four years later, in July 2015, he was found to have a 99.9% blocked circumflex artery requiring three overlapping stents. The interventional cardiologist suggested his near-death experience may have been a forewarning related to arterial insufficiencies. |
2 | Other | 10 | 4 | 14 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Heart arrhythmia with chest swelling, described as flat liner by doctor, later found 99.9% arterial blockage | Experienced brilliant white light and overwhelming love, conscious observation of dying process | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 1 | 0 | Brilliant white light and feeling of pure love | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 4 | |||||||||
| 4380 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1137-big-beautiful-grass-flowing.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1137-big-beautiful-grass-flowing.html | 2000 | 2000-04-08 | 2016 | 14 | M |
On April 8, 2000, a 14-year-old traveled from Fresno to Oceanside with his older brother and two family friends to pick up his brother's 2-year-old daughter. Despite seeing a black cat cross their path and feeling something wasn't right, he continued on the trip. The brothers spent an unusually affectionate day together playing pool. On the return journey, after stopping to pray for safe travels, the driver fell asleep and the car swerved across the road, hit a pole, and burst into flames. At the moment of impact, the experiencer felt his body leave the car and floated above, looking down at his physical body still burning inside the vehicle. In an instant, he was transported to a place with big beautiful flowing grass, stunning waterfalls, and soft instruments playing. He floated over this landscape before entering a tunnel with an unbelievably bright light. As he approached the end of the tunnel, he saw a human-like figure that appeared as a shadow. The figure said to him, "Son, it's not your time yet," and instantly he snapped back into his body, now outside the burning car. He attempted to save his brother who was leaning over the baby's car seat protectively, but the fire was too intense. His brother and the baby died in the fire while the driver and other passenger survived with minor or no burns. When a woman arrived, he asked to lie in her car seat despite her initial refusal. At the hospital, still in shock, he told his mother that his brother and the baby were fine at another hospital. He then went into a coma for a month, spent 9 months total in the hospital, underwent 19 surgeries, and eventually made a full recovery. The experience showed him classic NDE elements including out-of-body observation of his burning body and travel through a tunnel toward a bright light with a divine figure. |
5 | Hospital | 10 | 12 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe car accident with fire, month-long coma, 9 months hospitalization, 19 surgeries | Out-of-body view of burning body in car, beautiful otherworldly landscape, tunnel with bright light, being who spoke | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | severe burns requiring 19 surgeries | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw own body burning in car | 0.00 | Highly Compatible | 7 | |||||||
| 4381 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1145-they-looked-at-me-with-such-love-and-kindness.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1145-they-looked-at-me-with-such-love-and-kindness.html | 2016 | 4 | F |
At age four, the experiencer became severely ill with an unknown condition that nearly killed her. The doctors could not identify what was wrong, and her mother later confirmed she almost died but then quickly recovered. While ill in bed, she was watching the ceiling and thinking she could walk on it when she was suddenly transported to another realm where she stood with several beings she perceived as angels. These angelic beings looked at her with unprecedented love and kindness, making her feel totally safe and cared for in a way she had never experienced before. They explained that important aspects of her life had changed, things she had not "signed up for," and gave her a choice: stay with them and leave this life, or return despite knowing it would be very challenging. Remarkably, though only four years old, her thinking abilities during the experience were not those of a child, and she understood exactly what they were telling her. She thought of her beloved sister and decided that regardless of how difficult life would be, she wanted to return to stay with her. As suddenly as she had left, she was back in her bed, wondering why her room felt so dark compared to where she had been. She quickly recovered from her illness and returned to normal childhood activities. The experience left lasting effects: she became highly psychic with precognitive abilities, hypersensitive to others' feelings and world events, deeply concerned about equality for all beings, and completely without fear of death. At 23, when facing what appeared to be certain death in a car accident, she felt only complete calm and warmth. She retained perfect memory of the experience 55 years later, including her adult-level thought processes during the encounter despite being only four years old. |
6 | Unknown | 3 | 8 | 11 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Unknown severe illness that almost caused death, doctors could not diagnose, mother confirmed near-death | Encountered multiple angelic beings, given choice about returning to life, adult cognition at age 4 | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 1 | 0 | Informed of life changes and given choice | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4382 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1147-saw-great-grandparents-who-passed-long-before-she-was-born.html 2016 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1147-saw-great-grandparents-who-passed-long-before-she-was-born.html | 1978 | 2016 | 9 | F |
In 1978, a 9-year-old underwent surgery to repair a coarctation of the aorta, a congenital heart defect that had caused congestive heart failure by restricting blood flow to her lower body and causing extreme hypertension in the upper body. The defect was worse than anticipated, requiring an extended period without blood flow to her legs while waiting for a dacron patch. The surgeon told her mother she would likely never walk again, and she failed multiple paralysis tests while sedated. On Thanksgiving Day after surgery, while connected to multiple tubes, IVs, ventilator, and chest tube, she became aware of looking down at herself from above. She saw her mother walking into the room, then observed several nurses and a doctor surrounding her bed from an elevated perspective. She watched a nurse putting medication in her IV and saw her mother collapse to the floor as the doctor yelled to get her out. During this medical crisis, she felt herself leaving and briefly thought about her horse and dog but decided they would be fine. She realized consciousness survived death, feeling happy that awareness continued beyond the body. She saw many people in shadows with backlighting, with two figures standing out prominently. Though she didn't recognize them, she felt drawn toward them and reached out with her arms before being pulled back into her body against her will. She fought the ventilator upon waking, and as the staff sedated her, they celebrated because her foot was wiggling rapidly, proving she wasn't paralyzed. A year later, while exploring her grandmother's shed, she discovered an old cigar box containing black and white photographs. She immediately recognized two people in one photo as the figures from her NDE. Her grandmother sighed and revealed they were her parents who had died long before the girl was born. This box contained the only known pictures of them and had been lost for years. The girl considered this concrete evidence of her near-death experience, and her brother insisted the experience changed her permanently. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 18 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Coarctation repair surgery with severe complications, expected paralysis, congestive heart failure | Observed medical emergency from above, saw mother collapse, identified never-met deceased great-grandparents from photo | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed medical crisis from above | 0.00 | Grandmother | Highly Compatible | 8 | ||||||||
| 4383 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1646-three-year-old-girl-drowns-and-watches-her-own-resuscitation.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1646-three-year-old-girl-drowns-and-watches-her-own-resuscitation.html | 2022 | 3 | F | A three-year-old girl was swimming with family when everyone left the pool to play volleyball. Her floaties were removed but she still felt like they were on. She jumped into the pool and began sinking, unable to get her hand above water before blacking out. She reported being at the bottom of the pool looking up, then being carried out and seeing the rail as she passed. From an out-of-body perspective, she watched everyone huddled around her body. She saw her brother screaming at their mother to do CPR while she was sobbing saying she couldn't. She watched as she was carried to the house and then felt like she moved back into her body, crossing over a line. Her mother, an L&D nurse, performed CPR with chest compressions on her back until she vomited water and opened her eyes. The mother confirmed she was likely underwater for at least 5 minutes, pale and not breathing. The girl fought paramedics when being strapped down but was fine after an overnight hospital stay. | 5 | Other | 5 | 18 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 10 | Drowning incident with estimated 5+ minutes underwater, unresponsive and not breathing | Multiple specific observations from OBE perspective: seeing rail while carried, brother screaming at mother, mother crying, specific dialogue "I can't", all confirmed by mother | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 3 | 1 | Saw view from bottom of pool looking up | 0.00 | Mother (L&D nurse) | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||
| 4384 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1647-french-canadian-man-has-lifetime-of-ndes-and-after-effects.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1647-french-canadian-man-has-lifetime-of-ndes-and-after-effects.html | 2022 | 8 | M |
A French Canadian man experienced nine NDEs throughout his life, beginning at age 8 when hit by a car while riding his bike. His NDEs included two bicycle accidents with cars, two serious car accidents (one causing skull fracture), two drownings, and three major surgeries including brain tumor removal with 10-second clinical death. Unlike many NDErs, he has few memories of the experiences themselves, only vague recollections of light and entities around him. The profound after-effects have dominated his life since age 8. He developed strong psychic abilities including feeling, seeing, and hearing energy; working as a "ferryman of souls" helping entities; having prescient dreams and astral journeys; experiencing trances and out-of-body experiences. He reports being attacked by dark entities, demons, and "reptilian aliens" since his first NDE, experiencing nightmares, absences, and self-sabotage. With help from a Pleiadian guide named Dianeante, he learned to defend against and diplomatically handle these entities, becoming what he calls a Light Warrior. Medical professionals diagnosed him with Asperger's syndrome with autistic and anxiety tendencies. He identifies as an indigo aura Starseed connected with Pleiadians. The NDEs served as transcendent rituals bringing him to higher consciousness and vibratory rates. Despite the challenges, he now accepts who he is and works on consciousness elevation. |
5 | Other | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Multiple life-threatening events including being hit by cars, drownings, brain tumor surgery with 10-second clinical death | Only vague memories of light and entities, no specific veridical observations reported | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 0 | 0 | Incompatible | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4385 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1649-mumbai-woman-has-allergic-reaction-and-heads-up-only-to-come-back-down.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1649-mumbai-woman-has-allergic-reaction-and-heads-up-only-to-come-back-down.html | 2015 | 2015-04-22 | 2022 | F |
On April 22, 2015, a woman from Mumbai underwent wrist surgery to release a tendon. In the operating theatre, she had a severe allergic reaction to Emeset (ondansetron) injection, experiencing anaphylaxis with hives and burning sensations. Despite being given steroids to control the reaction, she went unconscious during surgery. During her NDE, she moved through a black hole and felt warm, tiny like a baby inside a womb. She saw flowing soft cloths in red, orange, and yellow colors that seemed never-ending. As she moved upward through these drapes, she experienced pure love without temptation, jealousy, or conditions - love so pure she couldn't express it in words. She felt completely detached from her earthly life, not thinking of family, husband, or baby. She was drawn only to this supreme love and kept moving upward toward what felt like a finish line. Suddenly she began slipping down, unable to hold the soft, slippery fabrics. Something communicated through feelings rather than words, telling her to go back as it wasn't her time yet, conveying that death is beautiful and shouldn't be dreaded. Upon regaining consciousness, she kept shouting to be taken back up. After surgery, she cried and felt sad about returning, constantly thinking about the love she experienced. She no longer fears death, feels more gratitude toward life, and reports being changed since the experience. |
3 | Hospital | 7 | 2 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Surgery under general anesthesia with documented allergic reaction causing anaphylaxis | Entirely subjective experience with no veridical observations or verifiable details | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/19/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4386 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1650-german-man-separates-from-his-burning-body-and-watches-then-gets-all-questions-answered.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1650-german-man-separates-from-his-burning-body-and-watches-then-gets-all-questions-answered.html | 2009 | 2022 | M |
In September 2009, a German man caught fire after returning from a jog when his sports pants ignited near the fireplace. The fire spread to his jacket and eventually his face and hair. When he couldn't breathe due to flames, he consciously accepted death with no fear or pain, making a decision to "let go." His consciousness separated from his body and he observed from outside as his 14-year-old son arrived, pulled the burning body down, and extinguished flames with a carpet. He watched neutrally as paramedics arrived, the rescue helicopter landed, and his body was transported to the hospital emergency room and intensive care unit. While his body lay in a coma with ventilator support, he encountered a large male luminous being who filled the room with loving presence. This teacher explained he wasn't dead and led him on an extensive journey between dimensions. He was shown what consciousness is, how it's composed, soul integration, releasing blockages, and soul mate connections. He experienced unconditional love that exists in everything, learned that past and future don't exist as everything happens simultaneously, and understood humans can shift perspective to create different futures. After extensive teaching about the body as a vessel for consciousness, he was given the choice to return or depart. He consciously chose to return, accepting his body despite its imperfect state, and merged back into it with gratitude. Since then he maintains both human and soul perspective simultaneously, living without fear. |
4 | Hospital | 10 | 15 | 35 | Exceptional Evidence | 10 | Severe burns requiring rescue helicopter, coma with ventilator support in ICU | Detailed observations of son's rescue actions, paramedics, helicopter transport, hospital procedures while in coma | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Observed son's rescue actions | 0.00 | Son (age 14) | Mixed Compatibility | 8 | |||||||||
| 4387 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1651-young-woman-dies-and-understands-god-s-love-is-much-greater-than-we-can-know.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1651-young-woman-dies-and-understands-god-s-love-is-much-greater-than-we-can-know.html | 2014 | 2022 | F |
A young woman with documented bradycardia and Mobitz type 1 arrhythmia had been monitored showing her heart pausing 4 times during sleep at 36 bpm. She declined pacemaker treatment initially. During a fever while taking aspirin for the first time (being hypersensitive to medications), her heart slowed to a complete stop during sleep. Duration unknown but she experienced vastly expanded time perception. She began "going/traveling" and encountered God's light - not just visual but absorbed through her whole being with new depth of feeling. She experienced this as the cure for all suffering, understanding love's true meaning beyond human practice of restricted love. In God's presence, she understood that no one is left uncared for, that it's humanity's responsibility to love without restriction or hesitation. She recognized God as being in everything, even the smallest grain of sand. When she wanted to stay and go further, she was "completely shut out" with the message she couldn't come there yet. Upon waking, the room looked different - everything appeared as "just" what it was. She retained God's love for several weeks afterward, loving everybody without separation, feeling patient, without jealousy or anger. She smiled constantly, aware that people don't realize they don't truly die. The experience transformed her understanding but became harder to recall visually over time. |
2 | Home | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Documented cardiac condition with complete cardiac arrest from medication reaction, prior medical documentation of arrhythmia | Entirely transcendent/spiritual experience without veridical observations of physical events | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4388 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1652-nine-year-old-girl-hit-by-car-has-psychic-lifetime-of-adventure.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1652-nine-year-old-girl-hit-by-car-has-psychic-lifetime-of-adventure.html | 1960 | 2022 | 9 | F |
In March 1960, a 9-year-old girl was struck by a 1955 Buick while crossing the street near her home after art class. The driver, traveling at high speed down a long hill without glasses while eating, struck her on the left side. She was caught on the hood ornament by her ear, hit again, and flew 91.5 feet before landing on a storm drain. She suffered multiple broken bones and a 3-week concussion, requiring many surgeries, extensive physical therapy, and home schooling. During recovery, she developed unusual food cravings, began writing prose, and discovered she could pass exams without studying, leading to placement in accelerated programs. Within 5 years, she realized her reality was abnormal. She had become intuitive and precognitive, "knowing" things with highly developed cross-sensory perception, experiencing synesthesia. Parents of schoolmates forbade contact due to her psychic abilities. These abilities continued throughout life, often "ambushing" her. She traveled extensively without destinations, studied cultural anthropology, and learned her paternal grandmother and aunt were known for "work with spirits." Years later at The Four Winds Society, she learned to control her abilities through shamanic training. Through journeying, she discovered she had spent her concussion weeks in a dark, empty limbo place. She now practices controlled NDEs, soul retrieval, psychopomp work, remote viewing, and healing. |
5 | Other | 5 | 2 | 7 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Severe trauma from high-speed vehicle impact, thrown 91.5 feet, multiple fractures, 3-week concussion | No specific observations during NDE, only discovered years later through shamanic journey that she was in a "limbo" during concussion | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 0 | 0 | Incompatible | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4389 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1653-construction-worker-sees-his-mamaw-and-feels-love-as-a-dog-and-birds-try-to-save-him.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1653-construction-worker-sees-his-mamaw-and-feels-love-as-a-dog-and-birds-try-to-save-him.html | 2017 | 2017-02-14 | 2022 | M |
On February 14, 2017, a construction worker building a storage shed collapsed after walking up an incline while feeling unwell. He lay paralyzed for 1 hour 47 minutes, unable to move with his head turned left toward a tree. His senses heightened dramatically - he could hear individual insects and birds. A 13-year-old lab dog that had followed him all day ran between him and the owner's house barking for help. Sparrows gathered in the nearby tree chirping toward the house, then a large flock of blackbirds arrived making loud squawking. He observed 12 airplanes simultaneously and experienced a rainbow tunnel from his head. He found himself sliding his hand across an airplane's metal surface in slow motion, then entered a white void - vast, calm, without shadows. A woman at a kitchen counter turned to him saying "David, I love you" - he recognized her as his Mamaw in her mid-twenties. All-encompassing love wrapped around him, eliminating all fear, anxiety, and pain. When the customer found him and called 911, he could hear everything but couldn't communicate - screaming internally "Just call my Dad!" The neighbor with a stethoscope thought he was dead. EMTs administered Narcan, and he couldn't speak properly in the ER, with 10-minute delays between words. His fever registered 107.9°F from a sinus infection. He was hospitalized 4 days with a 30 bpm pulse. Years later he married someone he believes Christ promised him during the experience. |
5 | Other | 5 | 8 | 18 | Moderate Evidence | 5 | Severe hypoglycemic episode with 107.9°F fever, pulse of 30 bpm, unresponsive for 1 hour 47 minutes | Observed 12 airplanes simultaneously, encountered deceased grandmother appearing young, animals' unusual behavior trying to get help | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Animals trying to save him | 0.00 | Customer, Neighbor | Highly Compatible | 7 | ||||||||
| 4390 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1654-young-woman-leaves-her-body-and-rises-toward-welcoming-tree.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1654-young-woman-leaves-her-body-and-rises-toward-welcoming-tree.html | 2022 | F |
A young woman at a woodland rave after drinking and taking ecstasy collapsed or lay down and found herself looking up at the sky. She could hear music distantly as tree branches above began swaying in an alluring, loving way, seeming to call to her. She rose effortlessly and blissfully toward them, feeling completely clear-headed despite the drugs. She felt natural, comfortable, free, light, and enveloped in welcoming love - more capable and sure of herself than ever before in life. The trees seemed alive and conscious, communicating with her, happy she could see their true form. As she drifted higher, the branches parted revealing silvery light behind them. She could clearly hear friends Scott and Jane anxiously shouting her name, saying "Wake up, come on now, you have to wake up!" She tried responding "No, no, don't worry, I'm totally fine!" but realized they couldn't hear her. She recognized she wasn't in her body but just eyes, ears, and thoughts, feeling no fear. Though irritated by their worry, she continued drifting upward toward the silvery light beyond the branches. Scott gave her the kiss of life, causing her to jerk awake and vomit. He confirmed they found her unresponsive with eyes closed, thought she was dead, and had pulled her eyelids up seeing her "gone." They were with her for what felt like ages but probably less than 10 minutes. She was extremely unhappy to be pulled back from the blissful experience. |
5 | Other | 3 | 10 | 20 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Drug overdose causing unresponsiveness, friends thought she was dead, required resuscitation | Heard exact words friends were saying: "Wake up, come on now, you have to wake up" which they confirmed, along with finding her unresponsive | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 1 | 1 | Heard friends trying to wake her | 1.00 | Scott and Jane | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4391 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1655-man-has-reaction-leaves-body-and-is-greeted-by-tree-and-jesus.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1655-man-has-reaction-leaves-body-and-is-greeted-by-tree-and-jesus.html | 2017 | 2017-08-30 | 2022 | M |
On August 30, 2017, at 2 AM, a man experiencing severe hypoglycemia became aggressive with his wife who called paramedics. Fighting increased with police arrival who used Ativan nasal spray three times. After being hit with a baton and falling off the porch, he suffered instant cardiac arrest while being cuffed. CPR was started and shock pads used 3 times. Records showed 8 minutes before heart beat returned but couldn't beat independently; after 18 minutes total it beat on its own. During clinical death, he found himself at his foyer doorway seeing walls made of "wooden gold" that spoke saying "I am the greatest wood ever made." Moving/floating toward the door, bright light shone through. On the porch, he saw incredible blue sky he could taste, and a tree 20 feet away with branches moving slowly like dancing. Red and golden leaves twisted slowly, laughing like children on a playground. He saw his still-living family: parents and brother looking up at light, teenage stepchildren on steps, wife crying with arms around him, and his 8-year-old stepson and 6-year-old son standing beside him. A man floating 15 feet up encircled by cloud said "Hey there, JohnBoy" - he recognized this as Jesus. The light came from Jesus, shining through yet the tree looked solid. Falling face-down, his life flashed by in a second. Jesus said "What are you talking about? That doesn't exist here" removing his tears and burdens. When offered freedom to come, his sons reminded him of promises to build a treehouse. He chose responsibility and grabbed his son's hand. He came off life support 10 days later, initially unable to talk, walk, or move, but recovered in 5 days. |
1 | Ambulance | 10 | 15 | 33 | Strong Evidence | 8 | Instant cardiac arrest, 8 minutes before heart returned, 18 minutes to beat independently, shock pads used 3 times | Detailed visions of transformed environment, family members in specific positions, direct encounter and dialogue with Jesus | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw transformed home environment | 0.00 | Paramedics, EMTs, Hospital staff | Highly Compatible | 9 | ||||||||
| 4392 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1656-older-gentleman-finds-himself-in-lovely-place-for-a-moment-before-having-seizure.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1656-older-gentleman-finds-himself-in-lovely-place-for-a-moment-before-having-seizure.html | 2021 | 2021-06-10 | 2022 | 82 | M |
On June 10, 2021, an 82-year-old man watching evening news mysteriously found himself in a lovely, very comfortable place. His memory was completely erased regarding why he liked it so much, including all visual and sensory recollections, except hearing his wife Carol's distant voice saying "Charles, wake up." He chose to ignore her twice as he didn't want to leave this wonderful "wherever." On her third call, he decided to comply. He came to with arms moving up and down and head shaking in spasmodic movements characteristic of a situational clonic seizure lasting about one minute. His eyes had been open but rolled back showing only whites - his only seizure in 82 years. At the emergency room, his pulse was only 30 bpm indicating complete heart block where the SA node wasn't conducting regular impulses to ventricles. Asked about resuscitation preferences while being wheeled to surgery, he said yes but admitted the mystical place was appealing. After two hours of painful cardioversion shocks, catheters, morphine, and chest incision without full anesthesia, he received a titanium pacemaker. The device now maintains his heart rate in the mid-60s and is designed for 10+ years. Released from ICU the next afternoon, he resumed all normal activities. He remains convinced this minute-long experience was a near-death experience, though he cannot recall specific details of where he was. |
2 | Home | 10 | 2 | 12 | Suggestive Evidence | 0 | Complete heart block with pulse of 30 bpm, required emergency pacemaker surgery | No specific veridical observations; memory of the experience erased except for feeling it was lovely | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4393 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1660-boy-of-10-almost-drowns-in-lake.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1660-boy-of-10-almost-drowns-in-lake.html | 2022 | 10 | M | A 10-year-old boy was swimming at a state park lake when he ventured beyond the buoy line into deep water, not realizing there was an immediate drop-off. Unable to swim, he went under and began thrashing desperately to reach the surface. After struggling briefly, he experienced a tremendous jerk within his body, which he described as a natural part of the dying process. Suddenly, he found himself outside his body in a semi-conscious state, floating peacefully without any struggle. He felt completely content, unbelievably happy, and enveloped by a loving presence. Time ceased to exist for him - there was no future or past, only the experience of the present moment. He was in this blissful state when his father pulled him from the deep water to safety. The boy distinctly remembers feeling disappointed about returning, as he did not want to leave the peaceful state. His father had entered the water fully clothed to rescue him and later commented "You were just about a goner" while drying money from his wallet on the sand. The experience left the boy with a profound memory of the peace and happiness he felt while separated from his body. | 5 | Other | 5 | 1 | 6 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Near-drowning event at lake with life-threatening situation | No specific veridical observations reported, only subjective experience of OBE and peaceful feelings | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4394 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1665-where-teen-mom-went-during-coma-from-spinal-meningitis.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1665-where-teen-mom-went-during-coma-from-spinal-meningitis.html | 2022 | 19 | F |
A 19-year-old mother became critically ill with spinal meningitis and fell into a coma for five days. Her condition was so grave that a priest was called to administer last rites as she was unresponsive and dying. During her coma, she experienced consciousness in a different reality, feeling wonderful peace without any sense of having a body. She existed in an expansive state where everything was connected as one - she was part of everything and everything was her. There was no sense of individual identity or thoughts about her earthly life. She floated formlessly in this unified consciousness, experiencing perfect contentment. Deep in her consciousness, she began hearing her name being called. Initially, she ignored it, wanting to remain in the peaceful state. The voice grew louder, and she recognized it as her mother's. Her mother said "Sharen, Alfie needs you so much," referring to her 8-month-old baby whom she had completely forgotten about. Upon hearing her baby's name repeated, she suddenly remembered and thought "I have to go back." Immediately after making this choice, she felt a powerful swooshing sensation, like being sucked by a vacuum, and was pulled back into her body. She opened her eyes to find her mother sitting beside her hospital bed, crying. The experience has never left her, particularly the beautiful feeling and sense of oneness with all creation. She consciously chose to return for her child. |
4 | Hospital | 5 | 4 | 9 | Weak Evidence | 0 | Coma from spinal meningitis for 5 days, priest gave last rites | Heard mother calling her name and specific words about her baby, made conscious choice to return | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 1 | 0 | Heard mother calling her name and speaking about her baby | 0.00 | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4395 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1666-girl-is-hit-by-falling-tree-leaves-body-and-returns-with-knowledge.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1666-girl-is-hit-by-falling-tree-leaves-body-and-returns-with-knowledge.html | 2022 | 10 | F |
A 10-year-old girl was ice fishing with multiple families in northern Canada when a 12-year-old boy chopped down a large birch tree that fell on her while she sat by the campfire. The impact caused a two-inch split on top of her head, five broken teeth, and she fell into the fire. Within seconds of impact, she found herself floating above the scene, observing the chaos below. She watched all the children running around screaming and saw her sister pull her from the fire by her legs. From her elevated perspective, she observed her mother begin walking toward the camp from the distant fishing spot. In her out-of-body state, she flew down to her mother and told her "You need to run!" which caused her mother to start running. She then watched the father of the boy who cut the tree chase him with the axe, finding it comical as she knew he wouldn't hurt him. She observed her mother and sister carry her up the trail to the warming car her father had prepared. She returned to her body in the car's back seat, her head on her mother's lap and legs on her sister's lap, with everyone crying while she felt no pain and was at peace. Upon awakening, she knew three specific truths about her future: she would have one son and raise him alone, become financially secure by age 27, and learn her last life lesson in middle age. All three predictions came true. The experience gave her heightened spirituality and abilities to read auras and detach her spirit from her body, though she lost some abilities during busy adult years before experiencing a spiritual reawakening in her fifties. |
5 | Other | 5 | 10 | 15 | Moderate Evidence | 0 | Severe head trauma with 2-inch skull split, broken teeth, fell into fire | Multiple specific observations: sister pulling her by legs, mother walking then running, father chasing boy with axe, being carried to car | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 3 | 0 | Saw sister pull her from fire | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4396 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1667-girl-drowns-leaves-body-and-returns-much-changed.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1667-girl-drowns-leaves-body-and-returns-much-changed.html | 2022 | 11 | F |
An 11-year-old girl was swimming at a Wisconsin lake with family and neighbors when she drowned in 10-15 feet of water. While playing tag, she jumped off a floating platform to escape her brother but forgot to take a breath. She panicked underwater, frantically paddling and kicking to reach the surface. Unable to hold her breath any longer, she reflexively inhaled lake water and began sinking. After her limbs tired, she suddenly stopped fighting and felt peace come over her, observing the sun through the water above. From her peaceful vantage point about 5-6 feet above the lake bottom, she heard water breaking and saw an older neighbor diving straight down in a V-shaped bubble trail. She watched him reach the bottom where he picked up her white body contrasting against the mud and seaweed. She could see her own hair and recognized her body directly below where her consciousness floated. The rescuer hooked his arms under her arms and pushed off the lake floor with tremendous force, reuniting her soul with her body during the ascent. At the surface, he performed the Heimlich maneuver as she vomited lake water. He brought her to shallow water where she could stand on wobbly legs before she laid on the grass in shock. Twenty years later, she thanked him for saving her life, but he had no memory of the event. The experience profoundly changed her, giving her heightened sensitivity and leading to later experiences of clairaudience, telepathy, claircognizance, and clairsentience. She became fascinated with NDEs and paranormal activity. |
5 | Other | 5 | 12 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 2 | Drowning in deep lake water after inhaling water | Detailed observation of rescue from outside body: saw rescuer diving with V-shaped bubbles, picking up her white body from bottom, specific positioning | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 1 | 0 | Observed own rescue from outside body | 0.00 | Low Compatibility | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4397 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 1669-woman-drops-dead-but-returns-knowing-things.html 2022 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/1669-woman-drops-dead-but-returns-knowing-things.html | 2013 | 2013-05-01 | 2022 | F |
A woman with stage 3 breast cancer, diagnosed at 20 weeks pregnant, underwent chemotherapy while pregnant, followed by mastectomy, additional chemotherapy, and radiation treatments. Four weeks after completing cancer treatment, on May 1, 2013, she suddenly dropped dead in the middle of a residential street. Her sister immediately began performing CPR, followed by a motor cop who was first on scene. Medical personnel had to use the defibrillator paddles over four times to bring her back to life. This cardiac arrest occurred just three days before the one-year anniversary of her cancer diagnosis. She returned from death with profound knowledge and certainty about the nature of existence. She knows without question that she and her children are connected forever, understanding with absolute certainty that earthly life is temporary but spirits are eternal. The experience dramatically heightened her empathic abilities to such an extent that she cannot tolerate being near people with anxiety or negativity, as their emotional states wash over her soul. This heightened sensitivity has proven particularly challenging during stressful times. While she doesn't describe the actual experience during cardiac arrest, the knowledge she gained appears to have come during that time when she required multiple defibrillation attempts to return. The certainty of eternal spiritual connection and the overwhelming increase in empathic sensitivity are her primary lasting effects from this near-death experience during cardiac arrest. |
1 | Other | 10 | 2 | 19 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Cardiac arrest requiring CPR and 4+ defibrillation attempts | No specific veridical observations reported, only gained knowledge about spiritual matters | written_account | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 0 | 0 | Highly Compatible | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4398 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 676-beaten-to-near-death.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/676-beaten-to-near-death.html | 2010 | 2 | Unknown | The experiencer reports two childhood near-death experiences resulting from severe abuse. At age two, their father held them underwater in a bathtub until they left their body, experiencing themselves hovering at the ceiling in a dark void where "nothing but everything was there at the same time." They observed their father holding them under water until a neighbor intervened, pushing the father away and rescuing the child. The experiencer distinctly remembered thinking "Finally it's over" before leaving the body. At age four, another incident occurred when the father severely beat and tortured the child with a belt, carpet beater, and pen that was pushed deep into calf and underarm muscles. During this assault, the experiencer again left their body, hovering at the ceiling and watching the continuous abuse. Police eventually arrived and stopped the assault, with a doctor declaring the child dead before they suddenly returned to the body. Both times, the experiencer felt disappointed to return to physical form. Following these experiences, the person developed strong healing abilities, including the capacity to affect others' energy, restore mobility to paralyzed individuals, and prevent amputation through healing touch. | 5 | Home | 7 | 8 | 22 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Two separate life-threatening events - near-drowning and severe physical trauma with apparent death | Clear out-of-body experiences with observations of ongoing events from ceiling perspective | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Saw father holding them underwater from ceiling | 1.00 | Police officers | Mixed Compatibility | 6 | |||||||||
| 4399 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 677-velvety-dark-stillness.html 2010 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/677-velvety-dark-stillness.html | 2010 | 26 | Unknown | At age 26, during a dental extraction procedure under gas anesthesia, the patient experienced complications that led to a profound near-death experience. After losing consciousness, they found themselves looking down at their body through the ceiling, viewing it as meaningless as "an old coat that I had discarded." They experienced wonderful weightlessness and freedom with awareness of having a non-physical form. Turning away from the scene below, they entered a "velvety, dark stillness" where they felt blocked from proceeding further. A powerful yet protective presence communicated telepathically, saying "It's not your time. You must go back." The experiencer began asking profound questions about life, death, heaven, and the universe, receiving immediate answers in volumes of information conveyed through just 2-6 words, understood at a level beyond normal comprehension. Each reply ended with "You must go back" and finally "You must fight to go back." After a brief vision of a shimmering grid of pulsating light, they returned to find themselves surrounded by oxygen cylinders, a distressed dentist, and panicking medical staff. They were kept in recovery for several hours. The dental practice later refused to see them again and removed them from their register, suggesting serious complications had occurred. The experience left them with lasting peace, gratitude for life, and complete reverence for creation, though also with persistent homesickness for the other realm that continues 45 years later. | 3 | Other | 7 | 10 | 24 | Moderate Evidence | 7 | Dental surgery under gas with apparent serious complications requiring oxygen and extended recovery | Telepathic communication with presence, received universal knowledge, vision of light grid | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7/19/2025 | 2 | 1 | Viewed body from above through ceiling | 0.00 | Dentist | Highly Compatible | 8 | |||||||||
| 4400 | quantitative | webpage | IANDS 700-departure-of-light-from-solar-plexus.html 2011 | https://iands.org/research0/2024-11-23-16-15-26/nde-research/nde-archives31/newest-accounts/700-departure-of-light-from-solar-plexus.html | 2011 | Unknown | The experiencer suffered a severe fall on ice, experiencing their body flipping end over end before landing with tremendous impact on their left shoulder and head. The trauma caused their neck to crack with a brilliant light, collapsed airways preventing breathing, a displaced collarbone, and their heart stopping after two and a half beats. They then experienced a profound spiritual departure from their body. A soft, opalescent yellow-golden light emanated from their solar plexus, warm and pulsating, moving upward through their chest toward their head. They could see inside their body through this light - muscles, tissues, and bones visible through closed eyelids. Their soul separated first, moving to the left of their physical form, followed by the light from their solar plexus which joined the soul body, leaving darkness behind in the physical form. They stepped through what felt like a huge doorway into blackness and began traveling through a tunnel toward a distant light. While being magnetically pulled toward the light and gaining speed, they heard someone calling their name repeatedly from behind. Just as they were about to pass through the light at the tunnel's end, two hands grabbed them and pulled them backward through the tunnel. Re-entering their body the same way they left, they could see their broken collarbone displaced in their neck. Breath rushed back, their heart restarted, and they returned to consciousness in massive pain from multiple traumas. | 5 | Other | 10 | 15 | 29 | Strong Evidence | 4 | Documented cardiac arrest (heart stopped after 2.5 beats) and respiratory failure from trauma | Unique detailed observation of soul and light separating from body, tunnel experience | written_account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7/20/2025 | 2 | 0 | Saw inside own body through golden light | 0.00 | Moderately Compatible | 5 | |||||||||||